All posts in this series tell the stories behind songs submitted by readers of this blog or else, a song that tickles my own fancy. As always, I welcome your suggestions for future posts. Any song from any era in any genre by any artist is welcome. I will do my best to honour the songs that matter most to you.
The stories behind your favourite songs Way back when I was wrapping up the Top 500 Songs in Modern Music History countdown, I sent out a request for some songs… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #8/250: Billy The Mountain by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
“Here Comes the Sun” was a song that was written by George Harrison. It appeared on The Beatles farewell album, Abbey Road, which was released in 1969. “Here Comes the… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #7/250: Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles.
As one-hit wonders go, House of Pain’s iconic 1992 smash hit, “Jump Around” is one song that seems to have transcended time and become woven into the fabric of our… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song # 6/250: Jump Around by House of Pain
A few days ago I published a post about the Tragically Hip song “Goodnight, Attawapiskat”. I started that post off with the line, “The journey across Turtle Island is long… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song# 5/250: What Love (Suite) by The Collectors
The Indigo Girls are a Folk-Rock duo consisting of lifelong friends, Amy Ray and Emily Sailers. The two met all the way back in elementary school and began playing together… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song# 4/250: Closer To Fine by the Indigo Girls.
The Pogues are one of my very favourite bands. They were formed in the early 1980s and grew out of the emerging Punk Rock scene in the UK. However, despite… Read More »Reader’s Choice…Song # 3/250: Dirty Old Town by The Pogues.
The inspiration for today’s post comes from my high school pal, Allister Matheson. During the Honourable Mention phase of our previous countdown series, Allister sent me over a dozen song… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song(s) #2/250: Rock n’ Roll Train/Thunderstruck by AC/DC
In this series, I will be telling the stories behind some of your favourite songs. Today’s song comes to us from my pal, Linda Spoelstra. She nominated Nick Lowe’s Cruel… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #1/250: Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe.
This list of songs is inspired by lists published by radio station KEXP-FM from Seattle in 2010, as well as the latest poll taken in 2021 by Rolling Stone Magazine.… Read More »The Top 500 Songs in Modern Music History…Honourable mention Song #23: Have Not Been the Same by Slow (as Chosen for Ian Jack) (KTOM)
This list of songs is inspired by lists published by radio station KEXP-FM from Seattle in 2010, as well as the latest poll taken in 2021 by Rolling Stone Magazine.… Read More »The Top 500 Songs in Modern Music History…Honourable Mention Song #22: Sunflower by Post Malone and Swae Lee from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the Film, “Spiderman Into the Spiderverse” (as Nominated by Siobhan Percolides) (KTOM)
