Deadsy is an alternative metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1995, it took a long break in 2007, as its members had other projects. It was then revived in 2018, with its name now written DÆDSY. Each member of the band is identified by a specific colour, an entity and a stage name. The lead singer Elijah Blue Allman (son of Cher an Greg Allman) has colour International Klein Blue, entity Academia, and nickname Phillips Exeter Blue. The other members’ colours and entities are: green for leisure, yellow for science and medicine, grey for war, and red for horror. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Category: Music
Does Your Mother Know, by ABBA
The Swedish pop group ABBA encountered international success when it won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, giving Sweden its first victory. Afterwards, they accumulated hit after hit, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1983. The group’s name is an acronym of the first letters of the first names of its members: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Sweet Child o’ Mine, by Guns N’ Roses
Guns N’ Roses (often abbreviated as GNR) is a hard rock band from Los Angeles, California. It has existed without interruption since 1985. One of their greatest hits is the song “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” recorded in August 1986, which first appeared on their debut studio album Appetite for Destruction released on July 21, 1987. The song was next released as a single in August 1988, and it topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart; it would be the band’s only number 1 US single. It was released again in 1989, reaching then number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Ma petite fille de rêve, par Jean-Michel Caradec
Jean-Michel Caradec est un auteur-compositeur-interprète français d’origine bretonne, né le 20 septembre 1946 à Morlaix (Finistère) et mort le 29 juillet 1981 à l’hôpital de Rambouillet (Yvelines), après un accident de la route. Il composa et interpréta de nombreuses chansons de 1969 à 1981, dont 8 albums.
Il rencontra le succès en 1974 avec son deuxième album (label Polydor, référence 2473 035, avec deux versions de couverture, voir ici et ici), intitulé Ma petite fille de rêve d’après le titre de sa première chanson. Celle-ci fut également pubiée comme face A d’un single (label Polydor, référence 2056 332, avec deux versions de couverture, voir ici et ici), et elle devint un tube. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Teacher Teacher, by Dragonette
I have presented the song “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” by The Police, relating the temptation of a love affair between a schoolgirl and her teacher. Indeed, the band’s lead singer Sting had previously worked as an English teacher, and he had noticed 15-year-old girls fancying him.
In 2005, the Canadian band Dragonette released its first disc, an EP titled Dragonette EP, with six tracks. The sixth one, called “Teacher Teacher,” describes the same situation, but this time from the point of view of the girl. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Curious Child, by Prince
Prince Rogers Nelson (b. June 7, 1958; d. April 21, 2016), known as Prince, was an American artist with multiple talents: singer, songwriter, guitar virtuoso, record producer, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. In some way he represented a dark counterpart of Michael Jackson, and indeed these two contemporary musicians were often rivals.
His 14th studio album (released on October 13, 1992) was titled by a personal “Love Symbol,” and it became his identity, he used it as stage name from June 7, 1993 to May 13, 2000. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Petite fille, petit amour, petite enfant, par Georges Chelon
Georges Chelon est un auteur, compositeur et chanteur français, né à Marseille le 4 janvier 1943. Sa chanson “Petite fille, petit amour, petite enfant” parut en septembre 1973 sur un simple 45 tours avec “Les grands ensembles” en face B (Disques Meys 10055 ou 128.21, voir ici la pochette). Elle figure également en position 5 de la face B de son LP 33 tours Ouvrez les portes de la vie, également paru en septembre 1973 (Disques Meys 30014 puis 528.202 en 1975, Disques Meys Barclay 45001 au Canada, voir ici la pochette). CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
So Young, by The Rolling Stones
On June 9, 1978, the Rolling Stones released the album Some Girls, which reached number 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The band recorded the album songs, and many more, at EMI’s Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris. Some of these other songs were released later. Among them, the song “So Young” appeared in 1994 as the B-side of a Dutch single. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Don’t Stand So Close To Me, by The Police
Romances between teachers and their adolescent pupils must be frequent, and indeed they are the topic of many popular songs.
The British rock band The Police released in September 1980 the song “Don’t Stand So Close To Me,” written by their lead singer Sting, as the lead single from their third album Zenyatta Mondatta. It won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It is about the temptation of a love affair between a schoolgirl and her teacher, “This girl is half his age” and the song alludes to “That book by Nabakov” (I keep the bad spelling). Before joining The Police, Sting had previously worked as an English teacher, and he had noticed 15-year-old girls fancying him. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Little Girl Blue, by Janis Joplin
The popular song “Little Girl Blue,” with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, was published in 1935 for the musical Jumbo, starring Gloria Grafton. In 1962 the musical was made into a musical film, Billy Rose’s Jumbo, starring Doris Day, who sang the song. I found two different versions of the lyrics, on the Lorenz Hart site, and on Genius. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…