The Beths is an exciting Indie Rock group from New Zealand. I became familiar with their music reading Max’s blog at PowerPop. This is the second song to appear from them here after Happy Unhappy. I am still in the…
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Let It Rain – Michael W Smith
Today’s song Let It Rain could be described as a meditative companion piece of a previous song I wrote about by Michael W Smith Healing Rain. Let It Rain was written by songwriter and artist Michael Farren; However, Michael W. Smith…
A Thousand Years (2011) – Christina Perri (The Live Room)
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: ‘It wouldn’t be a week in my blog-space without a Christina Perri song‘. The last song by Perri – You Mean the Whole Wide World to Me was presented here 16…
Tagged with: a thousand years, Christina perri, George Foreman, johnny hanson, Katherine Rose, Muhammad Ali, Twilight
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Let It All Go (2007) – Mark Knopfler
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…
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…
Tagged with: audrey hepburn, blonde on blonde, Bob Dylan, Edie Sedgwick, Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat, Live at Free Trade Hall
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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…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, infidels, Lenny Bruce, neighbourhood bully, Shot of Love, Texan Tales
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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…
