Thursday, September 5, 2019

Nineties Revisited: Heaven Coming Down


Original video located here. Accessed 5th September 2021

Song title: Heaven Coming Down

Artist: Tea Party

Year: 1999

Why I like this song:

We are in the presence of royalty here: These guys were a very important band during my late teens.
First: they could rock hard.
Second: They were a goth rock band and represented a seductive hand to the dark side of music.
Third: They used a variety of exotic instruments and piqued my interest in world music.
Fourth: they were the first live band I ever saw.
And Fifth, and most crucially of all, they were a method of bonding with a group of goths I was hanging around with at the time - and whom I became good friends with.

As for the song itself, it's majestic in every sense of the word and is hand down the Tea Party at their best.

Back to the Eighties: Cattle and Cane


Original video located here. Accessed 5th September 2019

Song title: Cattle and Cane

Artist: The Go-Betweens

Year: 1983

Why I like this song:

Day 23: A song you think everyone should listen to

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

This Song Rocks: Into Action


Original video located here. Accessed 1st September 2019

Song title: Into Action

Artist: Tim Armstrong

Year: 2007

Why I like this song:

Day 22: A song that moves you forward

Nineties Revisited: Don't Change Your Plans


Original video located here. Accessed 4th September 2021

Song title: Don't Change Your Plans

Artist: Ben Folds Five

Year: 1999

Why I like this song:

Back in 1999, this was my 'turn of the millennium' theme. And how could it not? Consider the situation: The 1900s were ending; the 90s were ending and my teens were ending. As such, this song represented the need to move on and embrace both adulthood and the future - "But destiny is calling/ And I told them when my time is up / I'm out of here"

For me, this song is effective as a goodbye/moving on song and one I have come back to many times since

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Classics: Jessica


Original video located here. Accessed 3rd September 2019

Song title: Jessica

Artist: Allman Brothers Band

Year: 1973

Why I like this song:

Day 21: A song you like with a person's name in the title

Monday, September 2, 2019

Nineties Revisited: Beautiful Freak


Original video located here. Accessed 4th January 2023

Song title: Beautiful Freak

Artist: The Eels

Year: 1996

Why I like this song:

Day 20: A song that has many meanings for you

Sunday, September 1, 2019

Back to the Eighties: In Time


Original video located here. Accessed 1st September 2019

Song title: In Time

Artist: Robbie Robb

Year: 1989

Why I like this song:

Day 19: A song that makes you think about life