Tag: Beatles
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RIP Gershon Kingsley
I missed the sad news about the death of Gershon Kingsley in the midst of my Xmas Panic™. 97 though, he had good innings, but with him and Perrey gone, it’s a whole era that has passed. Kingsley is most famous for Popcorn, the track that not-arguably-at-all kickstarted the whole synth boom – first it…
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RC 292: Halloween Queen
Halloween puts the willies up me, with things going bump in the dark and all that woo. Here’s a dark yet upbeat selection for the Twerking Witching Hour: from monstrous mashups to spooky soundracks, evil electronica to ghoulish grime, Amy Ghost House, The Punkergeist and the zeitgeist horror of now*. Oh and the theme from…
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?uestlove on sampling and hiphop
Tell the truth, James Brown was old ‘Til Eric and Ra came out with “I Got Soul” Rap brings back old R&B And if we would not, people could’ve forgot Stetsasonic came on the radio, and I’ve always loved this lyric as it really said what needed to be said about sampling in hiphop. Apparently…
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Merry Clayton – Gimme Shelter
Merry Clayton’s backing vocals of the Rolling Stones classic are stuff of legend, and a crazy story of themselves, as that she did backing vocals for the very white redneck anthem Sweet Home Alabama (as she pointed out many times since, it wasn’t that sweet for black people). I never knew she did a version…
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Enjoy the Science – 8-bit Operators tribute to Depeche Mode
It was last year that I first heard Bacalao’s version of Depeche Mode’s But Not Tonight and it’s become one of my favourite covers OF ALL TIME. It’s great, honestly. So I’ve been waiting for the full compilation since then – it was going to be ‘coming soon’, and that seems to have stretched out…