Category Archives: song of the day

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Song of the Day #2,132: ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ – The Beatles

beatles_loveHere’s one of my very favorite Beatles song given a sparkly makeover for the Cirque du Soleil Love show.

George and Giles Martin blended many different Beatles songs into each track in the Love performance, but somehow kept the sound and spirit of the originals intact.

For ‘Strawberry Fields Forever,’ they made use of “the orchestral section from ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, the piano solo from ‘In My Life,’ the brass included in ‘Penny Lane,’ the cello and harpsichord arrangement from ‘Piggies’ and the coda of ‘Hello, Goodbye,'” (according to Wikipedia).

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Song of the Day #2,131: ‘Wish You Were Here (Live)’ – David Gilmour

wish_you_were_hereFor my final selection of favorite songs, I’m travelling back (once again) to high school.

It’s no surprise that so many of the songs I’ve featured over the past three weeks come from my adolescence. I’ll be curious to see if the same holds true for my readers’ lists (which I expect you to post in the comments!).

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Song of the Day #2,129: ‘Angel Eyes (Live)’ – Frank Sinatra

sinatraAnother honorable mention for my list of favorite songs is ‘Angel Eyes,’ the second track on Frank Sinatra’s classic downer of an album, Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely.

Given my penchant for the melancholy, it’s no surprise that this is my favorite Frank Sinatra album (or that my second favorite is the break-up concept record Watertown, which I dissected song-by-song a couple of years ago).

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Song of the Day #2,128: ‘Romeo and Juliet (Live)’ – Dire Straits

makingmoviesWhile I’m undoubtedly an album guy, and all of my song picks the past few weeks have come from albums and artists I number among my favorites, here is at least one exception.

I like Dire Straits but I wouldn’t say I’m a Dire Straits fan. I own only two of their albums — Brothers In Arms and Making Movies — and I am drawn more to individual songs than the complete records.

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