Guess who's back! Well, it's more of a what than a who, but MUSIC MONDAY! Yes, she (or he, depending on how you wish to interpret it) is back with a whole new bunch of tunes for you to move and groove to. Hopefully, they'll brighten your Mondays, and you might discover some songs you once loved/never heard before! The majority will probably be 70s/80s stuff, but I might add a dash of modern to keep the mix even.
This weeks song is "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles. I didn't used to like it, but I recently rediscovered it and stunned as I was, found myself putting it on repeat and singing along.
So everyone... 1...2...3..."Video killed the radio star / video killed the radio star / pictures came and broke your heart / ohhh aah aah aah ohhh"
Happy listening!
Monday, March 28
Tuesday, March 22
We don't need no fascist groove thing!
So. Heaven 17 lyric as the title. Cool.
I think today (tonight) I might do a list. I like lists. A list of favourite bands and artists. Top 20. GO!
1. The Smiths
2. David Bowie
3. Kraftwerk
4. Japan
5. Roxy Music
6. The Jam
7. The Who
8. Morrissey
9. New Order
10. John Foxx
11. Ultravox (Midge era)
12. Silicon Teens / The Normal (Yes I count them as 1)
13. The Stranglers
14. Oh No Ono
15. The Velvet Underground
16. Treefight For Sunlight
17. The Human League
18. Gary Numan
19. Neu!
20. Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark
Yeah, that's pretty much accurate. Or shall I go to 30? Yes I will.
21. Heaven 17
22. Joy Division
23. Depeche Mode
24. New York Dolls
25. Duran Duran
26. Patti Smith
27. Simon & Garfunkel
28. Eurythmics
29. Bauhaus
30. Vinnie Who
If you look at about 75% of the bands on this list you will find that the majority are from the 70s/80s and use synthesizers. That's 'cause synthesizers are awesome.
But, at the top of this list, my most favourite band ever is...
...the amazing and brilliant...
SOUND + THE WAVE EQUATION
'Cause it's my band, and i'm the keyboard, piano and synthesizer player.
I think today (tonight) I might do a list. I like lists. A list of favourite bands and artists. Top 20. GO!
1. The Smiths
2. David Bowie
3. Kraftwerk
4. Japan
5. Roxy Music
6. The Jam
7. The Who
8. Morrissey
9. New Order
10. John Foxx
11. Ultravox (Midge era)
12. Silicon Teens / The Normal (Yes I count them as 1)
13. The Stranglers
14. Oh No Ono
15. The Velvet Underground
16. Treefight For Sunlight
17. The Human League
18. Gary Numan
19. Neu!
20. Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark
Yeah, that's pretty much accurate. Or shall I go to 30? Yes I will.
21. Heaven 17
22. Joy Division
23. Depeche Mode
24. New York Dolls
25. Duran Duran
26. Patti Smith
27. Simon & Garfunkel
28. Eurythmics
29. Bauhaus
30. Vinnie Who
If you look at about 75% of the bands on this list you will find that the majority are from the 70s/80s and use synthesizers. That's 'cause synthesizers are awesome.
But, at the top of this list, my most favourite band ever is...
...the amazing and brilliant...
SOUND + THE WAVE EQUATION
'Cause it's my band, and i'm the keyboard, piano and synthesizer player.
Wednesday, March 16
Musique Non-Stop
Hello there, dearest reader!
Just a quickie this time, as all my posts seem to be nowadays.
Recently, what with the Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami situation, I decided to listen to Japan. Not having done this before, I was quite excited to hear what their records were like. This was also partially due to my dashboard on Tumblr being covered with pictures of David Sylvian (I'm not complaining...) and videos of Japan songs. So, on le week-end dernier, I hopped over to YouTube and searched some Japan songs.
I first stumbled upon "Life In Tokyo" - which of course contains the famous line 'Another pickle heads for the sunset'...
After milling around YouTube for a while, I also stumbled upon some other brilliant songs:
"Gentlemen Take Polaroids"
"Adolescent Sex"
"Quiet Life"
"The Art of Parties"
"Visions of China"
"Swing"
"Nightporter"
"Halloween"
"I Second That Emotion" (Cover of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
"Ghosts"
"My New Career"
And there are probably a few more that I've forgotten, but these are the ones that I've listened to the most. I encourage you all to go and take a listen to Japan, because they really are quite brilliant, and to go and check out my Tumblr, because that's where I mostly am at the moment.
