My cover of Knocking on Heaven’s Door. It is one of Bob Dylan’s most iconic songs, written for the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. With its simple yet profound lyrics and haunting melody, the song explores themes of mortality, farewell, and acceptance. (more…)
This time Joe had chosen Will it go round in Circles by Billy Preston (1972), for our Song Challenge. It is a song with unique mix of gospel, soul and funk. The lyrics are about love, perseverance, and the cyclical patterns of life (“Will it go round in circles? Will it fly high like a bird up in the sky?”) (more…)
This time Richard chose Wellerman for our Song Challenge on Singeo. It’s a 19th-century whaling song originating from New Zealand, where it emerged between 1860 and 1870 during the height of the whaling industry. What? Whaling industry? No way I’m going to glorify that industry with this song I thought, let’s skip it. The fact that Iceland announced last week resuming commercial whaling after a years-long pause, has strengthened my resolve to write a protest song based on ‘Wellerman’ : Roam and Grow – a song for the whales. (More details about creation of Roam and Grow) (more…)
My cover of The River of Dreams by Billy Joel (1993, album River of Dreams). It was chosen by Sue in our Fortnight Song Challenge. I wasn’t familiar with the song, but it turned out to be a really enjoyable challenge to unravel its different elements and discover how ingeniously it is put together in terms of rhythm, dynamics, and layering. (more…)