This is the second song to appear here from the exquisite and rarest of female voices – Marian Anderson. So here I am listening to this song through shoddy laptop speakers. Can one imagine what it must have been like…
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Cigarettes Will Kill You (1998) – Ben Lee
Today we backtrack a little bit in the music library project since I had forgotten to download the following song to my collection. What entails the ‘Music Library Project’?Ben Lee’s Cigarettes Will Kill You is one of my favourite Australian…
Dead Man Walkin’ (1996) – Bruce Springsteen
Today’s featured song is Bruce Springsteen’s title track for the movie Dead Man Walkin’. Executive producers, brothers Tim and David Robbins, personally solicited a number of their favorite musicians for contributions to the project whom included other than Bruce; Johnny…
Dead and Lovely (2004) – Tom Waits
Dead and Lovely is the fifth song presented here by Tom Waits. It comes from his 16th studio album Real Gone. It tells the story steeped in the Noir genre of a middle class girl lured into the underworld by…
De Musica Ligera (1990) – Soda Stereo
De Musica Lijera (translated – From Delicate Music) is the first Latin rock song I have presented here. The Argentine rock band Soda Stereo released it on their 1990 album Cancion Animal (Song Animal). It is one of their most…
Daydream Believer (1967) – Monkees
If I had to choose just one chorus which lifts my spirits higher than any other upon listen then it would be from the Monkees – Daydream Believer: Cheer up, sleepy JeanOh, what can it mean thatTo a daydream believerAnd…
Wonder Boys (2000) – Curtis Hanson (Friday’s Finest)
It’s a wonder I hadn’t reviewed Wonder Boys by now in Friday’s Finest. I’ll introduce this whimsical movie Wonder Boys by celebrating its stellar music soundtrack which includes Bob Dylan’s Oscar winning song ‘Things Have Changed‘ which I discussed in…
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Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Dark Eyes (1985) – Bob Dylan
Dark Eyes is the stand-out 10th and final track from Dylan’s much maligned 1985 Empire Burlesque record. The simple acoustic style and arrangement of this timeless classic isn’t replicated again until Dylan went all acoustic guitar on the 1992 record…
Danse Boheme Carmen Suite No 2 (1875) – Georges Bizet
The Danse Boheme is the second piece from the 1875 Opera Carmen to appear here at the Music Library Project. What entails the ‘Music Library Project’?The first was the highly animated Spanish dance number called The Aragonaise from Suite No…
Daniel (1973) – Elton John
Daniel is traveling tonight on a planeI can see the red tail lights heading for SpainAnd I can see Daniel waving goodbyeOh it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes It takes a while to grow up.…
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