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It's Not Blue Monday - Some Favourite New Order Songs
Introduction. New Order rose from the ashes of Joy Division and Ian Curtis’ suicide, and Joy Division were previously incarnated as Warsaw. New Order and Joy Division had Nazi origins and many punk bands donned Nazi regalia before it was seen, rightfully as an endorsement of Fascism, which ironically most of the punk movement was against.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 years ago in BeatA Plagiaristic Playlist
Introduction There are many songs that borrow from others, some acknowledge their source, and some don’t. Some are deliberate and some are accidental. These are some that I have noticed over my life and you may agree with me or disagree with me, some are obvious and some are a little harder to discern but hopefully, you will enjoy all of them. All of the songs are excellent it;s up to you whether or not you agree with me, but hopefully, this will spur some commentary.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 years ago in BeatSam Fender - The Shields Springsteen
What This is About I am sixty five years old and I see so many people going on about how rubbish modern music is. It's true that our musical tastes are formed between the ages of fourteen and sixteen and I still love the music that I was exposed to at that age, though I also picked up a guitar and thought I could maybe make it, fifty years on I am still trying to teach myself though people say that my singing sounds a bit like Neil Young.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 years ago in BeatSongs my ADHD Has on Repeat: Part II
For those of you who haven’t read part one of this series, I’ll give you the quick recap: To my recent discovery, researchers have found that a side effect of severe ADHD is listening to the same songs repeatedly for a short burst of time. Considering I’ve been doing this since the dawn of the original iPod shuffle, where I could clip that beautiful silver bullet to my belt loop and walk around like an absolute boss, I’ve had ADHD much longer than initially thought.
Mindfully WanderingPublished 2 years ago in BeatThe Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical - First Listen Review
Aubrey Niffenger’s ground-breaking science fiction novel has been adapted for the screen twice, but now it’s hitting the stage in a brand new musical adaptation. Based on the best-selling book and the New Line Cinema film, the new musical premiered at Storyhouse in Chester on 30th September and will continue till 15th October 2022 ahead of a West End transfer, to be announced later.
Listening To Music On The Move
Introduction I have had some issues with phones dying on me, using backup phones and eventually landing up with my Google Pixel 4XL. Since I got it I have not actually listened to any music on it even though I have some excellent wireless earphones/buds. I did load some music on for when I was going to use it but when I was walking I just didn’t bother listening to anything.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 years ago in BeatBuckingham Nicks - The Album that was the genesis of the Fleetwood Mac that gave you Rumours
Introduction For many people, Fleetwood Mac began with “Rumours”, or possibly, their breakthrough eponymous 1975 album. Fleetwood Mac for me have had three incarnations,
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 years ago in Beat- Top Story - October 2022
A Brief History of "It's My Party"
Lesley Gore It was in 1962 that 16-year-old Lesley Gore went for her voice lesson. But this time around she and her piano player decided to visit a local studio in New York to cut some demos. Through an agent her demo made it to the desk of Irving Green the president of Mercury Records. Green was impressed by what he heard and signed the 16-year-old Gore. Green teamed Gore with up-and-coming producer Quincy Jones. Jones had just finished recording his jazz albums Big Band Bossa Nova and Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits. He also just wrapped up recording projects with Nana Mouskouri, Sarah Vaughan, and Dinah Washington and went right into working with Count Basie, Billy Eckstine, and the Teen Queen of the U.S.A. Lesley Gore.
Rick Henry ChristopherPublished 2 years ago in Beat Were my Eurovision prediction true?
It has been a few months since the end of Eurovision. Remember my article about my predictions about Eurovision Song Contest 2022?
Simona RossoPublished 2 years ago in BeatWhy “After Dark” by Mr.Kitty is a comfort song
YouTube generates a lot of interesting suggestions that seems like a hit or miss if the song to suggest is going to match the songs we like.
Samantha ParrishPublished 2 years ago in BeatFans Choice: 25 Favorite David Bowie Songs
Fans Choice: 25 Favorite Songs of David Bowie I polled more than 550 David Bowie fans to find out which David Bowie songs are their favorites.
Rick Henry ChristopherPublished 2 years ago in Beat- Top Story - September 2022
A Brief History of "Tears of a Clown"
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles It was 1966 when 16 year old Stevie Wonder wrote the music for "Tears of a Clown." He then gave the instrumental to Smokey Robinson during the Motown Christmas party that year. He told Smokey that he had a great instrumental, but he couldn't come up with any lyrics.
Rick Henry ChristopherPublished 2 years ago in Beat