MA-128 - Obsessive Love Tales

Have a twisted Valentine's Day with these slightly skewed love songs ...

Here's the lineup:

01 - Tapeworm of Love - Brute Force - 1967   (1:48)

02 - Alien Girl - Richard Bone - 1981   (3:04)

03 - Cold Blue Steel (Against My Head) - The Guardians of American Morality - 1987   (3:27)

04 - Plastic Love - Zed - 1983   (5:01)

05 - Creepin' Up on You - Darren Hayes - 2002   (4:52)

06 - Hypnotised - Scarlett Von Vollenman - 1981   (2:56)

07 - Helen in Your Headphones - The Dots - 1982   (3:02)

08 - Secret Love for Dinosaurs - The Procession - 1987   (3:01)

09 - Not from Her World - 4 Out of 5 Doctors - 1980   (4:28)

10 - I'm in Love with My Computer - Andy Warhol Banana Technicolor - 1982   (3:43)

11 - Contact High - Bill Lloyd - 1999   (4:31)

12 - Astral Love - Newstreet - 1982   (4:25)

13 - I'm in Love with My Walls - Lester Bangs and the Delinquents - 1981   (2:50)

14 - Loving a Siamese Twin - MAD Magazine - Jeanne Hayes - 1963   (2:18)

15 - Girls in Uniform - The Catch - 1982   (3:09)

16 - Toothless Girl - None If Any - 1985   (2:48)

17 - (My Girl's a) Hologram - The Rabies - 1982   (2:07)

18 - Plastic Doll - Bohemia - 1981   (3:02)

19 - Fictional Girl - Silent Guests - 1981   (3:28)

20 - X-Ray Specs - Moose Lodge - 1984   (1:38)

21 - Alien Too (Fallin') - French Revolution - 1988   (4:45)

22 - Anorexia - The Headhunters - 1985   (3:15)

23 - Girl in a Magazine - The Brains - 1980   (2:58)

https://www.filefactory.com/file/3k7vx7labs9c/MA-128.rar

See you next Monday!

Volume 1 of The Moody Blues’ Bio Is Released!

            Another great book from the mind of Marc Cushman (with a little help from yours truly) has arrived!

            Before I was asked to edit Marc Cushman’s book (now two volumes) about the Moody Blues, I knew very little about them, nor really cared.  I was a Beatles/Emerson, Lake & Palmer/Jethro Tull guy, as far as Britmusic went.

            But, despite myself, I came to learn a lot about this group whose music made a big WHAM! of an impact on pop culture. Marc documents the madness, hopes, disunion, and waves of popularity.  Most of this was news to me!

            I have a new appreciation for their music, especially since I’ve learned so much about the people and stories behind the songs.

            Through the kazillions of words from the Moodies, their friends, their family, and entertainment types, I learned tons of fascinatin’ info.  I came to know a lot about the group, and the thoughts of the members.

            Each wave of young consumers finds its own way to express its own feelings of joy, love, discovery, contemplation. For millions, the Moody Blues were the best at putting these thoughts and emotions into music and words.

            Whether you’re a Moody Blues fan when you finish – that’s up to you. But you’ll be thankful you started the journey. I know I am!

TRUTH IN REVIEWING:  I am the editor of this book.

Amazon link for this book.

(Forgive the low-res screengrabs from my digital, editing version:)

            From 1964

            To 1978

            ... You’ll learn gazillions of fascinating stories about the Moody Blues.  I promise!


See you next Monday for a special Valentine's music compilation!

See You Monday, February 5th!

MA-126 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 19

            For our last post of 2017, and our final compilation in this month of sharing and reminiscence, here’s another bunch of my mostest favoritest songs ever.

01 - Do You Remember - Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers - 1977   (4:34)

02 - You're So Strange - The Zippers - 1977   (2:46)

03 - The Loneliest Man in the World - The Tourists - 1979   (4:06)

04 - Assassin - Intimate Obsessions - 1985   (4:24)

05 - Chinese Graffiti - Blue Peter - 1982   (3:32)

06 - Bus Full of Nuns - Dan Barr - 1983   (3:37)

07 - Change Partners - Stephen Stills - 1971   (3:12)

08 - 5-7-0-5 - City Boy - 1978   (3:11)

09 - I'm Weird - The M 80's - 1979   (3:12)

10 - It Was the Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me) - Jerry Lee Lewis - 1990   (3:40)

11 - Mushmind - Jet - 1979   (2:55)

