Morning Starship is a recent Morrissey track and entails a Sci-Fi love story which blends cosmic themes and introspective lyricism. Like a lot of his tunes including with The Smiths it can take a little time for my ears to…
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My Back Pages (1964) – Bob Dylan
The song’s title evokes both the “back pages” of a book – its end – and the “pages” of life that lay behind a person as they proceed onward from start to finish. As Dylan turns the page on his past…
Man! I Feel Like A Woman (1997) – Shania Twain
Oh-oh-oh, go totally crazyForget I’m a ladyMen’s shirts, short skirtsOh-oh-oh, really go wild, yeahDoin’ it in styleOh-oh-oh, get in the actionFeel the attractionColor my hair, do what I dare Above is the chorus of arguably Shania Twain’s most recognised song…
Runaround Sue (1961) – Dion
It really is about a girl who was kind of loose in the neighbourhood. The word Sue just fit for the song – you couldn’t use Roberta, or Alice, or whatever. I’m not going to mention who it’s really about,…
Signore, Ascolta! (Turandot) 1924 – Giacomo Puccini
Pieces of music from the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini have featured here from his Operas: La Bohème and Tosca, but nothing from Turandot or Madame Butterfly. But hold your hats because today we have an exquisite soprano aria from act one of the opera Turandot called…
16/9 – 22/9/24 – Jakob Ingebrigtsen, American Beauty & Malaysian Flight 370
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Not since April this year have I published a Monday’s News on the March article, but I’m delighted to restore the segment today. My…
Tagged with: american beauty, Athletics, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Kevin Spacey, Lex Fridmen, Malaysian Flight 370
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Sport and Adventure
Cúlpame a Mí (2022) – Kenia Os
Cúlpame a Mí (Eng: Blame Me) by Mexican singer-songwriter Kenia Os came onto my random music player yesterday when I was getting ready to go out. I thought it was beautiful and had it on repeat until I left the…
Siege of a Nation (1982) – The Fureys
When I was a preadolescent I bought the album by The Furey’s called ‘When You Were Sweet Sixteen‘. Today’s featured track, Siege of a Nation, is the fourth song I’ve highlighted from my favourite Celtic album, which I consider a…
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Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Battle Without Honor or Humanity (2000) – Tomoyasu Hotei
Quentin Tarantino’s fusion of today’s featured music with the images of the arrival of O-Ren Ishii at “The House of Blue Leaves” in Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003) is perfect -pairing. It creates such a ‘badass’ scene and is a…
Tagged with: Battle Without Honor or Humanity, Kill Bill Volume 1, Quentin Tarantino, Tomoyasu Hotei
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Si Tú Te Vas (1986) – Juan Luis Guerra y 440
Si Tú Te Vas (English: If You Go) is one of the great successes of ‘merengue romántico’ music. It features Dominican singer songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his group 440. Each sing a verse and it was the debut single…
