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Black Type commented on the post, Oblique Tributes 1 day ago
Hmmm, I believe it does – “Andy Kaufman in a wrestling match/… gone wrestling”.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 😉
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Black Type commented on the post, Oblique Tributes 1 week, 1 day ago
I recall the NME review of Let’s Dance suggesting that Shake It! was a Talking Heads soundalike.
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Black Type commented on the post, What will you drop everything to watch? 1 week, 3 days ago
Films – Dead Poets Society, High Society (no relation), Simgin’ In The Rain, Casablanca, Batman Begins, any Bourne film.
TV – Buffy, The West Wing.One TV show I wish they’d repeat or have on-demand boxsets is NYPD Blue.
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Black Type commented on the post, The Far Right in alternative music. We’re a long way from Eric. 1 week, 4 days ago
Bryan Ferry has said he’s a small-c conservative by nature, and expressed a slight preference for Cameron back in the pre-Coalition days. I don’t agree with his perspective at all, but I don’t hold it against him […]
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Black Type commented on the post, Sunday morning records 1 week, 6 days ago
See/hear also: the cover by Sid & Susie, with the heavenly vocals of La Hoffs.
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Black Type commented on the post, Did Anyone Enjoy A More Impressive 1969 Than John Fogerty? 1 week, 6 days ago
Ahem…’59. 😉
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Black Type commented on the post, Great hats in popular music 1 week, 6 days ago
The Dame’s bipperty-bopperty hat. Could anyone do better than that?
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Black Type commented on the post, If musicians were biscuits 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Musical Youth – Duchy Originals
Prince – Fruit Shortcake
Duran Duran – Oreos -
Black Type commented on the post, Bruce Springsteen – On Broadway 2 weeks, 2 days ago
I concur. TOL is the most genuinely authentic album from an artist who has based his career on a constructed ‘authenticity’.
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Black Type commented on the post, Bruce Springsteen – On Broadway 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Have you heard Badly Drawn Boy’s piano-centric version? Really draws out the melancholy behind the braggadocio in a fabulous way.
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Black Type commented on the post, Bruce Springsteen – On Broadway 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Promise is bloody great, isn’t it?
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Black Type commented on the post, Is This The Future of Rock n’ Roll? 2 weeks, 2 days ago
I remember Prince initiating a few of these exclusive subscription ventures at various points of internet evolution – NPG Music Club, LotusFlow3r.com, etc. Lots of promises, but little of real worth forthcoming […]
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Black Type commented on the post, How many song titles have you actually lived? 3 weeks ago
Remarkably, I was born to be alive.
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Black Type commented on the post, On guitar…(BBC4 tonight) 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Graham Coxon.
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Black Type commented on the post, On guitar…(BBC4 tonight) 3 weeks, 1 day ago
As a Hull lad, I must carry a torch for the great Mick Ronson, who along with Bolan was the architect of glam, and of course had many more, er, strings to his bow.
And someone who amazingly often gets […]
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Black Type commented on the post, Blue Monday 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Have you tried the veal?
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Black Type commented on the post, Blue Monday 3 weeks, 3 days ago
It’s about 7 and a half minutes. 😉
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Black Type commented on the post, On bass – Tina Weymouth! BBC4 3 weeks, 3 days ago
His talking heads…ISWYDT.
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Black Type commented on the post, Great and well remembered 1970s adverts that seem so weird now. 3 weeks, 3 days ago
GB endorsed some weirdly random things in his time. “E for B and Georgie Best” (eggs). Richmond sausages (no discernable nutritional content). Stylo boots – yes, that makes sense. But a golf-themed aftershave – […]
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Black Type commented on the post, The Wireless 3 weeks, 3 days ago
It’s been pitched as featuring more contemporary composers (in terms of presenting and content) and widening the scope to include film soundtracks etc. I think it sounds interesting, actually.
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