9th — 15th of January 2021
This song seems strangely appropriate to finish off this week given the incredible scenes we experienced last week with the storming of the US Capitol building by Trump insurrectionists. We are certainly living in history making times but as Billy Joel says “we didn’t start the fire, but we’re trying to fight it” with pretty […]
Day 301: We didn’t start the fire, Billy Joel Read More »
So this is the first Madonna song to make it into Covid Island Discs. Although I’m not a great fan of Madonna, I do like this song. It also captures an intense family moment as a daughter begs her father that she will go through with an unplanned pregnancy and that she loves the father
Day 300: Papa Don’t Preach, Madonna Read More »
This is a particularly memorable duet from the 1980s and of course was the theme song to hit movie “An officer and a Gentleman”. Again lots of teenage memories. The other great thing about this song is the wonderful contrast between Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warne’s voice; the rough with the smooth really works well
Day 299: Up where we belong, Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes Read More »
Another song from the band Pulp. I guess this English band’s song picks up the very much alive English class system. And here is a comical rewording of the song aimed against one of the most elitist politicians in the current Conservative party. Sadly the lyrics in this comical version are not so far from
Day 298: Common People, Pulp Read More »
A very pretty and very wise song by Billy Joel. Sadly the sound quality of the video is a little poor.
Day 297: Honesty, Billy Joel Read More »
A fun song from the 1990s. This is actually a remixed version which is significantly faster than the original. This version reached number one in both the UK and USA charts while the original version (also on this post) reached number 60 on the UK charts in 1997. Norman Cook Remix Original Version
Day 296: Brimful of Asha, Cornershop Read More »
This is the first Green day song to make Covid Island Discs. I didn’t realise how long ago this band formed which was all the way back in 1987 while I was till just an undergraduate at the University of Sydney. This song was released in 2004 and was on their American Idiot album (interesting
Day 295: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Green Day Read More »
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