Eric Idle’s Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. That’s me, really.
The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 12 December 2022 source ↗
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A song I wrote years ago called Remember Me With Love.
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Paprika Plains by Joni Mitchell.
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The whole of The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.
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Sinatra's The Best Is Yet To Come.
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