I have just been looking at a list of the best-selling albums of the 1970s. It was a bit of a surprise because if I was a contestant on Pointless and was asked to name a best-selling album of the 70s I would probably have thought that Framptom Comes alive or Bat out of Hell […]
Entries Tagged as 'Music'
Eric Johnson
December 14th, 2016 · Comments Off on Eric Johnson · Music
Tonight I turned on Vintage TV and there was some virtuoso guitarist playing. It was a bit like Jeff Beck in places or Steve Vai in others, but I didn’t recognise him, so waited for the caption at the end to find it was somebody called Eric Johnson. The name didn’t even ring a bell, […]
Tags: Spotify
The Oxygène of publicity
December 7th, 2016 · Comments Off on The Oxygène of publicity · Music
I see Jean-Michel Jarre has a new album out, a second follow-up to his 1976 breakthrough album Oxygène, called Oxygène 3. The tracks are called Oxygène Pt 14, Oxygène Pt 15, and so on up to Oxygène Pt 20. Jean-Michel is not someone to waste a lot of time thinking about titles for things. I […]
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Truckfighters
August 16th, 2016 · Comments Off on Truckfighters · Music
I came across a track by a band called Truckfighters on Spotify this evening. I was quite taken with the the sound of it, which was sort of ragged psychedelia, so I looked them up on Wikipedia and was a little surprised to find that they are Swedish. I was quite amused to see the […]
Where are they now?
July 15th, 2016 · Comments Off on Where are they now? · Music
We all know that the Pet Shop Boys are still doing their thing, but I wonder what their co-stars in this video are up to now? They will all be into their late 20s now, which would make me feel old, if I didn’t already. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this […]
The Fab Four
July 7th, 2016 · Comments Off on The Fab Four · Music
A while ago all the Beatles back catalogue got added to Spotify at last, which partly compensated for Prince pulling his stuff off it. Personally I do not dislike the Beatles, but I never got round to buying any of their records either, apart from Sgt Pepper on vinyl ages ago. All of this means […]
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Segue Segue Sputnik!
May 9th, 2016 · Comments Off on Segue Segue Sputnik! · Music
Ever since the BBC started repeating old TOTPs on a 35-year delay I have been watching and wallowing in the nostalgia. I think they started with 1976 or maybe 1975 and are now up to 1981. Obviously it is all downhill after the mighty 1979 but there are still some gems in there. The funny […]
Tags: Nostalgia
Yes – Like it is
July 5th, 2015 · Comments Off on Yes – Like it is · Music
I still have not got round to listening to all 7 of the identical live albums that Yes released last month as part of the Progeny box set and then noticed on Spotify that there is yet another live album out, released last week. Whereas the Progeny discs are all from are all from 1972 […]
Tags: Prog Rock
Pop Quiz
May 21st, 2015 · Comments Off on Pop Quiz · Music
A quick question. Here is a quote from Music Week in 1973 Peter and Mary were almost pushed off stage; girls fainted in the traditional fashion, floodlights and coppers’ helmets were knocked over – and you could hardly hear XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX singing for the fans’ frenzied screaming. What is XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX replacing? Hint: you know the first thing […]
Nothing Has Changed
November 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Nothing Has Changed · Music
Right now I am on Spotify, listening to Nothing Has Changed, the new David Bowie ‘Best Of’ album. I shan’t be buying it for several reasons. Firstly, I don’t buy CDs any more at all, but even if I did I already have a 2 CD David Bowie hits collection and used to have quite […]
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