I was recently reacquainted with So Cruel after years of not hearing it. During my late adolescence, it ranked among my favourite U2 songs, at a time when I enjoyed much of their work up until the Achtung Baby era.…
Blog Archives
The Girl from Ipanema (1964) – Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto and Stan Getz
The Girl from Ipanema is so kitsch and cool. It embodies the 1960’s breezy elegance perhaps more than any other song. With its languid rhythm and innocent vocals by Astrud Gilberto, it captures the aura of city café society; the same…
Tagged with: 1960's, Astrud Gilberto, brazil, João Gilberto, Stan Getz, The Girl from Ipanema, Vinicius de Moraes
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough (1985) – Cyndi Lauper
We are upping the tempo today with some fun and frivolity from one of the most colourful and dazzling 80’s performing artists – Cyndi Lauper. The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough is her second entry here after her signature hit Girls…
Opus 23 (2004) – Dustin O’Halloran
In music and art I’m interested in minimalism, space and subtlety – creating a lot with a little. I’m interested to find big emotions by using minimal techniques which is maybe more direct…I’m attracted to things that makes you want…
The Ghost Of Tom Joad (1995) – Bruce Springsteen
The Ghost Of Tom Joad is a folk rock song by Bruce Springsteen and is the title track from his eleventh studio album released in 1995. It is the second song to feature here from the sessions after Dead Man…
Tagged with: Bruce Springsteen, john steinbeck, The Ballad of Tom Joad, the ghost of tom joad, the grapes of wrath, Woody Guthrie
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
The Future (1992) – Leonard Cohen
“The Future might as easily have been a book: A more troubling, more vexing image of human failure has not been written.” – Christian Wright (Rolling Stone) The Future by Leonard Cohen is about as bleak as it gets. And…
The Funeral (2006) – Band of Horses
Seattle indie rock band Band of Horses have been around since 2004. By the time their debut album Everything All the Time appeared in March 2006, they already had seen various line-up changes. Singer-songwriter Ben Bridwell (lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel, keyboards) was the only remaining…
The Four Seasons (1725) – Antonio Vivaldi
This blog is enjoying a welcome refresh today with a spotlight on the spectacular set of four violin concerti by the Italian Baroque master, Antonio Vivaldi. Known collectively as The Four Seasons, these pieces have transcended time and genre, becoming…
The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face (1969) – Roberta Flack
I wish more songs I had chosen had moved me the way that one did. I’ve loved [most] every song I’ve recorded, but that one (“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”) was pretty special. — Roberta Flack, The…
7/4/25 – 13/4/25 – Elton John & Rory McIlroy
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…
Tagged with: BBC, Brandi Carlile, Elton John, golf, Masters, Rory McIlroy, top of the pops
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Sport and Adventure
Observation Blogger 