Day 260: Whip It, Devo
Crazy band of the 80s. They have already appeared once in Covid Island Discs. This is their second appearance. Not sure why they have flow pots on their heads ????.
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Covid Island Discs
Day 259: Rockaria, Electric Light Orchestra
A great song by ELO which really shows their full synthesis of rock with classical music. Sadly the sound quality of this official video is surprisingly poor but I guess this is because it was made in 1976.
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Day 258: Brass in Pocket, The Pretenders
“????Make you, make you make you notice. Gone is my arms, gone is my legs, gone is my style .. cause I’m going to make you see no else here no one like me.????”
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Day 257: Revolution, The Beatles
This is the grunge version of the famous song that appears on the White album. Actually there is a surprising number of Beatles videos on the internet given they really didn’t do many public appearances post about 1965. Truly I never get tired of this band that is arguably the greatest rock band of all
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Day 256: Dear Mr President, Four Non Blonds
A second appearance of the 4 non blonds in Covid Island Discs. In some ways I can relate to the lyrics of this song. In the scheme of things the USA is a wonderful country and yet …. and yet! Oh USA what has gone wrong with your dream? How has Trump et al. bewitched
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Day 255: November Rain, Guns N’ Roses
Time for some Gun’s and Roses? The story of this song is not fully evident until you watch the video until the very end but it involves “matches and dispatches” without the “hatches” ????.
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Day 254: Rocket Man, Elton John
Another song from the piano man, Rocket Man. This is such a great version of this wonderful song when the young Elton John still had his voice. The piano in this video is also just wonderful.
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Week 36 Video Playlist
Like week 35, the choice for the best video of week 36 was also an easy decision to make. While Michael Jackson’s music is not always my cup of tea, his videos are incredible because the dance sequences in them are amazing. The video for the song “Beat It” is not an exception. In fact,
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Day 253: Song for Guy, Elton John
I remember falling in love with this piece by Elton John when I first heard it as a child (released in 1978). I just love the piano chord progression with the clever use of synthesizer and the gentle castanet percussion sound. This is not an entirely musical piece for it ends with the single and
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Day 252: All night Long, Lionel Richie
Yesterday I posted the song “Africa” by Toto. Along with “Eye of the tiger”, this song reminds me of a youth camp I attended in 1983. The final song that I associate with this camp is this classic tune by Lionel Richie. On the camp was some guy whose nickname was “mouse” (can’t remember his
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