Archive for 'Memories'
Christmas Singles
Posted on12. Dec, 2009 by Mike.
I don’t know about you but I think Christmas is not a great time for music, all new releases tend to be artists best of/greatest hits albums the X-Factor winners inevitable No 1 single and the dreaded Christmas single.
When I was growing up in the seventies there was a boom in fun Christmas singles; Slade, Mud, Wizzard and the Wombles and these seem to be re-released every year always making the charts [...]
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Iconic Album Art
Posted on01. Dec, 2009 by Mike.
I have always loved the visual side to buying an album or single; holding it, reading all the information – and I have often bought an album purely because of the album art.
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“Got your mother in a whirl, not sure if you’re a boy or a girl” Gender Bender pop stars Part 2
Posted on20. Nov, 2009 by Mike.
The first gender-bender pop star to receive mainstream acceptance was Boy George in the early 80´s with his band Culture Club. Their first appearance on TV singing “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” produced cries of “is it a man or a woman?” and it turned George into a celebrity overnight.
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“Oh You Pretty Things” The story of Gender Bender pop stars. Part 1
Posted on12. Nov, 2009 by Mike.
Who were the first pop stars to challenge the general publics view on what we now call “Gender Benders” by cross dressing in feminine/ masculine clothes?
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The history of music videos
Posted on22. Oct, 2009 by Mike.
The music Video has been around since the swinging sixties and was initially called the “promo film” and was used to promote bands who could not be in every country when they had a single released. The Beatles were one of the first bands (and best known) to use video for tracks like “Help” and [...]
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Women in Rock – part 1
Posted on21. Oct, 2009 by Mike.
There are many women in rock who have made a lasting impact on the music scene – Siouxsie Sioux, Marianne Faithfull, Joan Jett, Patti Smith, Nico, Annie Lennox to name but a few. But the four ladies who have created the most impact on me are Deborah Harry, Lene Lovich , Kate Bush – and [...]
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Halloween songs
Posted on21. Oct, 2009 by Mike.
Maybe some of you out there are going to a Halloween party and need some music while you get ready putting on you costumes.
So to put you in the mood here is my treat to you .
Bobby (Boris) Picket) “The Monster Mash” 1962
Michael Jackson “Thriller” 1984
Alice Cooper “Welcome to my Nightmare” 1975
Warren Zevon “Werewolves of [...]
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Women in Rock – part 2
Posted on19. Oct, 2009 by Mike.
Kate Bush was famously discovered while still at school by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and has an expressive 3-octave voice.
She first came into the public eye in 1978 with the single “Wuthering Heights” which was inspired by Emily Bronte’s novel of the same name and was a surprise UK number one hit. The album “Kick [...]
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Glam Rock part 2 – “Rock ‘N’ Roll suicide”
Posted on15. Oct, 2009 by Mike.
¨Come Join The Revolution¨- the Sweet
1974 was pure teenage heaven with the Sweet´s “Teenage Rampage”, T Rex’s “Teenage Dream” and Alice Cooper´s ”Teenage Lament 74”.
It also brought me my first taste of Sparks with the glorious single “This town ain´t big enough for the both of us” and the first ever album I bought “Kimono [...]
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Glam Rock part 1– “a walk on the Wild Side”
Posted on14. Oct, 2009 by Mike.
I feel fortunate to have been a teenager growing up in the early 70´s and Glam Rock was the first music that had a major impact on my life.
There were no videos, no MTV and you had to use your own imagination when listening to songs. You had 12 inches of tremendous art work and [...]
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