Staying with the recent Australian trend, we take a detour down what Lou Reed once called the Dirty Boulevard – and he’s not even Australian nor does his song’s inference equate, but that hardly matters – you get the gist.So,…
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Brown Eyed Girl (1967) – Van Morrison
When released, the song about a former lover was too explicit for radio airplay. In the third verse, the lyrics, “making love in the green grass,” were edited out, and replaced with a combination of lyrics from the first verse —…
For Free (1971) – Joni Mitchell
Yesterday on BBC Sounds, I was checking out David Gilmour’s Desert Island tracks when I spotted Joni Mitchell’s song For Free. Instantly, I assumed I’d already written about it and had it tucked away somewhere in my music project. But…
Lady of the Dawn (1979) – Mike Batt
The album Tarot Suite (shown inset), which features Lady of the Dawn was a treasured presence in our household as I grew up on Sydney’s western outskirts. Despite the limited information available about it—even lacking a dedicated Wikipedia page—Tarot Suite,…
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So long, Marianne (1967) – Leonard Cohen
Now we are getting to the cream of Cohen’s crop. Marianne and Leonard stayed in touch until the very end, almost literally. He sent her a letter on her death bed in 2016. “I’m just a little behind you, close…
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Sana Sana (2020) – Nathy Peluso
Such is my excitement for this song and Nathy Peluso in general, I have forwarded this ‘polemical primeval act’ ahead of time and will let it roll on tomorrow. Her other song Puro Veneno released here in April this year…
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Redemption Song (1980) – Bob Marley
It seems like only yesterday that Bob Marley’s early pioneering hit Mr. Brown featured here and now we have another song, but this time from the other bookend of his discography (and fittingly so) – Redemption Song. This is the…
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These Fish Have Manners (Good Friday Edition)
I’m sorry, but it’s a fact! – that there is such a thing as manners, a way of treating people. These fish have manners. These fish have manners. In fact, they’re coming with me. I’m starting a new company, and the…
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Precious Memories (1986) – Bob Dylan
Precious Memories is the first song to appear here from Bob Dylan’s twenty – fourth studio album Knocked Out Loaded. Although I would consider this a lower-tier Dylan record, it still includes a few gems on it like today’s featured…
Three minutes of Ivy League heads refusing to condemn calls for genocide of Jews
This is unbelievable. They say ‘It depends on the context’. They are heads of the US’s biggest educational institutions. Now lets think of the following scenario: if the questions were asked about genocide of Blacks or Muslims. What do you…
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