Dusty Springfield
La Bamba
(cover)
I'm not a sailor,
I'm a captain, I'm a captain!
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Been a busy evening of crate digging online. Here’s what I bought :
* LFO - Frequencies [Warp] (1991)
* Black - Wonderful Life [Expanded] [A&M Records] (1988/2013)
* Pailhead - Trait [2022 Expanded Re-Issue] [Cleopatra] (2022)
* Front 242 - 06:21:03:11 Up Evil [RRE] (1993)
* Cabaret Voltaire - Eight Crepuscule Tracks [Normal] (1988)
* Cabaret Voltaire - Percussion Force [Les Disques Crepuscule] (1991)
* Severed Heads - Rotund For Success [Nettwerk] (1989)https://youtu.be/BSJ9oZrxoDc?si=EN9nHvxHkNZUkx0j #fridaymusic #music #diggingthecrates
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As a child in the 80s, my first encounter with David Bowie didn’t make much of an impression.
In ’95, “Outside” raised my curiosity, and I realised he wasn’t just the polished pop singer I’d thought he was.
But I never really dived into his back catalog. I knew some of the classics, of course, but it’s only in recent years that really I’ve started exploring his work.#NowSpinning #FridayMusic (1/2)
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Deep Purple
Black Night
(concert in Sofia, Bulgaria, 29 September 2026)Black night
Is a long way from home_________
Airey, Gillan, Glover, McBride, Paice (Mark IX)(set to open at 1:29:20)
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Diana Express
AutumnAutumn, autumn, a dying season
A short song, half-tone sadness_________
A Bulgarian band (Диана експрес) formed in the mid-1970s.
This recording is from their Ten Golden Hits compilation album.
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King Crimson
The Court of the Crimson King
(Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield, 1969)
Performed by Asia; Tokyo, 2007.I wait outside the pilgrims’ door
With insufficient schemes
The Black Queen chants the funeral march
The cracked brass bell will ring
To summon back the Fire Witch
To the court of the Crimson King
...
The Yellow Jester does not play
But gently pulls the strings
And smiles as the puppets dance
In the court of the Crimson King<https://youtu.be/Z9eFKPQxXXw>
Lead guitar, Steve Howe.
Lead vocals and bass guitar, John Wetton.
Keyboards, Geoff Downes.
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Pink Floyd
Not Now, John
(The Final Cut, 1982)Not now, John, we've got to get on with the film show
Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow
Who cares what it's about as long as the kids go<https://youtu.be/ajvk1CFIM1M>
Vocals: Gilmour _and_ Waters.
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I love the bass on this one, driving the song forward, like it is glued on the front of a kenworth truck.
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Roger Waters
The Tide Is Turning
(Radio KAOS, 1987)«Wrestled technology’s sword from the hands of the warlords»
<https://youtu.be/td6CD3J9kiY>
«Radio KAOS, fighting a lonely rear-guard action against format radio.»
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Rush
Closer to the Heart
(A Farewell to Kings, 1977)The Blacksmith and the Artist
Reflect it in their art
They forge their creativity
Closer to the heartPhilosophers and Plowmen
Each must know his part
To sow a new mentality
Closer to the heart_________
Rush is a Canadian band, formed in Toronto, Ontario.
Their long-time drummer and lyricist was Neil Peart (1952–2020).
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Drugi način¹
Ljubav je od porculana²
(a Croatian band;
concert in Užice, Serbia, 2016, 41 years after the band was formed)[set to open at 1:11:44]
<https://youtu.be/fxVlNEStuhc?t=4304>
_________
¹ Another Way (“way” as “method”, not “road”)
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Jethro Tull
Too Old to Rock’n'roll, Too Young to Die
(concert, 1977)So the old rocker gets on his bike
...
Then he hits the trunk road
Doing around a 120¹
With no room left to brake
He was too oh-oh-old to rock’n'roh-oh-oll
And he was too young to die_________
¹ 190 km/hSet to open at 1:07:00.
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Uriah Heep
Wise Man
(1977)I sat before the wise man
In the autumn of my youth
And I told him all the things I had to know
He said you have the future
If you need to find the truth
And in his eyes I saw that it was soSo I came right out and asked him
The meaning of life
And as he smiled I saw a twinkle in his eye
He said with all these years
There's still so much he has to learn
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Formation Studio Balkanton
Awakening
(Roumen Boyadjiev, Konstantin Tsekov, Alexander Baharov, 1978; instrumental)
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A Bulgarian progressive rock band. -
Jethro Tull
North Sea Oil
(Stormwatch album, 1979)Riggers rig
And
Diggers dig
Their shallow graves<https://youtu.be/SA9oRYGd-Bw>
#FossilFuelsInArt
#FridayMusic
#JethroTull
#NorthSeaOil
#PoliticsInArt
#PoliticsInRockMusic
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Dusty Springfield
Bits and PiecesReality is yours to deny
...
You ask yourself what good are your dreams
In a world where nothing is what it seems
_________
The song from The Stunt Man (1980),
a movie about making an (anti)war movie.
Directed by Richard Rush,
starring Peter O’Toole as a film director
and Barbara Hershey as a film star.<https://youtu.be/54VwTjT5VoE>
#DominicFrontiere
#DustySpringfield
#FilmMusic
#FridayMusic
#RichardRush -
King Crimson
Heroes
(concert, 2016, Berlin)We can be heroes
Just for one dayDavid Bowie’s song.
