A few good times in my life
Another week, another journey into musical history.
Enjoy.
1965: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
1972: Alice Cooper
1980: Joy Division
1983: Bananarama
Another journey through releases of songs that made me fun listening again.
1970: Detroit rock and blues band Rare Earth released a cover version of Temptations hit Get Ready. Although the single is pretty good I prefer their long version.
1981: Vince Clarke prepared the sound of electronic pop music with Depeche Mode. I Just Can't Enough was the first of many upcoming melodic hymns.
1987: Prince released his best album for me with a statement of what was going on these days.
1991: REM release Losing My Religion, not their best song but the one that made them super stars.
1984: Bananarama was probably the first British girl band that brought us in the 80'sna lot of classic pop songs like this.
1980: Squeeze should be named if someone asks for a band formed in the post-punk days and later turned into pop-rock hymns.
1973: Bruce Springsteen released his debut and Blinded By The Light was one of his early highlights of the great storyteller.
1979: From the ashes of the latest pub-rock band The Motors Bram Tchaikovsky showed how great power-pop could be.
1979: It takes a lot of chutzpah to record cover versions of soul classics at a time when music was in upheaval. But the two comedians Aykroyd and Belushi did it very well.
1980: Atomic by Blondie is too good to remain unmentioned here.
As of today, it is June, the meterological beginning of summer, and the weather is with us. For the first time in a row, it has been warm, sunny and pleasant to sit outside, meet with friends and spend wonderful evenings. For me, there is nothing better than enjoying this time of the year. I've been thinking about which songs make the start of the new season easy for me, but there are too many of them to rank. With this in mind, just a few songs that came to mind ad hoc and without completeness or ranking. A good start into the new season to all.
I can't believe that is 40 years ago now that a girl group appeared on the scene that brought us the pop album of the year. And I can't remember anyone who couldn't agree to Bananarama this summer. Their first album is still an outstanding album in British post new-wave pop. Together with Fun Boy Three they made the blueprints of the upcoming sound. Influenced by various styles like 60's pop, new wave enthusiasm, tribal rhythms and the talent of selecting the songs that fit to their attitude they recorded some great songs that stood the time.
Bananarama - Really Saying Something
Banararama - Aie A Mwana
