1st — 7th of August 2020
Love playing this song on my guitar. Remember first seeing this clip back in ’93 when I was sharing a flat in Manchester with a group of university students. Those were the days of video recorders so I recorded the BBC show and held onto the video tape long after my video player died. Finally […]
Day 140: Old Man, Neil Young Read More »
Such a beautiful song with lovely guitar backing. The song is particularly sad because Eric Clapton wrote it about his 4 year old son who was killed when he fell out of a window from a 53rd floor tower block. His chorus reminds me of the bible verse Revelation 21:4: “he will wipe every tear
Day 139: Tears from Heaven, Eric Clapton Read More »
So my daughter Grace also loves music and is starting to develop who own set of bands that she follows and loves. One of her favourite bands in twenty-one pilots and last year I had the pleasure of taking her to a twenty-one pilots concert. This is the song they opened the concert with.
Day 138: Jumpsuit, Twenty-one Pilots Read More »
This song came out in the 90s when I was leading a young teenage group at Platt known as Pathfinders. On one weekend away all the guys had this playing on their walkmans (before the days of MP3 players). This was my first introduction to grunge music. Kurt Cobain another entertainer who didn’t make it
Day 137: Smells like teen spirit, Nirvana Read More »
Another masterpiece by REM. I love the lines “Oh no I said too much, I haven’t said enough.” Yes there is something very true about these lines, especially in boy/girl relationships. Very strange video clip though with some interesting dancing by Michael Stipe. ????
Day 136: Losing my Religion, REM Read More »
OK so yesterday I mentioned the song the pinball wizard which in the musical Tommy was performed by Elton John (see yesterday’s post). However, this is the Who’s version of the same song with Roger Daltrey singing. Of course in the musical Tommy (where this song comes from) Roger Daltrey plays Tommy the pinball wizard
Day 135: Pinball Wizard Read More »
Time for some more Elton John. This song reminds me of a holiday we had when I was about 5 years old at the Hydro Majestic in the Blue mountains, Australia. In that hotel there was a jukebox and this was one of the songs that you could select. My brother Mark and I used
Day 134: Daniel, Elton John Read More »
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