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  1. Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 33

    Sign o’ the Times

    Remembering Prince ten years later.

    “Tell me is it nothing
    When the powerful protect their own
    And the ones with all the money
    Never answer for what they’ve done”

    #Prince #BillyCobham #SimpleMinds #ChakaKhan #Heaven17 #NinaSimone

    tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2

  2. #FortnightFridayMusic
    Oct 31 2025:: #Electric

    British Electric Foundation - “Ball of Confusion” feat. Tina Turner, 1982

    ...or, How a Couple of Noodly English Synth Boys Helped a Struggling Rock and Roll Powerhouse Come Back Better than Ever Before

    British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.) was a band/production company formed by former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. In 1982 they crafted “Music Of Quality And Distinction (Volume One),” an album featuring a variety of vocalists, including some of their favorites from prior generations, covering classic songs from the 60s and 70s, backed with their own synth stylings.

    They invited Tina Turner, struggling at the time to establish herself independent of ex-husband Ike, to cover The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion.” The track became a hit in Norway and only Norway, oddly enough, but that was enough to get the attention of Capitol Records, who promptly signed her.

    Ware and Marsh’s subsequent recording of Tina covering of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” became a hit across the globe and was the starting point for Tina’s comeback album Private Dancer. The rest, as they say, is history.

    youtube.com/watch?v=hsDsbZChSdo

    #BritishElectricFoundation #BEF #Heaven17 #HumanLeague #MartynWare #IanCraigMarsh #synth #SynthPop #TinaTurner #TheTemptations #BallOfConfusion #AlGreen #LetsStayTogether #PrivateDancer #80s #80sMusic

  3. Heaven 17 Plans New Version of ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ Calling Out Trump Instead of Reagan: ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Less Relevant, Is It?
    #Variety #News #Heaven17 #MartynWare

    variety.com/2025/music/news/fa

  4. Probably my favourite episode of the "Electronically Yours With Martyn Ware" podcast, and clearly all involved enjoyed making it too. #MartynWare interviews #JJ #Jeczalik and #GaryLangan of #ArtOfNoise / #TheArtOfNoise who also discuss some of the other artists they worked with earlier in their career

    #Landscape #FGTH #FrankieGoesToHollywood #TrevorHorn #ZTT #Heaven17 #music

  5. Electronic music legend Martyn Ware has remixed our track Truth Is The New Gold, and it's amazing, such a groove.

    Out on 18 October and you can pre-save now bit.ly/FFMW

    The artwork's by Malcolm Garrett
    Mastered by Katie Tavini

    #newmusic #electronicmusic #martynware #remix
    #heaven17 #humanleague #synth #malcolmgarrett #katietavini

  6. The social class and wealth disparity between the 80's British synth pop acts and their European idols from a decade earlier has always astonished me. Good to see Martyn Ware make it explicit.

    "Heaven 17's Martyn Ware: "Kraftwerk were only brilliant because they were rich!"

    musicradar.com/news/heaven-17s

    #MartinWare #TheHumanLeague #BEF #Heaven17 #Kraftwerk

  7. The younger me would never have contemplated a time when I wouldn't have watched a #FifaWorldCup match. Missing the opening would have been unthinkable. But today I sit with my record player on, a cup of tea next to me reading this excellent biography by Martyn Ware of Heaven 17. #Heaven17 #Books #Vinyl #MartynWare #Fifa #WorldCup #Qatar #Boycott