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Nick Cave - Into My Arms promotional video
I have followed Nick Cave’s career since the early days of the post-punk group The Birthday Party.  But this song is a far cry from the screeching chaos of early hits such as Release The Bats and Nick The Stripper.
Into My Arms was taken from The Boatman’s Call [...]

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Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go!
In 1980 Adam Ant, looking to turn cult success into commercial adoration, thought it would be a good idea to get ex-Sex Pistols and New York Dolls manager, Malcolm McLaren to manage Adam & The Ants. Unfortunately, one of the first things he did was to sack [...]

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This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren, 1984
In 1984 Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the record label, 4AD, brought together artists recording for his label at the time such as The Cocteau Twins, Colourbox, Modern English and Dead Can Dance to record an album under the guise of This Mortal Coil, a name taken from [...]

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The Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe
The Psychedelic Furs are probably best remembered for ‘Pretty In Pink’, and only then because of a more glossy remixed re-release in 1986 as the main title track of a John Hughes blockbuster teen film of the same name.
But there was a lot more to the Psychedelic Furs, and [...]

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Queen - We Will Rock You
When I was growing up my brothers were both mad about Queen and told me how fantastic they were live.  How their light show was fantastic and what a stage presence Freddie Mercury had as a front man…. and what a powerful voice.  This was at at time when I [...]

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