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Crabby
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Careful Alex, this may well become a daily activity..... 😂
(l know if l had Alexa l'd be checking it every morning before work!!!)
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I listened to 7 Sparks tracks before heading out, quite an eclectic mix… it might take over from Classic FM.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good work! 😂
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Holiday for Plywood - TuxedoMoon

3/5
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pop! 20 hits - Erasure 10/10
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ramones Anthology
Sometimes you just need the Ramones in your day
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Buckeye Randy
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Building on the previous post...

Stones and Ramones by Brad Marino
8/10 - the lyrics are perfect and the video really good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-QrCD2NzgQ
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 4:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep that was fun…good shout Randy
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 8:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The new release by The Offspring is out today. The album is just OK but there is one point of interest for Queen fans. The song "Get Some" starts with the opening sirens of "Stone Cold Crazy", probably sampled but not sure. Not totally surprising because Brian May has appeared with the band on stage playing that song.

The Offspring w/Brian May
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUd23IzOn6E

Get Some by The Offspring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td7dRhuwVhw

I give this song a solid 6/10
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1880 Or So - Television

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiPYTInr7Is

Television's 3rd release from '92 mostly flies under the radar but I think in many ways it rivals 'Marquee Moon'.

The song '1880 Or So' is one of the highlights and the only song performed from this album when I saw the band on their last tour in 2019.

RIP Tom Verlaine

10/10
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Waterfall - The Stone Roses 10/10
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 11:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Greatest - Duran Duran 10/10
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 02, 2024 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chewing Gum - Amyl And The Sniffers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxOMGj8P2hY

7/10

tix bought for show next year.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2024 7:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Buckeye Randy wrote:
Chewing Gum - Amyl And The Sniffers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxOMGj8P2hY

7/10

tix bought for show next year.


very good..heard them on radio 6 the other day and was impressed
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2024 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hold back the rain - Duran Duran 10/10
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2024 3:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bulletproof - Samantha Fish

8/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rbPZSM8R-o

I'll be seeing her in concert later today...woohoo!
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2024 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just watched the video, great performer enjoy the gig.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

miss sparks wrote:
Just watched the video, great performer enjoy the gig.


Samantha Fish was amazing in concert. I would highly recommended seeing her to anybody that appreciates great guitar work.

moving on...

Album: Whizz Kid by David Werner

I had the vinyl thanks to a buddy. We were in a used vinyl shop around 1982 and he bought Whizz Kid. I was asking questions because I sorta remembered hearing a song of his (turned out to be The Ballad Of Trixie Silver). He explained how he saw Pat Benatar open for David Werner at the Cleveland Agora and it was one of the best shows he ever saw. Out of the blue, he just handed me the album and told me to keep it if I liked it. It turns out i loved it. Thanks!

No David Werner albums were ever released on CD. However, I had CDR versions of all David Werner's albums thanks to a messageboarder from the Ian Hunter site. The connection is Ian appeared on a Werner album. The messageboarder happened to be from Pittsburgh which is where David is from. For all I know I was talking with David Werner. Regardless, I had CDR copies of great music. Thanks!

Whizz Kid is now available on Spotify. All I know is that it wasn't there a couple weeks ago and it is now. I can listen to "The Ballad Of Trixie Silver" anytime I want....at home, at work, or at play.

A little trivia. The beginning of the second song (Whizz Kid) starts with 20 seconds of quiet but lush vocals singing "ooh ahh". The 2006 Butch Walker album (The Rise and Fall Of Butch Walker And the Let's Go Out Tonites!) starts with a 20 second opening track titled "Ooh..Aah.." that accurately pays tribute to David Werner. Very cool.

Whizz Kidd is one of the great American glam albums and I highly recommend it to anybody. That album by Butch Walker is not bad either!

Album: Whizz Kid - David Werner
9.5/10
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