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Talula
"Talula" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released by Atlantic and EastWest as the second single from her third studio album, '' Boys for Pele'' (1996). The song reached number 22 on the UK Singles Chart and appeared in the Jan de Bont film ''Twister''. The single version, titled "The Tornado Mix", is remixed by BT, who went on to work with Amos on " Blue Skies", and includes a minor dance beat. In the UK, "Talula (The Tornado Mix)" replaced the original version of the song on later pressings of the album and eventual re-pressings in the US and Australia. BT also remixed an extended mix called the "Synesthasia Mix" which appeared on copies of the single. Meaning The song is about the concept of ideal woman and the fear of losing someone. The lyrics includes references to queens like Marie Antoinette and Anne Boleyn. The B-side "Sister Named Desire" is a reference to Delirium's sister/brother Desire of '' Sandman'', created by Amos' friend Neil Gaiman. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boys For Pele
''Boys for Pele'' is the third studio album by American singer and songwriter Tori Amos. Preceded by the first single, " Caught a Lite Sneeze", by three weeks, the album was released on January 22, 1996, in the United Kingdom, on January 23 in the United States, and on January 29 in Australia. Despite the album being Amos's least radio friendly material to date, ''Boys for Pele'' debuted at number two on both the US ''Billboard'' 200 and the UK Albums Chart, making it her biggest simultaneous transatlantic debut, her first ''Billboard'' top 10 debut, and the highest-charting US debut of her career to date. ''Boys for Pele'' was recorded in rural Ireland and Louisiana and features 18 songs that incorporate harpsichord, clavichord, harmonium, gospel choirs, brass bands and full orchestras. Amos wrote all of the tracks, and for the first time, she served as sole producer for her own album. For Amos, the album was a step into a different direction, in terms of singing, songwriting, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Girls
"London Girls" is a song by Chas & Dave from the album '' Job Lot'', which was released as a single on 13 February 1983 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 99. The song stayed in the charts for 9 weeks and peaked at number 63 on 26 March 1983. Composition The song was written in 1980 in a writing session with Dave Peacock in a cottage in Ashton, East Northamptonshire. Covers Tori Amos recorded a cover of "London Girls" in 1996 during the ''Boys for Pele'' album sessions; it was released as a b-side on her maxi single for "Caught a Lite Sneeze" together with another Chas & Dave song, "Thats What I Like Mick (The Sandwich Song)" in the United Kingdom. It was released with "Talula" in the United States. The Belgian group De Strangers released a Flemish version titled "'n Antwârpse Griet" (An Antwerp Girl), which reached No. 36 on the Belgian chart. See also * Chas & Dave discography This is a discography of the British duo Chas & Dave. Included are single and album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Widow
"Professional Widow" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released on her third album, '' Boys for Pele'' (1996). It is a harpsichord-driven rock song with lyrics rumored to have been inspired by the American songwriter Courtney Love. "Professional Widow" was released as the album's third single on July 2, 1996, by Atlantic and EastWest, with remixes by the house producers Armand van Helden and MK. It reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. In Italy, the original version peaked at number two in October 1996. An edited version of the Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix of "Professional Widow" was released as a double A-side single with " Hey Jupiter" in Europe and Australia. On December 30, 1996, van Helden's remix was released as a single in the UK as "Professional Widow (It's Got to Be Big)". It topped the UK singles chart in January 1997 and reached the top 20 in Finland, Iceland, Ireland and Norway. In 2022, ''Rolling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caught A Lite Sneeze
"Caught a Lite Sneeze" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released by Atlantic and EastWest as the first single from her third studio album, '' Boys for Pele'' (1996), on January 1, 1996. The song is about wanting to do anything to keep a relationship going, knowing that it is over. It references Nine Inch Nails's album '' Pretty Hate Machine'' in the lyrics "''Caught a lite sneeze / Dreamed a little dream / Made my own pretty hate machine.''" On December 11, 1995, Atlantic made the song available for streaming on their website, one of the earliest examples of a major label implementing such a feature. Following the song's release, it reached number 60 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number three on the ''Billboard'' Triple-A chart, and number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. Despite being one of Amos's higher-charting singles, it does not appear on her best-of collection, '' Tales of a Librarian''. In live performances from 1996 and 1998, Amos would frequently inse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where's Neil When You Need Him?
''Where's Neil When You Need Him?'' is a tribute album based on the works of fantasy writer Neil Gaiman. Overview The album was released on Dancing Ferret Discs on 18 July 2006. The CD has cover art by Dave McKean and extensive new liner notes from Neil Gaiman and Patrick Rodgers. The album's title was taken from the song "Space Dog", by Tori Amos. Amos became a long-time friend and collaborator of Neil Gaiman after she made a reference to him in the 1991 song " Tear in Your Hand". She had also made references to Gaiman and his work in her songs "Horses", "Hotel", "Carbon", "Not Dying Today", and "Sister Named Desire". "Sister Named Desire" is the only work on this album that had previously appeared elsewhere. The song was originally released as a B-side to Amos' track "Talula". It was remastered specifically for this release at the same time that other Amos tracks were being cleaned up for her compilation ''Tales of a Librarian''. Track listing # Rasputina – "Coraline" ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tori Amos
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She had to leave at the age of eleven when her scholarship was discontinued for what ''Rolling Stone'' described as "musical insubordination". Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s Pop music, pop-rock group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion. Her charting singles include "Crucify (song), Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "God (Tori Amos song), God", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", "Spark (Tori Amos song), Spark", "1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mix This!
