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My Back Pages (1964) – Bob Dylan

The song’s title evokes both the “back pages” of a book – its end – and the “pages” of life that lay behind a person as they proceed onward from start to finish. As Dylan turns the page on his past

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Runaround Sue (1961) – Dion

It really is about a girl who was kind of loose in the neighbourhood. The word Sue just fit for the song – you couldn’t use Roberta, or Alice, or whatever. I’m not going to mention who it’s really about,

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Signore, Ascolta! (Turandot) 1924 – Giacomo Puccini

Pieces of music from the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini have featured here from his Operas: La Bohème and Tosca, but nothing from Turandot or Madame Butterfly. But hold your hats because today we have an exquisite soprano aria from act one of the opera Turandot called

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Cúlpame a Mí (2022) – Kenia Os

Cúlpame a Mí (Eng: Blame Me) by Mexican singer-songwriter Kenia Os came onto my random music player yesterday when I was getting ready to go out. I thought it was beautiful and had it on repeat until I left the

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Siege of a Nation (1982) – The Fureys

When I was a preadolescent I bought the album by The Furey’s called ‘When You Were Sweet Sixteen‘. Today’s featured track, Siege of a Nation, is the fourth song I’ve highlighted from my favourite Celtic album, which I consider a

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Battle Without Honor or Humanity (2000) – Tomoyasu Hotei

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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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

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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

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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

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