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Infatueighties #50: Genius of Love
You’re the bassist and the drummer of an influential new wave band? Whatcha gonna do when you’re on an extended vacation and you still have the urge to make music?
They’re gonna have some fun.
Not to say Talking Heads music wasn’t fun before, but prior to Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth breaking off temporarily to form Tom Tom Club, it was kind of stiff. “Genius of Love” is what a Heads record would sound like after […]
Friday Throwback – Step By Step
I’m not ashamed to say that I’m a New Kids On The Block fan. Ok, maybe just a little bit ashamed. But still, having a younger sister in the late 80s-early 90s meant that you either hated the New Kids vociferously, or that you let the catchy music embed itself in your ears. And the latter happened to me, though after their fall from their pop star perch. This is probably my favorite New Kids […]
Shoulda Been a Hit: Daryl Hall’s “Someone Like You”
After an amazing run of success in the early Eighties, Daryl Hall & John Oates took a well-deserved break. While Oates tried his hand at producing (particularly Icehouse’s Top 10 hit “Electric Blueâ€), Daryl worked on and released his second solo album, 1986‘s “Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machineâ€. The album paired Daryl with Eurythmic Dave Stewart and found him joined by guests like Joni Mitchell. “Three Hearts†was a mildly successful album, spawning […]