Week 35 – Think Bensonium

Day 245: California Dreamin, Mama & The Papas

Roderick Benson — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Time for another timeless famous song from the past. What year you ask. I thought this song would have been early 60s but in fact it was released in 1970 when I was the tender age of 4.

Day 244: The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkel

Roderick Benson — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Someone recently quoted these lines from this song: “Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest.” It was in reference to the strange phenomenon of those who hear and witness Trump’s outrageous behaviour and still want him to be their leader. If I’m honest the fact that Trump still received around 70 million votes in the recent US Presidential election I find deeply troubling. I said to my wife you do not expect to have to reevaluate your understanding of humanity when you are in your 50s and yet this is where I now find myself. I have to dismiss the idea that someone as dysfunctional as Trump will be rejected by the vast majority of the population. Yes they will be rejected by the majority in the mathematical sense (> 50%) yet that majority is horrifyingly still relatively slim and it is this lesson which is a bitter truth to learn so late in life.

Day 243: Mandy, Barry Manilow

Roderick Benson — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

A Barry Manilow album is not something I would purchase but this song of his is very pretty and deserves its place in Covid Island Discs.

Day 242: The first cut is the deepest, Rod Stewart

Roderick Benson — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Yesterday I posted the first cut is the deepest sung by Cheryl Crow. This is the original version by Rod Stewart.

Day 241: The first cut is the deepest, Cheryl Crow

Roderick Benson — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

I like this cover of the famous Rod Stewart song by Cheryl Crow.

Day 240: So Young, The Corrs

Roderick Benson — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

I was young when this song was first released. Not so now! It would also be dishonest of me not to note that the women who make up this group I think are some of the most beautiful in the world. I remember a comedian once saying: you know, I was talking to Jimmy Corr the other day about how disgusting I think it is when guys become mates with another bloke just so they can get to know their beautiful looking sisters.

Day 239: Peggy Sue, Buddy Holly and the Crickets

Roderick Benson — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

“The day before the music died!” We go all the way back to 1957 for this classic. Holly of course would influence lots of 60s rock and roll including the Beatles