Quentin Tarantino’s fusion of today’s featured music with the images of the arrival of O-Ren Ishii at “The House of Blue Leaves” in Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003) is perfect -pairing. It creates such a ‘badass’ scene and is a…
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Battle Without Honor or Humanity (2000) – Tomoyasu Hotei
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Si Tú Te Vas (1986) – Juan Luis Guerra y 440
Si Tú Te Vas (English: If You Go) is one of the great successes of ‘merengue romántico’ music. It features Dominican singer songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his group 440. Each sing a verse and it was the debut single…
Show Me The Place (2012) – Leonard Cohen
Show me the place where the Word became a manShow me the place where the suffering began Leonard Cohen has crafted some of the finest modern spiritual songs, and today’s featured track, Show Me the Place, stands among the best…
Should I Wait (1973) – Raspberries
If you the threw into a music blender The Byrds – I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better and a sped up melodic instrumental version of Don William’s – I Believe in You then Should I Wait by the Raspberries might…
Shooting Star (1989) – Bob Dylan
“The song came to me complete, full in the eyes like I’d been traveling on the garden pathway of the sun and just found it. It was illuminated. I’d seen a shooting star from the backyard of our house, or…
Shipyard Town (1988) – Gerry Rafferty
Shipyard Town is the third song to be presented here from Scottish singer songwriter Gerry Rafferty after his highly acclaimed 70’s hits Baker Street and Right Down the Line. He was a founding member of Stealers Wheel, whose biggest hit was…
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (1974) – Pink Floyd
My first listen of Shine on You Crazy Diamond remains one of my most cherished memories of my adolescence. There was a voracious and charismatic Danish exchange student at my high school called Hans who put a whole group of…
She’s The One (1975) – Bruce Springsteen
She’s The One is one of the most emotionally charged and fervent rock songs I recall hearing and that’s why I rate it so highly on Bruce’s historic break-out record Born to Run. It often goes under the radar against…
She’s My Baby (1990) – The Traveling Wilburys
She’s My Baby is another rollicking fun song from the super group The Traveling Wilburys. It’s the 11th song from the group to be presented here so far, so you could say I’m a fan putting it mildly. Most of…
She’s A Mystery To Me (1989) – Roy Orbison
In the late 1980s, Roy Orbison experienced a career resurgence with a string of solo hits, further cemented by his unforgettable contribution to the supergroup, The Traveling Wilburys. One such stand – out single is today’s featured track She’s a…
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