The Stranglers – Golden Brown – A song for Daniel

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Kneeknee

The Stranglers – Golden Brown – A song for Daniel

The Stranglers are an English punk rock music group.

“Golden Brown” is a song by the English rock band The Stranglers. It was released as a 7″ single in December 1981 in the United States and in January 1982 in the UK, on Liberty. It was the second single released from the band’s sixth album La Folie.

The video for “Golden Brown”, directed by Lindsey Clennell, depicts the band members both as explorers in an Arabian country (sequences include images of the Pyramids as well as the explorers studying a map of Egypt) in the 1920s and performers for a fictional “Radio Cairo”. In addition to the Pyramids, the video is intercut with stock footage of a madrassa in Uzbekistan, the Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran and Great Sphinx, Feluccas sailing, Bedouins riding and camel racing in the United Arab Emirates. The performance scenes were filmed in the Leighton House Museum in Holland Park, London.

Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning four decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most “continuously successful” band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s. Beginning life as the Guildford Stranglers on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, they originally built a following within the mid-1970s pub rock scene. While their aggressive, no-compromise attitude identified them as one of the instigators of the UK punk rock scene that followed, their idiosyncratic approach rarely followed any single musical genre and the group went on to explore a variety of musical styles, from New Wave, art rock and gothic rock through to the sophisticated pop of some of their 1980s output.

They had major mainstream success with their single “Golden Brown“. Their other hits include “No More Heroes“, “Peaches“, “Always the Sun” and “Skin Deep“.

The Stranglers’ early sound was driven by Jean-Jacques Burnel‘s melodic bass, but also gave prominence to Dave Greenfield‘s keyboards at a time when the instrument was seen as unfashionable. Their early music was also characterised by the growling vocals and sometimes misanthropic lyrics of both Jean-Jacques Burnel and Hugh Cornwell. Over time, their output gradually grew more refined and sophisticated. Summing up their contribution to popular music, critic Dave Thompson later wrote: “From bad-mannered yobs to purveyors of supreme pop delicacies, the group was responsible for music that may have been ugly and might have been crude – but it was never, ever boring.”

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The jungle book – I Wanna Be Like You

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Kneeknee

The jungle book – I Wanna Be Like You

The jungle book - I Wanna Be Like You

I Wanna Be Like You, also known as The Monkey Song, is King Louie‘s (Louie Prima, featuring Baloo/ Phil Harris) song which he dreams to become human in order to protect himself from Shere Khan. The song was written by The Sherman Brothers who wrote most songs for The Jungle Book. The song was covered by the group Smash Mouth for The Jungle Book 2. In 2007, The Jonas Brothers covered the song.

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Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo`ole

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Kneeknee

Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo`ole

Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo`ole

On May 20, 1959, in the final days of Hawai’i’s territorial era, three months before the Hawaiian Islands would become America’s 50th state, a baby was born in Honolulu’s historic Kuakini hospital whose voice would unite the Hawaiian people and be heard all over the world. He was the third child of Evangeline Keale Kamakawiwo’ole, a Hawaiian woman born on Ni’ihau, and Henry “Tiny” Kaleialoha Naniwa Kamakawiwo’ole, a part-Hawaiian born on O’ahu. His proud parents knew he would be special even before he emitted his first bold vocals.
They named him Israel Ka’ano’i Kamakawiwo’ole. In Hawaiian his last name translates “the fearless eye, the bold face.” Tiny and Evangeline would spoil Israel far more than his brother and sisters; he could do no wrong. This native son was a rare breed, an almost pure Hawaiian of unusual lineage; he could trace his ancestral roots to an island that even today, remains the most Hawaiian of all, the so-called “forbidden” island of Ni’ihau.

His first taste in performing was at Steamboats in Waikiki, where his father was a bouncer and his mother was the manager. He got to meet everybody and spend time with Gabby Pahinui and the Sons of Hawai’i. As early as 10 years old, they would call him up onstage with his ‘ukulele. Israel won the admiration and praise of his elders. All the musicians thought Israel was something special. They knew someday he would be somebody. For now, they called him “the kid with the ‘ukulele.”

Israel, now in his early teens, resisted a move to the country. Israel had no idea, nor could he have ever known, how the move to O’ahu’s Wai’anae Coast, would cause fundamental change in his life. In Mãkaha, he would form a band that would rock the Islands.

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Snoopy’s Christmas by the Royal Guardsmen

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Kneeknee

Snoopy’s Christmas by the Royal Guardsmen

Screaming fans. Hit records. Worldwide acclaim. At the height of its illustrious career, the 1960s band, The Royal Guardsmen, achieved what most rock groups only dream of. The sextet from Ocala, FL rose to fame in 1966 with its single, “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron,” which became the title track of its debut album. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and remained there for 12 weeks. It went on to sell one million copies, earning it Platinum certification from the R.I.A.A. in 1967.

Subsequent chart-toppers followed, including: “The Airplane Song,” “Wednesday,” “I Say Love,” “Snoopy’s Christmas” and “Baby Let’s Wait.”

The Royal Guardsmen’s original lineup consisted of: Bill Balogh (bass), John Burdett (drums), Chris Nunley (vocals), Tom Richards (guitar), Billy Taylor (organ), and Barry Winslow (vocals/guitar). Richards died of a brain tumor in 1979 and was replaced by Pat Waddell.

Despite its massive success, the band split in 1969. However, its recordings continued to sell and are still in high demand today around the world. In 2008, Burdett and Winslow teamed up to write and record “Snoopy Vs. Osama” in honor of the U.S. troops fighting the war in Iraq. The song has been featured regularly on the syndicated radio program, The Dr. Demento Show.

In the Spring of 2009, the Guardsmen’s hit, “The Airplane Song,” was chosen as the theme song for Red Bull’s Flugtag events and was aired in television commercials nationwide. The group recently played at the Cannery Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they received a rousing standing ovation from fans who had come in droves from all across the United States.

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