I've had this track lined up for awhile. Time for a love song from the head of The Cure's Robert Smith. 

One of those songs that had chart success at the time of its release in 1987, including being the band's breakthrough in America, though it wasn't huge. Subsequently it has received many nominations in 'Greatest Songs' lists, and in 2019 Billboard ranked it No.1 on their list of the 40 greatest The Cure songs. While Robert Smith said he considers "Just Like Heaven" to be one of the band's strongest works, and called it "the best pop song The Cure have ever done".

Today's Star Track, from the LP 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me', is 'Just Like Heaven' with its 50 second instrumental intro, a definite trademark of The Cure. 

Plus a Special Extra:

A Rick Beato: 'What makes this song great ?' - 13 minutes that adds a level of appreciation and insight into the song. Recommended. Watch it here. 

 

Last week we went to see a Pink Floyd tribute band in Hastings: called On Thin Ice.

While waiting for them to come on the music playing was British bands that fans of Pink Floyd would clearly approve of. So we had the Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin, Procol Harum and this track from Supertramp - 'Crime of the Century'.

Quite an appropriate choice of song, written by Rick Davies [on piano and vocals] and Roger Hodgson.
Don't you think ? 

Track Notes:

Title song from the band's 1974 album of the same name. 

The guitar solo from Roger Hodgson in the video is footage from a concert in Paris, part of the 'Breakfast in America' tour in 1979. John Helliwell plays the saxophone solo. 

Rick Davies sadly died last September, at his home on Long Island. 

  

I did have something different lined up for today. Then I changed my mind, only to think again... 

So here's an instrumental piece of music to allow you to forget the News for the next seven minutes and watch a video that reminds us of our wonderful world and the nature that made it so. 

The group is called Held By Trees and this track is 'The Tree of Life' >

Info:

Held By Trees is a project led by David Joseph featuring veterans from Talk Talk, Pink Floyd, and Dire Straits. Blending post-rock, ambient, and progressive styles, their debut album 'Solace' from April 2022 features organic, nature-inspired music.
The band on the LP is: Paul Beavis - Drums, James Grant - Bass, David Joseph - Guitar, Robbie McIntosh - Lead Guitar, Andy Panayi - Clarinet and Saxophone & Laurence Pendrous - Piano.