Can you stop this pain?Even now in the final hourOf my lifeI’m falling in love again Some Morrissey fans here regard Life Is a Pigsty as the magnum opus of his solo career, and I can understand why. Over a…
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Talk About Love (1996) – My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Anyone familiar with my blog will know what a huge fan I am of David Bridie (far left above image) and My Friend the Chocolate Cake. I first came across Bridie’s music when he sang with legendary aboriginal singer Archie Roach in…
Maybe (1980) – Thom Pace
We are following our trip down nostalgia lane with the classic television-show theme song Maybe by Thom Pace. I mentioned in yesterday’s article about how John Denver’s Country Roads and today’s featured track conjured memories of childhood and nature. To…
Take Me Home, Country Roads (1971) – John Denver
My son Jesus Mateo and I just got back from a four day holiday in Melgar, Tolima – jungle country, a four hour trip from where we live in Bogotá, Colombia. I’ve sent a video below of a ride we…
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Take All of Me (2004) – Hillsong
Take All of Me embodies everything I cherish about Christian music – a melody that flows gently like a river, weaving through deeply contemplative lyrics and a choral backing steeped in pure worship. It builds steadily, gaining momentum with Marty…
Tabaco y Chanel (2000) – Bacilos
Tabaco and Chanel inaugurates all songs (approximately 200) starting with ‘T’ in the alphabetical listing of the music library project. I don’t know how the smell of tobacco conjures sweet romantic memories of the smell of someone’s skin, but it…
It Ain’t Me Babe (1964) – Bob Dylan
I like this photo of Bob. You know that standard Elizabethan image of Shakespeare we all see (with the large lace collar which encircles his neck – called a ‘ruff’), well I could imagine something like the above being the…
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It’s In The Rain (2005) – Enya
Please excuse my recent hiatus from WordPress, but I went on an impromptu vacation for four days with my daughter Katherine Rose to Melgar, Tolima – jungle country, not too far from here – Bogotá, Colombia. Oh and also forgive…
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[Nothing But] Flowers (1988) – Talking Heads
My friend Nancy over at The Elephant’s Trunk postscripted her January 10th article: ‘By The Side Of The Road‘ with today’s featured song [Nothing But] Flowers by Talking Heads: I don’t know whose idea it was and I don’t care but having Dunkin…
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Piano Concerto No. 10 (Concerto For Two Pianos), K. 365; 3rd Movement (1779) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I let this jubilant and playful finale play in the background this morning as I tended to a few things and I couldn’t help feel more buoyant and lightness. I first heard it as a teenager in the Amadeus movie…
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