This is one of my favourite tracks by Mark Knopfler, but it’s purely instrumental made for the above movie Local Hero, which is a really good movie by the way. I must revisit it and review on ‘Friday’s Finest‘. I…
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Goin’ to Acapulco (1967) – Bob Dylan
Goin’ to Acapulco is the first song to feature here from The Basement Tapes recorded in 1967 by Bob Dylan and the Band and released in 1975. After Dylan was injured in a motorcycle accident in July 1966, four members…
Gladiador – Asa de Aguia
Someone on the Delta Force: Black Hawk Down multiplayer game recommended this song to me some years ago and I was always impressed by it. I went on to explore others by this group and liked them as well, but…
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) (1973) – George Harrison
I think George has featured here more than any other former Beatle. This was from reading Max at Powerpop’s post of this song back in 2019. I knew I had to add this to the collection since I had almost…
Give Me Just a Little More Time (1970) – The Chairmen of the Board
I don’t know how I came across this highly emotive and energetic song, but it was very recent and I was sold. Give Me Just a Little More Time was the debut single for Chairmen of the Board and features…
Give it Away (1991) – Red Hot Chili Peppers
I’m not a big punk – rap fan, but this song really does it for me, even to this day. Give It Away was released six days before Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana, as the lead single from their…
Give a Little Bit (1977) – Supertramp
This song Give a Little Bit has been around me nearly all my life and I never grow tired of hearing it. It’s not that I have heard it all that much, it just seems to make appearances in certain…
Girls In Their Summer Clothes (2007) – Bruce Springsteen
Listening to this 2008 Bruce track was like being transported back to vintage Bruce music. It’s a wonderful track and possesses all the hallmarks about what made Bruce Springsteen the household name he came to be. Even the lyrics of…
Girlfriend in a Coma (1987) – The Smiths
The Smiths are a punk-pop English group regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. As I mentioned in my post about lead singer Morrissey’s song Everyday is Like…
Girl From the North Country (1963) – Bob Dylan
Today we have an an early Bob Dylan classic – Girl From The North Country. I like nearly every version I’ve heard from him of this song and believe me there are many! He wrote it about his then sweetheart…
