Well, it’s a pleasure to welcome you back to my Wednesday literature segment. Today I bring you an extract from a book I recently finished called, wait for it…. (deep breath) – The Captain Is Out to Lunch and the…
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The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship – Charles Bukowski
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December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
I’ve never heard so many Italians in all my life. Well, strictly speaking, the Four Seasons were Italian Americans. Their name emerged from a New Jersey bowling alley/lounge called the Four Seasons. Their ethnic background almost became part of their…
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What Can I Do For You? – Bob Dylan
Sometimes you’ve just got to have a bit of Christian Bob to keep you on the straight and narrow. Hearing this this morning was good timing for me too, as the demons stepped out from the shadows and started getting…
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Today we have one of the most famous songs by the English rock band Pink Floyd, and one of the most popular on classic rock radio stations – Wish You Were Here. It’s really a staple of the contemporary music…
Wirrpangu – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this post contains images, voices and names of people who have died. Most of the songs from the wondrous debut album of the late Australian Aboriginal singer-songwriter Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu have…
Some Enchanted Evening – Bob Dylan
As the music library project rounds the bend for the final straight, you will find more songs from Bob the Maestro appearing here as songs from his massive catalogue are added retrospectively to the alphabetical listing. Some Enchanted Evening is…
Wind Behind The Rain – Jason Isbell
This chord sequence, which repeats throughout Wind Behind the Rain, seems so familiar and has probably been done to death, but that’s alright since it’s just such a sweet and tender tune. Sometimes simple chords and simple words, juxtaposed in…
William Tell Overture (1829) – Gioachino Rossini
On your mark! Get set! GO! This frenetic, rousing finale to Gioachino Rossini’s opera William Tell is one of the most widely recognised pieces of classical music in modern popular culture. You may remember hearing it in The Lone Ranger,…
William, It Was Really Nothing – The Smiths
If I had to choose just one song from The Smiths to take away with me to a desert island, it would be this classic track they released in 1984. William, It Was Really Nothing encapsulates everything that was so…
Wild Billy’s Circus Story – Bruce Springsteen
“I’ve stood around carnivals at nights when they’re clearing up and I was scared.” – Bruce Springsteen in a 1974 ZigZag interview. The stories from Bruce’s second album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle engrossed me as a youngster,…
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