High Heels, Legwarmers, Bikini Pants – Yes Its Prince.
Jun 25, 2010 On This Day
On this day in 1984 the person that used to like to be known as an artist who once had a name before going a bit strange released a successful album. Purple Rain was the first album that acknowledged the band and called them the Revolution and supported the film.
Why the band was acknowledged on the album as prince played the vast majority of the parts on the album and the band was only ever a touring band I do not know, and could hardly care less to be truthful. Oddly this album was voted number 72 in the Rolling Stone list of top 100 albums. The album supporteed the film of the same name and both made suiddilians of dollars, so someone liked it…… but not me.
Tags: live music, love rock music, On This Day
EC beats Kiss hands down
Jun 24, 2010 On This Day
EC sold 100 of his guitars to raise money for his drug rehab clinic on this day in 1999. He raised almost $5,000,000
Kiss sold off some of their memorabilia on this day a year later in 2000. They raised $876,000. (first day of a 2 day sale).
I am no fan of EC but surely this does illustrate the gap between where he stands in popular culture and Gene Simmons’ position.
Tags: classic, classic rock music, love rock music, On This Day
Born Today
Jun 23, 2010 arrivals
Madeline Bell (Excellent singer)
Blair Thornton (Bachman Turner Overated)
Phil Stutt (Self opinionated oaf)
I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy. – Tom Waits
Jun 22, 2010 Quotes
Always clever, always entertaining and thought provoking.
Two for the price of one! The version you may remember from an advert was the want to be opera singer Screaming Jay Hawkins…
Tags: music quotations, Quotes, rock and blues, tom waits
On This Day 1969 – Bowie’s Oddity
Jun 21, 2010 On This Day
Can you believe that it is 41 years, to the day that Space Oddity was released by Bowie?
Neither can I, the rest as they say is history.
Oh yes, this is the original version…………..
Tags: bowie, classic rock music, rock and blues, rock music, space oddity
Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk. – Tom Waits
Jun 15, 2010 Quotes
What a great song and performance, very Kurt Weill.
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My week beats your year. – Lou Reed
Jun 11, 2010 Uncategorized
Liner notes from Metal Machine Music.
On this Day – Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
Jun 8, 2010 On This Day
On this day in 1955 Faron Young reached number one in the US C & W (it was called American Country at the time I think) charts with his Live fast, Love Hard, Die Young. (Covered unsuccessfully, by Eddie Cochran)
To my ears there is something very odd and unsettling about this track. It might be the ‘country’ violins, the semi yodel delivery. It might be that all such calls to youth become more and more distasteful as the singers get older (My Generation performed by geriatric members of The Who, for example – ‘though Patti Smith still pulls it off with great aplomb and style). Two videos here, one as originally recorded and a live performance sometime later.
The artist as a young man, as they say
The artist as an older man….
Faron Young was 64 when he committed suicide in 1996. He had grown bitter, feeling that older performers were forgotten and ignored. There were also health problems including emphysema. After a divorce to his wife of 32 years he had alienated his family. A lonely, seemingly forgotten and bitter man he shot himself in the head on 9th December 1996.
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
Tags: eddie Cochran, faron young, live fast love hard die young, patti smith, rock and blues, the who
Breaking News – Stuart Cable Found Dead
Jun 7, 2010 On This Day
It seems that Stuart cable, original drummer in the Stereophonics, has been found dead at home early this morning.
According to the police there are no suspicious circumstances. They were called to his house at 5am this morning.
Stuart left the Phonics in 2003 after growing tension between him and Kelly Jones. Since then he has fronted a rock radio station that closed after 6 months and has presented various radio and TV shows. His last show was, I believe, last Saturday night on BBC Radio Wales.
His death is being described as a tragic accident.
Tags: kelly jones, rock and blues, stereophonics, stuart cable
On This Day – The Stones’ TV Debut & First Single
Jun 7, 2010 On This Day
The Stones made their TV debut this day in 1963 on Thank Your Lucky Stars playing their first single C’mon.
It may come a surprise to some of the younger readers that The Stones were once a rock and blues band playing blues covers. Their first album, imaginatively titled The Rolling Stones featured songs by Bobby Troup (Route 66), Willie Dixon (I Just Want to Make Love to You), Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddly, Skip James, and Rufus Thomas.
It all goes to reinforce my view that without the Blues we would have no Rock or Jazz.
This is the magnificent Carol Barnes with Route 66….
The epitome of Blues The incredible Muddy.
Rufus walking his pet in the 60s
The Stones take their turn
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. I am not knocking the Stones, we all build on the shoulders of those that went before. I just think that we do not laud those that went before enough.
Tags: Blues, blues music, chuck berry, classic rock music, muddy waters, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, rolling stones, rufus thomas, skip james, willie dixon
