History of Sorts

Eighties

  • Cover up-Episode 1: Gonna Get Close to You-Queensryche and Dalbello

    Every self respecting Heavy Metal fan will know “Gonna get Close to you” by Queensryche. But how many know it was actually a cover version? The original was released in 1984 by Lisa Dalbello. I like to look at shadows sweating on the wallI get excited when I hear footsteps in the hallOutside your balcony

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  • Epic Rock-Episode 1: Iron Maiden-Seventh son of a Seventh son.

    Here they stand, brothers them allAll the sons, divided they’d fallHere await the birth of the sonThe seventh, the heavenly, the chosen oneOhhhh!Here the birth from an unbroken lineBorn the healer, the seventh, his timeUnknowingly blessed and as his life unfoldsSlowly unveiling the power he holdsOhhhh!Seventh son of a seventh sonSeventh son of a seventh

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  • ROCKTOBER-I love Rock ‘n’ Roll

    You’re a teenager, you are still experimenting with different types of music. One day you turn the TV, tune in to the Dutch music show TopPop, and you see this lady with a guitar, There are a few drumbeats at the start and then a kick ass guitar riff. You are hooked, you found the

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  • ROCKTOBER-Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime

    It is rare that a song gets better when it has been re-released , but this is the case with “Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime”. It was originally released as “Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann” on October 5,1984 by Nena, written by Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Carlo Karges. The original song was a commercial success in Europe and it reached

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  • Record Store day

    This is a small deviation from my usual more dramatic historical blogs, but since today is marked as Record Store day I felt compelled to do a blog celebrating this day. Record Store day is a bi-annual event inaugurated in 2008 and held on one Saturday every April and every “Black Friday” in November to

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