I love everything 80’s about this track; the synthpop and corny women voices singing ‘I’d really like to live beside you, baby‘. The irony is, it’s an apocalyptic message and Leonard seems to be playing the instigator of this world…
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First of the Gang to Die (2004) – Morrissey
It’s the strangest thing that the first two songs here from Morrissey are from his solo career, but nothing from his time in the Smiths. My friend who lives close-by put me onto the Smiths which I wrote in the…
Every Breath You Take (1983) – Sting (The Police)
We are backtracking in the music project as I realised when I was researching Sting’s Fields of Gold that I hadn’t included one of my favourite live performances which appears below. Like almost everyone in the Western-world I have heard…
Finlandia Op. 26 (1900) – Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius is a Finnish composer and violinist and recognised as his country’s greatest. Today’s piece Finlandia was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian Empire, and was the last of…
Finding You (2005) – The Go-Betweens
This is the third song to appear here from this quintessential indie-Australian music group’s 2005 album Oceans Apart. Finding You is one of my favourite songs from this group. The video below has got just 25,000 views. Now compare that…
Filipino Box Spring Hog (1999) – Tom Waits
This is a lot of fun to listen to a bit dishevelled and frivolous. I find with Tom Waits you have to be in the mood and if not, he will soon put you in the mood. When listening to…
Fields of Gold (1993) – Sting
Apart from Every Breath You Take, this is my favourite track from Sting. By the way if you haven’t seen the duet of Sting and Bruce Springsteen’s performance of Every Breath (at the 1988 Human Rights concert).. then you’re just…
Fernando (1976) – ABBA
I was weighing up whether to include this song here, since the Dancing Queen article didn’t conjure any interest – woe is me. What the heck, I’ll continue down this nostalgic track, despite how little you might want to hear…
Feel (2002) – Robbie Williams
Feel is the second song to appear here from Robbie Williams. Like the previous entry Angels this was a worldwide commercial hit and still widely played. It peaked at number one in many countries and in the top five of…
Farewell (1963) – Bob Dylan
As mentioned in the last song article of Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song), the song which concludes the Inside Llewyn Davis soundtrack and movie is Bob Dylan’s Farewell. The version below which appears in the movie was released from the…
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