Tag: Record chart
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The Story of Eric Prydz – Call On Me*
*sorta. Ooh boy….where to start? Firstly this is a great video from HowardHandz about the debacle which was the mega-hit Eric Prydz – Call On Me, sampling Steve Winwood’s Valerie. I obviously came in during the middle of this, because BigBadBaz, a regular feature on this blog/podcast over the years posted his remix on GYBO…
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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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Save a Prayer for Number 1
There’s been a campaign to get Eagles of Death Metal’s Duran Duran cover to UK number 1 after the events of the Bataclan in Paris, and it looks like it will succeed. I’m not a big fan of EODM but I love ‘Save A Prayer’, I love that cover and love Duran even more –…