12 - I Wanna Be with You - The Raspberries - 1972   (3:00)

13 - Nostalgia - Penetration - 1978   (3:44)

14 - My Brain Hurts - Fine Art - 1978   (3:33)

15 - Wot a Wally - Sharon - 1983   (2:50)

16 - Where's Captain Kirk - Spizzenergi - 1979   (2:17)

17 - I Love Playin' with Fire - The Runaways - 1977   (3:18)

18 - Connection - Elastica - 1994   (2:19)

19 - One Track Mind - The Knickerbockers - 1964   (2:20)

20 - Weight of the World - Ringo Starr - 1992   (3:52)

21 - Little Miss Proper - Susan Rhee and the Orientals - 1983   (4:05)

22 - Only Death Is Fatal - Garbo's Celluloid Heroes - 1978   (2:37)

23 - Tell That Girl to Shut Up - Holly and the Italians - 1979   (3:01)

24 - Rock and Roll Birthday - The Beatles - VM - 2009   (2:50)

            Our first track is frankly nostalgic, a fun and cheesy hark-back to some of the biggest music legends (regardless of musical quality).

            Track 8 is one in a long line of phone-call songs.

            Track 9, of course, could be the theme song of many.

            Track 10 was recorded for an album tied into the 1990 Dick Tracy film.  Not only fun, it sounds awfully close to the bone when you consider the artist.

            Track 17 could be a teen anthem for half the western world.

            And the final track is another stupendously fall-down-great cut from VM of the Beatles Remixers group.  Ka-WHAM!  Talk about going out with a bang!  Happy New Year!

https://www.filefactory.com/file/493iijequ5hy/MA-126.rar

... Happy New Year! We're taking the month of January off.  See you back here on Monday, February 5th, 2018!

D-Day Is Here! MA-118 – ’80s Armageddon

            As everybody knows, a few years ago there was another one of those dumb flurriesof worry that the world would end -- this time is was supposed to be on December 21, 2012.

            Now, something momentous DID happen on that date -- a grandson was born to us.

      

            Chicken Little-like cluckings and hysteria about impending doom have always been with us, even in fiction ... vide the Monster Shouter in Stephen King's The Stand, or Rorschach's secret identity in Watchmen.

            This week our compilation is not only from the 1980s, but songs from the 1980s of a certain pessimistic slant.  These performers had a lot of nuclear angst. 

             What do creative people write and sing about when they’re afraid the End Is Near? They perform songs about the fear that humanity is just about ready to “Bite the Wax Tadpole.”  WAIT, that didn’t mean doomsday, just a bottle of Coke.

Anyway, here are the songs.

01 - Political Games - Day After   1984  (3:03)

02 - 1985 - Out of Data   1985  (3:13)

03 - Drop the Bomb - 24 Hours   1981  (1:39)

04 - Instant Annihilation - Stereo-Types   1986  (3:43)

05 - Wardance - Art Interface   1984  (4:27)

06 - Atomic War - Leo Keling   1980  (3:04)

07 - Ask - The Smiths   1986  (3:07)

08 - This Mourning - Chalk Circle   1987  (3:32)

09 - Atomic Age - Elli & Jacno   1981  (4:02)

10 - This Is Not a Test - Christmas   1989  (3:07)

11 - Chernobyl Baby - Baby Amphetamine   1987  (2:49)

12 - We Got the Bomb - The Conservatives   1983  (2:55)

13 - Beat the Bomb - Alex Space   1981  (3:10)

14 - Love Missile F-11 (single version) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik   1986  (3:45)

15 - Humatomic Energy - Slickaphonics   1985  (4:01)

16 - Gonna Put My Face on a Nuclear Bomb - Mojo Nixon and Kid Roper   1986  (2:36)

17 - Hydrogenic - Bohemia   1981  (3:10)

18 - Images of Fire - Fatal Charm   1986  (4:11)

19 - Watch the Skies Go Red - Forever 19   1985  (3:59)

20 - She's a Nuclear Bomb - The Dull   1986  (4:30)

21 - Atomic City - Plastic Money   1984  (3:19)

22 - Z-Bomb - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission   1980  (3:35)

23 - Isotope Tan - Transport   1982  (3:14)

            Despite the mostly pessimistic viewpoint, these are some *ahem* KILLER songs (get it?).  Hope you can dig ’em!

https://www.filefactory.com/file/5180qr62rzy6/MA-118.rar

            See you back here next Thursday, friends, with perhaps a more cheerful outlook ...