Tag: u2
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RIP Florian Schneider
Oh boy…where do you start with an artist like Florian Schneider, of Kraftwerk? Sadly he has died at 73. It’s not hyperbole when you say that Florian and Kraftwerk may not be household names like some, but without Kraftwerk you probably wouldn’t have new wave and new romantics, electro-pop, house, techno and all those influenced…
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Pachelbel pwns the world
When comes to Pachelbel’s Canon in D Minor it’s easier to say which songs WEREN’T influenced by it…Streets of London, Let It Be, Go West, I Should Be So Lucky (which I think rips another classical piece too), Don’t Look Back In Anger, Puff The Magic Dragon, No Woman No Cry, Men At Work –…
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RC 270: Pop Is Dead #5 – Moneygoround
Fifth instalment of the Pop Is Dead series, all about the dirty, dirty cash in the music industry, with occasional interruptions from Steve Albini and The Story of Pop. The finale will be next week. Get the money, Mr. Potato, Get the money, Pay the Eskimo… (163Mb, 2:02) Doxa Sinistra – Call Now! The Kinks…
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Make Bono History & Sex Aid 30
Not original – Culturcide did this with We Are The World back in the 80’s but glad to see someone still pricking their supercilious charidee bubble. Better than ‘charity’ would these people all paying their tax – rather than Myleene Klass style moaning about tax and avoidance schemes like the entitled right-winger non-doms they are?…
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A Little Dog Named Snuggles: remix Negativland
Remix/cutup types will love this – in honour of the death* of Shaggy, aka Casey Kasem, Negativland have posted the parts to download and remix at your pleasure for their infamous and litigious ‘The Letter U and the Numeral 2’ from 1991. This saw them lock horns with U2 and their record company who got…