Original video located here. Accessed 27th January 2018
Song title: Linger
Artist: The Cranberries
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. Dolores O'Riordan
Zombie may have been the bigger hit but I always felt this was better. Certainly shows off what Dolores could do with that voice of hers.
Song title: 150 Million Miracles
Artist: Akihiko Matsumoto
Year: 2009
Why I like this song:
I recently saw Summer Wars. It's an excellent movie with great ideas and loads of heart.
But the emotional apex comes at the climax, accompanied by this.
"Please use my account. And protect my precious family"
(a moment guaranteed to break the hardest of hearts)
Song title: Twilight Time
Artist: The Moody Blues
Year: 1967
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. Ray Thomas
There's a lot a stylistic ground covered on Days of Future Passed and this is, hands down, the spookiest. Even to a point where one would think the Moodies didn't have it in them, let alone the songwriter Ray Thomas - I say that as he plays the flute, which is absent here, and his previous effort on the album, Another Morning, seems lightweight by comparison.
Still I do recall this song (and it's parent album) making quite the impression on me when I was nine years old. So here's to you Ray.