#pop band

[riphertoshreds]

Duran Duran and Christy Turlington Notorious album outtakes (1986).

[retropopcult]

Spandau Ballet, 1983

[dumplingprincessextraordinaire]

Baby girl I don’t need this quiz, I already know lmao I got called “emo f*g” in school all the time LOL

[virtualharmonybeliever]

Just a reminder

[yumartist]

Ikimonogakari - Kimagureromantic

This song is very loved in Japan. 🎶🥰

[dreamstates-music]

Hope to see you at our next few shows! Pride in Geauga is TODAY!

[4townglazer]

i still wonder whether 'breaking free' 'ultimate', and 'no strings on us' are in-universe albums or if pixar is actually planning to release these.

i guess time will tell. also no strings on us is a reference to the *nsync album 'no strings attached' released in 2000.

also googled the number on the poster below & it says it's a 'fake toronto telephone number'.

[thesecretdiaryofa90sgirl]

*NSYNC

[like-this-post-if-you]

Like this post if you've been in or are currently in a band

[celebswearingghost]

Victoria Beckham

[riphertoshreds]

Simon Le Bon sometime in the 80s.

[retropopcult]

Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal doing a Tears for Fears photoshoot, February 1983

[rainfallsonme]

One of the reasons I created this account was to put everything I love in one place. I am someone who is obsessive and passionate about the things I love and I want to share my passion with the world.

When I was younger, I discovered Do as Infinity, a Japanese pop/rock band, and fell in love with their visuals and music. I remember burning a CD with some of my favorite tracks, and I cherished that CD with my soul before it melted in the insane Miami heat when left in the car.

I was devastated, I could no longer find the list of songs I had downloaded on my computer and transferred to the CD, and it took me almost 15 years to find some of the same tracks I used to listen to.

After searching for their albums, I realized that most of the songs I loved were on the first album, Break of Dawn. I find this album to be one of the most unique albums I have listened to in my life. I cannot describe the nostalgia I feel when listening to this album.

I love the mix of pop/rock and grunge, and I don't think I have ever heard anything that comes close to their nostalgic and grungy tunes.

This album means the world to me, and I am so happy that I got into it in this lifetime. This album is incredible from start to finish, and I can listen to this album daily for the rest of my life.

I captured a few screenshots of Oasis PV because I don't think I have seen a music video with prettier visuals and such a cool, surreal aesthetic.

Tracklist

Break Of Dawn Standing On The Hill Oasis Another 心の地図 Heart Raven Welcome! Painful Tangerine Dream Yesterday & Today

人はいつも 孤独抱え 歩いて行く それでも

[attractionfinal]

[kirkysixx]

The world’s best boyband or what?

[scotianostra]

Happy 61st birthday to The Proclaimers Charlie And Craig Reid born on 5th March 1962.

Growing up in Edinburgh, Cornwall, and the Fife town Auchtermuchty, they listened to early rock & roll and country, gravitating toward artists like Jerry Lee Lewis and Hank Williams. After playing in various punk bands during their school years, they formed The Proclaimers in 1983 and… 

Growing up in Edinburgh, Cornwall, and the Fife town Auchtermuchty, they listened to early rock & roll and country, gravitating toward artists like Jerry Lee Lewis and Hank Williams. After playing in various punk bands during their school years, they formed The Proclaimers in 1983 and quickly developed a regional fan base with a particularly devoted following in Inverness. As an acoustic duo singing -style harmonies in the mid-‘80s.

After touring with the Housemartins the Scottish duo were signed by Chrysalis records, they were immediately compared to the Everly Brothers. Considering their energetic, melodic folk-rock, the comparison made some sense, even though the Proclaimers didn’t really sound like the Everlys. Instead, the band was a post-punk pop band, aggressively displaying their thick accents on sweet, infectiously melodic songs about love, politics, and life in Scotland. After two albums in the late '80s,This Is the Story and Sunshine on Leith, the second featured one of my fave songs by the twins, My Old Friend The Blues, a Steve Earle song about depression.

The band disappeared for several years, suffering from personal problems and severe writer’s block. When their 1988 song “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” was used in the 1993 film Benny & Joon, the duo began to receive massive radio airplay in America, sending them into the Top Ten in the U.S., as well as the rest of the world; it was their first taste of worldwide success.

Luckily, the band was close to completing their third album at the time, Hit the Highway, leaving them in a position to capitalise on their success. The single Let’s Get Married received little attention, and the band pretty much disappeared in the eyes of the general public, but diehard fans like myself knew they were special and still had loads to offer.

They made various contributions to several movie soundtracks – Dumb & Dumber and Bottle Rocket – during the latter part of the decade, but family priorities took full scale.

The new millennium gave us a much more fresh sounding Proclaimers. They inked a new U.S. deal with Nettwerk, and Persevere marked Craig and Charlie Reid’s fourth album, and my favourite. It was a return to form; singing about the grim and glory of their native Scotland, but also a sign of the prime of life, my pick of the album being Scotland’s Story which drew parallels between historical migrations to Scotland and arrivals of more recent immigrants. The song list included the beautifully crafted My Act of Remembrance, which paid tribute to their late father, if you haven’t listened to it please do on the YouTube video I have posted.

Arms of steel, hair of gold Royal blue eyes, with a rebel soul You scared me, you still do But I loved you More than you ever knew….

The band’s fifth effort, Born Innocent, appeared on their own imprint Persevere in February 2004, produced by fellow Scot Edwyn Collins, Restless Soul followed a year later, the song When Love Struck You Down is another strong song by the brothers. Life with You in 2007 gave us the song of the same name which is a karaoke favourite in Scotland. I sing the older songs from the 80’s myself.

The Proclaimers have given us 12 studio albums and they tour worldwide, my favourite wee anecdote from the Reid's is regards their song Throw the R away. The record companies who were keen to sign them told them unless they ditched the Scottish accents they would not be successful, the song tells us

You say that if I want to get ahead The language I use should he left for dead It doesn’t please your ears.

In an interview a couple of years ago Charlei commented “it was a conscious thing, because we were singing about where we live, our experiences and it just felt stupid to sing in an English or American accent.” Quite right too.

In 2020 Craig and Charlie are amongst fellow Scots Bill Paterson, Rebus writer Ian Rankin, and bizarrely Irish-American actress Saoirse Ronan, who have lent their voices to a new audio guide for Edinburgh Castle. I have never used the guides myself, but may do so on my next visit to see how they sound.

The boys have now released their 12th studio album, Dentures Out featuring 13 songs clocking in at a lean, tight, focused 34 minutes.

Charlie and Craig are in the middle of a world tour just now, having played North America they are now in Australia, then onto New Zealand before heading home for dates in Wales and England, then gigs in Kelso, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

The song I have chosen, I hope reflects the Scottish attitude that we welcome all immigrants into our country with open arms.