37 posts tagged “music”

When King David lamented “How are the mighty fallen” in the Second Book of Samuel, he had more on his mind than the demise of a once promising pop band, but the quote fits the amazing rise and fall of ABC. They were new wave/new romantic gold record-winning hit-makers one day, and flowers in the trash bin of pop history a few short months later. Seldom has a band released an album with so many great tunes that it was a virtual greatest hits collection, only to vanish and never return. Well, okay, they did return, but their albums after The Lexicon of Love were so paltry that even the band’s website sums up their post-The Lexicon of Love output in five sentences. They’re currently playing the new wave nostalgia circuit.

in 1979, The B-52's released their first single in the U.K., "Rock Lobster". It was backed by an instrumental version of "Running Around". The A side appeared on their self-titled debut album. The B side, as an instrumental, did not. The single reached the #37 spot on the U.K. singles chart.

Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls and solo fame is definately a self-promoter.  But what sets her apart and makes her efforts effective is that she seemingly does it effortlessly.  By letting the world into her life via blog posts, Twitter, web casts, etc and doing it with playful and rebelous tone, she has made herself worth paying attention to and supporting.  The music's not half bad either.

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