mp3: The Lotus Eaters – You Don’t Need Someone New (#64) Debut single,The First Picture Of Youhad been one of the songs of the summer, and in reaching #15, seemed to provide a good platform forThe Lotus Eatersto become chart staples. This was the rather enjoyable follow-up, but ...
In the late 90s, the label released a number of singles which had one cult Scottish act on one side and a second cult Scottish act on the other side. Let’s return to wiki:- The Secret Goldfish were a band from Glasgow who took their name from an imaginary book from the novel The ...
not because I aspired to be a New York junkie, which is what the song is about, but because I interpreted ‘waiting for the man’ in the sense of waiting to become a man, an independent adult with the freedom of personal responsibility...
The CD was issued in 1996. It is calledBeat On The Brass, and it was recorded byThe Nutley Brass, the brains of whom belong to New York musicianSam Elwitt. The concept behind the album is simple. Take one bona-fide punk/post-punk/new wave classic and give it the easy listening trea...
blonde fashion sense, and a knack for buzzy three-minute guitar pop tunes, they were an unapologetic throwback to the sound of the British indie scene from 20 years before their time. They even took their name from a 1985 short film byRichard Kern, the “transgressive” New York filmmaker....
Another that had been released in November 78 but reached its peak of #7 in January 79. It commemorates Studio 54 in New York City for its notoriously long customer waiting lines, exclusive clientele, and discourteous bouncers. According to Nile Rodgers, the song was devised during New Year’...