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Jesus could have made the best cake in the world

Released on the album, Album, in 1986! John Lydon told Rolling Stone in 2018: "With “Rise,” I suppose it deals with the fact that we’re in opposition to jealousy. That’s one of the seven deadly sins. That’s what we deal with emotionally in all our songs, though, isn’t it?"

The song appeared on the Fixx's album Shuttered Room. The lyrics of "Red Skies" warn of an imminent nuclear holocaust.

MC 900 Ft. Jesus also known as Mark Griffin is a Kentucky born, classically trained musician, turned rapper. The name MC 900 Ft Jesus came from a sermon by Oral Roberts, in which the televangelist claimed that he had received a vision of a 900-foot-tall Jesus, who commanded him to build a hospital on the campus of Oral Roberts University. This track samples James Brown's song "Get Up Offa That Thing". This album was featured on our blog as part of the Review Revue series. Check out what KEXP DJs thought of this album when it first hit the station in 1991: blog.kexp.org

The Seattle-based Super Deluxe is a post-grunge power-pop band that followed in the footsteps of the Posies. The group signed to Warner in 1994, releasing their debut album Famous in the fall of 1995. It received generally positive reviews but few sales. Super Deluxe released their second album, Via Satellite, in the summer of 1997.

"Bob Marley was posthumously inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1994; in December 1999, his 1977 album 'Exodus' was named album of the century by Time Magazine." Bob Marley was born on this day in 1945. www.bobmarley.com

"Situation" features a synthesizer hook by Vince Clarke (similar to the work he had done with his previous band, Depeche Mode), combined with the vocals of Alison Moyet. The song, and particularly Moyet's laughter heard in the introduction, has since been sampled in countless other songs, including the international novelty dance hit "Macarena." bit.ly