The Symphony opens with a splendidly theatrical falling diminished seventh – the prelude to a drama that unfolds rather like the storm scenes of operas of the time. This is tense, terse music, marked by fierce syncopations, pregnant silences, and…
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Symphony No. 25 In G Minor, K. 183; 1st Movement – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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New Coat of Paint – Tom Waits
When this Tom Waits jazz – blues number came on my music player the other day, I wondered how I hadn’t already presented it here. His alley cat vocal sound is by Tom standards as smooth as it gets and…
Worship You – Vampire Weekend
I first heard this song on the soundtrack of the EA Sports football video game FIFA 14, when my son and I used to play. I’ve presented a couple of other songs from their soundtracks here, but from different versions…
World Through Your Eyes – Reuben Morgan
A lot of the details below I have shared previously in my Reuben Morgan and Hillsong song articles, so you’ll forgive me for repeating myself. Just in case you haven’t read them before, well, here they are: Around the time…
Wild God – Nick Cave
Nick’s music has been coming out here like hot cakes of late. He is yet another artist, like David Bowie, whose music I didn’t realise would feature here as prominently as it has. The reason being that much of that…
Words of Love – Buddy Holly
Words of Love is a chirpy early rock song that leaves you with a sunny disposition. It also has a tenderness that Buddy seemed to exude in his songs almost effortlessly. His unique intonations and the way he draws out…
Words – F.R David
Words used to not come easily to me. I heard this bottom-of-the-tier ’80s greatest-ballads, synth-produced track from the early ’80s, and it seemed to encapsulate my prepubescent loving. I hung on every word as if it had come straight out…
Wild Child – Enya
Wild Child is yet another song by the Irish singer and musician Enya which I heard during Pilates or whatever at the gym, and I was delighted since it had fallen off my music radar. I had heard it years…
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Wonderful Tonight is quite simply one of the most beautiful guitar-driven love ballads I’ve ever heard. It’s stunning how the lyrics and music, particularly that ghostly guitar riff, so perfectly capture the romance and intimacy of the evening, the anticipation…
When Did You Leave Heaven? – Bob Dylan
When Did You Leave Heaven? is a very quaint and tender song from Bob. It comes from one of his most scorned records, the 1988 Down In The Groove. It was Dylan’s second consecutive album, after Knocked Out Loaded, to…
