Covid Island Discs Covid Island new year’s Day So what mega band do I open up the second year of Covid Island Discs (hopefully the UK lockdown won’t last for two years)? Well surely it has to be arguably the greatest rock and roll band of all time and that is the Beatles. I have […]
Day 367: Penny Lane, The Beatles Read More »
Countdown to the year anniversary of Covid Island Discs Covid Island new year’s eve Well we’ve made it. Tomorrow one year ago I started Covid Island Discs. Little did I (or indeed the world know) just how devastating this disease would be on so many lives. Since starting Covid Island discs so many thousands of
Day 366: The Logical Song, Supertramp Read More »
Countdown to the year anniversary of Covid Island Discs T -2 Well we’re just two days away from completing a year of Covid Island Discs. The second song of Covid Island Discs I cited was Dido “Sand in my shoes. I really love this woman’s voice and she consistently produces great hits. This song is
Day 365: All you want, Dido Read More »
Countdown to the year anniversary of Covid Island Discs T -3 This is probably one of Dire Straits longest songs running for over 15 minutes. This song opened their Love over Gold album and it certainly is a fantastic and interesting song. Interestingly enough, there is a Telegraph Road in the North Shore of Sydney
Day 364: Telegraph Road, Dire Straits Read More »
Countdown to the year anniversary of Covid Island Discs T -4 The opening song on Billy Joel’s Piano Man album was called Travelin’ Prayer. This is a particularly interesting song musically because it begins with a snare drum and piano and slowly builds with a new musical instrument being added from verse to verse. I
Day 363: Travelin’ Prayer, Billy Joel Read More »
Countdown to the year anniversary of Covid Island Discs T -5 Like the song Daniel (Covid Island Discs Day 134), Crocodile Rock was a song that also was in that Hydro Majestic hotel’s Jukebox and one that my brother and I played over again and again as we played the pinball machines which were also
Day 362: Crocodile Rock, Elton John Read More »
Countdown to the year anniversary of Covid Island Discs T -6 So this song was a hit from Kate Bush’s album Lionheart. Is is a particularly intense and musically dramatic song and the accompanying video has all the Kate Bush trademarks including great choreography and the persistent image trace of her moving arms. The guy
Day 361: Hammer Horror, Kate Bush Read More »
Countdown to the year anniversary of Covid Island Discs T -7 Well we’ve made it to week 52 of Covid Island discs and coming up to the anniversary of when the UK first went into lockdown. I have decided that the songs of the final seven days of Covid Island Discs will consist of the
Day 360: My Sweet Lord, George Harrison Read More »
Wow we begin week 52 of Covid Island Discs. We have nearly made it through a whole year of UK lockdown which is a sobering thought. In some ways it seems like only yesterday that Johnson announced the first lockdown all the back in March 2020 but in other ways it seems like half a
Day 358: Eyes like twins, Wilson Phillips Read More »
I think it is time for another Dido song. This one has Dido’s signature laid back percussion feel to it. The perfect song to unwind to after a hard day at work. The video to this song is also pretty clever.
Day 357: Thank you, Dido Read More »
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