The Book Of Coincidences

Sintra, Portugal. Songs and views.

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Saturday, June 8, 2024

The Beatles - sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band reprise, 1967

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"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" is a modified repeat of the opening song at a faster tempo and with heavie...

Damien Jurado - museum of flight, 2012

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"I heard this song at a time when things in my life had already started changing without asking for my opinion. They either just up a...

Les Galapiats - ohé les gars, 1970

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"Le générique a été composé par "ROGER MORES" et chanté par la Chorale du Collège St Pierre de Uccle (Belgique), sous la di...

The Housemartins - five get over excited, 1987

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"Music writer Rikki Rooksby notes that the track's "anti-hyperbolic title" is "positively revolutionary", as ...

Suzanne Vega - st clare, 2001

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"It seems odd to talk about saints, and women too poor to afford shoes, being ones who hold "all man's desire." Whether...

Bee Gees - i can't see nobody, 1967

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"I Can't See Nobody" is a song by the Bee Gees, released first as the B-side of "New York Mining Disaster 1941". W...

The Thrills - no more empty words, 2007

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"Teenager is the third album from Irish band The Thrills. It was released on 22 July 2007 in Ireland and three days later in Europe. ...
Friday, June 7, 2024

The Beatles - hey jude, 1968

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"In 1967, John Lennon had left his wife and son and was living with Yoko Ono. Paul McCartney didn’t want Cynthia Lennon to think he’d...

Mazarin - the new american apathy, 2005

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"Mazarin doesn't live in Chapel Hill, but they might as well - they've played here three times in as many months, and despite...

The Parting Gifts - walking through the sleepy city cover, 2010

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"Still, there is no denying the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder, what if the love of your life is actually your be...

The Rolling Stones - tell me, 1964

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"When [Jagger and Richards] began to write songs, they were usually not derived from the blues, but were often surprisingly fey, slow...

Fazerdaze - jennifer, 2017

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"The music of Amelia Murray, who records as Fazerdaze, is on its surface bright and summery. Pick any track at random from Morningsid...

The Style Council - come to milton keynes, 1985

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"The song’s lyrics suggested a reality of drugs, violence, and ‘losing our way’ behind a façade of ‘luscious houses ‘ where the ‘curt...

Future Islands - say goodbye, 2024

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"From the start, Future Islands have been singular and instantly identifiable, with Herring’s life-worn croons and cries backlit by G...

Status Quo - pictures of matchstick men, 1968

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"I wrote it on the bog. I'd gone there, not for the usual reasons...but to get away from the wife and mother-in-law. I used to go...

My Sad Captains - great expectations, 2009

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"On ‘Wide Open’, he has a single, simple insight, singing the song’s only line “I wonder why you feel the need to talk so loud like t...

The National - about today, 2004

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"Wow, the things you can find online sometimes. “About Today” from The National first appeared on the Cherry Tree EP released in 2004...

Status Quo - technicolor dreams, 1968

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"Even if this is not the most representative album from Status Quo, it is a good psychedelic pop exercise that sometimes includes ver...

REM - fascinating, 2001

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"Michael Stipe once said, “Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It’s equally humbling and uplifting.” But...

Bill Ryder-Jones - i hold something in my hand, 2024

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“Even by my standards the last few years have been rocky, but I’ve chosen to soundtrack it with more positive music, you know?”
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