This is one of my favorite songs (known in English as “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars”), by one of my favorite artists (Marvin!), by one of my favorite songwriters (Antonio Carlos Jobim), and my favorite musical genre (bossa nova!).
SONG OF THE DAY “Classical Gas” by Mason Williams (The Mason Williams Phonograph Record, Warner Bros. Records, 1968). Written by Mason Williams. WHERE I HEARD IT The new William Burrough’s documentary on PBS talks about how this song was written during Jack Kerouac’s cross-country tour that became his famous book, On The Road. VIDEO OF …
Concrete Blonde: As “Alle vet jo det”, by Kari Bremnes, on Cohen på norsk (Cohen in Norwegian, 1993) Don Henley, on Actual Miles: Henley’s Greatest Hits (1995) and the tribute album Tower of Song (1995) Washington Squares, on From Greenwich Village: The Complete Washington Squares (1997) Dayna Kurtz, on her album Beautiful Yesterday (2004) Rufus …
Song Of The Day “The Scientist” by Coldplay (A Rush of Blood to the Head, Parlophone (UK) / Capitol (US), 2002). Written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin.