Don’t You Want Me by The Human League was the epitome of cool and sexy in my youth. For decades, it had slipped from my consciousness, only to magically appear to my senses recently like an old flame. The song…
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Tangled Up in Blue (1975) – Bob Dylan
It is a love song (Tangled Up In Blue), and a song about how it feels to have a personal history.. it is also a great road song, filled with the essential energy of the American highway. The Minnesota musicians…
Don’t You (Forget About Me) 1985 – Simple Minds
“When I listen to it now, it’s obviously a brilliant, well-crafted pop song. I’m embarrassed we dissed it so much.” – Guitarist Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) talking about Don’t You (Forget About Me) This song which almost noone wanted including initially…
Tagged with: Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds, simple minds, the breakfast club
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Everytime (2004) – Glen Hansard (Britney Spears Cover)
Irish Singer Songwriter Glen Hansard is no stranger to this blog. I first wrote about him when I reviewed the surprise packet 2007 indie romantic film – Once in which he played a music busker who befriends another musician Markéta…
King Harvest (Has Surely Come) – The Band
As many of you may know, Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band (second from the right above), passed away recently on January 21, 2025. Today’s article is dedicated to one of Canada’s finest musical exports – The…
Life is a Pigsty (2006) – Morrissey
Can you stop this pain?Even now in the final hourOf my lifeI’m falling in love again Some Morrissey fans here regard Life Is a Pigsty as the magnum opus of his solo career, and I can understand why. Over a…
Talk About Love (1996) – My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Anyone familiar with my blog will know what a huge fan I am of David Bridie (far left above image) and My Friend the Chocolate Cake. I first came across Bridie’s music when he sang with legendary aboriginal singer Archie Roach in…
Maybe (1980) – Thom Pace
We are following our trip down nostalgia lane with the classic television-show theme song Maybe by Thom Pace. I mentioned in yesterday’s article about how John Denver’s Country Roads and today’s featured track conjured memories of childhood and nature. To…
Take Me Home, Country Roads (1971) – John Denver
My son Jesus Mateo and I just got back from a four day holiday in Melgar, Tolima – jungle country, a four hour trip from where we live in Bogotá, Colombia. I’ve sent a video below of a ride we…
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20/1/25 – 26/1/25 – Colombia, Australian Open & Blackouts
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Yesterday, my adopted home country Colombia had the scariest rollercoaster ride because of a diplomatic entanglement with the United States. Yesterday morning the Colombian…
Tagged with: Australian open, Britain, Colombia, COVID, Danielle Collins, Donal trump, electricity, Freddy Sayers, Gustavo Petro, net zero, Novak Djokovic, Tariffs, UnHerd, United States
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