This blues track My Oh My is the second song presented here from Leonard Cohen’s thirteenth studio album album Popular Problems (2014). The previous entry was Did I Ever Love You. Popular Problems flies by, with only nine songs in 36…
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My Love is Like a Red Red Rose (1982) – The Fureys & Davey Arthur
This is the third song to appear from the Furey’s 1981 album ‘When You Were Sweet Sixteen‘ (see inset) and appears on the above compilation. As I wrote ‘I bought this album as a preadolescent on a whim based on…
Nietzsche’s Critique of Christianity: The Genealogy of Morals – Dr Michael Sugrue
‘If people do like to create pain onto others, but with the degree of pain in the world and the evil we see…What happens when you frustrate this desire? What happens when you can’t enslave other people, you can’t kill…
Fighter (2022) – Christina Perri
Rarely a day goes by when I’m feeling a bit in a rut and not think, ‘Have I heard a Christina Perri song today‘? Her songs and lyrics touch so deep like it’s the first time listening to her. Her…
Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.1 – II. Andante (1891) – Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
‘I am a Russian composer and the land of my birth has influenced my temperament and outlook.’ Hearing this exquisite piece from Russian composer Rachmaninoff this morning was the perfect antidote to the post effects of a horrendous dream I…
My Sacrifice (2001) – Creed
I have no idea how I encountered this song – My Sacrifice, nor any knowledge of the band – Creed. I was tossing up whether to include it in the project. Basically, I needed three targets ‘green’. I had two…
My Island Home (1987) – Warumpi Band (& Christine Anu version)
My Island Home is not just a great narrative about Australian identity but captures the yearning essence of my home country. I went and saw Christine Anu in Melbourne when this song came out. Apart from her voice and the…
My Hometown (1985) – Bruce Springsteen
My Hometown showcases the panoramic view Bruce got from that big old Buick on his dad’s lap as he steered and drove through town. When you hear this synthesizer-based, low-tempo number you can’t help but reminisce of those ol’ times being…
My Father’s Daughter (2021) – Olivia Vedder
That’s some kind of musical artistry you have right there in the above image with Glen Hansard, Olivia Vedder and Eddie Vedder. Glen and Eddie have featured here a bunch, but today’s featured track, ‘My Father’s Daughter‘ is the debut…
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My Beautiful Reward (1992) – Bruce Springsteen
As I wrote in my previous entry Lucky Town, reflecting on the dual album – Human Touch / Lucky Town ‘The more stripped down, folk-based sound on the Lucky Town record is my preferred of the two and contains many…
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