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Everything from 80s to 21st century music
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Ah yes, it is that time of year again when men frantically rush into the shops to buy those last minutes cards and presents for their beloved. Sweaty palms, nervous twitches etc. I say men because lets face it, you hardly see any women in shops buying valentine’s gifts(they are clever, they would have bought…
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The photograph above is of a child-size violin that belonged to 13-year-old Boruch Golden, who the Nazis murdered in the massacres at Ponary in September 1943. Baruch began playing the violin when he was six years old. His sister, Niusia (Anna), saved the violin. She survived the war in hiding. Following the invasion of Soviet…
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“Perfect Strangers” is a song by the British rock band Deep Purple. It is the title track of their 1984 comeback album Perfect Strangers. It is one of the few Deep Purple compositions not to feature a guitar solo. Nevertheless, founding band member and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has called it his favourite Deep Purple song.…
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Frank Farian, the man behind Boney M and Milli Vanilli, and many others died yesterday, aged 82. Rather then going tonto details of his life and sometimes controversial career, lets focus more on some of his music. Staring of with the good man singing himself. Boney M Eruption In 1986, Farian produced and mixed the…
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So many people think that “Space Oddity” was David Bowie’s first single, but he recorded several songs prior to the release of ‘Space Oddity’. The first song he released was “Liza Jane” in 1965 .However, he did not release that as David Bowie, but as “Davie Jones with the Kong Bees” The first song as…
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I might lose some street cred here, but I always liked Cliff Richard’s ‘Carrie’, In 1988. ForceField II , aproject of Cozy Powell released Carrie on their album ‘The Talisman’ , One of those few occasions where a cover is better then the original. “Carrie” was written by the songwriting partnership of Terry Britten and…
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It is hard to believe that Fritz Lang’s masterpiece is 97 years old, In those 97 years, that movie has lost none of its magic. I have done a post on Metropolis before, the link is at the bottom of this post, but this edition will focus on a re-imagined version of the movie which…
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