Day 91: The Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
Speaking of Paul Simon (see yesterday’s post). Such a beautiful and haunting duet.
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Week 13
13th — 19th of June 2020
Day 90: You can call me Al, Paul Simon
So I remember going to see Paul Simon at the Sydney entertainment centre back in the 1980s. It was one of those concerts which was truly better than anything I could have expected. At the time his “Rhythm of the Saints” album had just been released so the hits from that dominated the play list
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Day 89: Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler
At around the same time Prince released “When Doves Cry” (see yesterday’s post) this song also made it into the Aussie charts. Again this song is strongly associated with my time at Sydney University. Looking back, they certainly were some of the happiest days of my life. I wonder if Bonnie needed some throat sweets
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Day 88: When Doves Cry, Prince
This song was released when I was in first year at Sydney University. Still have such a distinct memory of listening to it with my biology class mates in the Carslaw building. I wonder what became of all those folks? Sadly my guess is that probably like Prince, some of them are no longer with
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Day 87: I’m not in love, 10CC
This hit led me to buy my very first record back in the early 70s. Sadly at that age I didn’t really relate well to the rest of the album but now it is one of my favourites.
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Day 86: Twisting by the pool, Dire Straits
Time for some more Dire Straits I feel. Something to make you all feel jolly.
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Day 85: Walk like an Egyptian, The Bangles
The film clip is worth watching. Even has Princess Di in it.
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