My blog doesn’t contain much electronic dance music, but I couldn’t let today’s song Essence fall through the cracks. Thanks to Jeff at Eclectic Music Lover, who has oftentimes been the source from which I have found wonderful new music,…
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All That She Wants (1992) – Ace of Base
On the weekend we were talking about another Swedish Europop centric band Roxette when cursory flashbacks of today’s featured song popped into my head. Finally the group name came to me and a I breathed a sigh of relief because…
Quiero (2001) – Jerry Rivera
Puerto Rican Jerry Rivera is back again, this time with his enticing hit Quiero (I Want). Unlike his previous entries here entailing ’emblematic’ romantic Salsa music, ‘Quiero‘ is a stand alone love ballad. I find it hard not to be…
Quiet Heart (1988) – The Go-Betweens
Not since February 2002 have I presented a song from my joint favourite Australian band The Go-Betweens. Today’s featured track Quiet Heart is the seventh song to appear here so far after the band’s previous entry Finding You. This song…
No Need To Argue (1994) – The Cranberries
I’m surprised to learn this is the fifth song by the Cranberries to appear here so far after their previous entry Dreaming My Dreams. At the inception of my Music Library Project I wouldn’t have considered their music to feature…
A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall (1962) – Bob Dylan
The key works of Dylan’s canon have invited debate for decades but there is a consensus that ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall‘ represents the first full blossom of Dylan as poet. The song’s “lines of terror” aren’t the finger-pointing literal ballads…
Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore) (1996) – Shania Twain
If foundations made of stone can turn to dustThen the hardest hearts of steel can turn to rust Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore) is my Desert Island Shania Twain song. My music appreciation for this song is so…
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Atlantic City (1982) – Bruce Springsteen
The first line, “They blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night,” was taken from a newspaper article about a mob hit in Atlantic City. The “Chicken Man” was Phil Testa, number two man in the Philadelphia Mob under…
Piano Concerto No. 2 II. Larghetto (1829) – Frederic Chopin (Ft. Arthur Rubinstein)
Piano Concerto No. 2 is the fourth composition from Chopin to be presented here after the last entry – Nocturne Op.9 No.2. I first heard this exquisite piece in a documentary about Polish – American pianist Arthur Rubinstein (see image…
Pueblo Nuevo (1997) – Buena Vista Social Club
Piano master of the Universe… Trumpet second master…. Pueblo Nuevo (New Town) is the third song to be presented here from the music documentary Buena Vista Social Club. Buena Vista (Good View) is a celebration of the music of Cuba.…
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