The Book Of Coincidences

Sintra, Portugal. Songs and views.

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Saturday, December 21, 2024

The Doors - unhappy girl, 1967

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"The band explored musique concrète techniques during the album's recording sessions. While recording "Unhappy Girl" fo...

Fanfarlo - tunguska, 2012

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"In this song they are singing about mysterious event in 1908 that destroyed 80 million trees in Siberia with a force 1,000 times mor...

The KVB - happy xmas war is over cover, 2024

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"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" was the culmination of more than two years of peace activism"

Saint Etienne - last orders for gary stead, 2005

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"After a somewhat deceptive, slow piano intro, “Last Orders For Gary Stead” suddenly locks into a two-chord glam rock groove, complet...

Tom McRae - wonderful christmastime cover, 2004

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"a cover version of "Wonderful Christmastime" to a Christmas compilation album: Maybe This Christmas Tree released in 2004....

The Smashing Pumpkins - appels oranjes, 1998

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"Appels + Oranjes" has the distinction of being the first song written for Adore, demoed out during a session with Matt Walker, ...
Friday, December 20, 2024

Bad Lieutenant - this is home, 2009

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"It's all rather strange actually as Bad Lieutenant' are essentially just New Order without Peter Hook. I suppose it's le...

Scorpions - wind of change, 1991

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"Wind of Change" is a song by German rock band Scorpions, recorded for their eleventh studio album Crazy World (1990). A power b...

Pet Shop Boys - you choose, 2002

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"Neil has himself noted that this song expresses the exact opposite philosophy from that of "Love Comes Quickly." That is, ...
Thursday, December 19, 2024

U2 - where the streets have no name, 1987

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"Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics in response to the notion that it is possible to identify a person's religion and income bas...

Wild Nothing - bend, 2018

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“Bend” is the goodbye this album deserves; huge harmonies, skyscraper highs, and a melodic uplift that sounds like the credits should star...

The Style Council - luck, 1985

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"Time has not been kind to The Style Council. Heck, I don't think the 1980s were kind to The Style Council. They were a pretty po...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

The Rolling Stones - under my thumb, 1966

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"It's never about a real woman, but simply about this instrument that the guitarist has to tame, which probably gets him into tro...

Wishy - spinning, 2023

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“Spinning” is a warm, shimmery dream-pop jam driven by a propulsive breakbeat and some incandescent, reverb-heavy vocals from Nina Pitchki...

The Flaming Lips - waitin for a superman remix, 1999

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"When the Flaming Lips first appeared in the mid-80s, there was little indication of the stunning sonic masterworks that lay ahead....

Wim Mertens - no testament, 1989

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"Welcome to the select and intimate world of Belgian minimalism. Never heard of Belgian minimalism? This is not entirely surprising, ...

AC Newman - the heartbreak rides, 2009

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"To listen to the music of A. C. Newman is to be invited into an imaginary world. Not your typical sort of imaginary world with drago...

Del Amitri - buttons on my clothes, 2002

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"check out “buttons on my clothes” by the oft underrated del amitri which is my unofficial theme song"

Travis - why does it always rain on me, 1999

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"Fran Healy started writing the song while on holiday in Eilat, Israel. According to Healy, he was looking for some winter sun when h...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Windows 96 - apartments, 2024

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"Apartments is incredible"
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