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Twisted Fact of the Day:
Dave Matthews relocated to the United States to avoid service in the South African Military.
Watch Envy!!
Railmaster XXL
The Day In Rock
No. 1
1967 Petula Clark: This Is My Song UK 45.
1974 Bob Dylan: Planet Waves US LP
1980 Kenny Rogers: Coward of the County UK 45
1980 Captain and Tennille: Do That to Me One More Time US 45
1985 Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA UK LP
1985 George Michael: Careless Whisper US 45
1991 Simpsons: Do the Bartman UK 45
1991 Queen : Innuendo : UK LP
1998 Celine Dion : My Heart Will Go On : UK single
Births
1916 Bill Doggett (Honky Tonk)
1935 Sonny Bono (I Got You Babe)
1949 Lyn Paul (New Seekers)
1961 Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
1962 Tony Kylie (Blow Monkeys)
Miscellany
1957 Del Vikings' Come Go With Me hits US chart.
1957 Generally recognised as first major pop TV show in UK, 6.5 Special broadcasts first programme, on BBC TV.
1963 Paul Anka marries Ann Dezogher in Paris.
1968 George and Patti Harrison, and John and Cynthia Lennon fly to India for two months of transcendental meditation study with Maharishi Mahish Yogi. Ringo and Maureen Starr, Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Mia Farrow and Donovan join them two days later. Experience is later written about in song Sexy Sadie.
1978 Abba - The Movie premieres in UK.
1990 Ike Turner is sentenced to 4 years in prison on cocaine charges.
1992 Mick Jagger is refused entry to Japan because he didn't have proper papers to enter the country. He spends the night in a Tokyo airport hotel but eventually Japanese Immigration officials issue him with a visa.
1993 At the Brit Awards in London. Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan, Kenny Jones and Bill Wyman (who was filling in for the sick Ronnie Lane) play together in what turns out to be a Faces reunion.
What’s in the CD player?
X – Under The Big Black Sun
- "The Hungry Wolf" – 3:45
- "Motel Room in My Bed" – 2:32
- "Riding with Mary" – 3:40
- "Come Back to Me" – 3:43
- "Under the Big Black Sun" – 3:23
- "Because I Do" – 2:21
- "Blue Spark" – 2:06
- "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Joe Burke, Al Dubin) – 2:20
- "Real Child of Hell" – 2:59
- "How I (Learned My Lesson)" – 2:12
- "The Have Nots" – 4:44
- "Riding with Mary (Single version)" – 3:12
- "X Rewrites El Paso (Rehearsal)/Because I Do (TV Mix/Instrumental)" (Marty Robbins, Cervenka, Doe) – 2:56
- "Universal Corner" (Live) – 4:08
- "Breathless (Single mix)" (Otis Blackwell) – 2:20
- "How I (Learned My Lesson)" (Live) – 2:20
Review by Greg Prato
X's first album issued on a major label, 1982's Under the Big Black Sun, is arguably their finest record. All 11 songs are exceptional, from both a performance and compositional point of view. Ray Manzarek's production is more akin to hard rock bands than their earlier punk works, but the songs still pack quite a punch. Before the recording of the album, singer Exene Cervenka's sister was killed by a drunk driver, and the band decided to work out their grief in the music, as evidenced by two of the album's best tracks: the melodic "Riding With Mary" and the vintage '50s sound of "Come Back to Me." The highlights don't stop there, however; also included are the Led Zeppelin-esque "The Hungry Wolf" (an early video favorite of MTV), the accelerating "Motel Room in My Bed," the rocker "Blue Spark," the spacious title track, and the album closer "The Have Nots." Again, Cervenka and John Doe supply some great vocal harmonies (perhaps the only punk band to ever do so), while Billy Zoom shows off great rockabilly chops throughout. Under the Big Black Sun is one of the quintessential rock records from the '80s.
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Calamari
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Dick Trickle Burns One
Babe of Yore
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Art
Man Ray Return to Reason, 1921