As regards Russin history, I’m kicking myself for not mentioning Sympathy for the Devil when I started this thread. Stuck around St. Petersburg When I saw it was a time for a change Killed the Tsar and his […]

And now two quirky gems from John Cale’s magnificent album Paris 1919. Not many songs mention Graham Greene, Enoch Powell and Chipping Sodbury. And this one will make you want to re-watch Sunset Boulevard……

This afternoon I stumbled across this oddity. Harry Belafonte sínging a satirical song about Freud… And remembered this old favourite…

Learning through song begins very early. There’s not a child in the kingdom who doesn’t know that the miscreant formerly known as the Grand Old Duke of York, was a very foolish fellow indeed.

It’s early Saturday morning and I’m going to treat you all to two excellent extra tracks from those magnificent story-tellers, the WASSERS …. Wedding vows in Vegas feat FRANK SINATRA JUNIOR Anything can happen

We’ve had so many fine story-tellers on this thread, I really have to post a song by that glorious maverick, Warren Zevon. Backed here by David Sanborn and the stupendous NIGHT MUSIC band, And as a companion […]

A magnificently cryptic clue @gcu-grey-area which led me to this gem….. They were a splendidly exciting live band. I saw them shortly after the release of their first album.

What a gem @moseleymoles, I suspect I’m not the only one who hasn’t heard it before. That makes me think that a music fan from Japan, Brazil or Iceland, for example, would be very chuffed to walk down Baker […]

Very pleased to see both Sabu and John Prine appearing on this thread, @Skirky. I’d never heard this before. What a storyteller he was. Here’s another song from that live album

That is very interesting indeed @fentonsteve and @davebigpicture. Neil Young’s powerful song really put the Kent State shootings on the international map. What a contrast to 2026 when little is done to curb […]

UNDERBAR. Vielen Dank for that one @SteveT. My discovery of the week. Jackie’s having so much fun and his German fans must have loved it.

Na na hey hey….KISS HIM GOODBYE

I think that Red River Dave McEnery, who wrote his tribute in 1939, might also disagree too. Plainsong do a cover version on their album. One thing that no one can disagree with is that Amelia’s life and death […]

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What an extraordinary list, Foxy. You and Claude have done us proud. And let’s not forget that before he got interested in history, he was the bard of 1960s bedsitter passion. Donovan described London […]

Thanks for correcting me on that @hubert-rawlinson. Looking at the tracklist, I see there are only two songs about her.

Are there any Madrilenos in the house? If there are, they will know about La Puerta de Alcala, an arch which is a major Madrid landmark. I’ve liked this catchy song for years, but it’s only recently I found out […]

Back in1972, Plainsong also wrote a whole album about Amelia .

What a remarkable story, @dai.

Thanks to Gil Scott Heron, I know what will be on telly and what won’t…. He used Billie Holiday’s nickname. Here are Rumer and Daryll Hall doing doing a very decent cover of Lady Day and John Coltrane. I […]

What a fascinating bloke @fitterstoke. Yogananda was among the first Indian religious teachers to settle in the US, and the first prominent Indian to be hosted in the White House (by President Calvin Coolidge in […]