What are you listening to right now?
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Vince Clarke - "The Lamentations of Jeremiah" (2023)
The former Depeche Mode and Yazoo keyboardist, now a member of Erasure, has gone solo for the first time at the age of 63.
His new album was released on 17th November.
His new solo work is quite dark, which may surprise many fans because he quit Depeche Mode in 1981 - who since became a global giant in synthpop - because their music was too dark for his liking.
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Ozzy Osbourne - "Evil Shuffle" (2023)
He's just turned 75 (born December 1948), but the former frontman of Birmingham's Black Sabbath - the artists who invented heavy metal in the late 1960s - still keeps churning out that heavy metal.
And this new song sounds like it's Black Sabbath but without Ozzy's three bandmates. He's done the Sabbath sound.
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Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" (1970)
Just imagine it. It's Britain in 1970. A country in the final stages of recovery from (a victorious but massively costly, in young men and money and infrastructure) war. Life is grim with poverty and high unemployment and the masses get escapism by listening to the jolly The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys and The Who. Millions would remember the morale boosting Vera Lynn songs that she used to cheer up British troops fighting in World War II.
Then these four young lads arrive.
What a strange experience that would have been.
It's dark and it's grim and it reflects Britain of the period...
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I've ended up with a lot of records and some that I have never listened to before so you have to listen to decide if they are any good. Jerry Lee Lewis was very good. Other current favorites are Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Steve Miller Band. Key to everything is the Clairtone console stereo circa 1968 that I play the records on.
The Tremeloes - "Suddenly You Love Me" (1967)
This song by Dagenham, Essex, band The Tremeloes reaches No4 in the UK and No13 in the US.
One of the band members is the father of Nineties pop duo Alisha's Attic and another member is the father of 80s pop singer Chesney Hawkes.
This song by Dagenham, Essex, band The Tremeloes reaches No4 in the UK and No13 in the US.
One of the band members is the father of Nineties pop duo Alisha's Attic and another member is the father of 80s pop singer Chesney Hawkes.
The Kinks - "You Really Got Me" (1964)
Whereas Birmingham band Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, London band The Kinks invented punk rock.
This, written by frontman Ray Davies, was an international superhit for the band, including in the Big Two: Britain and America.
Just like Black Sabbath when they started, The Kinks would have sounded very strange to people of the time...
Whereas Birmingham band Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, London band The Kinks invented punk rock.
This, written by frontman Ray Davies, was an international superhit for the band, including in the Big Two: Britain and America.
Just like Black Sabbath when they started, The Kinks would have sounded very strange to people of the time...
Liam Gallagher & John Squire - "Just Another Rainbow" (2024)
The former frontman of Oasis and the former guitarist of The Stone Roses - two great Manchester bands - have teamed up for a brand new single and are expected to release a new album together later this year
