Category: songs
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eclectic ecclesiastical extolation*
I’m a bit eclectic when it comes to my preferences for ecclesiastical music. I like a lot of the modern songs and hymns. I like choral music (Handel’s Messiah anyone – in full, not just the Hallelujah Chorus). I like some older hymns. I like simple chants. I like harmonies. I like singing along to…
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shiver down the spine songs
I was a student, studying for a Law Degree. I had heard from a friend that U2 had a new album out and he was raving about it so I went to a local record shop (there were a lot more of them around then) and bought ‘The Joshua Tree’. I took it back to…
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Ding Dong merrily on high volume
I can hear the sound of ringing. No it’s not Christmas bells! Last night I went to a concert with one of the world’s biggest Paul Weller fans, to whom I happen to be married. It was a concert in support of the charity Crisis and Paul Weller was the headline act. It was loud!…
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Ambiguity
For some peculiar reason, last night I started speculating about how different song titles could be ambiguous: I still haven’t found what I’m looking for could be about a man’s search for his car keys, or about a phone call from a lengthy shopping trip to explain why they will be late home. Whatever you…
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>can’t get you out of my head
>Have you ever had the experience where you have had a song in your head that you just can’t shake? I wonder how many of you started thinking of the Kylie song when you read the title and can’t get it out of your head now. It’s not so bad if it’s a song you like, but…
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