I've no idea why the Smashing Pumpkins first album is called Gish.
As a homage to silent-film actress Lillian Gish.
I've no idea why the Smashing Pumpkins first album is called Gish.
As a homage to silent-film actress Lillian Gish.
Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. Apart from the awfulness it doesn't make sense at all: 'Long Live Life' or Death and All His Friends.
There's also Roxette's debut album Pearls of Passion with the same-titled song not included among the album's original tracklist, being only released at its time as a B-Side to one of the singles. 'Pearls of Passion' would only appear in the album 11 years later with the remastered edition.
Vince Clarke, one half of Erasure, ex-Depeche Mode, ex-Yazoo and nicknamed 'the Benjamin Franklin of Synth music', has A Trick of the Tail as a favourite album of his.
An Underrated Record, But a Fantastic Album
Oh L’Amour: Vince Clarke Of Erasure’s Favourite Albums (Whole Article)
(Source: The Quietus)
"I’d put my head between the two speakers on the floor and just listen to this record over and over again, I just couldn’t believe it. It’s an underrated record, but I think it’s a fantastic album, it’s got some really great songs on. Sonically, if you listen to it through really good speakers it sounds amazing."
PS: The order number is random, not of preference.
Collins' Hello, I Must Be Going! while his song 'We Say Hello Goodbye' was featured in his next album No Jacket Required.
I've always thought 'We Say Hello Goodbye' was recorded during the Hello, I Must Be Going! sessions.
Actually, folk is a genre of music; folklore is something else.
Well, folklore also stands for the music genre. You can either say "I play an album of English folklore" or "I play an album of English folk".
The title track of that overrated album is 80s synth pop at its most bombastic and horrible. It's a good question why he gave it that title.
Yes, tame and dull album and song. I wouldn't say bombastic, quite the contrary indeed. And it's not synthpop at all.
Don Henley-Building the Perfect Beast. Is that perfect beast a Squonk?
It was about to Genetic Modification (not kidding).
Queen's Jazz and Taylor Swift's Folklore, both are named after a music genre differing from the actual one on each album.
How can it be anything other than a 15?!
Hear, hear!!!!
Curiously, I played A Trick of the Tail yesterday.
'Ripples' is just a Masterpiece with capital letters!!!!
15 Points without any doubt!!!!
"You've got me inside out" could be also understood as an equivalent of "You've turned it upside down".
And BBC does not a monopoly of TV. Other players in the open-air TV sector are ITV, Channel 4 (this one another public broadcaster) and Channel 5.
The BBC is a public broadcaster of both radio and television. Its TV division has a mainstream schedule: like shows, films, series and news. It has 2 generalist channels (BBC1+BBC2) and some thematic ones (BBC News 24, BBC Parliament, CBBC...). Its nearly-equivalent in the States are PBS and NPR, although I know there are significant differences BBC's TV division and PBS. CBC in Canada is more akin to BBC. Imagine a kind of state-owned NBC/CBS/ABC/Fox. BBC's TV programmes used to be of high quality but they got worsened considerably from late 1990s onwards.
No, you're right about the drama series. Until now I assumed I was the only one here who remembered it. As I recall, it was about an agency that helped to rehabilitate just-released convicts. I think it featured Gwyneth Strong, who played Cassandra in Only Fools & Horses.
I just looked it up, yes it featured her but the IMDB description says it was two female ex-convicts who set up an employment agency. But I'm still fairly sure they helped other ex-cons. I recall liking the show, but it only lasted one season.
I can vaguely picture the opening sequence: an animation of a figure boxed in between walls, while the song's chorus played then faded.
I've found more information about the Inside Out series! I've got into the TV listings for each one of the episodes of the series.
They clearly state "Title music composed and performed by PHIL COLLINS".
And yes, it was about a temporary employment agency that recruited ex-cons, being set up by former prisoners Carla Yates (Lou Wakefield) and Bev Grabowski (Gwyneth Strong).
It featured for only one season of 6 episodes, broadcast on BBC2 on Tuesdays at 21:00 for a month from 19th February 1985 to 19th March 1985.
And yes, Invisible Touch is an incredible album.
I love that you included IT in your top three albums. It was a tightly produced, amazing album when it was released [...]. I do not think there is a mediocre song on it, and I’ll strongly defend In Too Deep against any haters.
In Too Deep is one of the best songs ever!
I LOVE IT!!!!
Has anyone ever uncovered definitive proof one way or the other on the existence of a Match of The Day video? Allegedly filmed at Loftus Road, [...] I've never seen it or even a still from it.
Has this mystery been solved?
I, too, wonder about the whereabouts of this music video. I'm very keen on seeing it at last.
Does anybody know where the Match of The Day video is?
Has anyone ever uncovered definitive proof one way or the other on the existence of a Match of The Day video? Allegedly filmed at Loftus Road, but which Phil denied and I've never seen it or even a still from it.
The video's existence is acknowledged in Genesis 1976-82's booklet. As far as I know Collins has never denied its being. What's more PC had stated in the past that he was not very proud of it.