Frédéric Chopin’s Movement 2 – Romance-Larghetto from his Piano Concerto No. 1 is the perfect piece for a drizzly Sunday morning here in Bogota, Colombia. I find it stunning and my eyes well with tears as I listen to it…
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Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11 – 2. Romance-Larghetto (1830) – Frédéric Chopin
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Satellite of Love (1972) – Lou Reed
I want to dedicate this post to my blogger friend Tom (ala dylan6111) who reminded me of this song not long ago as he was very fond of Lou Reed. I became familiar with Satellite Of Love in my adolescence listening…
Sarah Jane (1973) – Bob Dylan
The above album ‘Dylan’ (also known as ‘Fool Such as I‘ for its European release) was made up from outtakes he recorded for previous albums including today’s featured track Sarah Jane. It was released by Colombia Records in 1973 with…
Ramada Inn (2012) – Neil Young with Crazy Horse
This song always puts me on I-5 south at the bottom of the Grapevine, heading to LA… It’s a Crazy Horse journey, a long road. There’s a lot to see… a lot to feel out there on I-5. Don’t be scared…
Sara (1976) – Bob Dylan
Sara Lownds (now Sara Dylan) and Dylan became romantically involved in 1964; soon afterwards, they moved into separate rooms in New York’s Hotel Chelsea to be near one another. Dylan biographer Robert Shelton, who knew Dylan and Lownds in the mid-1960s, writes that Lownds…
Gods & Monsters (2012) – Lana Del Rey
(Warning: The content of this post contain explicit messages which could offend some readers) I have written about the pitfalls concerning the pursuit of fame in Los Angeles in my movie articles of the Coen Brothers’ Barton Fink and David Lynch’s…
Ghosteen (2019) – Nick Cave
If there is sadness in Ghosteen, perhaps it is the recognition that we are often blind to the splendour of the world and indifferent to its attendant wonder. Perhaps the sadness is the recognition that the world is indeed beautiful, that it…
Rain Dogs (1985) – Tom Waits
Can I preface by saying how difficult it is to write a post here in between watching Day 4 of the Athletics in Paris. I told my good friend Sharon a few days ago that I would boycott the Olympics…
Born to Run (1975) – Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run, the title track is a frenzied anthem about the idealism and escapism of youth, similar to the spirit and message of another song on the record called Backstreets which I presented here in 2019. I was so…
Hold On, Hold On (2006) – Neko Case
Singer-songwriter Neko Case began her career in the mid-’90s, playing drums in various, mostly punk-oriented bands before launching a country-influenced solo project, Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, who debuted in 1997 with the album The Virginian. That same year, she also became part of…
