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Madness: Night Boat to Cairo
Madness. This is probably the most accurately named band in existence. You’ve got to love the insanity and cheapness of this video. The video was rushed, as is obvious, with the fake backdrop, karaoke bouncing-ball, and the improvised “dancing” during the instrumentals. Despite this, the video was hugely popular amongst fans, [...]
Marvin Hamlisch: Bond 77 (The Spy Who Loved Me Soundtrack)
love Bondathons, though I’m not that guy that will sit in front of the TV for 24 hours straight to watch eight James Bond movies in a row. No, I’m the guy that might grab a 30 minute break out of a busy day, flick through the TV listings guide and be [...]
Don McClean: American Pie
February 3rd, 1959 – The Day The Music Died. Buddy (Charles H. Holley) Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P “Big Bopper” Richardson tragically were called away from this World when their plane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa. The three rock and roll musicians had been part of a Midwestern tour covering 24 cities [...]
Queen: Sheer Heart Attack
I just got done reading a far-fetched science-fiction/horror/action novel by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child title The Relic. The story is based around a ‘creature’ lurking around the depths of a natural history museum, and occasionally murdering anyone unlucky enough to cross paths with it. To be more descriptive, per DNA analysis, [...]
Pink Floyd: Money
In 1973, a box of cornflakes cost 25 cents (www.foodtimeline.org). Nowadays, the same box of cornflakes (hopefully one that wasn’t made in 1973) would set you back $3 – a 1200% increase. An AMC Javelin car cost about $3000 new in 1973, I found the same car today online selling for $19,000. [...]
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Heart of Gold is from Neil Young’s 1972 album, “Harvest”, and incredibly, it is his only number one single. What I find funny is that Bob Dylan, whose style “Heart of Gold” mimics really hated the song whilst it was perched atop the music charts. In a 1985 interview with Rolling Stone, Dylan [...]
Kaiser Chiefs: Never Miss a Beat / The Knack: My Sharona
“Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one.
When you gonna give me some time, Sharona?”
ops.. wrong song – sorry! But doesn’t this sound like The Knack and their well known hit, My Sharona? The Kaiser Chief’s, a band that formed in Leeds, England released this as the lead of single to their third [...]
