#Viva Recordings

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Customer: MORRISSEY ALBUM NAME. GREAT ALBUM. DMV: HATE Verdict: DENIED

[yourfavanxioussunshine]

istg if it wasn't for the sudden dizziness and jitters and excessive crying and constant nausea, i would've been unstoppable

[bitchapalooza]

I want Viva to yell at Peppy and make him feel soooo fucking BAD for abandoning her and the others, I want her to heal, I want her cry to get the pain out, I want Peppy to feel the pain she felt, I just want Viva to get closure.

[rvnge-mp3]

1988 viva hate - morrissey reprise records (warner)

[vodkaandsnakes]

On this day, February 17, in Type O Negative history:

Type O Negative play the Michigan State Fairgrounds with Pantera in Detroit, MI (1995) (shenanigans and hijinx ensue)

Type O Negative play the Huntridge Theater in Las Vegas, NV (1997)

[myvinylplaylist]

1000 Homo DJ’s: Supernaut (1990)

Recorded at The Palace Of Reid (Chicago Trax Studios) where it's not just a way of life but a toxic adventure & 60's style love-in

Wax Trax! Records

[8dpromo]

Dan Laino - Follow Me (Viva Recordings)

8DPromo · Dan Laino - Follow Me (Viva Recordings)

Minneapolis based producer and DJ Dan Laino is back on Viva Recordings for the summery "<strong? data-preserve-html-node="true">Follow Me", a fantastic follow up to his recent collaboration "I Want You" with Jason Merle and Becka on the label in recent months. A prolific producer, and no stranger to the game, he's signed tracks to labels like Phoenix Music, 4E&A, Grin Music and more. "<strong? data-preserve-html-node="true">Follow Me" starts with deep chords, a subtle pulsating bassline and whispery vocal samples, steadily building as the track meanders along. It's almost made for the end of Summer. A perfect poolside or patio track for the summer, and a sure fire after hours track for early mornings as autumn sets in. Flip it over for "<strong? data-preserve-html-node="true">Got da Flav," which continues the airy vibes of this single. Swirling pads, subtle stabs, and a spacious groove that makes it easy to close your eyes and get lost on the dancefloor. Dive in!

Mark Mac (The Sounds Collective) – “Two great tunes for the club.” Rick Preston (Viva Recordings) – “Beautiful tracks!” Matt Prehn (Oh So Coy) – “Nice old San Fran vibe on this one.” Jason Merle (4E&A Records) – “Gorgeous pair of tracks here. In the bag.” Simon Kirk (Proton Radio) – “Deep House of the finest order!” DJ Firefly (Couch Dancing) – “Great Deep House with a classic feel.”

Available Now From: Bandcamp, Traxsource, Beatport, And Spotify.

[rememberthelaughtermp3]

i am way too impulsive i shouldn’t be allowed in a 5km radius of a store that sells cds

[elboxitracio]

My mom and sister wanted to watch a horror movie today, and of course I'm the Designated Person to choose one so I pirated the new smile movie (it looks regular/modern enough for my normie sister lmao) apparently it hasn't been released digitally yet so we're watching a shitty theater recorded version, which made me realize I haven't seen a movie like that in yearssss (generally I just wait for movies to be streaming somewhere to pirate them) it's like. a lost art<3

[trashticality]

rise, written media… rise to spite the deaths of your brothers (shows getting cancelled on streaming platforms after 1-2 seasons)

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Todd Snider - Aimless Records Presents: Viva Satellite (Purple Version)

Iconoclastic from the jump to the present, Todd Snider added a couple of songs and subtracted another when performing Viva Satellite during his pandemic-era “First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder” livestream series.

Snider’s also a generous artist - the ’streams were gratis, as are the resulting live albums rolling out across 2024. For Viva, Snider opened with an unlisted bit of an unreleased instrumental called “Willie Nelson Mows His Yard Alone” and played an impromptu version of “Amazing Grace” on guitar after aborting his piano rendition of “Never Let Me Down.” He skipped the instrumental “I am Two” altogether, though one could argue it was part of the preceding “I am Too.”

Changes notwithstanding, Aimless Records Presents: Viva Satellite (Purple Version) finds Snider brilliantly recreating the full-band album on which he tried to be Neil Young (“Out all Night”) and Tom Petty (much of the balance of the original LP) as the smart-alecky, solo-acoustic Todd Snider of live performance as after he grudgingly played his version of Steve Miller’s “The Joker.”

“I’ll say this in front of god and everybody - give me classic rock over punk rock any day of the fucking week,” Snider says while demonstrating how the pinkie finger makes the difference between the guitar styles of the two. He added: “I thought the Sex Pistols looked boss as all fuck.”

Funnier than at least half of all working comedians, comfortable in who he is, magnanimous in his praise for friends and colleagues like Will Kimbrough and willing to play songs he doesn’t much like (“Positively Negative”) to get to those - “Can’t Complain,” “Doublewide Blues” and Kimbrough’s “Godsend” - he loves, Snider comes off as a mensch across the entire performance. That he is clear-headed and playing and singing in top form adds to the delight and reveals that the original Viva - which Snider said tanked - was a victim of production rather than composition.

