Japanese electropop band formed in 1978…had a big international hit with “Behind the Mask” in 1980…a song Eric Clapton later did a cover of:
Used to watch these all the time when I was a kid…”Kalles klätterträd” was a Swedish cartoon from the late 70ies/early 80ies…Here’s a great clip from one of the most popular episodes…the one where Kalle get sick:
…aaaand…”Professor Balthazar” was a Croatian (Yugoslavia) cartoon from the late 60ies/early 70ies:
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1930:
1946:
1983:
2009:
Originally written and produced by Irving Berlin in 1929…
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Truely great (!) cover version of The Smiths’ “Oscilate wildly” on piano…simple yet incredibly catchy tune:
Here’s the original…One of my all time favourite The Smiths songs:
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Coolness!…anno 1981. Dunno what it is, but australian music has a special sound…INXS, Midnight Oil, Hoodoo Gurus, Men at work, Crowded House, Ice House, Flash and the Pan…Divinyls…
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From the comments:”The bridge in this song from 2:06-2:52 (extending through to the “picture of you line” in the last verse) is my favorite bridge of any song in history.
Don’t quite agree, but it is bloody great indeed…
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Greatest title for a song…ever!
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Talk about one-it-wonder…anno 1983…well…almost a one-hit-wonder…he had two hits which pretty much sounded the same:
Haven’t heard these songs in ages…check out the lyrics to “Dreams” by the way…complete and utter nonsense…Italo-English…
…anyway…enjoy…
Bonus…Flea playing a mean mean bass in the Stevie Wonder classic “Higher ground”:
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