2nd — 8th of May 2020
Again, everyone learning guitar at some point learns this famous riff. This is a particulary impressive live version of “Stairway to heaven” with absolutely amazing rock guitars at the end. It is really cool how the lead guitarist has an amazing electric guitar with two necks on it, one for a twelve string the other …
Day 49 (album cover 4 of 10): Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin Read More »
I am partly choosing my ten album covers based on the iconic album covers. This album was certainly iconic. This song tells a common story but has a surprising moral sting in its tail. January 2022: RIP Meatloaf
An amazing album cover with amazing songs to boot. This song always makes me feel a little sad, it is so melancholic. Update: The video below is a new addition that I found on Youtube in May 2021. It replaces the original one which was just the album cover and that is why in my …
Day 47 (album cover 2 of 10): A Day in the life, The Beatles Read More »
The Trafford Centre Hotel California Time to return to some classic rock. A while back Grace nominated me to do ten classic album covers so I shall combine this into my Covid Island discs. The first album cover is from the classic Eagles album Hotel California. Funnily enough Hotel California looks a lot like the …
Day 46 (album cover 1 of 10): Hotel California, The Eagles Read More »
This song was not one I intended to include until today when I heard about the sad death of Dave Greenfield who died late yesterday aged 71 after testing positive for Covid-19. He had been in hospital for a prolonged period with heart problems. RIP
I end my one hit wonder strange song theme with this very sobering offering. This song was written at a time when we feared the world could end in a nuclear holocaust. Here is its background (taken from Wikipedia): The lyrics of the original German version tell a story: 99 balloons are set free and …
Yes when this song was released I was indeed young. I guess most of us can relate to this pretty song in many ways. This was a hit in Australia but I think the UK hit was another Alphaville song from the same album called Big in Japan. I guess this makes them technically not …
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