On the radio, while I was driving home from work on Friday afternoon, I heard this cover of Fast Car by Jonas Blue ft. Dakota’s:
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I liked the upbeat cover. But it made me long to hear the original by Tracy Chapman. So when I got home, I YouTubed the original and found this superb, beautiful, live performance of Fast Car by Tracy Chapman:
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I’ve had it on repeat ever since. Enjoy. Will blog soon,
Antony
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On Sunday 10th January 2016, the iconic, undoubtably talented and inspirational David Bowie sadly died. But rather that mourn his death, I wanted to celebrate his life and above all his music.
I didn’t grow-up with David Bowie. I’m nearly thirty, so a bit young. Instead, I discovered him as an adult. My all-time favourite song of his is Under Pressure. I particularly love this rendition from Madison Square Garden in 1997: |
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I like many of his other tracks including:
Heroes:
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Dancing In The Street:
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Let’s Dance:
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Changes:
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Starman:
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Life on Mars:
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Young Americans:
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Rebel Rebel:
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Day In Day Out:
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Blue Jean:
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Jean Genie:
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Space Oddity:
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Ashes To Ashes:
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Absolute Beginners:
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Never Let Me Down:
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Golden Years:
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Blog soon,
Antony
 Simon & I, excited for Fireworks and Music. |
On an early Autumn evening, as the sun set on a Sunday, Simon and I headed to Southport for British Musical Fireworks Championships. There was something magical about fireworks timed to music being combined that created an awesome experience.
The British Musical Fireworks Championships goes on over a weekend Friday – Sunday, with different Pyrotechnic Professionals competing to be judged as the Winner of the Championships by a panel of judges. The public can buy entry to a large park where fireworks displays takes place in time with the music. In the park are fast food vans, coffee vans, a performance stage (for live singers prior to the main event), toilets and even seated tickets are available. Here are some photos from the event, but without the music they really don’t do the experience justice: |
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Blog soon,
Antony
 Wheatus Ticket |
Recently a friend and I went to see Wheatus at Manchester Academy 3.
The warm-up bands varied in quality. The Hipstones were terrible. Gabrielle Sterbenz as a three piece girlband had charisma and a good stage presence. Mike Doughty I just remember being rather annoying, tall and bald. After about an hour of warm-up bands, it was time for the main event. |
 Warm Up Act 1 – Gabrielle Sterbenz. |
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Brendan B. Brown was superb. He hit all of the high notes in the songs with precision, despite a chest cold that he’d apparently caught in Ireland. Rather than a setlist Brown encouraged the audience to shout out the tracks that they wanted to hear.
The audience were not shy, shouted out and Wheatus played. The audience started out with head nodding as the band played. The alcohol flowed, more familiar tracks were played and the audience responded by properly rocking out.
Here are some Wheatus photos from the gig:
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 Wheatus – Singing one of their classics (1). |
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Wheatus played all of their tracks on their self titled album, including: A Little Respect, Sunshine, Truffles, Hump ‘Em N Dump ‘Em, Hey, Mr. Brown, Leroy, Punk Ass Bitch, Love Is a Mutt from Hell and Wannabe Gangstar.
 Wheatus about to sing the finale – Teenage Dirtbag (1). |
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The finale was of course being their iconic song Teenage Dirtbag. Teenage Dirtbag was released in 2000 and quickly a number one in most of the charts across the world. Since then it has been covered many times, but you can’t beat seeing Brown play it live. My friend and I had a great night. Wheatus are well worth seeing, hearing and enjoying live.
Blog soon,
Antony
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