Gone For Good – Morphine (1995)
Morphine is an alternative rock band formed in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, by the bassist-singer Mark Sandman (who previously played in the group Treat Her Right) and Dana Colley (member of the group Three Colors Boston) on saxophone. They are accompanied by Jerome Deupree playing percussion from 1989 to 1993, then Billy Conway from 1993 to 1999.
The composition of the group is unique for a rock formation because it does not use any guitar. Sandman plays a bass that has only 2 strings, usually tuned on the same note and played with a slide. Colley brings his hoarse saxophone. The singing, on its side, is cynical and ironic.
The album Yes, the third conducted by the group and produced by the Rykodisc label, is released in 1995, at the top of their success. Notoriety helping, their contract was bought by Dreamworks in 1996.
On July 3, 1999, during a concert in Rome, during the tour to accompany the release of their fourth album, Sandman collapsed, victim of a heart attack, aged of 47.
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Nancy – Leonard Cohen (1973)
Leonard Norman Cohen, born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec, is a songwriter, singer, poet and writer. He published his first book of poetry at the age of 22. Among his favorite themes are loneliness and complexity of relationships with others.
During the late 60s and early 70s, Cohen does a long tour from the United States to Europe through Canada. In 1973, he tours in Israel and plays to military bases during the Yom Kippur War. Its rather difficult to imagine him cheering the troops.
The album Live Songs, representative of early Leonard Cohen, includes 10 live recordings, mainly from European concerts between 1970 and 1972. These pieces are beautiful combinations of eroticism, love and depression. This album presents us with a naked and raw Cohen in its finest hours.
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Organ Song – Archive (1996)
The trip-hop band Archive is formed by Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths in 1994. In 1990 they already produce together several singles on their own label: Swam. They also participate in the project Genaside II.
After 3 years of work, in 1996 they released their debut album: Londinium, from which the track Organ Song is extracted. Unfortunately, the disc is not selling well, therefore they decided to split. Short break, as in 1999, they released a second album: Take My Head.
This track of Archive is the penultimate of the album. This is a classic full of soaring emotion that sums up the spirit of this album: violins, gentleness, spleen, cared arrangements…
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