Posted on 11/10/2007 5:19:51 PM PST by andyssister
1984, after setting a new record for advanced orders, 1,099,500 copies, Frankie Goes To Hollywood went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP 'Welcome To The Pleasure Dome.' Also on this day Frankie Goes To Hollywood made their debut TV appearance on Saturday Night Live performing 'Two Tribes' and 'Born To Run'.
1984, former Rufus singer Chaka Khan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Feel For You.' Written by Prince, the song featured Stevie Wonder on harmonica and the Rap was by Grandmaster Melle Mel.
1979, Fleetwood Mac scored their second UK No.1 album with 'Tusk'
1975, David Bowie was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Space Oddity, the track was first released in 1969 to tie in with the Apollo Moon landing.
1973, Elton John started a eight week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', the singers third US No.1
1973, former lead singer with The Temptations Eddie Kendricks started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Keep On Truckin'
Elton John-Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Eddie Kendricks-Keep On Truckin
Fleetwood Mac-Tusk
But was it bagpipes? I always thought it was a harmonizer like REM used.
That is sad about the singer.
Yes, but it sounded very authentic, euro. Most folks know them only for the song Big Country, but lots of their stuff was quite good.
My roomie had some albums, but we were in GA and REM ruled. Plus they were playing local all the time.
I have LP's and albums with no way to play them also. It reminds me of seeing in my youth, people that had wax cylinders with no way to listen to them.
I spent a year in Sweden in 1986. Anyone, GI’s I suppose, that were in Europe back then can’t forget Italio Disco, a strange type of music based on synth, disco, dance music. This song epitomizes that type of music. I see quite a bit posted on youtube for “italio disco”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLbEZU7YB-w
Sorry I have to laugh when you compare rolling stones and the temps...no comparison IMO..I guess only the good die young...
How about this one—very few have ever sung like him-—most recently used in the fabulous Wong Kar Wai film “IN the Mood for Love.”
Quizás Quizás Quizás - Nat King Cole
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1303195723910865441
Geez... that video was only 2:30 long and I couldn’t make it past 1 minute!
Yes, Italio Disco did take some getting used to...
Phonos are still widely available thanks in part to hip hop DJing. Look around. They are out there. And, I saw a device the other day that converts them via a firewire or USB hookup to your computer digitally.
Stones, not a huge fan. One Hit (to the body) was my favorite. I remember this video when it came out, very much a sign of the times with issues in El Salvador. Keith Richards looking especially scary.
The Rolling Stones - Undercover of the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sthRYIB91P8
I’m no fan at all...most (not all) Brit bands have made their fortunes leeching off the US born and bred musical geniuses.
Most Brit bands I find boring...
You guys had guns, Why didn’t you shoot her?! Man, they could replace waterboarding with that song, get the truth out of terrorists in no time flat!
Hey, if you thought Italio Disco was gay...
Here is one of the king of gay bands of the 80’s, Dead or Alive. I loved their music, though they were fruity as a salad. Here are two songs by them that are pretty good. Pete Burns finally did decide to become a girl...
That guy could have had any girl he wanted, especailly with that hair of his.
“Brand New Lover” by Dead Or Alive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUUHY3OXt9s
Dead or alive - Something in my house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yplUEVd8AaI
I put it on a tape and he played it so many times in a row I thought we would all kill ourselves! It was a lovely family weekend...:)
Boring? Sex Pistols, Clash...
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