Category: Music
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Youngest Daughter
Categories: MusicTags: SuperheavenI’m not the only one nostalgic for the sound of the late ’90s and early ’00s, and something that always surprises me is when more recent music (relatively speaking) captures not just the sound but the feel of that point in time. That period leading into 2004, particularly, is seared into my mind as a…
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Have you ever heard of the 30-year nostalgia cycle? It’s an interesting suggestion. Though it’s not quite been 30 years, I find myself attracted to the sound of the latter ’90s and early ’00s. Here, Bush contemplates (their) youth from a mature perspective. I was so much younger thenThought life would never end What’s that…
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I live to fall asleep
Categories: MusicTags: Manic Street PreachersSometimes, I want to put on a song and fade away. Here, the Manic’s bassist, Nicky Wire, speaks of depression and the power of sleep. And like sleep, there’s something about this song I find relaxing to listen to.
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The Love of Richard Nixon
Categories: MusicTags: Manic Street PreachersNow that I think about it more, I must have first heard the Manic Street Preachers around 2004. When I went looking for them after hearing There by the Grace of God, I immediately came across Lifeblood, which contains the track above — The Love of Richard Nixon. I’ve always found this album to be…
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There by the Grace of God
Categories: MusicTags: Manic Street PreachersI remember the first time I heard the Manic Street Preachers. It was the summer, I think, and it must have been the early ’00s. We were in the car, and my parents were listening to a CBC show called The Vinyl Cafe on the radio. Stuart McLean was a family favourite, and even now…