TripleX

11 Apr 2016

10 April 2016

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+Go by Juned. A Seattle grunge band from the early 90s that’s half lesbian. This is from their debut self-titled album from 1994.

+Lady Marmalade by LaBelle. a girlgroup fronted by Patti LaBelle and featuring bisexual singer Nona Hendrix. Recorded and released in 1974 but peaked at no. 1 in 1975 so I’m letting it in here. In 2004, LaBelle’s original version of “Lady Marmalade” was ranked #479 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It’s been redone a million times but this is the best.

Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen. Request.

Work it Out by Breakwater. From their self-titled debut album from 1978. They only released one other album, in 1980. They were from Philly and played together for more than 9 years despite the relative lack of recordings.

Wishing I had a photograph of You by Flock of Seagulls. the opening performance on their second album 1982’s Listen. In contrast to the band’s 1982 hit “I Ran (So Far Away)”, which was largely a United States and Australian hit, “Wishing” song peaked strongly in Great Britain, Ireland and in Canada where it reached the Top 10.

To know someone deeply is to know someone softly by Terence Trent D’Arby. Request.

+Party out of Bounds by the B-52s: Saw them at one of the unis in Buffalo in 1983; I can’t imagine how I got away with that!! Great show, though!

+ Oh L’Amour by Erasure. First time was 1988 in London’s Hammersmith Odeon with my girlfriend and one other American who was studying in London. Have also seen them in 3 other venues, from Cornell University to a huge outdoor stadium in D.C.

Time has Come Today by Angry Samoans. Request. They record on the TripleX label!

Eye in the Sky by Alan Parsons Project. Alan Parsons was the audio engineer in 1973 for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. He and Eric Woolfson got together and put out a number of concept albums along the same lines. 1982 release from album of the same name. The song is in part a reference to George Orwell’s classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, regarding a possible future in which individual privacy is virtually non-existent due to the ever-watching eye of Big Brother. In the novel, citizens are constantly monitored by hidden video recording equipment.

Aussies from 1980

*Sooner or Later by The Innocents. The Tassie band Beethoven changed their name then produced this track in 1980.

*I Got You by Split Enz. Their biggest hit, Neil Finn wrote it for True Colours, their 5^th studio album.

*Hell’s Bells by Ac/Dc. From Back in Black, released as their comeback album in 1980.

*I have the Skill by The Sherbs. 1980 single release from this band that had been known as Sherbet. I don’t know why they changed the name – for this (The Skill) and their next/last album.

*Magic by Olivia Newton-John. From the Xanadu soundtrack in 1980. It was her biggest hit…till Physical the next year.

*Desire by Andy Gibb. 1980 single from After Dark…it had been recorded by his brothers The BeeGees in 1978 but not included on an album.

The Crying Game by Boy George. Request.

The Sign by Ace of Base. From 1993’s Happy Nation / The Sign, one of the world’s best-selling debut albums of all time, which was certified nine times platinum in the United States. It was the first debut album to produce three number 1 singles on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart: “All That She Wants”, and “Don’t Turn Around” and The Sign. Only album for many days of travel between Hungary and Istanbul.

Do the Walls Come Down by Carly Simon. From Coming Around Again, her 14th album, and 13th studio album, released in 1987…and produced by Canadian rocker Bryan Adams. I had it on a mix tape made by someone I was dating in 1990 – Important Women.

Movin’ on Up by M People. Request.

Movin’ on Up by Primal Scream. Request.

I will Always Love You by Dolly Parton. written in 1973, Parton first released the song as a single in 1974. She re-recorded the song in 1982 to include it on the soundtrack of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the film version of the Broadway musical of the same name. Her 1982 version also reached number 1 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs, marking the first time the same song reached number 1 on the country charts twice by the same artist. in 1995 Parton released it in a duet with Vince Gill. This time the song peaked at number 15, making it the third time the song was a hit for her. And, of course, the Whitney Houston version is one of the best selling singles ever.