Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Claire Lehmann: The threat to free speech from the RightVideo Interview by Freddie Sayers at UnHerd This interview is such a salient and informative…
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Million Dollar Bash (1967) – Bob Dylan & The Band
You’ll notice on the cover above that Dylan & The Band’s Million Dollar Bash is paired with Tears of Rage, which featured here just over a month ago. I almost let Million Dollar Bash slip through the cracks of my…
For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Sheena Easton
I took a nostalgia trip last night and revisited Live and Let Die – a James Bond movie I hadn’t seen in decades but was fond of as a child. Roger Moore was the Bond of my generation, so his…
Ashes to Ashes (1980) – David Bowie
Ashes to Ashes is a follow-up to Space Oddity and it reinterprets its iconic stranded spaceman Major Tom as a drug addict lost in the throes of substance abuse. Bowie partially based the lyrics on his own experiences with drug…
Bright Blue Rose (1989) – Jimmy MacCarthy
Bright Blue Rose is a song written by Jimmy MacCarthy who is known principally as a ‘songwriter’ because his songs have been recorded by many Irish artists. Bright Blue Rose was first released by Christy Moore in 1989. Since then, the…
Centerfold (1982) – The J. Geils Band
OK, it’s about as crass as it gets and so 80’s, but geewiz Centerfold is well written and catchy. The lyrics alone deserve a read. Also musically as soon as the song blares out on the speakers there’s no escaping…
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (1985) – The Smiths
“So I think we’ve reached a stage where we feel… if they don’t believe me now, will they ever believe me? You know, what more can a poor boy do?…I wanted [fame] for so long and now I’ve got it,…
The Boat Song (2002) – My Friend the Chocolate Cake
I always loved the Australian chamber pop group My Friend the Chocolate Cake. Today’s song The Boat Song comes from the 2002 album Curious (image inset). This melancholic instrumental is one of the more sombre tracks on the album although the…
Mucize (The Miracle) Soundtrack (2015) – Tevfik Akbasli, Yildiray Gürgen & Mahsun Kirmizigül
This will be a short article today, acting more as a musical adendum to yesterday’s movie entry from Turkey – Mucize (The Miracle) 2015 – Mahsun Kırmızıgül (Friday’s Finest). There were so many wonderful aspects of the film I already discussed…
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