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Viva Elvis. Top Story - June 2022.
Introduction To Viva Elvis I bought this album when it was released. On listening to it I think a lot of Elvis Presley fans will be shocked and appalled, I thought this was an Elvis album, the cover features The King prominently displayed against his name in gold block letters against a purple background,
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
I first came across the name Gainsbourg when Charlotte’s dad Serge released “Je T’Aime . Moi Non-Plus” with Jane Birkin which was banned by the BBC for being too naughty. The music was quite pleasant but Serge was never bothered about stepping on moral toes, recording and releasing the song “Lemon Incest” with his daughter. There are several copies on Youtube if you want to investigate and it entered the French charts and number seven peaking at number two, It appeared on Serge’s album “Love on the Beat” in 1985 and Charlotte’s debut album “Charlotte Forever” in 1986.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Dipping My Toes Into Social Media To Promote My Vocal Stories
Introduction Actually, this is a story of abject failure. Maybe I am not intelligent enough (I only left school with a couple of “A” Levels, and never went to University). Or maybe it is just my extreme laziness and laconic writing style. I also generally don’t plan the stories I write, and again is that my laziness or lack of apparent intelligence?
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Journal
SupercalifragilisticBorussiaMönchengladbach
SupercalifragilisticBorussiaMönchengladbach is used in the song “The Bastard Son of Dean Friedman” by Half Man Half Biscuit. Nigel Blackwell came up with it and this is my piece on him with links to his lyrical genius. read more about it below.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
My Bird Will Fly
I only have one Muse and will only ever have one. I have looked for equivalent words in other cultures and can find none. My Muse inspires me to words of mythology and the culture of legendary characters and events. She is also a lover of nature and that is the stimulus for these words.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
“You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” by Bachman Turner Overdrive cam on the player and I thought that would be a great starting point for a villanelle for The Vocal Social Society, which is now moving towards a thousand members and every day features something worth taking your time to read and keep you occupied for some time.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
Deep In The Heart Of Love
I first met my Inspiration through a mutual admiration of the music of the Moody Blues. I asked if anyone had written her a poem before and she said no. I have written poems for six people now since starting on Vocal. One of those has disappeared, one has left Facebook, and three I am still close friends with and am very close to my Inspiration. This is a poem for her.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
Godbluff - Van Der Graaf Generator
A Little About Van Der Graaf Generator I am not sure when I first heard Van Der Graaf Generator. I had seen one in school physics lessons to demonstrate creating lightning in the school laboratory. I think I remember seeing the surreal cover of “Pawn Hearts” and noticing the title of the piece that took up side two “A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers”.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
