It is befitting Not Dark Yet is the first song to appear from Bob Dylan’s 3-time grammy award winning Time Out of Mind since for me it is the highlight of the record and in my top 20 all –…
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Absolute Beginners (1986) – David Bowie
Absolute Beginners is a song about unrequited young love, but there’s so much to listen to in this. It’s very broad sounding – eclectic music at its best. It’s theatrical as most of Bowie’s music I find. Absolute Beginners is…
All I Want is You (1988) – U2
All I Want is You was released in the era of U2 I enjoyed the most; namely between years 1987 and 1991 when the successive albums: The Joshua Tree, Rattle and Rum and Achtung Baby were produced. The last time…
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor – Adagietto (1901) – Gustav Mahler
Put Adagietto on in the background while you’re doing chores or whatever and believe you me, you won’t regret it. According to Merriam Webster the first known use of adagietto was in 1841. Adagio is an Italian musical term that means “slowly”…
Not Alone Anymore (1988)- The Traveling Wilburys
I did warn you folks I would present nearly all songs from The Travelling Wilburys Volume 1 record and it’s fast approaching the finale. This is the eighth song (of 10) presented so far from this stand – out record.…
Charcoal Lane (1990) – Archie Roach
‘I’m a Survivor of Charcoal Lane’ Archie Roach Australian Aboriginal singer Archie Roach can certainly tell a good yarn through song and Charcoal Lane is evidence of that. This title track is the third song to appear him from his…
Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (1832) – Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne op.9 No.2 is the third composition from Chopin to be presented here after the last entry – Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15. A friend sent me this piece a few years ago and I was captivated. For that reason,…
No Time to Think (1978) – Bob Dylan
No Time To Think is the fourth song to appear here from Bob Dylan’s 18th studio album Street – Legal. I wrote in the last entry New Pony – ‘To say, Street – Legal is ‘complex’ is an understatement. To…
No One (2007) – Alicia Keys
I was thinkin’ ’bout Alicia Keys, couldn’t keep from cryingBut she was born in Hell’s Kitchen, I was living down the lineI’m wondering where in the world Alicia Keys could beI been looking for her even clear through Tennessee Bob…
Njósnavélin (The Nothing Song) (2002) – Sigur Rós
I came across ‘The Nothing Song‘ song some years ago when I watched the final scene in the movie Vanilla Sky. Cameron Crowe, the director of Vanilla Sky has such a great taste in music as seen by the song…
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