Today’s track Rise is the second song to appear here from Eddie Vedder’s visceral Into the Wild (2007) soundtrack after the previous entry Guaranteed. The film and its music had a big impact on me when it came out and…
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Ring Them Bells (1989) – Bob Dylan
When I listened to Ring Them Bells growing up it cast me into visions of an Amish existence akin to that portrayed in the Peter Weir movie Witness. You know: fortress, bells, plows, cows, iron, valleys, willow and lilies. I…
Rikki Don’t Lose that Number (1974) – Steely Dan
“The song’s about a girl that I knew in college. It doesn’t really matter who the girl is, it’s just about a girl.”— Donald Fagen, co-founder of Steely Dan Rikki Don’t Lose that Number is another song we had just…
Right Here (1987) – The Go-Betweens
I can remember hearing The Go-Betweens for the first time on the radio the hairs went up on my arms and the back of my neck – Australian singer songwriter Paul Kelly. As a prelude to discussing today’s featured track…
Right Down the Line – Ron Sexsmith (Gerry Rafferty)
The moment I heard Ron Sexsmith’s version of Gerry Rafferty’s hit Right Down the Line I knew I had to listen to more of this guy’s catalogue. He has sung Dylan covers and that was fun to delve into. My…
Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini (1934) – Sergei Rachmaninoff
I am excited to present to you the fourth piece from Sergei Rachmaninoff to appear so far in the music library project – Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini. I was a relative latecomer to appreciating Rachmaninoff, but I now…
Requiem in D Minor K. 626 (1791) – Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
If I was restricted to choose just one piece of music (of all the music I have had the privilege to hear in my life) to take with me to a Desert island it would be Requiem in D Minor.…
Please Waste Your Time (2024) – Potato Beach
Do you want to know what is a travesty? That this song Please Waste Your Time has attained just 1.1k views in 3 months. There is something seriously amok if new confounding music such as this is not being more…
Reel Around the Fountain (1984) – The Smiths
The Smiths‘ music features here regularly. They are a punk-pop English group regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. They are one of my favourite bands outright. I…
Redemption Song (1980) – Bob Marley
It seems like only yesterday that Bob Marley’s early pioneering hit Mr. Brown featured here and now we have another song, but this time from the other bookend of his discography (and fittingly so) – Redemption Song. This is the…
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