Robert Fripp is the guitarist who plays sitting._________
Adrian Belew and Tony Levin of King Crimson together with Danny Carey and Steve Vai—four of a perfect pair!—as BEAT played in concert in Sofia, Bulgaria, last night, 2026-07-09.
They also played two pieces on an encore, including Red, which is a little earlier than their main 1980s repertoire.
They specifically thanked Bill Bruford and Robert Fripp. -
Asia
Video Killed the Radio Star
(concert, 2007, Tokyo)Pictures came and broke your heart
Put the blame on VTR_________
VTR, video tape recorderOriginal song by the Buggles
(Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes),
1979 and opening MTV in 1981.Asia: John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Carl Palmer
[set for 01:12:13]
<https://youtu.be/hytNsWdL6BM?t=4333>#Asia
#CarlPalmer
#FridayMusic
#GeoffDownes
#JohnWetton
#MTV
#SteveHowe
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Leonard Cohen
Democracy
(1989–1992)«I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean.
I love the country, but I can’t stand the scene.
And I'm neither left or right,
I'm just staying home tonight,
Getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
That time cannot decay,
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
This little wild bouquet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.» -
Formation Studio Balkanton (FSB)
High (Be Above It)
(a Bulgarian rock band;
concert, year 2000;
with a piper during the final minute and a half)High, high, high... stand high,
Above envy and insult, above petty intrigue
...
Be above everything today
...
The stars are stars, because they are highMusic: Rumen Boyadzhiev, Konstantin Tzekov
Lyrics: Evtim Evtimov -
Rush (Lee, Lifeson, Nilles)
Xanadu
(concert, 2026-06-09, this past Tuesday)Alone within the pleasure dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste my bitter triumph
As a mad immortal man
Never more shall I return
Escape these caves of ice
For I have dined on honey dew
And drank the milk of ParadiseMusic: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson
Lyrics: Neil Peart (1952–2020)
Inspired by Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan.
(A Farewell to Kings, 1977)Drums: Anika Nilles (of Mannheim, Germany).
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Marillion
Fugazi
(concert, Arena Puccini, Bologna, Italy, 1985-06-18)[26:20]
Where are the prophets
Where are the visionaries
Where are the poets
To breach the dawn of the sentimental mercenary
_________
FUGAZI
(acronym, US military slang from the Vietnam War)
Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In.
[..., in a body bag.][19:45]
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Deep Purple
Child in Time
(before an audience, 1970)Sweet child,
In time you'll see the line,
The line that's drawn between
The Good and the Bad.The dawn of an age.
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I like the camera work.
This British audience is also worth watching and near the end (09:08) two children appear as well. -
Mari Wilson
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
(a song by Osvaldo Farrés, 1947)So, if you really love me,
Say "yes",
But if you don't, dear,
Confess
And, please, don't tell me,
"perhaps, perhaps, perhaps..." -
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Omega
Gammapolis 1
(concert, Budapest, Hungary, 1994)A Hungarian rock band formed in 1962.
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Kansas
Angels Have Fallen
(Steve Walsh; 1979)Children are restless
They know what can happen
When men are vain
Talking in riddles
Won't keep them from knowing
You've gone insane -
Rick Wakeman & Son
The YES Suite
(instrumental)
With Oliver Wakeman (?).A medley of Yes pieces.
Once upon a time Rick Wakeman as the pianist of Yes had long blond hair.
Now his son has.<https://youtu.be/rBjwLGR2q88>
#FridayMusic
#ProgressiveRock
#RickWakeman
#WakemanWithWakeman
#Yes -
Vesko Eshkenazi (violin)
Veronika Todorova (accordion)
Philharmonic orchestra of the city of Pleven, Bulgaria
(open air concert; time offset: 55:15)Queen of the Night (Mozart)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury)Introducing the first one, the violinist says he asked for this arrangement as he couldn't sing an air for a soprano himself, and if he would, the audience wouldn't want to hear it.
He introduces the second one as a bow before an eternal part of the World of Music. -
Queen
I'm in Love with My Car
(1975)The machine of a dream
...
When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
When I'm cruising in overdrive
Don't have to listen to no run-of-the-mill talk jive -
Aaron Copland
Hoedown
(Emerson, Lake and Palmer,
1997, Montreux "on the Lake Geneva shoreline")Finish work, put your HOE DOWN, and dance!
This is a piece from Rodeo, a ballet from 1942.MOOG rhymes with VOGUE.
<https://youtu.be/B4wQlB_PR-c>
#AaronCopland
#ELP
#EmersonLakeAndPalmer
#FridayMusic
#Moog
#MoogSynthesizer
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#NowSpinning this one from 1980. Danish actor Frits Helmuth tells a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen with background Music by Karsten Vogel.
It’s my first spin even though it’s been years since I bought it in a charity shop. And I didn’t even notice the autographs for a long time. I guess I just liked the cover.
Now that it’s spinning, I still have a hard time forgetting my Lektor Blomme childhood trauma (one of Helmuths notorious movie characters) -
Deep Purple
Space Truckin'
(live in New York, 1973)We got music in our Solar System,
We're space truckin' every day!→11:30
<https://youtu.be/ETpa16M7QeE?t=690>#Apollo8
#Apollo8Remade
#CanaveralMoonStop
#DeepPurple
#FridayMusic
#MoonShot -
Veronika Todorova
(Bulgarian accordion player)
LibertangoBulgaria Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2023
