Throw Your Arms Around Me is one of the most well-recognised contemporary love ballads in Australia. A swell of pride and love for my native country and its music envelops me when I hear this. Not just that, but it’s…
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Throw Your Arms Around Me (1990) – Hunters & Collectors
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Drowning (2025) – Tim Eveleigh
Recently, I received a nice surprise when English singer-songwriter Tim Eveleigh reached out and asked if I’d like an early listen to his upcoming album Life Is Not a Competition (image inset). I first came across Tim’s music in 2023…
This Year’s Love (1999) – David Gray
This Year’s Love by British singer-songwriter David Gray, is one of his real fan-pleasers – and it’s easy to hear why. The single peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and its from his fourth studio album, White Ladder. His music…
Here Comes My Baby (1967) – Cat Stevens
Here Comes My Baby couldn’t be a better song to capture the delight and bouncy mood my daughter Katherine puts me into. We went on a bit of a Wes Anderson spree a week ago – first The Royal Tenenbaums,…
Tagged with: cat stevens, here comes my baby, Katherine Rose, Rushmore, Wes Anderson
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Have You Ever Seen The Rain (1971) – Creedence Clearwater Revival
“We achieved all our dreams… you guys are only talking about negative stuff … On your own perfect dream … you bring in a huge rain cloud…” – John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Have You Ever Seen the Rain is…
Tagged with: Creedence Clearwater Revival, have you ever seen the rain, John Fogerty, take shelter
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It Is What It Is (2023) – Darksoft
I heard It Is What It Is the other day on my music player, and its easy, hip groove clicked with me. There’s a breezy looseness to it – a kind of pleasurable, unhurried sway – and the guitar work…
April Come She Will (1966) – Simon & Garfunkel
Today’s Simon & Garfunkel track, April Come She Will, is a lucid and breezy piece, carrying a touch of Celtic colouring similar to their sombre and melancholic Scarborough Fair, which happened to be paired with April as its A-side single.…
Tagged with: April Come She Will, Scarborough Fair, Simon & Garfunkel, Sounds of Silence, the graduate
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This Old Guitar (2005) – Neil Young (Ft. Emmylou Harris)
I first heard This Old Guitar in the Prairie Wind concert at the Grand Ole Opry House, featured in Jonathan Demme’s music documentary Heart of Gold (yes, the same Demme behind Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia). It’s this performance…
Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) – Scott Cooper (Friday’s Finest)
People might have been disappointed if they went in expecting the film to revel in The Boss’s highs. Instead, this biopic – much like how director Scott Cooper portrayed Bad Blake in Crazy Heart – focuses on mostly the lows,…
Tagged with: Bruce Springsteen, deliver me from nowhere, nebraska, Scott Cooper
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Never Be The Same Again (2000) – Melanie C (Ft. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes)
Let me just say from the outset – I’ve seen worse single covers than the one above. Wowee. If I’m hazarding a guess, I’d say Melanie C’s (from the British girl group Spice Girls) short-cropped hair and athletic look on…
Tagged with: Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, melanie c, never be the same again, northern star
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