Amichai’s Top 50/38. ‘We Belong’

Amichai’s Top 50/38. ‘We Belong’ Back to High School, early MTV videos, 1984. Pat Benatar, already big for “Love is a Battlefield’ wins my heart with ‘We Belong”, esp the cherubic choir in the video, thus becoming my first go to in Karaoke ever since. Aspirational. Go figure. Welcome Summer. Whatever we deny or embrace […]

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Amichai’s Top 50/37 ‘The Rose’

Amichai’s Top 50/37. ‘The Rose’ “When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snows Lies the seed, that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes the […]

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Amichai’s Top 50/36 ‘B’shem Ha’Shem’ The Angel Song ‘בשם ה

Amichai’s Top 50/36 B’shem Ha’Shem The Angel Song. בשם ה “In the name of the Divine: Angelic Beings Surround me. Michael on the right, Gabriel on the left, Uriel in front, Rafael behind, and the Divine Presence overhead.” My first memory: Age 4, on my uncle’s desk at his home on a Saturday night and […]

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Amichai’s Top 50/35 ‘You Want it Darker’

Amichai’s Top 50/35 “You Want it Darker” There’s a lover in the story But the story’s still the same There’s a lullaby for suffering And a paradox to blame But it’s written in the scriptures And it’s not some idle claim You want it darker We kill the flame Leonard Cohen’s farewell album includes this […]

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Amichai’s Top 50/34 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

Amichai’s Top 50/34 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me Last night I dreamt That somebody loved me No hope, no harm Just another false alarm The story is old – I know But it goes on Happy 60th birthday Morrissey. Thank you and The Smiths for every damm night of screaming at the […]

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