Bob Clearmountain (born Chiaramonte, January 15, 1953) is an American mixing engineer and record producer, best known for his work with major acts, including Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Pretenders, and Bryan Adams. Described by ''Sound on Sound'' magazine as having "his name on more hit records than anyone else in the history of popular music", he is credited with establishing the role of mixing engineer. Clearmountain has mixed some of the most iconic live shows in music history, including Live Aid and The Concert for New York City. Records mixed by Clearmountain have won eight Grammy Awards. He has also won two Emmy Awards from five nominations. Early life and education Born in Connecticut, Clearmountain later moved to New York City, where he graduated from Greenwich High School in 1971. As a teenager, Clearmountain had many friends who were musicians. He loved music, and played bass guitar in various bar bands, but felt he didn't want his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrey
Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. The largest settlement is Woking. The county has an area of and a population of 1,214,540. Much of the north of the county forms part of the Greater London Built-up Area, which includes the Suburb, suburbs within the M25 motorway as well as Woking (103,900), Guildford (77,057), and Leatherhead (32,522). The west of the county contains part of Farnborough/Aldershot built-up area, built-up area which includes Camberley, Farnham, and Frimley and which extends into Hampshire and Berkshire. The south of the county is rural, and its largest settlements are Horley (22,693) and Godalming (22,689). For Local government in England, local government purposes Surrey is a non-metropolitan county with eleven districts. The county historically includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazing Grace
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn written in 1772 and published in 1779 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular purposes. Newton wrote the words from personal experience; he grew up without any particular religious conviction, but his life's path was formed by a variety of twists and coincidences that were often put into motion by others' reactions to what they took as his recalcitrant insubordination. He was pressed into service with the Royal Navy, and after leaving the service, he became involved in the Atlantic slave trade. In 1748, a violent storm battered his vessel off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland, so severely that he called out to God for mercy. While this moment marked his spiritual conversion, he continued slave trading until 1754 or 1755, when he ended his seafaring alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chas & Dave
Chas & Dave (often billed as Chas 'n' Dave) were an English pop rock duo, formed in London by Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock (musician), Dave Peacock. They were most notable as creators and performers of a musical style labelled ''rockney'' (a portmanteau of ''rock music, rock'' and ''cockney''), which mixes "pub singalong, music-hall humour, boogie-woogie piano and pre-Beatles rock 'n' roll". For a time, ''Rockney'' was also the name of their record label, their major breakthrough being "Gertcha" in 1979, which peaked at No. 20 in the UK Singles Chart, and was the first of eight Top 40 hit singles the duo played on. They had their biggest success in the early 1980s with "Rabbit (song), Rabbit" and "Ain't No Pleasing You". They also had nine charting albums. In October 2013 they released ''That's What Happens'', their first studio album in 18 years. History Formation Chas Hodges, Charles Nicholas "Chas" Hodges and Dave Peacock (musician), David Victor "Dave" Peacock met in 1963, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sandman (Vertigo)
''The Sandman'' is a comic book written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. Its artists include Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, Shawn McManus, Marc Hempel, Bryan Talbot, and Michael Zulli, with lettering by Todd Klein and covers by Dave McKean. The original series ran for 75 issues from January 1989 to March 1996. Beginning with issue No. 47, it was placed under DC's Vertigo imprint, and following Vertigo's retirement in 2020, reprints have been published under DC's Black Label imprint. The main character of ''The Sandman'' is Dream, also known as Morpheus and other names, who is one of the seven Endless. The other Endless are Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium (formerly Delight), and Destruction (also known as the Prodigal). The series is famous for Gaiman's trademark use of anthropomorphic personification of various metaphysical entities, while also blending mythology and history in its horror setting within the DC Universe. ''The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record One
Record One is a recording studio complex in the Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Originally founded in 1979, the studio has been the site of numerous commercially successful and award-winning recordings. Since 2015, Record One has been under the ownership of Dr. Dre and his business partner Larry Chatman. History 1979–1988 Audio engineer, Recording engineer and record producer Val Garay co-founded Record One in 1979 with the financial backing of Melvin Simon. The 7,000 square foot facility located at 13849 Ventura Boulevard in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles included recording studios and rehearsal space. Record One established notoriety with the success of Kim Carnes' 1981 album, ''Mistaken Identity (Kim Carnes album), Mistaken Identity'' and its lead single, "Bette Davis Eyes", which won the Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year the same year. Other albums recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
