When I hear When the Ship Comes In, I feel cast back to a centuries-old traditional English song, perhaps something Dylan might have covered on his 1992 record Good As I Been to You. No, instead he wrote this in…
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When the Ship Comes In – Bob Dylan
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a Changin, Joan Baez, when the ship comes in
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When I Come Around – Green Day
It’s uncanny that we have two heavily guitar-driven 1990s alternative rock tracks appearing back-to-back in the Music Library Project. Yesterday it was R.E.M.’s What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? and today it’s When I Come Around by Green Day. It’s one of…
What’s The Frequency, Kenneth – R.E.M.
What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? is quite simply one of the best guitar-driven alternative rock songs I’ve ever heard. There is something hypnotic about its sustained guitar sound and bursts of reverb. It almost feels like an engine idling throughout the…
What’ll I Do – Bob Dylan
‘I don’t see myself as covering these songs in any way. They’ve been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, irving berlin, Shadows in the Night, what'll I do
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Walk Like a Man – Bruce Springsteen
Walk Like a Man is yet another Springsteen track I’ve added retrospectively after it somehow slipped through the cracks all these years. So I’m trying to make amends now, and I hope I do it some justice. I was so…
Whatever – The Beths
I can’t help but enjoy the vibe and looseness of the New Zealand indie pop band The Beths. Their relatable, down-the-block garage band image really works for me, and their music is full of upbeat, infectious melodies, and catchy riffs.…
New Dawn by Gaby Moreno – Meaning, History & Review
I’m going the long way today before getting to today’s featured song because I want to tell you about something that really irks me – and that’s putting it mildly. So please bear with me. This is where I miss…
Time – Hootie & the Blowfish
On the physics and philosophy of time, I point you to an article I published featuring some snappy and thought-provoking excerpts from a lecture by Carlo Rovelli. Today, though, we’re looking at time from a much more personal angle –…
What Is Life (1970) – George Harrison
If I had to bottle everything that made George Harrison such a special artist into one song for someone unfamiliar with his music, then What Is Life would be the potion I’d hand them. It captures everything that was so…
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