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Friday, Jul 21 2017, 9AM
As you might imagine, this is a listener request. Here's an, um, oral history of "Detachable Penis": www.spin.com
I love this tinny little piano: www.youtube.com
Did you know that William Shatner and Joe Jackson performed this Pulp cover together?: www.dailymotion.com
It's fun to read the comments about this song (such as, "I believe the correct lyrics are "boogie oogie oogie oogie oogie oogie oogie oogie"): songmeanings.com
Don't miss the "Lincolnesque" singers in the video for "Gay Bar": www.youtube.com
Flash is sung as a duet between Freddie Mercury and Brian May, with Roger Taylor adding the high harmonies. May plays all of the instruments except for the rhythm section. He used an Imperial Bösendorfer Grand Piano (with 97 keys instead of 88, having an extra octave on the low range), Oberheim OBX synth (which he plays in the video) and his homemade Red Special electric guitar.
If you don't have Mojo Nixon, then your record store needs some fixin'.: www.allmusic.com
This song has led to many interpretations at the tmbg knowledge base.: tmbw.net
Violent Femmes will be LIVE on KEXP (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN GATHERING SPACE) on Wednesday, August 02, 2017, at 1:00 PM. They'll play the Woodland Park Zoo that evening.
Who's actually singing in the official video for M's (English musician Robin Scott) "Pop Muzik"?: www.youtube.com
"Obsession" defines the "glorious bombast" that was the 1980's. Read an interview about the song, thirty years out, with the band Animotion: www.popmatters.com
I'm sure that you wouldn't have guessed this, but A Flock of Seagulls was formed by pair of hairdressers: www.allmusic.com
This song was a huge hit in Germany and 30 other countries, selling about 13 million copies worldwide: www.youtube.com
British synthpop group Heaven 17 performed "...Fascist Groove Thang" live on BBC radio: www.youtube.com
Homosapien is the 1981 second solo album by Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley.