Every Record Tells A Story
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The Flaming Lips Get Busy: Bohemian Rhapsody, Stone Roses and New Song ‘Sun Blows Up Today’
The Flaming Lips will be back in 2013 with new album ‘The Terror’ and they have released this cheeky video for ‘Sun Blows Up Today’ a song that may not be on the album, but is bright, cheerful and catchy – or at least as bright and cheerful as a song can be that talks…
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Iggy and the Stooges’ Raw Power: 40 Years Old Today
Compare Bowie’s Mix of Iggy and the Stooges‘ Raw Power with Iggy Pop‘s own mix… Today marks the 40th anniversary of the release of one of Rock’s greatest albums: Parcel of Rogues by Steeleye Span. Just kidding. It’s the 40th anniversary of the release of Iggy and The Stooges‘ Raw Power. Back in 1973, you…
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New Song of The Day: Pixie Carnation: Keep It Coming
For those of us who feel there’s just not enough Swedish-tinged-Arcade-Fire-meets-indie-folk-pop in the world, the day just got better. Pixie Carnation are from Malmo, Sweden and are releasing their debut album in May. If you can’t wait that long, there’s a chance to catch them live as they are playing Shoreditch‘s Xoyo venue on 22nd…
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Band Origins Told In Song: Aerosmith’s No Surprize
One of Aerosmith‘s most under-rated songs is No Surprize, from the 1979 Night In The Ruts album. It brilliantly tells the story of how the band got together and became successful. For that reason – and given this blog is called Every Record Tells A Story, it seems appropriate to examine this much overlooked song…
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The Greatest Album Of All Time Revealed…
Danny Baker’s Great Album Showdown is looking to identify the Finest Album of All Time. Starting on 5th February and continuing over three episodes on BBC4 Danny and his team of experts will decide which were the best Rock, Pop and R&B albums ever made. This sounds to me like a Thoroughly Good Idea. I…
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The Byronic Man Hosts An Every Record Q&A
Every Record Tells A Story Hits America! OK, it’s not quite that glamorous. I have written a piece for one of my favourite fellow bloggers, the excellent and very funny Byronic Man. In his own words, The Byronic Man is described as “The Best Humor Blog in America That I, Personally, Write”. The Byronic Man…
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The History Of Apple Pie – Live At Rough Trade East
The History of Apple Pie made an in-store appearance at Rough Trade East last night to celebrate the release of their debut album Out Of View. The History of Apple Pie have a quirky name, but a fantastic sound that combines a wall of sound guitar with lush (or should that be Lush?) vocals with…
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A Quentin Tarantino Spotify Playlist
Just a quick post today to try something new: A Spotify Playlist. The more observant readers amongst you will have noticed that I put a Spotify link at the bottom of each post I write, to allow those who have a Spotify account to easily play the record I am writing about. I have no…
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Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino’s Latest Mix-Tape
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained – his eighth film – is entertaining and challenging cinema audiences across the world. It also has a great soundtrack. Smart dialogue, surprising twists, occasional cruelty, great tunes… Yes – it’s another one of my blog posts… I saw Django Unchained the other day; I won’t spoil the plot for you…
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Why Comebacks Are Always A Good Idea*: Bowie, Blur and Even Aerosmith
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon made a startling confession on Twitter the other day. Following the release of David Bowie’s comeback single Where Are We Now? (to a hail of publicity only matched by Tesco’s foray into selling burgers made of horse-meat) Coxon revealed he had listened to Bowie (properly) for the first time. Coxon’s Twitter…
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An Anniversary…
One year ago to the day, Every Record Tells A Story published its first post, an unassuming story about how I won my first ever record in a disco dancing competition when I was eleven years old. The record I won was by The Beatles and started me off on a voyage of musical discovery…
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David Lee Roth’s Just Like Paradise is 25 Years Old Today. How Old Does That Make You Feel?
The 21st January 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Skyscraper – David Lee Roth‘s second solo album following his acrimonious split from Van Halen. I mention this just in case you weren’t feeling old enough already. Given that a quarter of a century is the average age of some of Roth’s more…
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Rock On! Annual 1980: Rick Parfitt’s Jeans, Midge Ure’s Vauxhall and Hi-Fi Buyers Guide Exclusive
Rock On! Magazine featured some of the UK’s most exciting journalism and analysis. A good example of this is the story the 1980 Annual carried of Rick Parfitt‘s Jeans. An entire page and a half is devoted to Rick Parfitt’s favourite choice of leg hiders. Oh yes – this is top drawer stuff. Difficult to…
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Rock On! Annual 1980. Definitely Not Sexist. Even If You’re A Bird.
One of my favourite Christmas presents this year was a book from 1979, confusingly titled the Rock On! Annual 1980 which looked back at 1978. Still following me? Good. Rock On! was a short-lived UK magazine launched in June 1978. As with the Look-In Annual that I looked at a few months ago, it is…
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Breaking The Law: A Cultural Analysis of Judas Priest’s Finest Music Video
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that Judas Priest‘s Breaking The Law video remains a high point of Western Civilisation generally. The song itself has seeped into popular culture to the point that over 76% of the population can no longer refer to the song without saying Breaking The Law twice in quick succession. Alongside…
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