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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... View Article
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... View Article
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... View Article
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... View Article
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... View Article
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... View Article
