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100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #6: Harry Chapin, Taxi
Leave a commentOctober 5, 2017 by ChrisJamesAuthor
This is Harry Chapin’s glorious story of the ultimate futility of life. Harry is a taxi driver; Sue is his …
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100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #7: Renaissance, Can You Understand
Leave a commentOctober 4, 2017 by ChrisJamesAuthor
Using a quote from Maurice Jarre’s theme for Doctor Zhivago, Michal Dunford constructed a gentle, heart-felt ballad bracketed by four minutes …
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100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #8: Rush, Losing It
Leave a commentOctober 4, 2017 by ChrisJamesAuthor
A brutally honest song and a gorgeous piece of Prog. The literary allusion in the final lyric identifies the writer …
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Being Dad
Leave a commentOctober 3, 2017 by ChrisJamesAuthor
Chris James redecorates Youngest Daughter’s room
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100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #9: Supertramp, Hide in your Shell
Leave a commentOctober 3, 2017 by ChrisJamesAuthor
1974’s Crime of the Century is one of the great progressive rock albums, from which I could’ve easily included every …
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100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #10: Genesis, Domino
Leave a commentOctober 3, 2017 by ChrisJamesAuthor
No album divides Genesis fans more than 1986’s Invisible Touch, which sold millions of copies and produced a slew of …
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100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #11: The Moody Blues, Question
Leave a commentOctober 2, 2017 by ChrisJamesAuthor
Although the core of this track is a fairly syrupy love song, it is bracketed by the most powerful and …
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