Joshua Lee Turner, the once teen guitar prodigy turned fully-fledged singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, recently released a video where he performed today’s Beatles track Till There Was You alongside Alice Faye. Turner featured here recently with his superb version of Bob…
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Till There Was You (1963) – The Beatles
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Good Golly, Miss Molly (1958) – Little Richard
I mentioned in The Beatles’ Dizzy Miss Lizzy post how you could hear similarities with today’s featured track, Good Golly, Miss Molly. It quickly became apparent to me that I hadn’t posted about this timeless early rocker. So here I…
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Scarborough Fair/Canticle (1966) – Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel appealed strongly to a particular segment of the educated, middle-class youth culture that emerged on American university campuses in the 1960s. The duo projected introspection and intelligence, and their songs often felt literary, reflective, and contemplative, unlike…
Walking Into Doors (1993) – Archie Roach
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this post contains images, voices and names of people who have died. I always feel humbled and privileged to listen to the late Australian Aboriginal singer-songwriter Archie Roach. He was a…
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Layla (1970) – Derek and the Dominos
Layla is an epic rock track from start to finish and will always go down in the rock annals as one of the finest guitar rock songs ever recorded. As a listener, you are really getting a sweet deal too,…
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Walk of Life (1985) – Dire Straits
Walk of Life is one of Dire Straits’ most accessible and recognisable rock songs. It’s a throwback to the late ’50s rockers, but with a distinctly ’80s punch and a delicious synthesizer-driven keyboard riff thrown in for good measure. I…
Bang Bang Bang (1992) – Tracy Chapman
Bang Bang Bang finds Tracy in very fine songwriting form. This socially conscious song tackles gun violence, cyclical poverty, and societal neglect in American communities. It is sincerely and sensitively realised, containing an enticing acoustic melody, a glorious bongo percussion…
Wake Me Up When September Ends (2004) – Green Day
This nostalgic rock ballad opens with a sweet acoustic tune not dissimilar to their big hit Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), but it shifts gears in the second verse with a pounding, almost militaristic rhythm and an aggressive, abrasive…
Folsom Prison Blues (1968) – Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash is all present here: the rolling, train-like rhythm, the hypnotic repetition of the melody, his deep, raw Southern voice. “Folsom Prison Blues” is not only one of his hallmark songs, it’s also one that cemented his status as…
Visions of Johanna (1966) – Bob Dylan
Visions of Johanna is my favourite song in contemporary music. It’s the official bootleg version below from Live 1966 that I feel is the definitive one, at least for me. As you can see from the official bootleg cover above,…
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