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BRONSKI BEAT "hit that perfect beat" b/w "i gave you everything" 1985
homosexual 'beat-boys' from the UK, had a huge hit called "smalltown boy" a couple of years prior to this about the problems growing up in a small town when you are 'gay'...very good song IMO, anyway, after a couple of hits vocalist Jimmy Sommerville left to pursue a solo career, but the rest of the guys continued to play,
this was their biggest hit out here reaching #3 on the chart, was obviously ok bcak then because i bought it...but sorry, "disco" just aint my thing!
"hit that perfect beat" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSXS_asubg8 video
"i gave you everything" *
no link available
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THE CARS "shake it up" b/w "cruiser" 1981
another single i obviously liked back then...cant stand anything by these guys now as it all sounds the same!
this one got to #10 on the charts here...i remeber now, "drive" is the only one i can truly say i still like, cant recall if i have it though?
"shake it up" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq-yoorI7lo video
"cruiser" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCSdI7PgqsU live
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BOB DYLAN "gotta serve somebody" b/w "trouble in mind" 1979
this was the first Dylan thing i bought...at age 11 or 12(depending when released as opposed to my birthday)...
loved the "a" side immediately when i frist heard it played on the radio(it still gets reasonably good airplay today)...
single only reached #96 on the charts here, but chart placings dont mean a thing in the scheme of things...
"gotta love somebody" ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zavbgO1s8io audio
"trouble in mind" **
no link available for this track!
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MANFRED MANN'S EARTHBAND "blinded by the light" b/w "starbird #2" 1976
got this one in the early 1980s, one of those retrospective purchases...
single written by The Boss, but recroded and released by these guys, reached #11 here back n '76...
still like this one, but ive heard Springsteen's since and his is the best version IMO,
"b" side here is pretty much an instrumental...not keen on it!
"blinded by the light" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWVL4B-4pI live
"starbird #2" *
no link available here neither
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ELTON JOHN "nikita" b/w "the man who never died" 1985
not much to say other than it is Elton John..!
single reached #3 on the charts here back in the day...
"b" side is a simple yet lovely instrumental...for some reason its not very often i dont like an Elton instrumental!, it was apparently Elton's personal tribute to john Lennon("empty garden" was a elton/taupin tribute), either way its a lovely piece of music!
"nikita" ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z53RADsjE4I video
"the man who never died" ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6q0kMx9xMA audio
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BTW 'Nikita' is a man's name. 'Empty Garden' was a masterpiece. Brilliant track.
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THE CLASH "this is england" b/w "do it now" 1985
first single from their last album...the crap embarrassing "cut the crap" album..
the "a" side is one of only probably three or maybe foru tracks i like on that album, the "b" side, however,IMO, is better than anything on that album!, it is classic Clash and probably ranks in my top 10 Clash tracks ever...
the single reached #62 on the charts here...
listen to both and make up your own minds!
"this is england" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROj_1R36lX0 audio w/-lyrics
"do it now" ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXueLwHvoKU audio
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Jerome Wrote:BTW 'Nikita' is a man's name. 'Empty Garden' was a masterpiece. Brilliant track.
1. YES i was aware of that
and
2. YES it is a masterpiece, one of my favourite's by Elton....Queen also recorded a Lennon tribute, cant recall the title,think it was on their "hot space" album, was also the "b" side to their "thank god its christmas" single(which i also own)
i think Paul McCartney's tribute to Lennon on his superb 1982 album Tug Of War is the best tribute of all though...
"here today"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0N3TnGYXcQ audio
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I love this Springsteen cover and the album Roaring Silence is pretty good also! CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:MANFRED MANN'S EARTHBAND "blinded by the light" b/w "starbird #2" 1976
got this one in the early 1980s, one of those retrospective purchases...
single written by The Boss, but recroded and released by these guys, reached #11 here back n '76...
still like this one, but ive heard Springsteen's since and his is the best version IMO,
"b" side here is pretty much an instrumental...not keen on it!
"blinded by the light" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWVL4B-4pI live
"starbird #2" *
no link available here neither
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MAXI PRIEST "wild world" b/w "on and on" 1988
Maxi was/is a reggae artist of the same ilk as UB40...
the "a" side here was a good cover of the old Cat Stevens classic...it reached #9 on the charts out here
the "b" side isnt too bad neither
"wild world" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ZWD_0VRK8 video
"on and on" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUJKYmZYWIA audio
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