Song Lyric Sunday: Discuss – ‘I Can’t Quit You Babe’; You Shook Me’

Song Lyric Sunday this week has a particularly interesting theme. Jim has challenged us to write about two associated songs in a ‘compare and contrast’ kind of way (rather like a student essay). Last week, when the theme was ‘Elevator Music’, I wrote about two versions of the same song, but this is rather different.…

Song Lyric Sunday: Comfort – ‘Built For Comfort’

This week’s theme, as set by Helen at This Thing Called Life One Word At A Time is ‘comfort’. Is it too soon for another Pink Floyd song? Probably, so that rules out ‘Comfortably Numb’. Pity. But it’s never too soon for another bit of the blues. so here’s a Willie Dixon song, as performed…

My Music Lexicon: C is for Cream (and Cohen)

Until I was about fifteen years old I never realised that you could make music up as you go along. I mean, who knew? Virtually all my exposure to music was through records or the radio – which just played records. ‘Pop’ music came in neat two and a half minute packages that always sounded…