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“I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, “Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the deli without hearing or seeing me.”
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock (10095018aa) Lady Gaga – Best Pop Dup/Group Performance 61st Annual Grammy Awards, Show, Los Angeles, USA – 10 Feb 2019
Alrighty then. Southern rock group ‘Confederate Railroad’ was going to perform at the Illinois State Fair but a spokeswoman for the Governor of Illinois said No Way. They didn’t like that their logo has a Confederate flag in it and you are now allowed “to promote symbols of racism.”
*July 9, 1958 – Johnny Cash signed with Columbia Records, where he would remain for the next 30 years releasing over 60 albums.
*July 9, 1983 – Wham! went to number 1 on the UK album chart with their debut release ‘Fantastic!’, which went on to spend 116 weeks on the chart.
*July 9, 1995 – The Grateful Dead gave their last concert with leader Jerry Garcia at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Jerry died of a heart attack a month later while in drug rehab.
Now this is a refreshing statement coming from Irv Gotti. He was asked how he felt about Lil Nas X coming out:
“Yeah, we don’t care. If it was like 20, 30 years ago, it would be a shocker… 2019? Who cares. Just be whoever you are, and we’ll accept you for who you are.”
I thought it was the first comment like that coming from someone in the Hip Hop community but others have felt similar. People like 50 Cent and Aesop Rock have all mentioned their support for the LGBTQ Community.
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Have you followed the long drawn out battle of The Verve’s song Bitter Sweet Symphony? Well Richard Ashcroft, of The Verve, had to sign away the publishing rights to the song since it included part of the Rolling Stones song “The Last Time”. Billboard estimates the song has earned about $5 million. The only money Ashcroft has received was $1,000. Well Mick Jagger and Keith Richards finally agreed to give Richard back his song and now he can earn the songwriters royalties.
I remember back in my goth days, The Sisters of Mercy was always playing in my room. I really loved them. Here are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs by them. The song is ‘This Corrosion’ and was released in 1987 on their album titled ‘Floodland’
THIS CORROSION
Hey hey hey ye hey now no now now Hey hey hey ye hey now no now now Hey hey hey ye hey now no now now
Gimme the ring, kissed and told Gimme something that I missed (gimme the ring) A hand to hold, wild and what it seems (gimme the ring) Kill the king with love is the law And then we’ll turn round (gimme the ring) Gimme dream child And do you hear me call? (Gimme the ring) On the loan and on the level Still on the floor (gimme the ring) Sing dream child And do you hear at all?
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now Ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now Hey Hey hey Hey Hey heyOoh ooh ooh (hey hey) Ooh ooh ooh (hey hey)
Hey now, hey now now now Hey hey hey ye hey now no now now Hey hey hey ye hey now no now now Gimme siren, child and do you hear me? Gimme siren, child, and do you hear me call? Sing, child, of right and wrong Gimme things that don’t last long Gimme siren, child, and do you hear me call?
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now
On days like this In times like these I feel an animal deep inside Heel to haunch on bended knees Living on if and if I tried Somebody send me please Dream wars and a ticket to seem Giving out and in Selling the don’t belong Well, what do you say D’you have a word for giving away? Got a song for me?
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me Hey now, hey now now
I got nothing to say I ain’t said before I bled all I can, I won’t bleed no more I don’t need no one to understand Why the blood run hold The hired hand On heart Hand of god Flood land and driven apart Run cold (hey now, hey now now) Turn Cold, burn like a healing hand
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now (like a healing hand)
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now (like a healing hand)
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now (like a healing hand)
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now (like a healing hand)
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now (like a healing hand)
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now (like a healing hand)
Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand) Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me (like a healing hand)
Joy Division is definitely one of my top bands of all time so I’m excited to hear about this news. It was June 1979 that Joy Division put out their debut album ‘Unknown Pleasures’. A few of the great songs on the album is ‘She’s Lost Control’, Shadow Play and ‘Disorder. For the anniversary there will be 10 new films to be made for each track on the album by Helgi and Horour, who’s done work with Yoko Ono and Sigur Ros. The first video is for ‘I Remember Nothing’ and is pretty amazing. Here’s the video:
If you’re a Slipknot fan, you’ll be excited for this Sunday, June 9th at 4:45 ET. Slipknot will be performing in Germany at the Rock am Ring Festival and will live stream it on YouTube live.
Perry Farrell, formerly of Jane’s Addiction and Lollapalooza fame, has put out a solo album; his first since 2001. The album is titled ‘Kind Heaven’ and includes performances by Tommy Lee, Dhani Harrison, Taylor Hawkins, Elliot Easton from The Cars, and Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney.
Farrell recently told SPIN Magazine:
“I believe completely in astral projection. I also believe that a spirit can come and talk to you when you’re sleeping. I completely believe that in that moment, more subtle energies are allowed to mingle. We can learn things.”
Glenn Wallichs launched Capitol Records in the US. The label became home to such artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Glen Campbell, Steve Miller, Dr. Hook, Bob Seger, Tina Turner, Heart and countless others. He also is the person who invented sending copies of new releases to disc jockeys!
June 4, 1984
Bruce Springsteen released the album, ‘Born In The USA’, which became the best-selling album of 1985 in the United States. The album produced a record-tying string of seven Top 10 singles (tied with Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814).
