The two brothers Ray and Dave Davies founded the Kinks in 1963, which became one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. It broke up in 1997 as a result of creative tension between the Davies brothers.
Their 19th studio album Give the People What They Want was released in August 1981 in the USA and in January 1982 in Europe. Its 9th track “Art Lover” was released in August 1981 as a single with the 4th track “Predictable” as B-side. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Luis Eduardo Aute Gutiérrez (1943–2020) was a Spanish musician, singer, composer, film director, actor, sculptor, painter, writer and poet. He died in 2020 from Covid-19. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
The English rock band the Stranglers was formed as the Guildford Stranglers in early 1974. That year they wrote the song “Strange Little Girl.” They submitted it to EMI in 1975 as part of a demo; the demo and the band were rejected. Later in their career, they got a contract with the Liberty label, which was part of EMI. In 1982, having decided to leave the Liberty label for Epic Records, they re-recorded the song, and in July released it as a single (with “Cruel Garden” as B-side), their last one on that label. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Love for young girls was at the heart of John Clare’s life and poetry. The following well-known poem, where the word ‘timid’ appears 4 times, illustrates his shy and restrained view of romantic relationships: “True love, it is no daring bird, / But like the little timid wren.” CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Federico García Lorca, by his full name Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (1898–1936), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. Between 1924 and 1927, he wrote the poetry collection Romancero gitano (Gypsy Ballads), which he published in 1928. It brought him fame, and it remains his best known book of poetry. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Poets and Lovers has lived four years and a half, longer than its predecessor Agapeta. Hopefully, it should no more be threatened by technical failures or attempts at censorship, but the main obstacle could now become the progressive drying of the poetical sources of its contents. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Can a childhood love be the strongest and most beautiful feeling ever experienced? And is this love the truest when it unites a brother and a sister?
The childhood of Thomas De Quincey was marked by the affliction of death. He had three sisters, who were his playmates, whith whom he lived day and night: Elizabeth (two years older than him), Mary (one year older), and Jane (one year younger). At age 4, he first lost Jane, aged 3, but at that time he could not comprehend death fully. Then, two months before his 7th birthday, Elizabeth died at the age of 8 or 9. Last, his father died one year later. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
The American garage rock band Syndicate of Sound was formed in 1964 in San Jose, California, when Don Baskin (vocals, guitar) and Bob Gonzalez (bass guitar) united with a local group called the Pharaohs. After their unsuccessful single “Prepare For Love” in 1965, in early 1966 they recorded on Hush Records the song “Little Girl,” written by Don Baskin and Bob Gonzalez, which became popular and reached the US national pop charts in June 1966, peaking at number 5 on Cash Box and number 8 on Billboard. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
King Diamond is the stage name of Kim Bendix Petersen, a Danish rock singer and songwriter born on June 14, 1956. In 1985 he formed, with guitarist Michael Denner and bassist Timi Hansen, a heavy metal band also called King Diamond. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Gene Maltais is an American musician, singer and songwriter, born in Concord, New Hampshire, on May 21, 1933. Prior to 1958, he met Tony Hilder who introduced him to Aladdin Records. Maltais wrote songs for recording artists, including John & Jackie. The latter recorded two songs written by him, “The Raging Sea” and “Little Girl,” which were released as a single in July 1958 on the Aladdin label. The two sides of the record are not numbered or labelled A and B, so either one or the other of the two songs is considered as the A-side. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
