Just fabulous. Probably the best version of that song ever, underpinned by Roger McGuinn’s Rickenbacker 370 12 string, with a blistering solo by Neil Young on Old Black.
Friends wasn’t around then, so it was all good at the time... I remember just thinking “Wow, who’s that girl?” * * yes, I know. That was by Madonna
This is for local hero Dany who has preserved Saints legend status forever... Danny Ings...Ings, Ings, Ings....
It's funny, but I've never chimed with Bruce Springsteen's music, and I have the Born In The USA album as my final attempt at liking his stuff. The peculiar thing is that his music is good, his lyrics great, but it doesn't reach me. I've always thought he was "too American" for me, but there are plenty of American bands that I like. He might be a bit too "New York" for my liking. I don't know. The only track I really like of his is Born To Run, and even that I can only listen to at selected times. Odd, I know:
They were unfairly labelled as Siouxsie wannabes but these German goths nailed this Alternative Night floor-filler. This transports me back to Manhattans in St Marys.
Absolutely Brilliant. Love that song and the meaning behind it. Also love Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Richie Valens. Too much talent was killed on that night.
Of course. I remember when American Pie, the single and album first came out [guess who bought it?], but I was very young and thought of the single as a sing-a-long folk song. It was years later when I began to piece it together, courtesy of my musician cousin, who put me straight on some of the lyrics. It's a great song. Not my favourite one on the album though. That goes to Starry, Starry Night. A love song to Vincent van Gogh:
Another cracker and brilliantly covered by Rick Astley a couple of years back, however isn’t the song called “Vincent?”
If we are talking Dylan, I have been impressed by Kate McGarry singing his work. The album that this comes from is really impressive.
You're right. Most people who heard it originally referred to it as Starry, Starry Night though. And I continually fall into the trap of referring to it as that myself.
Well this one is definitely called Empty Chairs. Anyone who has experienced a breakup from a loved one knows the feeling behind this. So poetic too:
This song from the American Pie album was, according to Lori Lieberman, the one that inspired her to attempt to write a song about seeing Don McLean live at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. She says she met the songwriter Charles Fox, who finished off the song with composer Norman Gimbel, and Lori recorded it. Roberta Flack heard it on the radio and decided she wanted the song too, and the rest is history. So here is Empty Chairs, and Roberta Flack with the song it inspired:
As did my wife when she asked Alexa to play starry starry night at her Dad’s house..... I quite enjoyed that, when after the third go I said, “Alexa, play Vincent”