-Some of the more observant of you may notice that the title of this post is actually a Kraftwerk song, but that's simply because I couldn't think of a better title, and I've been listening to Japan almost non-stop over the past few days.
Just a quickie this time, as all my posts seem to be nowadays.
Recently, what with the Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami situation, I decided to listen to Japan. Not having done this before, I was quite excited to hear what their records were like. This was also partially due to my dashboard on Tumblr being covered with pictures of David Sylvian (I'm not complaining...) and videos of Japan songs. So, on le week-end dernier, I hopped over to YouTube and searched some Japan songs.
I first stumbled upon "Life In Tokyo" - which of course contains the famous line 'Another pickle heads for the sunset'...
After milling around YouTube for a while, I also stumbled upon some other brilliant songs:
"Gentlemen Take Polaroids"
"Adolescent Sex"
"Quiet Life"
"The Art of Parties"
"Visions of China"
"Swing"
"Nightporter"
"Halloween"
"I Second That Emotion" (Cover of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
"Ghosts"
"My New Career"
And there are probably a few more that I've forgotten, but these are the ones that I've listened to the most. I encourage you all to go and take a listen to Japan, because they really are quite brilliant, and to go and check out my Tumblr, because that's where I mostly am at the moment.
-Some of the more observant of you may notice that the title of this post is actually a Kraftwerk song, but that's simply because I couldn't think of a better title, and I've been listening to Japan almost non-stop over the past few days.
Friday, March 4
"Insert title here"
Hello! Guten Tag! Bonjour! Hej! Привет!
It feels like I haven't posted for a decade and a half, but never fear, I'm back now and full of wisdom to share with you all. However, I'm going to make a few changes around here. Firstly with the name/picture. Beetroot For Breakfast is good and all, but I don't feel the same way about it as I did when we had the "big" change last year. As always I'm open to suggestions about names, posts, etc. so remember to drop me a line at @LondonNewyork13 on Twitter!
So, where have I been? I hear you ask. Well, actually, I built my time machine and went back...
OK, that's a lie, and I'm not even going to elaborate on it, however much I would've liked it to happen, it didn't. I was stuck in 2011, with protests and rising prices left right and center. Miserable. Ideally, I would've gone to 1970, and stayed there until 1999, where upon I would return to the modern day after being in a successful synthpop band during the 80s.
Actually, I've not done much. Apart from listen to Kraftwerk every single day for hours on end.
The word obsessed comes to mind...
One thing that really annoys me (strangely) is when people pronounce the "W" in Kraftwerk as a w sound, when it's actually said like a "V". So phonetically speaking, it should be Kraftverk.
A so-called "friend" accused me of being (and I quote) "oldie-woldie", purely because of a comment about mobile phones. I simply said that I didn't know how to use my phone, and would be more suited to a brick, like they had in the 1980s.
I've never been good at conclusions, or endings, so I'll just leave it here.
P.S I have a dilemma! I don't know what Kraftwerk album to get!
Radioactivity
Autobahn
Trans Europe Express
or The Man Machine?
HELP ME.
It feels like I haven't posted for a decade and a half, but never fear, I'm back now and full of wisdom to share with you all. However, I'm going to make a few changes around here. Firstly with the name/picture. Beetroot For Breakfast is good and all, but I don't feel the same way about it as I did when we had the "big" change last year. As always I'm open to suggestions about names, posts, etc. so remember to drop me a line at @LondonNewyork13 on Twitter!
So, where have I been? I hear you ask. Well, actually, I built my time machine and went back...
OK, that's a lie, and I'm not even going to elaborate on it, however much I would've liked it to happen, it didn't. I was stuck in 2011, with protests and rising prices left right and center. Miserable. Ideally, I would've gone to 1970, and stayed there until 1999, where upon I would return to the modern day after being in a successful synthpop band during the 80s.
Actually, I've not done much. Apart from listen to Kraftwerk every single day for hours on end.
The word obsessed comes to mind...
One thing that really annoys me (strangely) is when people pronounce the "W" in Kraftwerk as a w sound, when it's actually said like a "V". So phonetically speaking, it should be Kraftverk.
A so-called "friend" accused me of being (and I quote) "oldie-woldie", purely because of a comment about mobile phones. I simply said that I didn't know how to use my phone, and would be more suited to a brick, like they had in the 1980s.
I've never been good at conclusions, or endings, so I'll just leave it here.
P.S I have a dilemma! I don't know what Kraftwerk album to get!
Radioactivity
Autobahn
Trans Europe Express
or The Man Machine?
HELP ME.
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