Two from Pet Shop Boys to get us started –
Music/songs about the power of music/songs
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Musings on the byways of popular culture
Musings on the byways of popular culture
Two from Pet Shop Boys to get us started –
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Me bird’s finally tired o’ me smelly fecklessity and given me tha boot. But wait – she’s off tae a concert tha night! Please Miz Areefa werk ya magic ‘n’ get her back in me Mam’s spare room with me where she belongs:
The greatest pop song ever written about the transcendent power of music; “the magic’s in the music and the music’s in me…”
Not really my thing, but I remember this from 1976.
John Miles – music.
https://youtu.be/guhQalNOwkM
Status Quo – Rock n Roll
I quit my nine-to-five
https://youtu.be/TSroXhI2uZs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95dKsLZXygk
But he didn’t.
The lying, concorde-nosed mushy balladeer
That would be my choice as well.
My headphones, they saved my life
Your tape, it lulled me to sleep
This actually says it very well. And it isn’t the shouty Chumbas you fear and expect.
Frank Turner – I Still Believe
Che bello è quando c’è tanta gente
E la musica, la musica
Ci fa star bene
E’ una libidine
E’ una rivoluzione
Quando ci si può parlare con una canzone
Che bello è quando lo stadio e pieno
E la musica, la musica
Riempie il cielo
E’ una libidine
E’ una rivoluzione
Show off!
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One good thing about music: when it hits you feel no pain.
(And I was there 😀 )
https://youtu.be/ebv6-9p6sgI
Don’t forget the songs
That made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you’re older now
And you’re a clever swine
But they were the only ones who ever stood by you
Great choice always liked that track….so many great B sides…they played Glastonbury in 1984 but I didn’t know too much about them , a few weeks later kicked myself when I realised I could have seen them! Never did see them…
Just gimme some of that rock ‘n’ roll music:
https://youtu.be/0XSaKQlBZuE
Music is also my sanctuary
and could you call on John Coltrane, could you call on Lady Day? They’ll wash your troubles, your troubles, your troubles away.
Noise is for heroes, indeed…
Stiff Little Fingers – Guitar And Drum
You might think this is a stretch, but I think it fits the theme: the wonderful Kathleen Edwards with I make the dough, you get the glory.
Her Majesty Madonna – Music
Works far better without the horribly dated clip nowadays. Do we still call this ‘late period’ Madonna? If so, one of her better later ones