Just Like A Woman by Bob Dylan
Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:14 | Written by bluelover | 
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Just Like A Woman by Bob Dylan
“Just Like A Woman” is one of those Bob Dylan songs that gets under your skin. There was a time, specifically 1966, when a song like this -- literate, biting, original -- could crack the Top 40. Dylan's finest ballad is not a love song. "Just Like a Woman" is a complex portrait of adoration and disappointment, written as vengeance but sung as regret.
Just Like A Woman (by Bob Dylan)
The song was first released on his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. It was...
“Just Like A Woman” is one of those Bob Dylan songs that gets under your skin. There was a time, specifically 1966, when a song like this -- literate, biting, original -- could crack the Top 40. Dylan's finest ballad is not a love song. "Just Like a Woman" is a complex portrait of adoration and disappointment, written as vengeance but sung as regret.
Just Like A Woman (by Bob Dylan)
The song was first released on his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. It was...
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Black Magic Woman
Monday, 07 May 2012 19:08 | Written by bluelover |
Black Magic Woman
Black Magic Woman became a classic hit by Santana in 1970. As sung by Gregg Rolie, reaching #4 in the U.S. and Canadian charts, after appearing on their Abraxas album. Gregg Alan Rolie (born June 17, 1947, Seattle) is an American keyboardist, organist, and singer, who is one of the founding members of the bands Santana, The Storm, Abraxas Pool and Journey, for whom he was the original lead singer. Black Magic Woman Actually, "Black Magic Woman" is a song written by... Shake 'Em on Down Blues (Bukka White)
Sunday, 15 April 2012 11:09 | Written by bluesever |
Shake 'Em on Down Blues
"Shake 'Em on Down" is a country-style blues song recorded by Bukka White in 1937. What does the phrase "shake 'em on down" mean? Although there doesn't appear to be any definition of this phrase online, there seems to be no doubt in traditional Blues songs, the phrase "shake 'em on down" means having sexual intercourse with another person. That meaning of "shake em on down" is used in several blues songs that have different lyrics overall... Shake 'Em on Down... |
A Lullaby From Rosemary's Baby (by Krzysztof Komeda)
Friday, 27 April 2012 16:44 | Written by bluesever |
A Lullaby From Rosemary's Baby (by Krzysztof Komeda)
Rosemary's Baby begins innocently enough as a simple lullaby plays over the pink credits while the camera pans over the New York City skyline, finally panning downward on the Dakota Building on Manhattan's west side (named the Branford Building in the film). Back in 1968, only the gothic appearance and the knowledge that this story was based on Ira Levin's best selling book dealing with a Satanic cult would clue a viewer in that the story... Georg Friedrich Handel – La Resurrezione (HWV47)
Wednesday, 04 April 2012 20:38 | Written by bluesever |
Georg Friedrich Handel – La Resurrezione (HWV47)
La Resurrezione, composed during the young Handel’s period in Rome was first performed there in 1708, set to libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece. Capece was court poet to Queen Maria Casimira of Poland, who was living in exile in Rome. The work recounts the events of Easter and the solo singers portray Lucifer, Mary Magdalene, an Angel, St John the Evangelist, and St Mary Cleophas. Handel - La Resurrezione It calls upon a large... |
