Tag: Music

“Hello darkness, my old friend…”

The story behind the first line of The Sounds of Silence     Adapted from Sandy Greenberg’s memoir: “Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: How Daring Dreams and Unyielding Friendship Turned One Man’s Blindness into an Extraordinary Vision for Life.”…  Lyrics It began when Arthur “Art” Garfunkel, a Jewish kid from Queens, enrolled in Columbia University. During freshman… Read More “Hello darkness, my old friend…”

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This Is the Sea

The Waterboys: This is the sea These things you keep You better throw them awayYou wanna turn your backOn your careless daysOnce you were tetheredNow you are freeOnce you were tetheredNow you are freeWell that was the river!This is the sea Now if you’re coming undoneMaybe been alone too longOr just you’ve been suffering fromA… Read More This Is the Sea

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Dupont and the forever toxic chemicals / Tom Petty I Won't Back Down

This is a song at the end of the film Dark Waters (2019), about the lawyer who became Duponts worst nightmare. Dark Waters, tells of the toxic spills scandal that led to US chemicals giant DuPont paying US$671 million (£516 million) to settle more than 3,500 lawsuits in 2017. The company’s plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia had been contaminating the… Read More Dupont and the forever toxic chemicals / Tom Petty I Won't Back Down

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Brian Eno: Spinning Away / Gulzar: आहिस्ता चल ज़िन्दगी / Eliza Shaddad: Waters

Brian Eno: Spinning Away Up on a hill, as the day dissolvesWith my pencil turning moments into lineHigh above in the violet skyA silent silver plane – it draws a golden chain One by one, all the stars appearAs the great winds of the planet spiral inSpinning away, like the night sky at ArlesIn the… Read More Brian Eno: Spinning Away / Gulzar: आहिस्ता चल ज़िन्दगी / Eliza Shaddad: Waters

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