I’ll Be Seeing You – Billie Holiday

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I adore this song – it’s relaxing and very reflective of the 1940′s sound.

This song is used in The Notebook as a very romantic song, yet also in Misery as an uneasy tune. It just has… Continue reading →

Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan

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Do you want to be inspired? Lifted up? Be given a ray of hope?
Do you want to hear one of the best protest songs ever written..?

Well. This is it. This is the key to your hopes and dreams. Bob Dylan’s song is like Imagine by John Lennon and Blowin’ In The Wind by Joan Baez combined. Just as inspiring, just as awesome, just as timeless. Continue reading →

The Down Home Shake Down! – Big Mama Thornton

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I AM ABOUT TO LIBERATE YOU WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC!

Holy crapolahs peoples! Big Mama is back!! It’s got harmonicas, a beat and a strummin’ bass and it makes you want to get moving. It’s like the flat-footing days of the south have reached our era… And I’m loving it! Continue reading →

Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton

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You won’t know what hit you! After expressing my deep love of Elvis Presley, a friend (thank you Raj!!) suggested listening to the original to the sound Elvis made famous, Hound Dog.

Her voice is stronger than Aretha Franklin’s and her stage presence is as breath taking as… As somebody who has a lot of stage presence… Continue reading →

Por Una Cabeza – Carlos Gardel

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This is a fantastic classic.

After watching this scene (tango scene in Scent of a Woman) I wanted to take tango lessons! Yet, I don’t think it was the visuals, but the song that made me fall in love with the scene.

I think it’s the almost whining of the instruments… Continue reading →