OT: Music 6

[spiny norman]

Another sad day; I was a big fan of hers when I was a kid ...

Olivia Newton-John, singer and actress, dead at 73

Olivia Newton-John, the Australian singer whose breathy voice and wholesome beauty made her one of the biggest pop stars of the '70s and charmed generations of viewers in the blockbuster movie "Grease," died on Monday, according to a statement from her husband. She was 73.

www.cnn.com

 

[SUX2BU]

Beat me to it, Spiny

73 years young

 

[Jets 31]

Who can forget this.RIP Olivia.

 

[Guardian17]

She was my first celebrity crush.

Olivia Newton-John, 'Grease” Film Star and Pop Hitmaker, Dead at 73

Olivia Newton-John, star of films like 'Grease' and 'Xanadu,' as well as a Grammy-winning pop hitmaker, has died at the age of 73.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[SensibleGuy]

Gord Lewis - guitarist for Teenage Head - was found dead yesterday...apparently murdered by his son.

 

[48MPHSlapShot]

 

[Wedgeden]

Gord Lewis - guitarist for Teenage Head - was found dead yesterday...apparently murdered by his son.

Man, such a good band..

 

[Wedgeden]

Here's my Olivia Newton John contribution.. kind of a cheesy video but is this the hardest rocking song she's ever done?

 

[Wedgeden]

Album #21
Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry (1981)
Remember when Def Leppard were good?
Haha.. I only came across this album later, much after Pyromania was released.
I remember though seeing the video for 'Bringing On the Heartbreak' on Citivision around the time that "Pyro" was out and I was super excited because it was a song I'd never heard before. Does anyone else remember Citivision Friday nights at midnight? My favourite song on the album though is 'Another Hit and Run'

Let It Go


Bringing On the Heartbreak


Another Hit and Run

 

[48MPHSlapShot]

Lunatic Fringe

 

[Wedgeden]

Album #22
David Bowie - Station To Station (1976)
Huge step up from "Young Americans" - one of my favourites.

Golden Years


TVC 15

 

[Wedgeden]

Anybody Social D fans? Phenomenal acoustic version of "Reach For the Sky"

 

[DharmaBum]

While this song is often labeled as a "Bone - Thugs - N - Harmony" song, it is properly a "Mo Thugs" song. BTNH got their start when Eazy-E signed and helped them establish their career. Once they had success they started their own record company and "Mo Thugs" was a compilation of BTNH members and other unestablished Cleveland artists.

This is off of "Mo Thugs" 2nd album, "Chapter II: Family Reunion" and hit #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998.

I think this song is pretty unique as it combines hip-hop with a more Country/Western theme and storytelling, along with having the familiar Kenny Rogers refrain, "You gotta/better count your money" as its hook.




"Tony Toni Tone" had a hit with, "If I Had No Loot" in 1993. The hip-hop band featured a more guitar heavy driven rhythm in this song, which is described as, "New Jack Swing. It hit #7 on the 1993 Billboard Hot 100 charts.




Last up is a jazzy hip-hop song, "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" from the British band US3. The song may remind you of "Rebirth of Slick" by "Digable Planets" (released in 1992). This is off of their debut album in 1993 and samples the Herbie Hancock song, "Cantaloupe Island". Umm, yeah, I have no idea either about that Herbie Hancock sample, but Wiki told me and it makes me sound way more learned about music than I am. I only learned about all these songs 3 weeks ago.

 

[buggs]

Pogues bass player Darryl Hunt has passed away. I was very late coming around to the Pogues but have enjoyed them immensely over the last several years. Something, something, alcohol, Irish music.

 

[SUX2BU]

Heard this at a party last weekend

Father in law said “play some country”

I said, “this is”. He liked it and had heard of Eric Church

 

[10Ducky10]

One of the few country artists I will listen to.

 

[Wedgeden]

Album #23
Red Rider - Don't Fight It (1979)
Red Rider was one of the first rock bands I got into at the time Neruda came out. That was an amazing album. This album I bought, I think, in high school when I discovered their older songs. After Neruda, "Boy Inside the Man" was great. "Big League" was pretty good. Wasn't a big fan of "Life Is a Highway" though.

"White Hot"


"Avenue A"

 

[Wedgeden]

Album #24
David Bowie - Heroes (1977)

I was pretty pumped when I found a used copy of this album. This is the second album of his Berlin Trilogy that he recorded with Brian Eno in the late '70's. It's the only one of the three that I own on vinyl. (Still searching for "Low" and "Lodger"). This album includes the brilliant "Heroes" track, one of my favourite songs by him.
Here is the longer album version.

Heroes

 

[SUX2BU]

A good tune. Heard it on Power this morning

 

[ryerockarola]

never heard this cover before today, dam she pretty much nails Ann's vocals which is tough to do

 

[spiny norman]

Listening to some early 70s music tonight ...

 

[Wedgeden]

Album #25
Harlequin - One False Move (1982)

The first vinyl record I ever bought and I still have it. I had previously heard the song "Innocence" before this and loved it. When "I Did It For Love" came out I rushed out and bought this album with my allowance money. Great Winnipeg band from the '80's.

"I Did It For Love"


"Superstitious Feeling"

 

[Wedgeden]

Album #26
The Strokes - Room on Fire (2004)

Great album to own on vinyl. Went looking for their first album but when I got home I realized I had grabbed this one, their second by mistake. A good consolation prize. (I got their first album "Is This It?" at a later date).
Like a lot of newer vinyl though, the pressing I got appears somewhat warped. So annoying.

"Reptilia"


"12:51"


"The End Has No End"

 

[Wedgeden]

Album #27
Slade - Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply (1983/1984)

This album was originally released in Great Britain under the name of "The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome" with a different track listing. It was re-released in North America under the revised title. This was maybe the second or third album I ever bought. Everyone at school loved "Run Runaway" and I rushed out to get this one. This was Slade's comeback album in the '80's after they kind of disappeared in the late '70's.

"Run Runaway"


"My Oh My"

 

[48MPHSlapShot]