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Posts Tagged ‘1972’
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Heart of Gold is from Neil Young’s 1972 album, “Harvest”, and incredibly, it is his only number one single. What I find funny is that Bob Dylan, whose style “Heart of Gold” mimics really hated the song whilst it was perched atop the music charts. In a 1985 interview with Rolling Stone, Dylan [...]
The Rolling Stones: Rip This Joint
ip This Joint is the second track of the Stones Exile on Main Street album, released in 1972. A short track, at a little over two minutes in length, this clearly has a frenetic pace that harks back to the early days of rock & roll. The Rolling Stones certainly started making [...]
The Eagles: Witchy Woman
Witchy Woman has to be on most people’s lists of ‘Halloween-themed’ songs – it certainly makes my top five. It’s a great song, by a great band. Written by Don Henley and Bernie Leadon, Witchy Woman has more to do with drugs and women rather than witches but the pair make [...]
David Bowie: Changes
Doesn’t it seem like yesterday that I was posting a song by Bowie… where as this last week gone to? Anyway, here we are again, if there’s a situation that is crying out for a song then you have no need to look any further than the chameleon of pop music, David Bowie. Whether it [...]
Heart: Barracuda
nce upon a time I was involved in a not so well known sport called Octopush, or Underwater Hockey. Our team were the Metrodome Barracudas, our home pool was in Barnsley, and we battled against nearby clubs such as the Sale Sharks, Sheffield Stingrays and the Batley Argonauts. On one occasion, we [...]
