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  1. 3 identical titles in the hitparade

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    Early 1985 in the Dutch Top 40 hitparade had 3 entries called "The Power of Love". The highest position was for the song of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, somewhere in the middle was a song with the same title by Jennifer Rush, and just below her was Huey Lewis and The News's only hit record in The Netherlands.

    Are there other examples of different songs with identical titles storming the charts?

     

  12. 2014 In Music

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    Today I listened to Bruce Springsteen's new album High Hopes, that is to be released in a week or so. Someone collected the tracks in the short time they were on line.

    I think that the boss delivers another masterpiece.

  14. Non - logical lyrics

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    Posted · Edited by Guest

    John Hiatt sang:

    "And when your back's against the wall

    Just turn around and you, you will see

    I will catch you, I will catch your fall."

    If your back is against a wall, and you turn around, you will see a wall.

    The Who sang:

    "The simple things you see

    are all complicated;

    I look pretty young,

    but I'm just backdated."

    If you want to pose younger than you are, you should be postdated, I'd say.

    Any other examples of non-logical lyrics?

  22. Greatest Sober Musicians

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    "What other always-sober superstars are out there?". Superstar is a criterium that limits the choice to a few dozen.

    A well known rock artist that might deserve the "all clean!" label is probably Supertramp's Roger Hodgson, but I cannot find explicit proof for it.

    And the first candidate I thought off: Charlie Watts - nope.... Had an addiction crisis in the mid-80s.

  23. Castle with famous recording studio for sale

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    An 18th-century French chateau where rock legends including David Bowie, Elton John and Iggy Pop recorded albums has been put up for sale for $1.73 million.

    Dubbed the “Honky Chateau” by John, who named a 1972 album after the estate, the Chateau d’Herouville about 30 kilometres outside Paris hosted a recording studio owned by French composer Michel Magne until 1984.

    A series of classic albums were recorded at the studio in the 1970s including Bowie’s “Low”, Iggy Pop’s “The Idiot”, Pink Floyd’s “Obscured by Clouds” and Bee Gees tracks “Stayin’ Alive” and “How Deep is Your Love”.

    A real estate agency listing for the chateau says it includes 30 rooms, a 42,000-acre park, a pool and a tennis court.

    The studio continued operating after Magne’s death in 1984 but shut down in 1985 and several projects to revive it fell through over the years.

    The Château d'Hérouville is a French château of the 18th century (1740) located in the village of Hérouville, in the Oise valley near Paris. The castle was built in 1740 by Gaudot, an architect of the school of Rome. In the 19th century, it was used as courier relay station (between Versailles and Beauvais) and stabled a hundred horses. The composer Michel Magne purchased it in 1962 and converted it into a residential recording studio after a fire devastated the left wing of the building in 1969. The musician, director and sound engineer Laurent Thibault took over management of the studio in June 1974. Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Cat Stevens, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Bee Gees, T.Rex, Joan Armatrading and Pink Floyd have all recorded here. The studio closed on July 25, 1985

    http://rodfusco.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/honky-chateau-dherouville-for-sale-wikipedia/

  24. J.J.Cale died at 74

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    Musician J.J. Cale, whose songs "Cocaine" and "After Midnight" were made famous by Eric Clapton, died Friday after suffering a heart attack, the president of his management agency said. His contemporaries considered him a legend, even if many fans weren't familiar with his name. He was 74.

    http://www.jjcale.com/

    To honour J.J.Cale I will donate to a Dutch foundation that takes care of illegally imported animals. Extra, 'cause I already did....

    http://www.aap.nl/index.php

  25. Songfacts Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

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    Posted · Edited by Guest

    :guitar: I graduated from highschool when the Sticky Fingers album was just released in the Netherlands.

    The Beatles had seperated. In weeks of graduation parties the old schism between Beatles- and Stonesfans was conciliated: the Beatlefan half of the class admitted there was only one top rockband.

    "How come you dance so good...?"

    An additional little triumph for me..... :guitar:

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