I am very fond of the main theme music composed by Alan Silvestri for the 2000 Film Cast Away. I imagine most of you would be familiar with this American survival drama film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks and…
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California Stars (1998) – Billy Bragg & Wilco
This is the second song to feature here from Billy Bragg and Wilco’s wonderful tribute album to Woody Guthrie called Mermaid Avenue (see image above). More information about the album and my connection to it can be found in my…
Demons (2013) – Imagine Dragons
I believe my daughter Katherine found this song on YT and we played and sung it all the time. There was an endearing video of a kid with a horse on a beach with this song played, but I can…
Gloria (1982) – Laura Branigan
I have heard the Spanish version of this song more in recent years than I have Laura Branigan’s cover version. It was composed initially in Italian by Umberto Tozzi and then translated into Spanish and then English. I just finished writing…
Back in Time (2022) – Christina Perri
Back in Time is just a few months old, released in July 2022 on Christina Perri’s A Lighter Shade of Blue. I am so enamoured and by golly, did it ‘hit me for six’ upon first listen. Back in Time…
Incident On 57th Street (1973) – Bruce Springsteen
From Bruce Springsteen’s 1973 record –The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, I played the following 4 songs incessantly in my early adolescence: 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)Wild Billy’s Circus StoryIncident on 57th StreetNew York City Serenade…
In This World (2002) – Moby
I was weighing up whether to add In This World to the project, so I listened to it again this morning. It’s mainly an instrumental electronic track which envelopes you – at least it did me. It’s debateable whether this…
In the Mood (1983) – Robert Plant
In the Mood is a song I added to the project after hearing it on Max’s blog – Powerpop. The song sounded uncannily familiar to me, and after racking my brain I believe I located the source (or have I?).…
In the Ghetto (1969) – Elvis Presley
In the Ghetto was written by country music songwriter and singer Mac Davis. I’ve never been a big fan of the music by Elvis, but I appreciate his greatness and influence on music and there are some songs which hit home…
In Reverse (2014) – The War on Drugs
In Reverse is the third song to appear here from one of the most popular ‘Americana’ bands – The War on Drugs to sweep the music-world in the last decade. It’s an atmospheric and dreamy-vibe song which meanders for a…
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