This is the kind of group that shows my age (like The Mood https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/06/14/we-almost-made-it/ ). New Musik only produced two proper albums and were very much an example of that synth pop era. Their most famous song (or at least most commercially successful) was Living By Numbers. The favourite song from the group for usContinue reading “On an island”
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I’ll hear you when you’re calling
Asia were a supergroup formed in the early 1980s. There was Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/05/06/the-hut-of-baba-yaga/ ), Geoff Downes of the Buggles (coming later) and Yes, Steve Howe of Yes (https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/07/08/it-is-no-lie-i-see-deeply-into-the-future/ ) and John Wetton of King Crimson. Supergroups had been a feature of the late 60s and early to mid-70s butContinue reading “I’ll hear you when you’re calling”
Wind was blowing, time stood still
The first of two appearances by Peter Gabriel as a vocalist. This is from his career after leaving Genesis. From prog rock he moved in a far more political direction and championed world music. It is hard to choose between three of his solo tracks. Biko is about South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. InContinue reading “Wind was blowing, time stood still”
Words That Were Spoken In Anger
A band that I would have never considered until I was an adult. I first really picked up on the Hollies when they rereleased He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother in the late 80s. I got a best of the Hollies compilation in the 90s and they are seriously under rated. Beautiful vocal harmonies andContinue reading “Words That Were Spoken In Anger”
We Stood and Stared
Where did heavy metal start? Well for me it was with Clive Hook who was doing the music for Scott House assemblies at Meridian. In the fourth form Mr Newbury was our head of house and he wanted Clive to play some loud music for an assembly. Clive asked if I could help him andContinue reading “We Stood and Stared”
Take a Load For Free
Take a Load For Free I went to the Doctor’s in 2014 and they told me that I was pre pre-diabetic (yes two pre) – or just a bit above average would be another way of putting it. They advised me to cut out drinking orange juice (which I had been doing to stay healthyContinue reading “Take a Load For Free”
We Build a Tower of Stone
I learnt about Rainbow backwards. The first songs I heard were singles in 1981 from Difficult to Cure like I Surrender. I earned income babysitting in that last year in Royston and one of my clients was the Greening family – John Greening had their previous album Down To Earth (most famously featuring Since YouContinue reading “We Build a Tower of Stone”
Just This Once Twice Forever
Songs you would never have admitted to liking at the time. Wham! Were a band that girls liked, not for boys and proper music fans. Though they had started their career with Wham Rap!, which was played on evening radio shows their album Fantastic was stuffed full of hits like Bad Boys, Young Guns andContinue reading “Just This Once Twice Forever”
Why Go To Learn the Words of Fools?
I don’t know why, but when I was younger, I kept confusing the Kinks and the Small Faces. Both have an iconic song and are from the same period, but apart from that they really are not that similar. The Small Faces were, in some ways, the first Britpop group. They were also a veryContinue reading “Why Go To Learn the Words of Fools?”
You’re Under the Gun
This where I sound like a grumpy old man, moaning about how the world today has changed for the worse. The supposedly inevitable time when a man’s broad mind and narrow waist change places. But I’m going to say it anyway. I’m not a native Londoner, my formative years were in Royston and Brightlingsea, veryContinue reading “You’re Under the Gun”
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