“I’ve stood around carnivals at nights when they’re clearing up and I was scared.” – Bruce Springsteen in a 1974 ZigZag interview. The stories from Bruce’s second album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle engrossed me as a youngster,…
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Wild Billy’s Circus Story – Bruce Springsteen
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Rings Of Saturn – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
We turn today to another song from Nick Cave’s 2016 album Skeleton Tree, called Rings of Saturn. This deeply mystical track mythologises the woman, the manifestation of her essential nature. The highly atmospheric elements throughout are congruent with the title,…
Lay Down Sally – Eric Clapton
Lay Down Sally is such a feel-good country-blues rocker and contains some nifty guitar playing by English singer-songwriter Eric Clapton. Clapton’s lead guitar and George Terry’s rhythm guitar have these cool interlocking riffs and counterpoints, all locked into the upbeat,…
Wild At Heart – Lana Del Rey
The modern Americana music queen is back with the stirring and soulful escapism of Wild at Heart from her seventh studio album, Chemtrails over the Country Club, released in 2021. The album is steeped in country folk and Americana, and…
Wigwam – Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s 1970 album Self Portrait was disdained by almost all fans and critics, in large part because many of the songs were considered a farce and it seemed Bob wasn’t taking his songwriting seriously. What Bob was doing here…
Wicked Game – Chris Isaak
Wicked Game is such a sultry and sensual song that it’s hard not to be swept away by the romantic mood it evokes. It impressively captures the intoxicating effect of being in love, both lyrically and musically. But ironically, it’s…
Why Worry – Dire Straits
This restrained, atmospheric track from the stellar guitar rock band Dire Straits was sweet, tender music to my young ears. Along with the album’s title track, Brothers in Arms, it would signpost where Mark Knopfler was later headed with his…
Who Do You Love – Ronnie Hawkins & The Band
I’m telling this chick … how bad I am, so she can go tell the cat she’s hanging with, “this dude is something else.” That’s what it kinda meant, cat ridin’ rattlesnakes and kissin’ boa constrictors and stuff – Bo Diddley…
Who By Fire – Leonard Cohen
Who By Fire is about as solemn and spiritual as you are ever likely to hear from Leonard Cohen, and given his propensity for heavily laden lyrics of religious significance, you know I am not beating around the bush when…
Whitewash County – Elton John
This is one of Elton John’s most unheralded great latter-career songs. It’s got this irresistible groove and energy, and John is fantastic on the keys. It’s one of my favourite energetic, piano-driven tracks by him, with two great solos thrown…
