These are songs that contain the word “Letter” in their lyrics.
“Trilogy” is the epic title track from Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s 1972 album Trilogy, written by Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, with Lake contributing the lyrics and Emerson shaping the music’s elaborate structure. Lasting nearly nine minutes, it is widely regarded as one of the band’s finest progressive rock compositions and serves as a showcase for the trio’s
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite Keyboard players.
In Part One I chose; Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Eumir Deodato, Gershon Kingsley, Jon Lord, and Elton John. I’ll keep it going here with some more excellent ticklers of the ivories!
This is my debut Shining Star Award going to the band Big Star.
I have decided to create a new Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame award known as the Shining Star Award. It will be awarded to bands/artists that I love, that may not as be well known, maybe from smaller musical markets, with catalogs not as deep as some of other artists such as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elton John, Michael Jackson, or Prince.
These are songs that contain “Waterfall” in their lyrics.
“May This Be Love,” sometimes known by fans as “Waterfall,” is one of the gentlest and most lyrical compositions written by Jimi Hendrix and was featured on the 1967 debut album Are You Experienced by the The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Written solely by Hendrix and recorded at Olympic Studios in London on April 3, 1967, the song stands in sharp contrast to the explosive
Make favorite Olivia song is “Silvery Rain”, from Physical, but my favorite Olivia album is Totally Hot.
Olivia Newton-John emerged as one of the most distinctive soft pop voices of the late 1960s and early 1970s, but her success was the product of years of gradual development across continents and styles. She was born in Cambridge, England, on September 26, 1948, into a family that blended academic
These are songs that contain the number “16” or word “Sixteen” in their lyrics.
“Christine Sixteen” is a song by Kiss written by Gene Simmons and released on the band’s sixth studio album Love Gun in 1977, emerging from the same late-1970s creative surge that cemented Kiss as arena-filling rock stars. Musically, the track is built on a swaggering mid-tempo groove with a prominent bass line, handclaps, and a call-and-response feel that reflects
These are songs that contain the word “take” in their lyrics.
“Fearless” is a song by Taylor Swift written by Swift and Liz Rose and originally released in 2008 on Swift’s second studio album Fearless, with production by Swift and Nathan Chapman, and it functions as a thematic mission statement for the album’s idealized vision of youthful bravery, romantic optimism, and emotional openness,
These are songs that contain “Jesus” in their lyrics.
“Tower of Babel,” written by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin, appears on the 1975 autobiographical album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, where it serves as one of the darkest and most biting commentaries on the duo’s early struggles in the London music scene. The song paints a stark portrait of a world filled with
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite songs that are about famous people. See if you agree with any of these!
“Vincent,” written and performed by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, was released in 1971 on his landmark album American Pie. The song, sometimes subtitled “Starry, Starry Night,” is a poignant tribute to the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh, whose tragic life and luminous art deeply moved McLean.
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite Elton John songs. See if you agree with any of these!
I’m a big fan of Bernie Taupin and Elton John’s works. In the first two posts, which I will link at the bottom of this third post, I chose 12 of my all-time favorite Elton songs. I’ll list them for you, and then get started with my next picks!
