(Reprinted from The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge)
On This Date…
29 Mar 2014 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: breakfast in america, supertramp
Video of the Week: A Date With Michael Jackson Minus the Music…
26 Mar 2014 Leave a comment
in On a Lighter Note, Video of the Week Tags: michael jackson
…is a creepy looking thing indeed.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gilbert O’Sullivan and ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’
22 Mar 2014 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: gilbert o'sullivan
Of all the British songwriters who have followed in the wake of the Beatles, Gilbert O’Sullivan may possess the greatest gift for McCartney-esque melody and chord structure. His 1972 hit ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’, which spent six weeks at number one on the American pop charts, holds the same melodic melancholy of an ‘Eleanor Rigby’ or ‘For No One’ (though lyrically it’s perhaps a bit more on the maudlin side).
But O’Sullivan’s extensive catalogue contains many other sublime but less familiar tunes which also deserve a listen:
Here in a 2001 interview Gilbert touches on his ongoing love for the craft of songwriting, his appreciation of contemporary pop, his 5-year legal dispute against Gordon Mills (father of ‘Clair’, the inspiration for another of his hit singles) and another court case against Biz Markie:
Songs You May Have Missed #512
21 Mar 2014 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: i brought my father with me, michael smith
Michael Smith: “I Brought My Father With Me” (1994)
Michael Smith has a way of inhabiting the listener with his songs of droll humor and sentimental pathos. This love letter to Smith’s father falls into the second category, and is imminently relatable for many of us who “couldn’t say goodbye”.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/09/29/songs-you-may-have-missed-181/
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/03/22/songs-you-may-have-missed-369/