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Blood From A Clone
"Blood from a Clone" is a song by the English musician and former Beatles guitarist George Harrison from his 1981 album '' Somewhere in England''. The song saw a re-release on '' The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992''. Recording This was the one of the many songs that Harrison was recording for his next album when the murder of John Lennon occurred. The expectations were that the day's work would be postponed, but after a couple of hours following the news, Harrison decided to continue on. Session musician Ray Cooper recalls Harrison thought "trying to make music would be more therapeutic than him sitting around and being besieged by press and God knows what else." Writing Harrison's original plan was to write songs that were aimed at "14-20-year-olds", but he had to write another song. ''Far Out'' Magazine said that it was a "last-ditch attempt to jump on the funk bandwagon that was popular in England at that time." Background In 1980, Harrison had finished recording the ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work. Although the majority of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group include " Taxman", " Within You Without You", " While My Guitar Gently Weeps", " Here Comes the Sun" and " Something". Harrison's earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt; Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry were subsequent influences. By 1965, he had begun to lead the Beatles into folk rock through his interest in Bob Dylan and the Byrds, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the American film studio Warner Bros. Artists who have recorded for Warner Records include Madonna, Prince (musician), Prince, Cher, Devo, The B-52s, Frank Sinatra, Joni Mitchell, Van Halen, Alice Cooper, Kylie Minogue, Goo Goo Dolls, Tom Petty, Sheryl Crow, Gorillaz, Adam Lambert, Bette Midler, Grateful Dead, Jane's Addiction, Blur (band), Blur, Duran Duran, Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, Liam Gallagher, James Taylor, Lily Allen, JoJo (singer), JoJo, Linkin Park, Muse (band), Muse, George Benson, Nile Rodgers, Black Sabbath, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, My Chemical Romance, Tevin Campbell, Mac Miller, Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, R.E.M., and Sex Pistols. History Founding At the end of the silent movie period, Warner Bros. Pictures decided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Songs
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List Of Songs Recorded By George Harrison
George Harrison (1943–2001) was an English musician who gained international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. With his songwriting contributions limited by the dominance of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Harrison was the first member of the Beatles to release a solo album. ''Wonderwall Music'' (1968), a mostly instrumental soundtrack album combining Western and Indian sounds, was followed by ''Electronic Sound'' (1969), an experimental album containing two lengthy pieces performed on Moog synthesizer. Following the Beatles' break-up in 1970, Harrison released the triple album '' All Things Must Pass''. Co-produced by Phil Spector, it included the hit singles " My Sweet Lord" and " What Is Life". The album featured musical contributions from Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr, both of whom collaborated regularly with Harrison throughout his solo career, and two signature elements of Harrison's work: his slide guitar playing and spiritually themed songwriting. While organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Moran (music Producer)
Michael Moran (born 4 March 1948) is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. Biography Moran studied at the Royal College of Music in London prior to becoming a session musician and a composer and arranger. His work in the latter field includes scoring music for such HandMade Films productions as '' Time Bandits'' (1981), '' The Missionary'' (1982) and ''Water'' (1985). His other film scores included '' Bloodbath at the House of Death'' (1984), ''The Turnaround'' (1995), ''A Fox's Tale'' (2008), ''Blessed'' (2008) and '' A Thousand Kisses Deep'' (2011), as well as arranging the score to ''Death Wish 3'' (1985), and his TV work includes providing music for '' Strangers'' (1978), '' Harry's Game'' (1982), '' The Bombmaker'' (2001) and '' Sherlock: Case of Evil'' (2002). He also played with the Ian Gillan Band. "Rock Bottom", which he wrote in partnership with Lynsey de Paul, was the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, and put him in the spotlight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Mattacks
David James Mattacks (born 13 March 1948) is an English people, English rock music, rock and folk music, folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician and as a performing artist. Apart from playing the drums, he is also a versed keyboard player and occasionally played the bass guitar on studio recordings. He began as a trainee piano-tuner before taking up the drums. He played with several jazz musical ensemble, bands before joining the British folk rock band Fairport Convention in August 1969, with whom he worked on and off until 1997. In 1998, he moved to Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States, where he is a sought-after studio musician, record producer, and member of the band Super Genius, while still touring regularly with various acts in the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia. Fairport Convention He replaced Martin Lamble, who had died on 12 May 1969 in a traffic collision, road accident on the M1 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Flowers
Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers (born 19 May 1938) is an English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky. Flowers has contributed to recordings by Elton John ('' Tumbleweed Connection'', '' Madman Across the Water''), Camel (tuba on ''Nude''), David Bowie (''Space Oddity'', '' Diamond Dogs''), Lou Reed (''Transformer'', including the prominent bass line of "Walk on the Wild Side"), Melanie ('' Candles in the Rain''),Roy Harper (''Bullinamingvase''), David Essex ('' Rock On''), Al Kooper ('' New York City (You're a Woman)''), Bryan Ferry ('' The Bride Stripped Bare''), Harry Nilsson ('' Nilsson Schmilsson'', '' Son of Schmilsson''), Cat Stevens ('' New Masters'', '' Foreigner''), Paul McCartney (''Give My Regards to Broad Street''), George Harrison ('' Somewhere in England'', '' Gone Troppo'', ''Brainwashed'') and Ringo Starr (''Stop and Smell the Roses''). He also played bass on ''Jeff Wayne's Musical V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Those Years Ago
"All Those Years Ago" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released in May 1981 as a single from his album '' Somewhere in England''. Having previously recorded the music for the song, Harrison tailored the lyrics to serve as a personal tribute to his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon, following the latter's murder in 1980. Ringo Starr is featured on drums, and Paul McCartney (along with his Wings bandmates Linda McCartney and Denny Laine) overdubbed backing vocals onto the basic track. The single spent three weeks at number 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, behind " Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes, and it peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. It also topped Canada's ''RPM'' singles chart and spent one week at number 1 on ''Billboard''s Adult Contemporary listings. "All Those Years Ago" was the first recording on which Harrison, McCartney and Starr all appeared since the Beatles' " I Me Mine" (1970), and their last recording together until " Free as a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teardrops (George Harrison Song)
"Teardrops" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison from his 1981 album '' Somewhere in England''. It was also issued as the second single off the album, in July 1981. As with the lead single, "All Those Years Ago", Harrison completed the song after Warner Bros. Records had rejected his initial submission of ''Somewhere in England'' in September 1980. In response to Warner's concerns, he wrote "Teardrops" as an attempt at a commercially oriented song. Harrison recorded the song at his Friar Park studio in England with Ray Cooper as his co-producer. Despite some reviewers predicting it as a hit, the single failed to achieve commercial success. In the United States, it peaked at number 102 on ''Billboard''s Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart and number 88 on the '' Cash Box'' Top 100. Background George Harrison wrote "Teardrops" while on holiday in Hawaii in October 1980, after Warner Bros. Records, the company that distributed his Dark Horse record label, had rejected h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far Out (website)
''Far Out'' is a British online culture website, headquartered in London and founded in 2010. ''Far Out'' focuses on independent and alternative culture, reviewing music, films and the arts along with relative interviews and curated playlists. History ''Far Out'' was founded in 2010 by Lee Thomas-Mason, then a student of Leeds Metropolitan University. Shortly after, Jack Whatley became an editor of the website as both pushed the content into new directions. Lee Thomas-Mason had previously worked as a sports reporter at Sky Sports, '' The Mirror'' and ''Metro''. While first focusing on unsigned artists and independent music venues with a Gonzo journalism approach, ''Far Out'' expanded into coverage of cinema in 2013 and, subsequently, included curated travel, arts and photography sections. In 2017 ''Far Out'' ''Magazine'' partnered with suicide prevention charity CALM. Far Out was the panellist for the Tramlines apply to play 2022. Mirroring and forking wikipedia content In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somewhere In England
''Somewhere in England'' is the ninth studio album by English musician George Harrison, released on 1 June 1981 by Dark Horse Records. The album was recorded as Harrison was becoming increasingly frustrated with the music industry. The album's making was a long one, during which conflicts with Warner Bros. Records arose. ''Somewhere in England'' was the first Harrison album to be released after the murder of his former Beatle bandmate John Lennon; the lyrics of its first single, "All Those Years Ago", pay tribute to Lennon. Recording Harrison began recording ''Somewhere in England'' in March 1980 and continued sporadically, finally delivering the album to Warner Bros. Records, the distributor of his Dark Horse record label, in late September that year. However, the executives at Warner Bros. rejected the album, feeling it was "too laid back" and not sufficiently commercial. Harrison agreed to rework the album and to record new material. Harrison's original cover art, featurin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of John Lennon
On the evening of 8 December 1980, English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, was shot and fatally wounded in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City. The killer was Mark David Chapman, an American Beatles fan who was jealous and enraged by Lennon's rich lifestyle, alongside his 1966 comment that the Beatles were " more popular than Jesus". Chapman said he was inspired by the fictional character Holden Caulfield from J. D. Salinger's novel '' The Catcher in the Rye'', a "phony-killer" who loathes hypocrisy. Chapman planned the killing over several months and waited for Lennon at the Dakota on the morning of 8 December. Early in the evening, Chapman met Lennon, who signed his copy of the album '' Double Fantasy'' and subsequently left for a recording session at the Record Plant. Later that night, Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, returned to the Dakota. As Lennon and Ono approached the entrance of the building, Chapman fired five hollow-point b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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