This Song Rocks: The Ballad of the Mighty I

Original video located here. Accessed 24th August 2020

Song title: The Ballad of the Mighty I

Artist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Year: 2015

Why I like this song:

So I got ahold of the Chasing Yesterday album of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. It was pretty good - once again proving that Noel can still pump a quality tune - but he left the best moment for last.

Personally? This is one of the best songs he's ever written. It can easily stand alongside the best songs he came up with in Oasis' heyday 

This Song Rocks: Joker

Original video located here. Accessed 17th August 2020

Song title: Joker

Artist: Soulsavers

Year: 2015

Why I like this song:

Lately I've been listening to the Soulsavers album Kubrick.
Now this was high concept: An album where every song is about a character from a movie by director Stanley Kubrick. This one being about Joker from Full Metal Jacket. 
Needless to say, the film geek in me was already keen. And as it happens, the songs were well produced and inventive.
But does it live up to it's ambitious concept? Well it's an interpretation of someone else's work yes and it certainly is effective but does it succeed? I guess that's a matter of perspective...