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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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An absolutely brilliant ‘live’ version of the classic ‘Floyd track Wish You Were Here. Originally written by Roger Waters in memory of founder member Syd Barrett.
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – Reunion Live8

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Chris Martin and Coldplay have achieved global success with their easy listening rock pop songs, but in some quarters have received undue criticism and negative reviews, possibly due to their popularity, rather than their commercial sound.
But Coldplay and Chris Martin in particular have used their voice to champion many good causes such as Make Poverty [...]

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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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