Viva Purple follows Step Right Up (Purple Version) and will be followed by Happy to be Here (Purple Version).

Grade card: Todd Snider - Aimless Records Presents: Viva Satellite (Purple Version) - A

5/20/24

[karnivillus]

(via "Viva La Vida" Fitted T-Shirt for Sale by karynlin)

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The Cranberries - Zombie 1994

"Zombie" is a protest song by Irish alternative rockband the Cranberries. It was written by the lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan, about the young victims of a bombing in Warrington, England, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The song was released on 19 September 1994 as the lead single from the Cranberries' second studio album, No Need to Argue. While the record label feared releasing a too controversial and politically charged song as a single, "Zombie" reached number 1 on the charts of Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and Iceland, and spent nine consecutive weeks at number 1 on the French SNEP Top 100. It reached number 2 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40, where it stayed for eight weeks. The song did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart as it wasn't released as a single there, but it reached number 1 on the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart. Listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J voted it number 1 on the 1994 Triple J Hottest 100 chart, and it won the Best Song Award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards.

The Troubles were a conflict in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to 1998. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), an Irish republican paramilitary organisation, waged an armed campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite the region with the Republic of Ireland. Republican and Unionist paramilitaries killed more than 3,500 people, many from thousands of bomb attacks. One of the bombings happened on 30 March 1993, as two IRA improvised explosive devices hidden in litter bins were detonated in a shopping street in Warrington, England. Two people; Johnathan Ball, aged 3, and Tim Parry, aged 12, were killed in the attack. 56 people were injured. Ball died at the scene of the bombing as a result of his shrapnel-inflicted injuries, and five days later, Parry lost his life in a hospital as a result of head injuries. O'Riordan decided to write a song that reflected upon the event and the children's deaths after visiting the town: "We were on a tour bus and I was near the location where it happened, so it really struck me hard – I remember being devastated about the innocent children being pulled into that kind of thing. So I suppose that's why I was saying, 'It's not me' – that even though I'm Irish it wasn't me, I didn't do it. Because being Irish, it was quite hard, especially in the UK when there was so much tension." The song was re-popularised in 2023 after it was played after Ireland games at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. It was picked up by fans of the Irish team, with videos of fans singing the song in chorus accumulating hundreds of thousands of views on social media. This offended other Irishmen, who identified it as an "anti-IRA" anthem, and said that that the lyrics failed to consider their experience during the Troubles.

The music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, was filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the heart of the Troubles with real footage, and in Dublin. To record video footage of murals, children and British Army soldiers on patrol, he had a false pretext, with a cover story about making a documentary about the peace-keeping efforts in Ireland. Bayer stated that a shot in the video where an SA80 rifle is pointed directly at the camera is a suspicious British soldier asking him to leave, and that the IRA were keeping a close look at the shoot, given "the British Army come in with fake film crews, getting people on camera.” While "Zombie" received heavy rotation on MTV Europe and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA, the music video was banned by the BBC because of its "violent images", and by the RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster. Instead, both the BBC and the RTÉ opted to broadcast an edited version focusing on footage of the band in a live performance, a version that the Cranberries essentially disowned. Despite their efforts to maintain the original video "out of view from the public", some of the initial footage prevailed, with scenes of children holding guns. In March 2003, on the eve of the outbreak of the Iraq War, the British Government and the Independent Television Commission issued a statement saying ITC's Programme Code would temporarily remove from broadcast songs and music videos featuring "sensitive material", including "Zombie". Numerous media groups complied with the decision to avoid "offending public feeling", along with MTV Europe. Since it violated the ITC guidelines, "Zombie" was placed on a blacklist of songs, targeting its official music video. The censorship was lifted once the war had ended. In April 2020, it became the first song by an Irish group to surpass one billion views on Youtube.

"Zombie" received a total of 91% yes votes!

[8dpromo]

Demarkus Lewis - Starlite (Viva Recordings)

8DPromo · Demarkus Lewis - Starlite (Viva Recordings)

With a multi-page discography of releases dating back over 15 years, Demarkus Lewis is one of the hardest working men in house music, regularly adding to his diverse string of underground floor fillers. Mastering many house styles, Demarkus has released House bombs on Nervous Records, soulful nuggets on Kingstreet Soundz, hypnotizing afro-rhythms on Slip n Slide, and everything in-between on his own Grin Music imprint. Demarkus returns once again to his home-away-from-home Viva Recordings for the enchanting “Starlite.” Bubbling basslines, smooth synths and tight vocal snippets by Demarkus himself move this one right along. Give it a spin.

Mr. V (Sole Channel Music) – “Stellar job by Demarkus.” Jason Merle (4E&A Records) – “Beautiful release. In the bag.” Juan Moreno (1 Life Records) – “Nice one. Perfect to drive the dancefloor.” Magnus Asberg (On The House Records) – “Yes! Demarkus deeeep. Full support.” Jon Freer (Freer Sounds) – “No one grooves like Demarkus.” Taigo Onez (Ban Le’ Dex) – “Always a favorite! Absolutely in support of Demarkus.”

Available Now From: Traxsource, Juno Download, Apple Music, And Spotify.