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Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal) 2007 – Fergie
The principal reason I included Big Girls Don’t Cry in my music project is because of its irresistible chorus—much like how I’m drawn to the infectious hook in Shania Twain’s Man! I Feel Like a Woman.” Until researching this song…
A Love like Springsteen (2024) – Kasey Chambers
Recently on the 5th anniversary of my ‘Music Library Project,’ I estimated my project would take 10 years to complete, assuming no new songs were added. I planned to include only song titles to the respective menu without writing full…
Sin Poderte Hablar (1979) – Willie Colón
Most of the Salsa that has appeared here so far is from a genre of salsa romántica known colloquially as Salsa Rosa (Salsa Rose) which garnered popularity in the late 80’s. It is a softer and more delicate Salsa raising emotions of…
Sing (Your Love) 2004 – Hillsong (Ft. Reuben Morgan)
Sing (Your Love) comes from one of my favourite Australian albums – For All You’ve Done. This evangelical Christian album peaked at No1 on the mainstream music charts in Australia. Soon after I was baptised by the Mornington Baptist Church…
My Happiness (1958) – Connie Francis
This article about Connie Francis’ enchanting version of My Happiness contains extracts from the two Wikipedia references at the end of this post: Connie Francis – whose favourite song at the age of eight had been the Jon and Sondra Steele version…
I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues (1983) – Elton John
But more than ever, I simply love youMore than I love life itself When Elton sings the above lines in today’s featured track, it sends chills down my spine. It’s simply devine and one of my favourite romantic songs from…
Envidia (2024) – Nathy Peluso
the queen of self-assured experimentation Nathy Peluso is a genuine Latin Pop polymath in the modern Latina music world; a sort of Jekyll and Hyde figure battling between herself and her bold pop star persona. She opens her latest album…
Morning Starship (2019) – Morrissey
Morning Starship is a recent Morrissey track and entails a Sci-Fi love story which blends cosmic themes and introspective lyricism. Like a lot of his tunes including with The Smiths it can take a little time for my ears to…
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…
