Veronica Veronese (cover for single release)By Dante Gabriel Rossetti I’ve often thought I should do an album where the songs are all bound together in the style of West Side Story, but it’s always seemed like too much bother to work that way. So instead, I have these 10 poems, or short stories, that could, with…
Category: Song Lyric Sunday
#SLS – “Singing from the Windows” by Dave Matthews Band, from Walk Around the Moon
Dave Matthews Band “Walk Around the Moon” album cover (link takes you to Pitchfork review) image link My first thought on great album closer is something that has every instrument vibing full blast with echoing screams by a long-haired 1970’s musician like Robert Plant or Steven Tyler. A song, when it ends, the silence is…
#SLS — “War Child” by Jethro Tull (1974)
back cover image link that also takes you to a decent review and more info about the album I’m a big fan of Jethro Tull and have most of their albums. War Child is not one of them and I have yet to listen to it, strangely. I’ve come across the title track here and…
#SLS — “Black Star,” by Radiohead (1995)
Blame it on the black starBlame it on the falling skyBlame it on the satelliteThat beams me home–from “Black Star,” by Radiohead Although I knew the song, “Creep,” from their debut album, “Pablo Honey,” from airplay, I really began listening to Radiohead with, “The Bends.” From then to now, I am hooked on their ethereal…
#SLS — “Nobody Told Me,” by John Lennon
John Lennon being interviewed in Los Angeles on 9/29/74image by Tony Barnard, LA Times Lennon died on 12/8/80. Milk and Honey was released on 1/27/84. When I think of this song, I can’t help but wonder if John knew his life was close to ending. It wouldn’t surprise me, as he was wise beyond his…
#SLS — “E Z Rider,” by Taj Mahal, from his eponymous Debut album (1968)
album cover link to discogs The Victorian house featured on the cover, known as the Salt Box, was once located on Bunker Hill Avenue in Los Angeles’ Bunker Hill neighborhood. Designated a city landmark in 1962, it was one of only two homes that were saved and relocated, only for both be destroyed by an…
#SLS — “Down to You,” by Joni Mitchell, from Court and Spark
Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark is #113 on the 2012 list and #110 in the 2020 list of Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Court and Spark was Joni’s 6th studio album. It was an immediate commercial and critical success—and remains her most successful album. I’m actually surprised at…
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