O Mio Babbino Caro (“Oh my dear Papa”) is a soprano aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1918) by Giacomo Puccini (image left) to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. ‘It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between her father Schicchi…
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My Only True Friend (2017) – Gregg Allman
“I hope you’re haunted by the music of my soul When I’m gone, please don’t fly awayAnd find you a new loveI can’t face living this life aloneI can’t bear to think that this might be the end.” – Gregg…
Sweet Home Alabama (1974) – Lynyrd Skynyrd
“I had this little riff. It’s the little picking part and I kept playing it over and over when we were waiting on everyone to arrive for rehearsal. Ronnie and I were sitting there, and he kept saying, ‘play that…
Suzanne (1967) – Leonard Cohen
I wrote this in 1966. Suzanne (dancer Suzanne Verdal) had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. Everything happened just as it was put down. She was the wife of a man I knew. Her hospitality…
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Good Good Day (2001) – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nothing like an uplifting Nick Cave song to commence the week. Good Good Day was released as the B-side to As I Sat Sadly By Her Side, a single from their 2001 album No More Shall We Part and later included on both…
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Honey (2024) – Mr Bewlay
I first heard Honey on the Eclectic Music Lover blog last year and I have enjoyed listening to it ever since. It’s groovy as heck and the dance vibe is infectious. Honey was the second single from Mr. Bewlay’s Against…
Suspicious Minds (1969) – Elvis Presley
In 1969, Elvis Presley recorded one of the defining songs of his career, Suspicious Minds, written by Mark James. It is the fourth song by Elvis to appear after his previous entry Burning Love (1972) and remains my Desert Island…
Surfing Magazines (2000) – The Go-Betweens
I first heard this iconic Australian surfer tune watching The Go-Betweens live concert at The Tivoli, Brisbane (August 6, 2005). I got the DVD soon after it came out and played it all the time. I was hooked on Surfing…
Make You Feel My Love (1997) – Bob Dylan
Michael Bolton routinely introduces a number he’s about to sing by first announcing its composer, Bob Dylan. The reaction is usually muted: “Bob Dylan should elicit this enormous response,” he says. “But I don’t get that.” Then the piano-based melody…
Superstar (2010) – James Blunt
“I guess the title is misleading because people think it has to do with my experience in the music business. Instead, it’s the way a lot of people will look at the world today. If we asked children twenty years…
