Blast from the past.
Charlie Dore is my age.
An English singer-songwriter.
Pilot of the Airwaves went on to become an enduring radio favourite, reaching No. 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, earning Dore the Record World New Female Artist of the Year, an ASCAP award and charting in Canada, Australia, and Europe.
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Stick Season was a surprise hit by American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan,
It went viral on TikTok in mid-2023 and charted internationally. It got to #1 in Australia and the U.K.
The song title refers to a term for autumn in New England, the period after Halloween before the winter snow begins, which Kahan called “a time of transition” and “super depressing” as “it just means that winter is coming soon and it creates a lot of anxiety” and “nobody really likes it”.
For me the video is super original. Fresh.
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Now I am stuck between my anger and the blame that I can’t face
And memories are somethin’ even smoking weed does not replace
And I am terrified of weather ’cause I see you when it rains
Doc told me to travel, but there’s Covid on the planesAnd I love Vermont, but it’s the season of the sticks
And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed
And it’s half my fault, but I just like to play the victim
I’ll drink alcohol ’til my friends come home for ChristmasSo I thought that if I piled something good on all my bad
That I could cancel out the darkness I inherited from dad
No, I am no longer funny, ’cause I miss the way you laugh
You once called me forever, now you still can’t call me back
Olivia Rodrigo did a cover. This should bring more attention to the original.
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My favourite cover version so far is by Our Last Night. Rockin’
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Pub Choir in Australia. Awesome.
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“Creep” was the debut single by the English band Radiohead, released September 1992. …
It was reissued in 1993 and became an international hit, likened to alt-rock “slacker anthems” such as ”Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana and ”Loser” by Beck. …
According to the journalist Alex Ross in 2001, “What set ‘Creep’ apart from the grunge of the early nineties was the grandeur of its chords—in particular, its regal turn from G major to B major. No matter how many times you hear the song, the second chord still sails beautifully out of the blue. The lyrics may be saying, ‘I’m a creep,’ but the music is saying, ‘I am majestic.’ …
The chord progression and melody in “Creep” are similar to those of the 1972 song “The Air That I Breathe“, written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood.[82] After Rondor Music, the publisher of “The Air That I Breathe”, took legal action, Hammond and Hazlewood received cowriting credits and a percentage of the royalties. …
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A musical masterpiece.
Life In A Northern Town is the debut single by British band The Dream Academy, released in March 1985.
The single reached No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1986 and reached No. 15 on the UK charts.
… written as an elegy to British folk musician Nick Drake, who died in 1974. Overdose of prescription drugs.
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by Gotye.
Fantastic.
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Here’s the original — and original — music video.
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Sexist 80s Rock at its finest. 😀
“Hot for Teacher” by Van Halen (1984).
Love the guitar. Eddie Van Halen is awesome.
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Robert Palmer died too young. Age-54 of heart attack.
But this is one of my favourite music videos all time.
Back in 1986, using models and not the actual musicians was groundbreaking ➙ “epitomise the glamour and excesses of the 1980s“.
Palmer was a heavy smoker, but did not party like many rock stars of that era.
The five models in the video are Julie Pankhurst (keyboard), Patty Kelly (guitar), Mak Gilchrist (bass guitar), Julia Bolino (guitar), and Kathy Davies (drums).
Palmer recycled the video’s models concept for the videos of three other songs of his: “I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On” (also from Riptide), “Simply Irresistible“, and the animated “Change His Ways” (both from Heavy Nova).
In the romantic comedy film Love Actually (2003), written and directed by Richard Curtis, the video for Billy Mack’s song, “Christmas Is All Around”, is a tribute to “Addicted to Love”.
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Appropriate.
“Video Killed the Radio Star” (1979) with Thomas Dolby on keyboards.
The music video written, directed and edited by Australian Russell Mulcahy, was produced on a budget of $50,000. It was filmed in only a day in South London.
The video is best known as marking the debut of MTV, when the US channel started broadcasting at 12:01 AM on 1 August 1981. It originally aired on the BBC’s Top of the Pops.
Hans Zimmer can be briefly seen wearing black playing a keyboard.
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Looking for a feel good — ADULT — Christmas flick?
Dave and Lisa Adlard recommended my favourite, Love Actually. (2003 R-rated)
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related – Billy Mack (Bill Nighy) horrible Christmas variation of The Troggs’ classic hit “Love Is All Around”. (VIDEO)
Even more R-rated is the full version. 😀
Rick McCharles 