Iris PlatinumShooting Star and Loss:Bob Dylan’s (second) 1980s comeback album, ‘Oh Mercy’, helped reassert Bob Dylan as a skilled musician, after a series of forgettable or…Oct 14, 20201Oct 14, 20201
Iris PlatinumLife on Mars?:‘Hunky Dory’, David Bowie’s fourth studio album, and predecessor to his breakthrough album, ‘Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’. The…Oct 8, 20201Oct 8, 20201
Iris PlatinumBob Dylan’s Highlands:1997 was an important year for Dylan fans. It saw his first album of original material since 1991’s ‘Under the Red Sky’. What makes ‘Time…Sep 9, 20201Sep 9, 20201
Iris PlatinumScenes from an Italian Restaurant: Analysis:Billy Joel’s breakthrough album, ‘The Stranger’, is home to many classic songs and hits, like the lamenting ‘Vienna’, the energetic and…Aug 11, 20201Aug 11, 20201
Iris PlatinumMy Own Version of You: Analysis:(photo from @ dylan_mostly on twitter)Aug 10, 20201Aug 10, 20201
Iris PlatinumMr. Tambourine Man: Behind the Meaning of a Dream:Most people who don’t even know Bob Dylan will know at least one of his songs, mainly through the various amounts of covers they’ve…Jul 11, 20202Jul 11, 20202
Iris PlatinumRough and Rowdy Ways: a Review:Bob Dylan is, as of the release of Rough and Rowdy Ways, 79 years old. He has been creating music for 58 years, after it all started in…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
Iris PlatinumBohemian Rhapsody: A Relation to Religion:Queen are one of the most celebrated bands of the 1970s and 1980s, but one song of theirs is most remembered as a monument to their success…May 25, 2020May 25, 2020
Iris PlatinumSomeone Saved My Life Tonight:Elton John is one of the biggest icons in, not only rock and the 1970s, but also in popular culture at large. Everybody knows some of his…May 23, 20201May 23, 20201
Iris PlatinumI and I: a rejection of religion:When Africa was colonised by Europe, the treatment was harsh, whole cultures and people groups were wiped out, by brute force or other…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020