Blog posts filed under: Apropos of nothing
Best pop platter of 1987?
| February 18th, 2011Despite being smack dab in the middle of an era of horrid prevailing production practices (e.g. the SSL+Lexicon+DASH recorder sound), 1987 was a fairly OK year for music (Darklands, Sister, You’re Living All Over Me, Yo Bum Rush the Show, even Cloud Nine had a couple winners) but this one stands out as my clear pick for single of the year:
When it all comes down by Miaow
That Twink–what a kidder
| February 11th, 2011
The Pretty Things on French TV. Twink the drummer adds a Gallic twist.
Joe Boyd’s radio show
| February 5th, 2011How the hell did I not know about this?
Boyd, a man of prescient taste, produced many, many things, including our favourite debut single ever:
A Leppard’s plea for help?
| January 22nd, 2011I never noticed the melancholic subtext of this song until I heard the vox in isolation:
It’s almost as if it’s foreshadowing an impending loss of life and limb…