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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 29, 2014 16:59:05 GMT -5
Birthday time...the late great Charlie Christian.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 30, 2014 4:33:53 GMT -5
One of my favorite Tom Waits songs.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 30, 2014 5:16:52 GMT -5
With my 500th post here on the coolest board around, I felt like posting something from one of my favorite albums Welcome to the Pleasuredome from Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Sure, it encapsulates the 80s, but Trevor Horn created something so much more with this album. I have the US and the UK versions. Right off the bat, the band comes out guns a blazing. A fantastic album! Definitely something of an overlooked masterpiece. Unfortunately, over here in the UK, the subsequent court case between Frankie Goes to Hollywood and their record label ZTT, in which it emerged that none of the band actually played on this album, did their reputation a lot of damage. It sort of cast them as the Liverpudlian Milli Vanilli or something in the minds of the general public. However, this viewpoint fails to take into account that the boys from Frankie were a proper gigging band, who could all play their instruments and they also wrote all of the original material on this album, including the three mammoth UK number ones "Relax", "Two Tribes" and "The Power of Love". Still, Trevor Horn's arrangements and production shouldn't be overlooked...this is at least as much a Trevor Horn album as it is a Frankie Goes to Hollywood one IMO. There's some fantastic musicianship from the various sessioneers that contributed and Horn's clever, pop-tastic musical arrangements show the man at the top of his game. There's some unusual, but very rewarding, cover choices on this album too, like Springsteen's "Born to Run", the Bacharach and David song "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?", and Edwin Starr's "War!". Welcome to the Pleasure Dome is without doubt one of my favourite albums from the 1980s. It was then and it still is now. The follow-up Liverpool has its moments too, but never comes close to the epic grandeur and impeccable pop suss of this album. |
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Post by DubipR on Jul 30, 2014 7:37:47 GMT -5
Confessor,
Yeah, Liverpool was a bit of a drop from the quality of Pleasuredome. Warrriors of the Wasteland was about it for on that album. But I'm glad there's another fan of that album. For a while I was really grooving on ZTT's stable of artists at that time; loved Art of Noise, Seal and Lisa Stansfield. Some of my best memories come from ZTT's music.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 11:13:38 GMT -5
Another hot day.
I wish I was here:
Gary Hoey - Wipeout
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Post by Confessor on Jul 30, 2014 12:58:03 GMT -5
Yeah, Liverpool was a bit of a drop from the quality of Pleasuredome. Warrriors of the Wasteland was about it for on that album. But I'm glad there's another fan of that album. For a while I was really grooving on ZTT's stable of artists at that time; loved Art of Noise, Seal and Lisa Stansfield. Some of my best memories come from ZTT's music. I had no time for Seal or Lisa Stansfield, then or now, but the Art of Noise did some pretty interesting stuff. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 30, 2014 13:11:16 GMT -5
Birthdays...The one and only...Buddy Guy!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 15:34:02 GMT -5
Suncokret (Sunflower) was a Yugoslavian Folk/Rock Band that had their 15 minutes of fame, but they are much more famous for providing the crib for the YU Rock legend Bora Đorđević (Riblja Čorba).
Oj Nevene is one of my favorite song from the band.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 31, 2014 16:23:08 GMT -5
Birthdays....Roy Milton. Milton was a mid-tier jump blues bandleader in the late 40s and early 50s.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2014 3:47:03 GMT -5
One of the better rock bands from Yugoslavia was ATOMSKO SKLONIŠTE (Atomic Shelter) often wrongly categorized in Hard Rock genre. Probably, for their thought provoking lyrics rather than their repertoire. In '90 they tried to bring their music to wider audience with East Europe Man CD, however their effort went unnoticed and it is an obscure score for the educated collectors. Their song from 1978 Ne Cvikaj Generacijo (Don't be a chicken, my generation) has a very grim outlook on the future. Knowing how things ended in Yugoslavia later, one must wonder if these guy's had an oracle stashed in their basement. (Watch the movie UNDERGROUND and you'll understand that last remark)
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Post by Jesse on Aug 4, 2014 8:49:32 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2014 12:06:00 GMT -5
Start the week with a smile.
Crazy Frog - Popcorn
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Post by DubipR on Aug 5, 2014 8:47:45 GMT -5
Some Kings of Convenience (remixed with Rokysopp)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2014 14:05:03 GMT -5
Not classic yet, but good stuff nonetheless.
July Talk - Summer Dress
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Post by DubipR on Aug 7, 2014 9:00:32 GMT -5
Just needed some Monkees fun and mirth...
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