I woke up this morning to hear the sad news that Robin Gibb has died. He had been battling colon cancer for several years. When I was growing up, the Bee Gees (Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb) were massive, mainly due to writing the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. For a number of years, the [...]
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The Partisan – Leonard Cohen
Posted in History, Music, tagged Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen, Songs From A Room, The Partisan on 17/05/2012 | Leave a Comment »
I only have time for a quick post today as my students have a mid-term exam, so not much time for anything substantive. I posted this on my FaceBook account yesterday, but thought I would share it on my blog today. It is one of my favourite Leonard Cohen songs, “The Partisan”, from his album [...]
Song for whoever
Posted in Music, tagged Paul Heaton, Pop music, The Beautiful South, Top 40 on 21/11/2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have a very busy day today, so I thought I would just do a quick post with this video of one of my favourite songs by The Beautiful South. This song, “Song For Whoever” was a hit for them in 1989, and features many of their trademarks; clever lyrics and beautiful harmonies. Enjoy!
The leaves that are green…..
Posted in Music, Nature, Photography, tagged autumn, fall, growing old, Leaves, Music, Paul Simon, Photography, Simon & Garfunkel on 06/11/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday my daughter Esyllt and I were in Bute Park in Cardiff taking photographs of some of the beautiful autumn colours of the leaves. Here are a few of our results: I find this time of year very beautiful, particularly in the New England part of the United States, where the colours of the trees [...]
Now then, now then, now then
Posted in Music, News, TV, tagged Disk Jockey, Jim'll fix it, Jimmy Saville, Top Of the Pops on 30/10/2011 | Leave a Comment »
I woke up this morning to the sad news that (Sir) Jimmy Saville had died yesterday (the 29th of October) at the age of 84 (in fact, 2 days shy of his 85th birthday). Most people under the age of 25 or 30 will never have heard of Jimmy Saville, but to people over 30 [...]
The death of a clown
Posted in Music, Politics, World affairs, tagged Australia, Clown, Gaddafi, Rugby, The Kinks, Wales, World Cup on 21/10/2011 | Leave a Comment »
A quick post following the defeat of Wales by Australia in the 3rd/4th place Rugby World Cup playoff match. I may have time later to post a match report, but I thought I would quickly post this – in reaction to the news of Colonel Gaddafi’s death at the hands of the so-called rebels in [...]
Are you experienced?
Posted in Music, tagged Bob Dylan, covers, Jimi Hendrix, U2 on 16/10/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, as mentioned in my previous post, I went to see Bob Dylan in concert in Cardiff. He finished his set with the song Rolling Stone Magazine readers voted the greatest rock song of all time, “Like A Rolling Stone“. His penultimate song was “All Along The Watchtower“, which he originally recorded on his [...]
Precious Angel
Posted in Music, tagged Bob Dylan, guitar, Mark Knofler, Music on 13/10/2011 | 4 Comments »
This evening I’m going to the Cardiff International Arena to see Bob Dylan in concert. This will be the 4th time I’ve seen him, twice in the 1980s and the 3rd time only a few months ago in June when he headlined the bill at the Feis Festival of Irish music in London’s Finsbury Park [...]
