New Order | The Perfect Kiss
The Outro of New Order’s music video “The Perfect Kiss”. Filmed at the band’s studio on Sandy Bank Road, Cheetham Hill in Manchester, England
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Radiohead’s cover of Joy Division’s ‘Ceremony’ in 2007 is timeless!
Back in 2007, following the release of their critically acclaimed album In Rainbows, Thom Yorke and the rest of Radiohead didn’t go out on tour immediately. No, instead, the band opted for something, which at
Radiohead - The Headmaster Ritual
Song by The Smiths
Written as a critique of British education and corporal punishment, “The Headmaster Ritual” features a jangling guitar line with inspirations as diverse as the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, and MC5. The song attracted attention and
Released 44 years ago on this day in April 1980 ... the second studio album by The Cure,‘Seventeen Seconds; featuring (then) new member Simon Gallup. Forever to be known as the album with The Cure’s signature tune, ‘A Forest’
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The Smiths | This Charming Man
BBC Riverside
“This Charming Man” is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer Morrissey. Released as the group’s second single in October 1983 on the independent record label Rough Trade, it is defined
On This Day back on May 4th 1982 The Cure release their fourth album “Pornography”
What is your Favorite Song from this Album?
Pornography is the fourth studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 4 May 1982 by Fiction Records. Preceded by the non-album single
Joy Division - She’s Lost Control
Two separate recordings of the song have been released: the version appearing on the band’s debut album, and an extended, more electronic version released in 1980 as a 12” single.[5] This 12” single version contains an additional verse not
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Morrissey | Everyday Is Like Sunday
“Everyday Is Like Sunday” is the third track of Morrissey’s debut solo album, Viva Hate, and the second single to be released by the artist. Co-written by Morrissey and former Smiths producer Stephen Street, the song
New Order - Blue Monday (Live 1983 Countdown)
New Order were setting the pace in 1983, just as Joy Division were in the late ’70s. This performance is just another show of that command and another lightbulb moment for a generation of bored kids at home. Now, they didn’t
The Cure | Killing An Arab
1985-06-20 Barcelona - Studio 54 (Spain)
This was Simon Gallup’s first The Cure concert after he left the band in 1982.
This was the first ever The Cure concert in Spain.
‘In Between Days’ and ‘The Baby Screams’ were played live for the first time
The Smiths | Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before (Official Video)
Released: 1987
Album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Manchester, England 🏴
Song facts
This song is written from the perspective of a cheating drunkard who tells his wife increasingly absurd lies in
The Smiths released their debut single “Hand in Glove” on this day 41 years ago.
13-May-1983
A remixed version of the song was featured on the band’s debut album, The Smiths, in 1984. That same year, a cover version recorded by Sandie Shaw featuring Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and
On this day in 1986, The Smiths released “Bigmouth Strikes Again,” Here remastered Audio and Video from their concert at Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England on October 15, 1986 from the The Queen Is Dead Tour.
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On this day in 1981, The Cure released “Primary”
The song is unusual in that both Simon Gallup and Robert Smith play bass, with the effects pedals on Smith's giving the leads a unique sound.
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Tomorrow
Song by Morrissey
"Tomorrow" is a US-only single released by Morrissey in September 1992. It reached number one on Billboard magazine's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. It is a remix of the final track of Morrissey's Your Arsenal album of the same year.
Your Arsenal was
RARE! THE CURE - Boys Don't Cry
TV Show "Toutes Folles De Lui"hosted by:French TV 'Antenne 2'recording date:1986-06-18 🇫🇷
broadcast date:1986-06-21 performance:Playback
I would say I'm sorry
If I thought that it would change your mind
But I know that this time
I have said too
On this day in 1992, The Cure released “Friday I’m in Love,” the second single from their ninth studio album, “Wish.”
…I don’t care if Monday’s blue
Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too
Thursday, I don’t care about you
It’s Friday, I’m in love
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday,
The Cure - Let’s Go to Bed
Album: Japanese Whispers Released: 1983
The song's music video was the band's first collaboration with Tim Pope, who would go on to direct several more videos for the group. The video features members Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst, who at that point
Blue Monday live on Channel 4’s Switch, in April 1983 (Best Live Performance)
“Blue Monday” is a song by the British rock band New Order. It was released as a 12-inch single on 7 March 1983 through Factory Records. It appears on certain cassette and CD versions of New Order’s
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New Order live performance of “Love Vigilantes” at Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Hall in
Morrissey | Suedehead
Viva Hate is the debut solo studio album by English singer Morrissey. It was released on 14 March 1988 by HMV, six months after the final studio album by the Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
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NIN - Something I Can Never Have
"Something I Can Never Have" is the fifth track by industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from the 1989 debut album, Pretty Hate Machine. According to Loren Coleman, the song deals with suicidal themes.
A "deconstructed" version of the song was
THE CURE | THE BABY SCREAMS (Live 2005)
THE BABY SCREAMS
WORDS BY ROBERT SMITH
Heaven
Give me a sign
Waiting for the sun to shine
Pleasure fills up my dreams
And I love it
Like a baby screams
It’s so useless
How can you be proud
When you’re sinking into the ground
Into the
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Released: 1983 Album: Construction Time Again
The music video for "Everything Counts" was directed by Clive Richardson in West Berlin. The band returned to Richardson after not being satisfied with the work of Julien Temple for the A Broken
Morrissey - Suedehead
Released on 15 February 1988.
The video sees Moz touring the streets of Fairmount, Indiana where his hero James Dean grew up.
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