Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Elton celebrates ‘extraordinary’ 10th number one albumArticle and audio interview at BBC news and sound I was delighted to read this news about Elton…
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Sugar Baby Love (1974) – The Rubettes
In the early 1970s, Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington wrote a number of songs only to have them rejected by every recording artist they sent them to. So, they did what any zealous songwriter would do; they created a band…
Ordinary World (1992) – Duran Duran
I always felt I could relate to so many aspects of this song – Ordinary World – both its lyrics and its sound seem to echo something familiar. The song captures the experience of loss – not just losing someone,…
My Favourite Cake (2024) – Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha (Friday’s Finest)
The creators, Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha of My Favourite Cake were charged by the Iranian Government with propaganda, vulgarity and spreading prostitution. They were forbidden from leaving Iran, were under arrest as of February 2025. The red lines they crossed…
The Downeaster ‘Alexa’ (1989) – Billy Joel
In “The Downeaster Alexa’”, Billy Joel sings of my beloved Montauk where we vacationed for 34 consecutive summers until Covid hit. Sadly, for various reasons, we have not returned since then. The references in the song to actual places, nautical and…
Sweet Jane (1970) – The Velvet Underground
I had Sweet Jane in my collection, but inexplicably rendered it obsolete for use here. Then when I heard it again yesterday while doing chores I made note to make amends. So here we are today with what Rolling Stone…
The Devil’s Been Busy (1990) – Traveling Wilburys
The Devil’s Been Busy might be one of the lesser known Traveling WIlbury tracks, but I’m a big fan of it – just as I am of nearly everything they released. The subject matter is both clever and unsettling. The…
The Desert Babbler (2013) – Iron & Wine
Today’s featured track The Desert Babbler was recommended to me in my last post on Iron & Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth. Samuel Ervin Beam (born July 26, 1974), better known by his stage name Iron & Wine, is an…
Hymn for the Carnies (2007) – My Friend the Chocolate Cake
The Carnie’s show is in town..With its neon blinding shining lightsIt’s got a one-legged stripper, a drunken clown… The bloke who works the fancy dodgemsHe jumps with grace from car to carThe electricity sparks the flame when the hanging wire…
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