My wife, Martha, introduced me to this song, when all we had was each other. We were married 23 years and she has now been gone for 11. It’s not our story exactly, but this song still makes me cry.-@vgalea…
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Sacrifice (1989) – Elton John
Sacrifice inaugurates all ‘current’ (yet subject to change) 161 songs starting with ‘S’ in the music library project. That’s a lot of music, which will take at least the rest of the year to unpack. You thought that was a…
I Shall Be Free No. 10 (1964) – Bob Dylan
[Verse 9]Now they asked me to read a poemAt the sorority sisters homeAh got knocked down and my head was swimmin’I wound up with the Dean of WomenYippee! I’m a poet, and I know itHope I don’t blow it On…
I Won’t Back Down (1989) – Tom Petty
“At the session George Harrison sang and played the guitar. I had a terrible cold that day, and George went to the store and bought a ginger root, boiled it and had me stick my head in the pot to get the ginger…
Easy On Your Own? (2022) – Alvvays
Allow me to get this out of my system…Today is heaven as far as World Football is concerned and I couldn’t be more excited: England – Switzerland, Holland – Turkey, Colombia – Panama and Uruguay – Brasil. I’m almost salivating writing it.…
Darling Pretty (1996) – Mark Knopfler
Darling Pretty was the first solo song by Mark Knopfler I was drawn to after the 2nd and final break up of Dire Straits in 1995. It’s a beautifully crafted rock ballad about someone he adores. It was the first…
Russian Dance (1993) – Tom Waits
Russian Dance is one of 6 instrumentals from Tom Waits 12th studio album The Black Rider which is probably his most extreme album, not for its individual songs, but the contrasts between them. The Black Rider was a project born…
Devils & Dust (2005) – Bruce Springsteen
Devils & Dust is a latter day Springsteen acoustic number I’ve always been fond of and draws upon similar themes of lost hope and despair as his solo 1996 acoustic number Dead Man Walkin’ from the movie soundtrack of the…
Rusalka (Song to the Moon) 1900 – Antonín Dvořák (Ft. Renée Fleming)
Today’s featured piece – the soprano aria Song to the Moon is the most popular excerpt from Antonín Dvořák’s opera Rusalka. It is the second entry from Dvořák to appear here after Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95,…
Running Scared (1961) – Roy Orbison
The operatic ballad Running Scared is the second song by Roy Orbison presented here in quick succession from his legendary record Crying. This monumental track went to number 1 on the Billboard charts and sold over one million copies in…
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