Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 20 April 2018
For some reason a lot of my posts in this category so far seem to come from 1990. This is The Farm’s first big hit. I have previously posted their biggest, All Together Now, in another context.
Posted in 1970s, Lyrics, Music, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 13 April 2018
Another outing for the word nonchalant in a lyric; except here its inclusion is a little more forced.
The harmonies on the verse of this are sublime.
Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind, Lyrics, Music at 12:00 on 6 April 2018
Another song which has the word nonchalant in its lyric, When You Walk in the Room was written and performed by Jackie DeShannon but is more familiar to Britons via the cover version recorded by The Searchers which got to number 3 in the UK 1964. The song’s title is never actually sung in its entirety during its course; only its last four words.
Here also is Jackie DeShannon with the song on US TV:-
Posted in 1970s, Lyrics, Music, Poetry, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 30 March 2018
Clifford T Ward was an unusual pop star. Who else would have based a popular song around a Robert Browning poem in Home Thoughts from Abroad? (See here track 7.)
Not only did Ward use the word wherewithal in this song, he made it the title.
And I doubt you’ll find non-pareil in any other song lyric. (Granted, nonchalant is less rare.)
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 23 March 2018
Another 90s song that alludes to the Apollo programme.
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 16 March 2018
This was the first (the only?) song with lyrics sung in the language of Wolof to be a hit in the UK. It possibly helped that Neneh Cherry’s contribution to it was sung in English. N’Dour sings in three language in total as he also threw rench into the mix.
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 9 March 2018
Another 90s song inspired by the Apollo Programme.
It’s a pity that Tasmin Archer’s career somewhat fizzled out.
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 2 March 2018
The organ on this has a very retro early- to mid-60s sound. Not quite appropriate for the subject matter as the rocket it was named for was a late 60s early 70s machine.
Posted in 1990s, Lyrics, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 23 February 2018
A song packed full of cultural references from around 1990.
I especially liked the line, “Leslie Crowther, Come On Down.”
Posted in 1990s, Lyrics, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 16 February 2018
This is the song with which I would have started off this category in the best of circumstances.
It’s the lyric on this that I really like. It has that sense of contingency, of paths that might not have been taken, and in that context reminds me of Abba’s The Day Before You Came which you may remember I waxed lyrical (ahem) about some moons ago now.
It was the last single taken from Pulp’s big breakthrough album Different Class but not the least.
