Mapping Influences Over Time
Wow, as I write this, we are just a couple of days away from the end of September. I have been doing this Musical Evolution project for nearly nine full months. The post number tells me that I’m statistically ahead of one post per day. Here again I find myself wondering if I should have …
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Was it the 1980’s itself changing or where we just growing up? The women’s fashion, ever evolving, ever changing, started to become somewhat more mature. The hair was still pretty large but had come down a few notches since 1983. The glitz purple and green eye shadow faded into a more natural smolder. The bright …
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I don’t recall how it happened but somehow I ended up with Madonna’s movie Desperately Seeking Susan on video tape. Did I record it from one of the cable movie channels? I really don’t know. I do know that for a while we watched it more than a few times. If you aren’t familiar with …
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I had been playing Aric’s crappy pawn shop bass for several months. Likewise, he was becoming proficient on my cheap ass pawn shop guitar. I want to take this moment to clarify that at no point do I ever consider myself a musician. To me a musician is somebody that understands music as it applies …
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Since I enjoyed Billy Idol’s previous record, I had to pick up Rebel Yell. It was full of stuff that was getting time on the radio and the music video shows. Like Culture Club, this record gave me the impression that the record company was giving Billy Idol more attention. The difference being that where …
Continue reading “My Musical Evolution – Part 172 College Intermission Rebel Yell”
One of the early arrivals in my next engaement with Columbia House was Billy Idol. I must admit that I am at a bit of a loss as to how I decided to pick up this album. I can only assume that I heard White Wedding on the radio or saw the video for it. …