Day 449: Chlorine, Twenty-one Pilots
Twenty-one pilots is one my daughters favourite bands. I have already cited their song
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Covid Island Discs
Day 448: Sweet home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd
OK so time for one of the most ultimate Meme songs: Sweet home Alabama. Listen out for the line: “Well I heard Mr Young sing about her Well I heard old Neil put her down Well I hope Neil Young will remember A southern man don’t need him around anyhow.” So these lines are in
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Day 447: Alabama, Neil Young
So this is one of Neil’s protest songs against the USA southern state racism. This song would lead Lynyrd Skynyrd to decry Young name in his most famous song Sweet Home Alabama (see tomorrow’s post).
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Day 446: You’re no son of mine, Genesis
This song get’s my vote for its musical and lyrical intensity. A very moving song about a very sad subject of the permanent breakdown of a father and son’s relationship laced with permanent unforgiveness on the part of the father.
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Day 445: Back in the USSR, The Beatles
So on Sunday I cited my first Beach Boys song California Girls. That song stimulated the Beatles to include a little bit of beachboy-style musing over lovely Russian woman.
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Day 444: Wild world, Cat Stevens
This is one of Cat Stevens’ classic and he introduces the song saying it is really addressed at himself. I think most of us once we reach adulthood realise that this world is pretty wild and not always in a good way.
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Day 443: California Girls, The Beach Boys
Can’t believe it has taken me so long to cite this very old Beach Boys classic and this is the first time they appear in Covid Island Discs. This song brings back a nice memory for me relating to my old St Paul’s youth group. Every year we would go away together for a least
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Day 442: Close to You, The Carpenters
Covid Island Discs is finally drawing to a close. In theory the last of the Covid-19 restrictions in the UK will be removed on the 21st of June 2021. Whether we will stay out of restrictions beyond the 21st is anyone’s guess given the Indian variant of the virus is rapidly becoming the dominate form
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Day 441: Tainted Love, Soft Cell
Time for a trip down memory lane with this 80s rock classic. Tainted love first appeared on the Australian radio airwaves in 1981. At the time a good friend and mine were avid listeners of the Sydney radio station 2SM and this station used to produce a top 100 chart which consisted of a piece
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Day 440: Since you’ve been gone, Rainbow
Time for a bit of a meme song. This is certain one of those rock and roll classics that everyone knows yet the first time Rainbow has appeared in Covid Island Discs. Like the key change in the middle of the song.
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