Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz must have done something right by writing a song which became a hit for four different performers, all within the space of just over a decade. There’s also a wonderful irony in its origin story:…
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When Will You Fall For Me – Vika & Linda Bull
I enjoy listening to few songs as much as I do this one by the Melbourne music duo Vika and Linda Bull. Interestingly, it’s one of those songs I have raved about to other people, but they haven’t shared my…
Tagged with: archie roach, Black Sorrows, paul kelly, Vika & Linda Bull, When Will You Fall For Me
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
When We Were Kings – Brian McKnight & Diana King
Today we have a double-billing of sorts, featuring both the sporting documentary When We Were Kings and the song of the same name featured in the film. I have mentioned the film and Muhammad Ali’s colossal feat on other occasions,…
Tagged with: Brian McKnight, Diana King, George Foreman, Muhammad Ali, When we were kings, Zaire
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
When the Ship Comes In – Bob Dylan
When I hear When the Ship Comes In, I feel cast back to a centuries-old traditional English song, perhaps something Dylan might have covered on his 1992 record Good As I Been to You. No, instead he wrote this in…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Times They Are a Changin, when the ship comes in
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Posted in Music
When I Come Around – Green Day
It’s uncanny that we have two heavily guitar-driven 1990s alternative rock tracks appearing back-to-back in the Music Library Project. Yesterday it was R.E.M.’s What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? and today it’s When I Come Around by Green Day. It’s one of…
What’s The Frequency, Kenneth – R.E.M.
What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? is quite simply one of the best guitar-driven alternative rock songs I’ve ever heard. There is something hypnotic about its sustained guitar sound and bursts of reverb. It almost feels like an engine idling throughout the…
What’ll I Do – Bob Dylan
‘I don’t see myself as covering these songs in any way. They’ve been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, irving berlin, Shadows in the Night, what'll I do
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Posted in Music
Walk Like a Man – Bruce Springsteen
Walk Like a Man is yet another Springsteen track I’ve added retrospectively after it somehow slipped through the cracks all these years. So I’m trying to make amends now, and I hope I do it some justice. I was so…
Whatever – The Beths
I can’t help but enjoy the vibe and looseness of the New Zealand indie pop band The Beths. Their relatable, down-the-block garage band image really works for me, and their music is full of upbeat, infectious melodies, and catchy riffs.…
