The shock of the new seeking asylumSafety haven some place with you Safety Haven appears a ‘mellower’ and more reflective sister-song to David Bridie’s audacious protest song Nation (Of the Heartless Kind). They refer to the plights of undocumented refugees…
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Saddened Sick (2023) – Chief Springs
Almost a year ago I presented a sublime song from UK group Chief Springs called Elastic which remains one of my favourite tracks released last year. I was turned onto this group from my blogger friend Jeff at Eclectic Music…
Sad Song (2011) – Christina Perri
My 14 year-old eldest Jesus Mateo had his first night out alone last week celebrating the 15 year old birthday of a female colleague of his class. This ‘fiesta de quince años‘ has Catholic religious orientation in countries such as…
Sad Songs (Say So Much) 1984 – Elton John
I mentioned in the article of Elton John’s song Sacrifice a few days ago another one of his would be forthcoming and here it is. I am not so enamoured with Sad Songs now as I was back then, but…
Late for the Sky (1974) – Jackson Browne
“…The Pretender, These Days, For Every Man, I’m Alive, Fountain of Sorrow, Running On Empty, For a Dancer, Before the Deluge. Now, I know the Eagles got in first; but let’s face it it – and I think Don Henley would agree with me – these are the songs they wish…
Martha (1973) – Tom Waits
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…
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.…
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