Classic songs: ‘Cornflake Girl’ by Tori Amos.
There is something always so familiar about Tori Amos that keeps me coming back to her over the years andContinue Reading
Category: Classic songs
Classic songs: ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ by Crowded House.
Crowded House’s Don’t Dream It’s Over is one of those songs that if you don’t seriously well-up every time you hear it,Continue Reading
Classic Songs: ‘Fast Car’ by Tracy Chapman.
Some of the best acoustic arrangements have been written with simplicity in mind, especially in terms of chord changes, butContinue Reading
Classic songs: Veruca Salt’s ‘Shutterbug’.
Veruca Salt, the band, not the spoilt little shit from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has been on myContinue Reading
Classic songs: Whitesnake’s ‘Is This Love’.
How is it that Whitesnake haven’t already been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Their early stuffContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Thank U’ by Alanis Morrissette.
I read once that someone said that only Alanis Morrissette could pull off a song like Thank U without itContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘All I Really Want’ by Alanis Morrissette.
When we talk about the album Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrissette, songs like You Oughta Know, Ironic and HandContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ by The Smashing Pumpkins.
The band I remember as The Smashing Pumpkins broke up in 2000, after 11 eventful years together. At the timeContinue Reading
Classic songs: Sonic Youth’s ‘Bull In The Heather’.
Born in 1981 and amicably calling it quits in 2011, Sonic Youth were one of the coolest rock bands toContinue Reading
Songs about overcoming adversity: ‘Harden My Heart’ by Quarterflash.
Some of the best songs embody a real sense of nostalgia and often find a permanent place in our heartsContinue Reading
