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I wish I was a punk rocker . . .

«I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)« was the debut single by Sandi Thom. The song, originally released in 2005, was written by Tom Gilbert and Thom herself. She got slagged off by not few of her peers…

[Chorus] Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with […]

Harvest Moon

¤  Neil Young  ↓  [1993]

Come a little bit closer  –  Hear what I have to say Just like children sleepin’  we could dream this night away. But there’s a full moon risin’  –  Let’s go dancin’ in the light We know where the music’s playin’ – Let’s go out and feel the […]

Me & Bobby McGee . . .

∇ Kris Kristofferson ⇓

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin’ for the trains, Feelin’ nearly faded as my jeans. Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained, Took us all the way to New Orleans.

I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana And was […]

There’s a Tear in my Beer

A country song written and recorded by Hank Williams, and later re-recorded by his son, Hank Williams Jr in 1988.

The music video for the song combined television footage that had existed of Hank Williams performing, onto which electronic merging technology impressed the recordings of Hank Jr., which then made it appear as if he were […]

Promised You A Miracle

Martha Wainwright and Jim Kerr  recorded an original version of the iconic Simple Minds song ‘Promised You a Miracle’, to draw attention to the hundreds of thousands of women still dying from avoidable complications in childbirth and pregnancy.

Ten years ago world leaders signed up to the Millenium Development Goals […]

River Man

♦  Nick Drake  [1948 – 1974]

Betty came by on her way – Said she had a word to say About things today – And fallen leaves. Said she hadn’t heard the news – Hadn’t had the time to choose A way to lose – But she believes.

Gonna see the river man […]

Wade Hemsworth animated

♥ This lighthearted, animated short is based on the song «The Log Driver’s Waltz» by Wade Hemsworth. Kate and Anna McGarrigle sing along to the tale of a young girl who loves to dance and chooses to marry a log driver over his more well-to-do competitor. Driving logs down the river has made […]

The Harder they Come

∇ Jimmy Cliff ⇓ [1972]

Well they tell me of a pie in the sky – Waiting for me when I die But between the day you’re born and when you die They never seem to hear even your cry So as sure as the sun will […]

Holiday in Cambodia

by Jello Biafra’s ⇓ DEAD KENNEDYS ⇐ (1980)

So you been to school for a year or two And you know you’ve seen it all In daddy’s car thinkin’ you’ll go far Back east your type don’t crawl Play ethnicky jazz to parade your snazz On your five […]