9. Black Coffee –“You Rock My World” Feat. Soulstar This jazzy tune made its debut live during Black Coffee’sAfrica Risingperformance at Moses Mabhida Stadium in 2011. It’s got a colorful, infectious rhythm that takes my mind to Brazilian dance floors surrounded by big, brightly colored...
"Iron Man" by Black Sabbath Black Sabbath View on AMAZON One of the greatest rock bands sings about a man who traveled through time to save the world, but was turned to metal. 5 65 votes "In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans View on AMAZON This groovy tune form the late '60s talk...
Del Rey has a well-earned reputation of playing the melancholic lover in her songs, but she flips the script in “Black Beauty,” an ode to a partner whose inner darkness stops him from seeing joy in the world around him. “Oh, what can I do?/Life is beautiful, but you don’t hav...
While I charged my phone, I chatted to Roy and we soon agreed to split the cost of a 9,000 tenge cab down to his hotel near the stadium where I could at least grab another coffee and try to work out a plan for the day. We were on our way. In the build up to this trip, I...
(Mary Lambert and David Fincher), drawing inspiration from underground club culture or the avant-garde to create distinctive sexual and satirical images—from the knowing ingenue of “Like a Virgin” (1984) to the controversial red-dressed “sinner” who kisses a Black saint in “Like a Prayer...
(1979) was considered by many as beyond the pale. An album that began as a collaboration with the jazz bassistCharles Mingusended up as a treatment of his themes after his death. Mitchell moved ever further beyond her own experience, delving not only deeper into jazz but also into Black ...
In 1992, 22-year-old Beck Hansen was scraping by as a video-store clerk while performing bizarro folk songs at L.A. coffeehouses. After friends offered to record some songs, Beck cut “Loser” in his producer’s kitchen. It became the centerpiece of the album Mellow Gold. At first peop...
"Something That We Do," by Clint Black Lyrics you'll love: "I remember well the day we wed / I can see that picture in my head / I still believe the words we said / Forever will ring true" Album: Nothin' But the Taillights, 1997 Ideal for: The couple. "Heavenly Day," by Pat...
. The song was not a popular hit at the time of its release, but it did garner attention within the contemporary folk music community. Sainte-Marie said of the song: ‘I wrote ‘Universal Soldier’ in the basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in the early sixties. It’s...
Autumn Leaves-Sung by my daughter Jacqueline, avec les paroles françaises s BAR Autumn To May (Peter, Paul and Mary)s BAR Avalon s BAR A Yiddishe Mame s BAR The Alphabet Song/Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star/Baa Baa Black Sheep *s BAR Babe (Styx)s BAR Baby, Come Back (Player)s BAR...