Let It All Go is the third song to appear here from Mark Knopfler (inc. Dire Straits) and it certainly won’t be the last. He’s been on my playlist for years. A lot of his solo music (post Straits) is…
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Let It Grow (1974) – Eric Clapton
Let It Grow is one of my favourite Eric Clapton songs and surprisingly the first song to appear here from him at the Music Library Project. I remember when I was at the Defence Academy in my late teens listening…
Less of Me (1968) – Roger Miller
My father listened a lot to the Sydney’s talkback radio broadcaster John Laws. Today’s song – Less of Me by Roger Miller was John Laws theme song. Suffice to say my father was a fan of it. It is such…
Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat (1966) – Bob Dylan (Live 1966)
Bob Dylan is obsessed with his ‘honey’s’ Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat. So much so he asks her: Honey, can I jump on it sometime? Yes, I just wanna see If it’s really the expensive kind. If I had a gal…
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Lenny Bruce (1981) – Bob Dylan
I’m going to go the long and winding road to get to this song so please excuse its wordiness. In January 2014, I wrote an article – Comedy and the Ages. Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. It led…
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Leaving The Table (2016) – Leonard Cohen
Who’s up for a sip of Vintage Penfold’s Grange Wine? The computer says ‘no’. Alrighty then. What a relief, because I haven’t got any in any wine cellar. But I have got one of the greatest ‘vintage’ singer-songwriters in contemporary…
Learning to Fly (1987) – Pink Floyd
Learning to Fly is my joint favourite Pink Floyd song and the second to appear after Comfortably Numb. I never grow tired of hearing it because it always expands my senses. To me the experience is cognizant to a magical…
Learning to Fly (1991) – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
I remember in the weeks following Tom Petty’s sudden departure from this great play we call life; I heard Bob Dylan paying tribute to Petty singing today’s featured song Learning to Fly. This song follows the same basic 4 chord…
Leaps and Bounds (1987) – Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
On October 1st, 2019 I wrote an article to celebrate my beloved Richmond Tigers win of the AFL Premiership 2019. I quoted today’s song ‘Leaps and Bounds‘ to express my exhilaration. Going to the footy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground…
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (2004) – Iris DeMent
I first heard this entrancing song at the end credits of the Coen Brothers film True Grit. The True Grit soundtrack is magnificent and other compositions from the film will feature here. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms was released on…
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