As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, June 23, 2017

#151 Don't Dream It's Over – Crowded House (1987)


 
Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus knew what they were doing when they performed this one together at the recent One Love Manchester concert; it’s one of the most beautiful and well-crafted songs of all time, with the unforgettable chorus, the great lyrics in the verses, and that organ at the beginning of the bridge. Listening again to the second part of the chorus, you have to wonder whether Neil Finn had a premonition of what the state of the world would be like 30 years later:
 
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win.

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