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  • 1001 Songs Challenge,  1990s,  Music

    1001 Songs Challenge #753: Always on the Run (1991)

    March 4, 2021 / No Comments

    The premise of Always on the Run is Kravitz remembering the many lessons that his mother taught him to get through life as best he can.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #752: Life Is a Highway (1991)

    March 3, 2021 / No Comments

    In Life Is a Highway Tom Cochrane uses the metaphor of a highway to put in place the trials and tribulations that come with living one’s life.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #751: Losing My Religion (1991)

    March 2, 2021 / No Comments

    Losing My Religion is one of R.E.M.’s most famous songs but it is only in the last year that I have learned what the song is actually about.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #750: One (1991)

    March 1, 2021 / No Comments

    One came together in the studio when the members of U2 were fractured and in the midst of disagreements about their musical direction.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #749: Give It Away (1991)

    February 28, 2021 / No Comments

    Give It Away was inspired by singer Anthony Kiedis’ relationship with a former girlfriend by the name of Nina Hagen.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #748: Summertime (1991)

    February 27, 2021 / No Comments

    Summertime (1991) was a big success for DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, hitting the Top 10 in the US and UK.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #747: Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)

    February 26, 2021 / No Comments

    Smells Like Teen Spirit was the song that broke the band into the mainstream and saw Nevermind top the US charts.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #746: No More Tears (1991)

    February 25, 2021 / No Comments

    This epic track from Osbourne is high on heavy metal and is often a raucous piece, the lyrics attesting to different images and stories.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #745: Jesus Built My Hotrod (1991)

    February 24, 2021 / No Comments

    Jesus Built My Hotrod crams a lot into its run time with whispered vocals at the outset before the licks of the heavy guitars come in.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #744: I Can’t Make You Love Me (1991)

    February 23, 2021 / No Comments

    Written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin, I Can’t Make You Love Me is another one of those stories of unrequited love that we enjoy so much.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #743: Calling All Angels (1991)

    February 22, 2021 / No Comments

    Calling All Angels seems to concern a series of individuals who are struggling in life for different reasons and have challenges to overcome.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #742: Balada conducatorolui (1991)

    February 21, 2021 / No Comments

    Balada conducatorolui is more notable for me by its melody than the vocals but both work in excellent tandem.

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    Film Review: Ready Player One (2018)

    February 21, 2021 / No Comments

    Inferior to Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel, Ready Player One is a film I wanted to love but unfortunately only liked instead.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #741: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (1991)

    February 20, 2021 / No Comments

    1952 Vincent Black Lightning refers to a rare motorbike (less than 100 were made). In the song, the bike brings a young couple together.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #740: Diaraby Nene (1990)

    February 19, 2021 / No Comments

    I struggled to find a translation for Diaraby Nene but did read that Wassoulou music deals with such areas as polygamy, fertility and child bearing.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #739: Mustt Mustt (Lost in his Work) (1990)

    February 18, 2021 / No Comments

    Mustt Mustt was both a popular track and album for Khan. It was even the result of a remix by Massive Attack and became a club hit.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #738: Crazy (1990)

    February 17, 2021 / No Comments

    Crazy was inspired by Seal observing key moments in history - the fall of the Berlin Wall in East and West Germany and the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #737: Only Love Can Break Your Heart (1990)

    February 16, 2021 / No Comments

    Only Love Can Break Your Heart raises the idea that we can go through our lives without pain so long as love doesn’t come into play

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    1001 Songs Challenge #736: Kool Thing (1990)

    February 15, 2021 / No Comments

    Sonic Youth's Kool Thing was inspired by an interview that Kim Gordon carried out with LL Cool J for the magazine, Spin.

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  • 1001 Songs Challenge,  1990s,  Music

    1001 Songs Challenge #735: Dub Be Good to Me (1990)

    February 14, 2021 / No Comments

    When we join Beats International in 1990, it is with the release of a new single by the name of Dub Be Good to Me. 

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