Category Archives: Music for a Sunday

Music for a Sunday: Right from the start

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Sabina Becker

I don’t know which is more incredible: the fact that this song is now 30 years old, or that it sounds even better live than it did when I first bought it on vinyl. It’s note-perfect here, and I la-la-la-love … Continue reading →

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More Music for a Sunday: There are days…

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Sabina Becker

This Luca Mundaca tune reminds me a great deal of this one by Marisa Monte, both in terms of theme and vocal stylings: Both make loneliness and getting by a little easier, and make them sound downright lovely.

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Music for a Sunday: Whitney Houston, RIP

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Sabina Becker

This isolated vocal track from my favorite song of hers feels ghostly now that she’s suddenly, sadly gone. But it also illustrates just how well her voice stood on its own, with almost none of the melismatic warbling that her … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: A movie or a measure

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

For some reason, this song always feels right to me in the dead of winter: Dreaming is free.

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Music for a Sunday: On everything but rollerskates

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Line up, put your kisses down.

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Music for a Sunday: Die a little death again

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Sabina Becker

“Let it all out/Breathe it all in/I’m so far out/I’m IN!”

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Music for a Sunday: Hut, hut, WHUT?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Q. What do you get when you cross a certain sanctimoniously obnoxious quarterback with Ziggy Stardust? A. THIS: Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Ziggy Star-Crossed. Otherwise known as the Thick White Puke.

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Music for a Sunday: Till the fearless come…

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Still relevant, and still cool. How about that?

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Music for a Sunday: I will be with you again…

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Back before the Berlin Wall fell, there used to be this really cool band from Ireland. Whatever happened to them?

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Music for a Sunday: A sky-scraping dome

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I remember when this one first came out, and there was a whole lot of shrieking and controversy. How could a notorious group with an “out” gay lead singer, who shot to fame with a video that was deemed obscene*, … Continue reading →

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