Category Archive: Modern Music
Heroes
(photo: Jo Altmon)
Songs in Our Heart # 44 Heroes (David Bowie) (Written by David Bowie and Brian Eno, released September 1977) [An almost unique pop song – no bridge, instruments set to howl, yet awfully full of feeling.]
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Songs in Our Heart # 43 Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) (Written by Roger Waters and David Gilmour; released September 1975) [“We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year…”]
Continue Reading →You’re So Vain
Songs in Our Heart # 42 You’re So Vain (Carly Simon) (Written by Carly Simon; released November 1972) [We’re calling our racehorse “Naturally.”]
Continue Reading →Slave to the Rhythm
(photo of Grace by Stuart Sevastos)
Songs in Our Heart # 41 Slave to the Rhythm (Grace Jones) (Written by Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn; released October 1985) [A 1980s orchestral dream enlivened by a primal force of nature – Miss Grace Jones.]
Continue Reading →The Road to Cairo
Songs in Our Heart # 40 The Road to Cairo (David Ackles) (Written by David Ackles; released September 1968) [A man seeks to return to his broken home, and funks it.]
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