Month: October 2017
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RIP Fats Domino
A class act from New Orleans, he was the soul of rock n’ roll. *salutes to the Captain* We owe him, along with Chuck Berry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Bo Diddly, everything. One of the Four Horsepersons of Rock n Roll 😉 And he stuck by it, he didn’t try and update the sound –…
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We can be heroes
I heard Depeche Mode do their cover of Bowie’s Heroes as part of their live tour last year, and finally they have put out a version online as part of the Highline Sessions. The song has a particular history in Depeche Mode, it’s the song he sung at his audition to get into the band,…
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The Last Pirates
Just like the pirate stations, I don’t know how long this video will stay up, but this is a great documentary on London pirate stations of the 1980’s and 90’s. Kiss, Kool, Passion, Fire, used to listen to a lot of those (and remember the anger over Jazz FM). Not exactly the last pirates, there…