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Kirsty MacColl had a unique voice, and was an excellent songwriter. She was sadly killed in 2000 when she was hit by a motorboat while diving with her children on holiday in Mexico.
She is sadly missed, fortunately she has left a musical legacy, and here is one of her songs.
Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison

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The often misunderstood Billy Corgan, led the Pumpkins through various musical styles, before finding their niche.
Despite the bands protests they were considered part of the Grunge scene, leading Corgan to comment, ‘We have graduated from being the next Janes Addiction to the next Nirvana and now we’re the next Pearl Jam.’
This single was released in [...]

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In 1987 while watching Saturday morning tv I first saw this video for the Sugarcubes debut single, Birthday and instantly fell in love with the Sugarcubes music, Bjork’s mesmorising vocal style, and the Icelandic language.
Bjork left the band after three studio albums and embarked on a successful solo career.  But The Sugarcubes were a great [...]

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Suede were courted by the music press long before they recorded any material. When Metal Mickey and Animal Nitrate were released in 1992 and 1993 respectively, it seemed all the hype was right. The album Suede went straight to number one.
The second album in 1994, which saw the departure of guitarist and joint songwriter Bernard Butler, [...]

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This track came out of the blue in 1970, reaching number four in the charts. Ozzie on vocals!
The album’s lead-off single Paranoid was written in the studio at the last minute.”We didn’t have enough songs for the album, and Tony just played the (Paranoid) guitar lick and that was it. It took twenty, twenty-five minutes from [...]

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