music

  • I was struggling to find an appropriate title for this blog because so much can be said about this man. I am passionate about music although I am not necessarily that keen on classical music, I do listen to the works of great composers like Mozart,Beethoven.Satie,Ravel and Strauss.However all these great composers pale in comparison…

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  • To quote John Miles”Music was my first love and it will be my last”. Music is my passion, its power has no equal. A good song can make you happy, sad or angry, a great song will make you think. There are songs that made a difference and made people think. Unfortunately nowadays artists only…

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  • This is a very personal blog for me.Not because I was personally involved in it, because I wasn’t, but because it really touched me emotionally. Although I am don’t suffer from depression myself that is really what the song is about,depression and the effects it has especially on teenagers and young adolescents. I first heard…

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  • Rebel without a clue

    I could not call myself a music fan and more specifically a Rock music fan without paying tribute to one of the all time greatest Rock musicians, Tom Petty. I have to confess I was quite late getting to know the music of Tom Petty,it was really by chance.Back in the 80s I was a…

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  • Criminal Songs

    ++++++ CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE++++++++++++ In 1974 the Bob Marley song “I shot the Sheriff” performed by Eric Clapton reached Number 1 in the Billboard 100. Throughout the decades there have been many songs that were about crime or criminal behaviour, this is just a quick overview of some of these Criminal Songs. Crime and murder…

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  • SRV-The death of a Legend.

    I am very careful when it comes to calling someone a hero, for so many who are considered a hero , often aren’t. However in this case I can say that SRV-Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of my heroes. The man who made playing guitar look cool again. On August 26, 1990, Vaughan performed two…

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  • Grease,Elvis and Star Wars

    I am not going to apologize for this but it is a fact I am a massive Grease fan, and today happens to be the anniversary of the single “Grease” reaching the #1 position on the Billboard top 100. However as the title of this blog suggests there is more to the story. Here are…

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  •   Why did I use the names of these 2 artists as the title of this blog? Because they had nothing in common. Well that is not entirely true. Both were born in Mississippi and both died on the 16th of August, Elvis 42 years ago today and Robert Johnson 81 year ago today. Both…

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  • A slight deviation from my regular  history of sorts. This time I will leave the music do the talking. Throughout the decades there have been many songs that took their inspiration from historical events, below is a list and clips of some of them. Starting of with the one song that covers most of known…

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  • The 1st Sony Walkman

    it is not often I do a piece on technology, in fact this is the first time and it probably will be last time, but this device has had an impact on my life.And today marks the 43rd anniversary of its first release. The transistor radio was a technological marvel that put music literally into…

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