One Country by Australian rock band Midnight Oil is the ultimate call to reconciliation – “one country, one…”. It’s true patriotism, without the ‘ranting and raving’. This is the second song presented here by ‘the Oils‘ after their first entry…
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One (1991) – U2
[Bridge]You say love is a temple, love a higher lawLove is a temple, love the higher lawYou ask me to enter but then you make me crawlAnd I can’t be holding on to what you gotWhen all you got is…
On the Turning Away (1987) – Pink Floyd
On the Turning Away is the second song to feature here from Pink Floyd’s 1987 record A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Their previous entry was Learning to Fly – atmospheric rock at its best. Although described as a protest song…
On the Level (2016) – Leonard Cohen
Cohen’s voice is front and centre on his 14th and final album You Want It Darker released on October 21, 2016, 17 days before his passing. Musically, the album is “a little bit more sparse and acoustic” compared to his…
On Earth as it is in Heaven, The Falls & Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission,1986) – Ennio Morricone
Our life, our life, our life, our life, so they cry.Our life, our life, our life, our life, they cry like this.Punishment, punishment, our strength, our punishment, cry out like thisPunishment Punishment Our Strength Our Punishment So So So So…
Blood Wolf Moon (2022) – Vulture Party
Blood Wolf Moon is a contemporary take on European werewolf folklore where, through isolation and lack of human connection, people were labelled as outcasts, leading to their basic need for love not being met. Our theme for the song and music video…
Baby Blue (1971) – Badfinger
If Bob Dylan’s ‘It’s All Over Now Baby Blue‘ had been transfigured into a rock song, then today’s featured Baby Blue is perhaps what it would have sounded like. Just listen to how Pete Ham sings the line ‘The special…
Everytime I Cry (1998) – Terri Clark
Back in September this year Canadian country music artist Terri Clark featured here with her fabulous song Now That I Found You. nostalgicitalian wrote in response to that post, ‘I have loved her stuff for a long time. I had…
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 (1787) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
No other classical music composer has featured here more than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791). Today’s serenade Eine Kleine Nachtmusik translated as A Little Night Music is one of the composers most recognisable and delectable pieces. In a catalog…
