Hoje é dia de ouvir Joy Division...!

Bernard Sumner, dos Joy Division e New Order, nasceu há setenta anos...!

Bernard Sumner (Manchester, 4 de janeiro de 1956) é um cantor, compositor, guitarrista, teclista e produtor musical britânico.

Ele é mais conhecido como um membro fundador de duas bandas altamente seminais, os Joy Division e os New Order. Ele gravou também com Johnny Marr na banda Electronic e é o vocalista da banda Bad Lieutenant.

 

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Midge Ure nasceu há setenta e dois anos

  

James "Midge" Ure (Cambuslang, 10 October 1953) is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim, the diminutive form of his actual name. Ure enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids and Visage, and as the second frontman of Ultravox. In 1984, he co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which has sold 3.7 million copies in the UK. The song is the second-highest-selling single in UK chart history. Ure co-organised Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 with Bob Geldof. He acts as a trustee for the charity and also serves as an ambassador for Save the Children.

Ure is the producer and writer of several other synth-pop and new wave hit singles of the 1980s, including "Fade to Grey" (1980) by Visage and the Ultravox signature songs "Vienna" (1980) and "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1984). He achieved his first UK top 10 solo hit in 1982 with "No Regrets". In 1985, his solo debut studio album The Gift reached number two in the UK Albums Chart and yielded the UK Singles Chart number-one single "If I Was". He also co-wrote Phil Lynott's "Yellow Pearl", which served as the theme of Top of the Pops for much of the 1980s. 

 

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Vienna - Ultravox

We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on the window pain
Lying waiting

A man in the dark in the picture frame
So mystic and soulful.
A voice reaching out and a piercing cry

It stays with you until
The feeling is gone
only you and I
This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

The music is weaving
Haunting notes pizzicato strings

The rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings a cold empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky

It fades to the distance

The image is gone
only you and I
This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

Música adequada à data...

Russell Mael, vocalista dos Sparks, comemora hoje 77 anos

Russell Craig Mael (Los Angeles, California, October 5, 1948) is an American singer best known as the lead singer for the band Sparks which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother Ron Mael. Mael is known for his wide vocal range, in particular his far-reaching falsetto. He has a flamboyant and hyperactive stage presence which contrasts sharply with Ron Mael's deadpan scowling. The band released an album with British rock band Franz Ferdinand, as the supergroup FFS, titled FFS, released in 2015. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. 

 

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Hoje é dia de ouvir The Human League...!

Hoje é dia de ouvir The Human League...!

Philip Oakey, o vocalistas da banda The Human League, celebra hoje setenta anos...!

 

Philip Oakey (Hinckley, Leicestershire, 2 de outubro de 1955) é um músico inglês conhecido por ser um dos pioneiros da música eletrónica desde 1977, como vocalista do grupo The Human League. 

 

The Human League

Em 1977, sem saber música, Philip Oakey foi recrutado por Martyn Ware e Ian Craig Marsh quando Adi Newton deixou o trio chamado The Future. Esta banda se caracterizava por usar apenas sintetizadores analógicos. Desta forma, Philip Oakey assumiu-se como a voz principal do grupo em meados de 1977.

Ao final deste mesmo ano, decidiram renomear o grupo para The Human League. A partir de então o The Human League mudou de formação inúmeras vezes, sendo que os fundadores Ware e Marsh saíram em 1980. No entanto, Oakey sempre se manteve à frente do grupo até hoje.

The Human League é considerada uma das bandas pioneiras no uso de sintetizadores e tem vários clássicos como Human e Heart Like a Wheel; e alguns foram co-escritos por Oakey como Don't You Want Me e (Keep Feeling) Fascination. 

 

Colaborações

Em 1985 juntou-se ao ícone da música disco Giorgio Moroder para gravar um disco, no qual se destacaria a música Together in Electric Dreams, que logo foi incluída nos shows dos The Human League. 

    

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Hoje é dia de ouvir Sparks...!

Ron Mael, músico dos Sparks, comemora hoje oitenta anos...!

Ronald David Mael (Culver City, California, August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the keyboard player and principal songwriter in the band Sparks which he founded with vocalist, occasional songwriter and younger brother Russell Mael in 1971. Mael is known for his quirky and idiosyncratic approach to songwriting, his intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style and for his deadpan and low key, scowling demeanour onstage often remaining motionless over his keyboard in sharp contrast to Russell's animated and hyperactive frontman antics. Ron Mael is also noted for his conservative clothes and unfashionable moustache. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. 

 

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Chris Cross, o baixista dos Ultravox, morreu há um ano...

   

Chris Cross (born Christopher Thomas Allen, Tottenham, 14 July 1952 – 25 March 2024) was an English musician, best known as the bass guitarist in the new wave band Ultravox. 

 

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Vienna - Ultravox

We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on the window pain
Lying waiting

A man in the dark in the picture frame
So mystic and soulful.
A voice reaching out and a piercing cry

It stays with you until
The feeling is gone
only you and I
This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

The music is weaving
Haunting notes pizzicato strings

The rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings a cold empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky

It fades to the distance

The image is gone
only you and I
This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

Holly Johnson, vocalista dos Frankie Goes to Hollywood, nasceu há 65 anos...!

William "Holly" Johnson (born 9 February 1960) is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, Blast, reached number one in the UK albums chart. Two singles from the album – "Love Train" and "Americanos" – reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. In the 1990s, he also embarked on writing, painting, and printmaking careers.

   

(...)

