Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
11 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: dawdling daughter, roger klug
Roger Klug: “Dawdling Daughter” (2000)
Playful power popper Roger Klug has one of those daughters that’ll just drive a father nuts–because she takes after him.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2024/08/19/songs-you-may-have-missed-751/
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in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: 1904, the tallest man on earth
The Tallest Man on Earth: “1904” (2012)
The Tallest Man on Earth is Sweden’s Kristian Matsson.
“1904” is, according to Rock Cellar Magazine, about “a year that ‘shook the world’, with an earthquake in Sweden and Norway, the beginning of the construction of the Panama Canal, and the start of the Russo-Japanese War.”
11 Feb 2013 2 Comments
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: al stewart, merlin's time
Al Stewart: “Merlin’s Time” (1980)
Glasgow, Scotland’s Alastair Ian Stewart (if all that’s not redundant) has been around as long as the Rolling Stones, whom he actually opened for in 1963, and has quietly built a career as one of the more singular singer-songwriters out there. Truly one artist whose influences are almost impossible to pin down, Stewart’s style forsook convention in many ways: songs with lengthy running times, using the f-word in a ballad, historical and seafaring themes, and a lyrical style rich with detailed imagery. His songs were almost word-paintings, often not built around a hook, but written as narratives that required a little patience of a listener.
“Merlin’s Time” which dates from the tail-end of Stewart’s run of U.S. chart success, finds him in atmospheric reverie of ancient England’s “kingdom lost to time”.
Every Moment Has A Song 