80s music
The 80s were chockful of New Wave power ballads, synthesizers, drum machines, and no shortage of Madonna and Michael Jackson.
Rate-O-Rama: (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
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Rick Henry ChristopherPublished 5 months ago in BeatUnderrated Albums: Discovering Musical Gems
The following ten albums are all, in their own right, underrated by the general music-listening public and are deserving of a closer look.
Rick Henry ChristopherPublished 5 months ago in BeatGhosts of Christmas Past
Christmas — the best time of the year. I’ve always loved Christmas but it became extra special to me when I became a mother.
Colleen MillsteedPublished 5 months ago in BeatSelena – the series
Selena, the series, which is a series on Netflix about the remarkable but devastatingly all too short life of Selena. The series goes more in death than the movie and there is a lot more focus on Selena as a little girl in the 70s, however, evolution into being a teenager in the 80s, and her transformation into adulthood in the 90s in the music business right along with her brother sister and parents – AB , Suzette, Marcella, and Abraham.
Rikki la rougePublished 5 months ago in BeatA Playlist For A Rainy Day
Introduction Today's weather is dreich and dark and rainy. It is also cold, so hardly inspirational, but there is a lot of music that addresses rain, so I thought I might share a few favourites of mine that will brighten anyone's day, even days like this.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 5 months ago in BeatMilli Vanilli
in the early 90s late 80s, there was a German dance and R&B music duo, called Milli Vanilli, created by German dance producer, Frank Farian. The duos biggest hits and famous songs “ blame it on the rain”, “ girl you know it’s true”, and” girl I’m gonna miss you”.
Rikki la rougePublished 5 months ago in BeatChirino: the portrait of the champion of salsa
Willy Chirino, born Wilfredo Jose Chirino, Pinar del Rio, consolación del sur Cuba. Who left Cuba at age 14 through Operación: Pedro pan, which is a program that airlifted 14,000 children out of Cuba to America Willy was among them. This program was designed to rescue children from what the Castro regime would do to them due to their parents fears that were later confirmed to be reality.
Rikki la rougePublished 5 months ago in BeatA Review of Rob Sheffield's "Dreaming the Beatles"
Note: I had this in mind as the anniversary of John Lennon's death approached, but I never thought it would coincide with the poem I left here. A nice touch, doncha think? ;)
Kendall DefoePublished 5 months ago in Beat- Top Story - December 2023
Rakes at the Gates of Hell
Somewhere between the deaths of Henry Kissinger and Sandra Day O’Connor, the frontman and driving force of The Pogues moved beyond. He was sixty-five years old, somehow both living longer and dying younger than a more sober man could expect.
Jack FaulknerPublished 5 months ago in Beat The Default Language Of Pop Music
I was not sure how to title this but I knew what I wanted to say. Essentially the English expect everyone to be able to understand them by having English as a second language. It's a spill out from Imperialism where a lot of people seem to think it still exists. You see so much that is skewed towards English despite Mandarin being the most spoken language in the world.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 5 months ago in BeatThe Good Riff
Introduction Yesterday I was in The Skipton Sound Bar and their playlist had, as always, some excellent songs on it. You can read about my visit here.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 5 months ago in Beat- Top Story - December 2023
Fairytale Of New York
This is a short biography about the most popular Christmas song of the 21st Century so far [¹], Fairytale Of New York, written and performed by The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl. If you do not already know it, Google the name of the song. You will probably only get as far as ‘Fai…’ before you hit the link to the official YouTube video, which has been viewed 92 million times in the last 11 years.
Niall James BradleyPublished 5 months ago in Beat