Michael Bolton routinely introduces a number he’s about to sing by first announcing its composer, Bob Dylan. The reaction is usually muted: “Bob Dylan should elicit this enormous response,” he says. “But I don’t get that.” Then the piano-based melody…
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Superstar (2010) – James Blunt
“I guess the title is misleading because people think it has to do with my experience in the music business. Instead, it’s the way a lot of people will look at the world today. If we asked children twenty years…
Super Trouper (1980) – ABBA
Saxophonist Ulf Andersson, who toured with Abba during the late 1970s around the time Super Trouper was penned, revealed in a 2020 interview that mentioning Glasgow was a secret love message from Bjorn to wife Agnetha Faltskog (Second couple from…
Superman (It’s Not Easy) 2001 – Five For Fighting
Superman is the third song on Five for Fighting’s sophomore album, America Town (see image inset) and the second single released from it. It became a huge radio hit after the horrific 9/11 attacks and was used to honor the victims,…
Corleone (2024) – Nathy Peluso
On 21 of November this year I wrote about Nathy Peluso’s big night at this year’s Latin Grammys winning 3 for Best Rap/Hip Hop Song, Best Alternative Song and Best Long Form Music Video – Grasa. One of the songs from her recent album –…
2000 Miles (Pretenders) – Megan Washington (from Carols by Candlelight 2024)
I was reminded of this beautiful song by Meg Washington’s stellar performance on Christmas Eve – Carols by Candlelight 2024 (from 57:30: in the video below). I have written a lot about the significance of this occasion in my recent…
Sunrise (2004) – Norah Jones
Let’s kick it off with singer-songwriter and pianist Norah Jones who I dug from the get-go since she burst on the scene in 2002 with her chart-topping and award-winning debut album Come Away With Me. Initially focused on lounge jazz, Jones has since…
O Holy Night (Aled Jones / David Hobson) – Christmas Countdown No. 1
Happy Christmas Eve (Esp. La vispera de Navidad) everybody!I wrote in my ‘Christmas Countdown’ description how the songs were shared in no particular order, but I make an exception with today’s sacred song. We have arrived at the Christmas song…
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Happy XMAS (War is Over) John Lennon – Christmas Countdown No. 2
Happy XMAS (War is Over) is one of my family’s favourite secular Christmas songs. The song appears on John Lennon’s posthumous compilation The John Lennon Collection shown inset. I don’t know how many times I put the needle down on this record…
Must Be Santa (Bob Dylan) – Christmas Countdown No. 3
Today’s featured Christmas song sitting at No. 3 in my Christmas Countdown is Must Be Santa by Bob Dylan. It is the second song from Bob Dylan’s unexpected 2009 release Christmas in the Heart which ventures into the Christian festive…
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