    

In March 1994, Johnson's critically acclaimed autobiography A Bone in My Flute was published, in which he discusses his struggle with, and acceptance of his homosexuality. The same year, he recorded a new single, "Legendary Children (All of Them Queer)", whose lyrics referred to famous LGBT people throughout history. During 1994, he performed live at London's Gay Pride show, where he performed "Relax", "Legendary Children" and "The Power of Love". The same month Johnson featured on and co-wrote the single "Love and Hate" by Ryuichi Sakamoto for his album Sweet Revenge.

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Bernard Sumner nasceu há 69 anos

Bernard Sumner (Manchester, 4 de janeiro de 1956) é um cantor, compositor, guitarrista, teclista e produtor musical britânico.

Ele é mais conhecido como um membro fundador de duas bandas altamente seminais, os Joy Division e os New Order. Ele gravou também com Johnny Marr na banda Electronic e é o vocalista da banda Bad Lieutenant.

 

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Música adequada à data...

Midge Ure nasceu há setenta e um anos

  

James "Midge" Ure (Cambuslang, 10 October 1953) is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim, the diminutive form of his actual name. Ure enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids and Visage, and as the second frontman of Ultravox. In 1984, he co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which has sold 3.7 million copies in the UK. The song is the second-highest-selling single in UK chart history. Ure co-organised Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 with Bob Geldof. He acts as a trustee for the charity and also serves as an ambassador for Save the Children.

Ure is the producer and writer of several other synth-pop and new wave hit singles of the 1980s, including "Fade to Grey" (1980) by Visage and the Ultravox signature songs "Vienna" (1980) and "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1984). He achieved his first UK top 10 solo hit in 1982 with "No Regrets". In 1985, his solo debut studio album The Gift reached number two in the UK Albums Chart and yielded the UK Singles Chart number-one single "If I Was". He also co-wrote Phil Lynott's "Yellow Pearl", which served as the theme of Top of the Pops for much of the 1980s. 

 

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Vienna - Ultravox

We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on the window pain
Lying waiting

A man in the dark in the picture frame
So mystic and soulful.
A voice reaching out and a piercing cry

It stays with you until
The feeling is gone
only you and I
This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

The music is weaving
Haunting notes pizzicato strings

The rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings a cold empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky

It fades to the distance

The image is gone
only you and I
This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

Russell Mael, dos Sparks, comemora hoje 76 anos

Russell Craig Mael (Los Angeles, California, October 5, 1948) is an American singer best known as the lead singer for the band Sparks which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother Ron Mael. Mael is known for his wide vocal range, in particular his far-reaching falsetto. He has a flamboyant and hyperactive stage presence which contrasts sharply with Ron Mael's deadpan scowling. The band released an album with British rock band Franz Ferdinand, as the supergroup FFS, titled FFS, released in 2015. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. 

 

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O líder e vocalista da banda The Human League, Philip Oakey, nasceu há 69 anos

Philip Oakey (Hinckley, Leicestershire, 2 October 1955) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer, songwriter, and co-founder of English synth-pop band The Human League. Aside from The Human League, he has had an extensive solo music career and collaborated with numerous other artists and producers.

Oakey was one of the most visually distinctive music artists of the early 1980s. At the height of their success, The Human League released the triple platinum-certified album Dare and Oakey co-wrote and sang the multi-million-selling single "Don't You Want Me", which was a number one single in both the U.S. and UK, where it remains the 28th-highest-selling single of all time. Oakey has been lead singer of The Human League for over 40 years, with whom he has sold more than 20 million records worldwide. He continues recording and performing internationally.

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Ron Mael, dos Sparks, celebra hoje 79 anos

Ronald David Mael (Culver City, California, August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the keyboard player and principal songwriter in the band Sparks which he founded with vocalist, occasional songwriter and younger brother Russell Mael in 1971. Mael is known for his quirky and idiosyncratic approach to songwriting, his intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style and for his deadpan and low key, scowling demeanour onstage often remaining motionless over his keyboard in sharp contrast to Russell's animated and hyperactive frontman antics. Ron Mael is also noted for his conservative clothes and unfashionable moustache. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. 

 

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Morreu Chris Cross, o baixista dos Ultravox...

   

Chris Cross (born Christopher Thomas Allen, Tottenham, 14 July 1952 – 25 March 2024) was an English musician, best known as the bass guitarist in the new wave band Ultravox. 

 

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Vienna - Ultravox

We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on the window pain
Lying waiting

A man in the dark in the picture frame
So mystic and soulful.
A voice reaching out and a piercing cry

It stays with you until
The feeling is gone
only you and I
This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

The music is weaving
Haunting notes pizzicato strings

The rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings a cold empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky

It fades to the distance

The image is gone
only you and I
This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

This means nothing to me

This means nothing to me

Oh Vienna

Holly Johnson, vocalista dos Frankie Goes to Hollywood, nasceu há 64 anos

William "Holly" Johnson (born 9 February 1960) is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, Blast, reached number one in the UK albums chart. Two singles from the album – "Love Train" and "Americanos" – reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. In the 1990s, he also embarked on writing, painting, and printmaking careers.

   

(...)

    

In March 1994, Johnson's critically acclaimed autobiography A Bone in My Flute was published, in which he discusses his struggle with, and acceptance of, his homosexuality. The same year, he recorded a new single, "Legendary Children (All of Them Queer)", whose lyrics referred to famous LGBT people throughout history. During 1994, he performed live at London's Gay Pride show, where he performed "Relax", "Legendary Children" and "The Power of Love". The same month Johnson featured on and co-wrote the single "Love and Hate" by Ryuichi Sakamoto for his album Sweet Revenge.

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