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Goodbye dry eyes

By Matthew Rutledge on 03/15/2010

It’s pretty rare that I like a remake to begin with — but there are excep­tions. In fact, I have never heard the original of this song, some­thing I should quickly rectify. Tom Rush is not someone in my general musical purview, but perhaps he should be.
Also surpris­ing is that I have come […]

Posted in MP3, Music | Tagged midge ure, MP3, Music, no regrets, pop standards, remakes, scott walker, standards, the walker brothers, tom rush | Leave a response

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It’s raining today, but once there was summer and you

By Matthew Rutledge on 09/11/2009

It actu­ally is rain­ing today, a seri­ous, soak­ing rain, the first in prob­ably 5 months.  And there’s always a song to go with these moments — and this one is perhaps one of my abso­lute favor­ites of its genre.  This is a clas­sic impres­sion­istic love song , a story in a song, writ­ten the way […]

Posted in Music, nostalgia | Tagged 1968, MP3, pop standards, precipitation, rain, rainy days, scott walker, torch songs | Leave a response

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Unexpected of me

By Matthew Rutledge on 07/27/2009

Here’s a mini mixtape of songs that I don’t often talk about, but are never­the­less a big part of my over­all musical taste. Click below to play.

Status Quo — Pictures of Matchstick Men
Laura Nyro — Poverty Train
Scott Walker — Hero Of The War
Patsy Cline — She’s Got You
Dusty Springfield — Willie & Laura Mae Jones
Demis Roussos — Forever and Ever
Rush […]

Posted in Mixtape, Music | Tagged 1960's, classic, laura nyro, Mixtape, MP3, Music, patsy cline, scott walker | Leave a response

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