Bryan Ferry: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
One of the all-time great songs. Written by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical Roberta. Taken from Ferry’s 1974 album Another Time, Another Place.
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The bowler’s Holding, the batsman’s Willey.
Ultimate Dog Tease (Sorry, Bingo)
This has been viewed a zillion times but it still cracks us up and if you have never seen it we envy you.
The Young Ones: Vyvyan loses his head
A true comic gem from the 1980s. The student foursome are on the train to Manchester, where they will appear on University Challenge. ‘Bambi’ is the then presenter Bamber Gascoigne.
Otis Redding: I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
THE best soul singer of all time in my opinion. There was and is no one to touch the Mighty Otis. He co-wrote I’ve Been Loving You Too Long with the singer-songwriter … Continue readingOtis Redding: I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
The roots of Steeleye Span
HALF a century after they began, Steeleye Span are still going strong. They have gone through more personnel changes than you could shake a maypole at, yet Maddy Prior continues … Continue readingThe roots of Steeleye Span
Tim Buckley: Song to the Siren
Melodramatic but mesmerising performance from young Tim. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pxvXI1i9cw It appeared on his otherwise ‘difficult’ 1970 album Starsailor but amazingly two years earlier he played it on the Monkees’ TV show. … Continue readingTim Buckley: Song to the Siren
Randy Newman: Birmingham
Got a big black dogAnd his name is DanWho lives in my backyard in BirminghamHe is the meanest dog in Alabam’Get ’em Dan From the classic album Good Old Boys.
Schubert: Impromptu Op 90, No 4
THIS is one of eight impromptus, piano pieces composed by Schubert in 1827, a year before his death at the age of only 31. They are published in two sets … Continue readingSchubert: Impromptu Op 90, No 4
Bobby Darin: I’ll Be There
BOBBY Darin suffered rheumatic fever as a child and it damaged his heart. Knowing he was likely to die young, he threw himself into everything, and maybe spread himself a … Continue readingBobby Darin: I’ll Be There