Sometimes harmonies make a song. In a lot of country music, that’s the case. And it is definitely the case in Miranda Lambert’s song “White Liar”.
This might end up being the longest title for any song that gets selected on this list.
Thanks, Jethro Tull!
Terra is a beautiful song by Caetano Veloso. The lyrics sound soothing if you don’t understand Portuguese, but once you read the lyrics the song completely becomes something different, the dream of an imprisoned man.
Their album “Aliens” was a great theme album about the migration of the Irish from Ireland to America. It definitely it an underrated gem of the 1970s.
George Winston passed away earlier this year. I will always be indebted to him for a couple of the great piano albums of all time.
The most tender place in my heart is for strangers
I know it’s unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous”
I know people like this. I bet you do too. What an opening line…
If you make a list of the ten greatest rock albums of the 1970s, The Who’s “Who’s Next” has to make the list.
In college I had a fantasy fiction class in college and we were reading Lilith: A Romance by George MacDonald. This at the same time I really gave this album a listen. The result was a deeper appreciation of both.
This is just the greatest song ever done by AC/DC. It’s not just the lyrics, even though they are dark dark dark. But it’s everything else, and mostly it’s Bon Scott’s vocals.
I kinda feel like we’re losing touch with the rock and roll pioneers of the 1950s. That includes the Everly Brothers.