SOTD #77 : 70s week (3)
Today’s song is I Love You Love Me Love by Gary Glitter
We’re still together after all that we’ve been through
They tried to tell you I was not the boy for you
They didn’t like my hair, the clothes I love to wear
They didn’t realise that I was strong enough for two
I love you love, you love me too love
I love you love me love;
I love you love, my only true love
I love you love me love.
The things they said about the two of us were lies
I know they couldn’t see the love light in your eyes
They said I wouldn’t dare, to show how much I care
They didn’t know that we were just two angels in disguise
I love you love, you love me too love
I love you love me love;
I love you love, my only true love
I love you love me love.
So here we are alone, we made it on our own
And though they tried they can’t deny the way I really showed ‘em
I love you love, you love me too love
I love you love me love;
I love you love, my only true love
I love you love me love.
This was, quite possibly, the first single I ever owned (there’s a group of three or four, and I don’t remember what order I acquired them in). From that opening drum beat, it’s just a classic bit of 70’s glam pop (I won’t go so far as to call it rock, because it really isn’t) that is great to listen to.
Of course these days you can read all sorts of other things into the lyrics but back then we just used to enjoy listening to the song.
SOTD #76 : 70s week (2)
Today’s song is Radar Love by Golden Earring
The radio’s playing some forgotten song
Brenda Lee’s “Coming on Strong”
The road has got me hypnotized
And I’m speeding to a new sunrise
When I get lonely, and I’m sure I’ve had enough
She sends her comfort, comin’ in from above
Don’t need no radio at all
We’ve got a thing that’s called radar love
We’ve got a line in the sky, radar love
Oh, those crazy Dutch guys and their rock classics!
Bernie, what are you doing to us?
With much fanfare and publicity, Formula One has today had its first night race at the new Singapore street circuit. Much has been made of the added excitement that night racing brings to the sport, how fantastic the circuit is and what a great day it has been for the sport.
The main force behind getting a night race, and another street circuit, has been F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. For some reason of his own - probably something to do with European television rights, as if the man wasn’t rich enough already - Bernie has decided that night races are the way to go. The same thing was tried with the opening race of the MotoGP season this year.
Having watched both the MotoGP and now the F1 race under lights, I find that I have to ask the question “Why?”. I just don’t get what all the fuss is about. After all, it’s not like they’re racing in the dark; there are so many floodlights around the place so that the cars can be seen on TV that they might as well not bother and just hold the race in the daytime.
“Oh, but it makes it more exciting” I hear you cry. Which is a nice idea, but unfortunately isn’t borne out by what actually happened in the race. Singapore is a street circuit, like Monaco. It’s narrow, there are no real straights and there are only about two places where an overtake can be attempted. So, basically, it’s a procession from start to finish. Yes, today’s race was full of incidents and the pole sitter didn’t win - but those incidents were either in the pits (Massa’s fuel rig still being attached as he drove off) or caused by accidents and subsequent safety car sessions (Piquet, Sutil).
F1 has been processional for quite some time, but there are circuits that do at least have some chance of giving us some racing. The street circuits don’t do that. Monaco was under threat not so long ago because it doesn’t make for good racing, and was only saved (I think) because so many of the drivers are based there. But at least it’s pretty to look at. But now we’ve got this new Singapore circuit, which is even worse from a racing point of view and most certainly isn’t pretty to look at - most of the time, it looked like the cars were driving round a multi-storey car park.
Yet, this is apparently what Bernie wants for the sport. He’s also added a new street circuit at Valencia this year (didn’t see that race, but apparently it was no better) and has said he wants more. And he wants more of the long haul races to become night races, too. What he should be trying to do is move the races to proper circuits where cars can overtake each other and we don’t have to rely on incidents and accidents to give us some entertainment.
SOTD #75 : 70s week (1)
Today’s song is When I Need You by Leo Sayer
When I need you
I just close my eyes and I’m with you
And all that I so want to give you
Is only a heartbeat away
When I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day
Miles and miles of empty space in between us
The telephone can’t take the place of your smile
But you know I wont be travelling forever
Its cold out, but hold out, and do I like I do
When I need you
I just close my eyes and I’m with you
And all that I so wanna give you babe
Is only a heartbeat away
Collin’s been writing about 80s music in his last couple of posts (haven’t heard Hey Matthew for a dog’s age), but my musical upbringing started in the 70s when tartan, glitter and - in the case of Leo Sayer - clown make-up were all the rage. So, I’m gonna have a bit of a theme this week - all of the songs that I choose between now and Saturday will be full of 70s nostalgia, so make sure you get your tartan scarves, glitter boots and ripped T-shirts ready.
SOTD #74
Today’s song is Paranoimia by Max Headroom & The Art of Noise
Relax
You’re quite safe here
Am I dreaming, no
Where am I, in bed
Well, what am I doing
Oh, t-t-t-t-talking to myself
Look, I must have
A star on my door
Or better still
A door-a doo-a door
Ah, swing doors up
O-o-o-okay doors, swing
Paranoimia
Swing
Paranoimia
Swing
This choice has been inspired by Collin’s post yesterday about Laurie Anderson’s O Superman, which got me thinking about odd songs. Like O Superman, this one is very much a child of the 80s mainly, I think, because the idea of a computer-generated VJ (played by Matt Frewer) could not have happened at any other time.
The Max Headroom TV series was, in the main, just a music video show but the original drama which shows how the character came about, was really good. The character went on to have a degree of success outside of its TV show, but ultimately could not survive the novelty wearing off.
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