80s music
The 80s were chockful of New Wave power ballads, synthesizers, drum machines, and no shortage of Madonna and Michael Jackson.
This Might Be How Video Killed Radio
First there was the radio. Next was the television changing the way we receive news and entertainment forever. And then there were the music videos. They started out as simple "musical shorts". From the 1920's - 1940's, these "musical shorts" were often played before the start of a feature film. Overtime, that simplicity evolved into something more and they ended up changing the music industry drastically over the decades.
By Jasmine Aguilar3 months ago in Beat
Picture These Discs
Introduction I was reading the Taschen "1000 Record Covers" to enjoy the images and maybe get some inspiration for my writing. In the middle of the 1970s section, I saw the pages that I used to head this article. I had always assumed that Picture Discs were first produced in the nineteen-sixties, and I thought I had a copy of the first one, but no, apparently the first ones appeared in the nineteen-forties:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 months ago in Beat
Songs Sequenced
Introduction I was listening to a "Best Of" Nils Lofgren, and one of the final songs is "Secrets In The Street", which I have always loved. Lofgren is a brilliant guitarist and songwriter who has played extensively with Bruce Springsteen.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 months ago in Beat
Black Music Month Celebrates: Michael Jackson
I honestly have no idea how to begin writing an article that is a tribute to the greatest star to ever walk the face the earth. So I guess I’ll keep it simple and cliche. Happy Black Music Month to the one, the only, Michael Jackson.
By Joe Patterson3 months ago in Beat
The Is Jah Wobble
Introduction Apparently, Jah Wobble's stage name came because John Lydon could not pronounce the name John Wardle properly and slurred it into becoming Jah Wobble. I loved his dub-based bass playing with Public Image but then when he left he looks to have tackled every music genre you can think of and a lot that you can't think of.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
Music About Musicians By Musicians
Introduction Dexy's Midnight Runners came on the radio covering Van Morrison's "Jackie Wilson Said" and I thought could I put together a playlist of songs or band singing about other singers or bands. We obviously have something to kick off this one and another has just come into my head, bands named after songs, but that can wait awhile.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
The Buzz
Introduction What is it with flies and wasps? Are they just there to annoy us? I've had a couple in the house over the last few days, so I open windows and doors to let them out, and then what happens? They keep banging against the window or me.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
A New Wave Tarot Playlist #1
Introduction I always thought that the phrase New Wave was a dilution of the Punk ethic to make it more palatable for market consumption. Sort of when they learned to play they weren't punk anymore but they were New Wave. C’est La Vie
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
This Playlist Is Murder
Introduction I had used Graham Parker's "They Murdered The Clown" in a recent Seven Days In post that you can read below, and then thought maybe I could to a Clown related playlist to share on Vocal, but just at the moment no decent Clown or Circus related songs are coming to mind apart from the Graham Parker song.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
Miles at 100
Today would have been Miles Davis's one-hundredth birthday had he lived to see it, and I have some thoughts... I am a fan, and I think that he may be the one jazz musician who does not make too many fans out there feel uncomfortable admitting that they love jazz. Yes, I love John Coltrane and his blistering style and influence over modern music, but Miles is the one whose albums and attitude I always return to...
By Kendall Defoe 4 months ago in Beat
