Remember the music magazines a couple of posts ago? One of them did a supplement on 100 albums that changed music. I was quite pleased with myself as I had listened to a lot of them, but was definitely interested in listening to the others on the list. Marvin Gaye was the man who hadContinue reading “Don’t Punish Me With Brutality”
Tag Archives: 70s
Poor Man’s Moody Blues
“Home taping is killing music”. Except it didn’t. Neither did Napster, of course that was on an industrial scale compared to home taping. Home taping was a gateway to music when you were young. I taped from the radio (for about a month and came to loathe DJs who talked over tracks) and then fromContinue reading “Poor Man’s Moody Blues”
The Hut of Baba Yaga
I have said that Brightlingsea was a couple of years behind Royston musically. There were few people into older 70s rock. I was quite happy to listen to punk, prog rock, heavy metal and New Romantic. So, it was great to connect with Steve. He had an older brother and had really been infected withContinue reading “The Hut of Baba Yaga”
It’s Not Quite a Jaguar
Cars by Gary Numan This is the first time I heard syn drums quite this stark. When it was released I had no idea how much Gary Numan was ripping off David Bowie, his Berlin period in particular, as well as Kraftwerk. Numan’s time in the Sun was pretty short – he became obsessed withContinue reading “It’s Not Quite a Jaguar”
Five Miles Out 