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Friday New Releases – December 1, 2023

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We are now in December. Christmas is fast approaching and the year is almost over. Man time flies. Speaking of flying, if I’m not responding to comments it is because I am heading to New York City for a very special show tomorrow night. You can read all about it on Monday (I hope I can get it done by then). For now, we have a batch of new releases for you. There is nothing for me although I do want to hear the new Peter Gabriel and I will try out Mike Shinoda’s new one. Otherwise too busy. Let me know what you want to hear this week or if we missed anything so everyone can see it. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend. I plan doing just that!!!!

  • Peter Gabriel – I/O – (Peter Gabriel Ltd)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VMJGV7GWC5I%3Fsi%3D143u_cw0KpGYqJA-
  • Mike Shinoda – The Crimson Chapter – (Fort Minor Inc / Warner Records)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9yZc11o7eME%3Fsi%3DM9ZVlLT62aSS05oz
  • Dove Cameron – Alchemical: Vol. 1 – (Disruptor Records / Columbia Records)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SiZKWq-0V6I%3Fsi%3DFL5TWPTn_8VYjqx_
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David Coverdale – “The Last Note of Freedom” – Single Review (The David Coverdale Series)

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For this part of the David Coverdale series, we are throwing in the review of the song David did from the movie ‘Days of Thunder’ starring Tom Cruise.  The song came out in 1990.  Whitesnake hadn’t called it quits just yet, still a year away for that, but David was exploring solo projects such as this.  And honestly, how could he turn down the opportunity to have a song on a Tom Cruise movie back in a time when Tom could do no wrong.

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As you can see, the song was produced by Trevor Horn, but the song was actually written by Hans Zimmer who did the music, but what I find is that the lyrics were actually written by Billy Idol…yes, that Billy Idol.  I am sure David contributed a little, but mostly he sang.  I now have a connection between the last music series I did with Billy Idol and this one with David Coverdale..so cool.

This single was only released as a single in Europe which is exactly where I found it.  This is another Single I picked up on my Paris trip.  I picked up a bunch of singles at that time and another one will be discussing in a couple weeks for the David Coverdale series as well. Continue reading “David Coverdale – “The Last Note of Freedom” – Single Review (The David Coverdale Series)” →

Billy Idol – ‘Kings & Queens of the Underground’ – Album Review (The Billy Idol Series)

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After Billy’s last greatest hits album “Idolize Yourself”, things went quiet.  From 2010 – 2014, Billy worked on the next project.  Along that same timeframe, he was also working on a book that chronicle his life called “Dancing with MySelf”.  The album and book were both released in October 2014 and I guess you could say the album was a soundtrack to that new book.

For me, the album, called ‘King & Queens of the Underground’, should have been called ‘Postcards from the Past’ as the songs seem to have that retrospective feel and were snapshots of his life and career.  There is a lot of soul-searching going and it feels like a cathartic exercise in releasing his demons.  It was the perfect companion piece for the book.

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For the recording of the album, Billy worked mostly with Trevor Horn of the famed band, The Buggles.  Keith Forsey, who produced most of Billy’s album was not back for this one.  I don’t think there were any issues, I believe Billy was wanting to explore new ground.  Trevor brought Billy back to 80’s sound more so than the ‘Devil’s Playground’ did.  There were a little more synthesizers/keyboards than in the past and it was utilized perfectly.

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