O Curso de Geologia de 85/90 da Universidade de Coimbra escolheu o nome de Geopedrados quando participou na Queima das Fitas.
Ficou a designação, ficaram muitas pessoas com e sobre a capa intemporal deste nome, agora com oportunidade de partilhar as suas ideias, informações e materiais sobre Geologia, Paleontologia, Mineralogia, Vulcanologia/Sismologia, Ambiente, Energia, Biologia, Astronomia, Ensino, Fotografia, Humor, Música, Cultura, Coimbra e AAC, para fins de ensino e educação.
Durante 50 anos na indústria do entretenimento o trabalho de Jones foi indicado para 79 Grammy Award, sendo premiado com 27 destes, e um Grammy Legends Award em 1991. Ele é mais conhecido por ajudar o ícone cultural Michael Jackson a produzir o álbum Thriller, que viria a ser o álbum mais vendido de todos os tempos, e a canção "We Are the World". Em 2024, ele recebeu um Óscar Honorário
pelo seu "génio artístico e criatividade incansável [que] fizeram dele
uma das figuras musicais mais influentes de todos os tempos".
k. d. lang (Edmonton, Alberta, 2 de novembro de 1961) é uma cantora canadiana, vencedora de vários prémios Grammy.
Embora tenha tido considerável êxito ao longo da sua carreira com
temas como "Constant Craving" ou "Miss Chatelaine", foi o dueto com Roy Orbison, "Crying", que tornou a sua voz conhecida mundialmente.
Although Outlandos d'Amour received mixed reviews upon its release, it has since been regarded as one of the strongest debut albums. Rolling Stone ranked it as the 38th best debut album of all time and the 428th greatest album of all time.
Background and recording
With a budget of £1,500 borrowed from their manager, Miles Copeland (brother of drummer Stewart), the Police recorded Outlandos d'Amour at Surrey Sound Studios
in an intermittent fashion over six months, with the band recording
whenever the studio had free time or another band's sessions were
cancelled.
Miles Copeland had promised to pay Surrey Sound £2,000 upon completion
of the recording, but did not give them the full amount until much
later.
Miles occasionally visited the
studio during recording, and he reacted to what he heard from the band
with vehement derision. However, upon hearing "Roxanne" he had the opposite reaction and took the recording to A&M Records
the following day, where he persuaded the record label to release it as
a one-off single. Although the single failed to chart, A&M agreed
to give the band a second chance with "Can't Stand Losing You".
At first, A&M proposed the band create an improved mix of the song,
but after five attempts admitted that it could not improve upon the
band's mix, and released the original mix for the single. When it became
the band's first hit, the label quickly approved the release of the
by-then finished album.
Miles had originally wanted to name the album Police Brutality. However, after hearing "Roxanne" and then envisioning a more romantic image for the band, he proposed Outlandos d'Amour
instead. This title is a loose French translation of "Outlaws of Love",
with the first word being a combination of the words "outlaws" and
"commandos", and "d'Amour" meaning "of love".
Music and lyrics
Outlandos d'Amour, while at times incorporating reggae, pop and other elements of what would eventually become the band's definitive sound, is dominated by punk influences. This is evident on the opening track "Next to You", despite it essentially being a love song. Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers initially felt the lyrics were neither aggressive nor political enough for their style at the time, but bassist and vocalist Sting
was adamant about keeping the song as it was. "Next to You" includes a
slide guitar solo by Summers, which Copeland initially dismissed as "old
wave".
The second track is the reggae-influenced "So Lonely". Sting has said he used Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry"
as the musical basis for the song, while the lyrics in its verses were
recycled from "Fool in Love", a song he originally wrote for his earlier
band Last Exit.
The song itself, about someone who is lonely after suffering a broken
heart, was seen as ironic by a large segment of the band's listeners.
Sting disagreed with this sentiment, saying, "No, there's no irony
whatsoever. From the outside it might look a bit strange, being
surrounded by all this attention and yet experiencing the worst lonely
feeling ... but I do. And then suddenly the attention is withdrawn a
half an hour later. You're so isolated ..."
"Roxanne" was written by Sting after visiting a red-light district near the band's hotel in Paris.
The Police had been staying there in October 1977 to perform at the
nearby Nashville Club. The song's title comes from the name of the
character in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, an old poster of which was hanging in the hotel foyer. Sting had originally conceived the song as a bossa nova, although Stewart Copeland has been credited for suggesting its final rhythmic form as a tango.
During recording, Sting accidentally sat down on a piano keyboard in
the studio, resulting in the atonal chord and laughter preserved at the
beginning of the track. The Police were initially reluctant about the
song, but Miles Copeland was immediately enthusiastic after hearing it.
The remaining two tracks on the first side of the album are "Hole
in My Life", another reggae-influenced song by Sting, and "Peanuts", a
composition written by Stewart Copeland and Sting about Rod Stewart.
The lyrics were meant as an expression of disappointment on Sting's
part towards his former idol, of whom he said: "I used to be a great fan
of his but something happened to him. I hope I don't end up like that."
Having since experienced the celebrity lifestyle himself, he has said
he no longer identifies with the song's lyrical content and has come to
view Stewart in a different light.
"Can't Stand Losing You" begins side two of the original LP.
Written and composed by Sting, the song is about a young lover being
driven to suicide following a breakup. In a 1993 interview with The Independent,
he described the lyrics as "juvenile", saying that "teenage suicide ...
is always a bit of a joke"; he also claimed to have written the lyrics
in only five minutes.
The following track, "Truth Hits Everybody", is a punk-influenced
song. After that is "Born in the 50's", which details life as a
teenager during the 1960s. "Be My Girl—Sally" is a medley of a
half-finished song by Sting and an Andy Summers poem about a blow-up doll.
This leads into the semi-instrumental closer, "Masoko Tanga", the only
song on the album to not become a staple of the band's live
performances.
Two other songs from these sessions were excluded from Outlandos d'Amour but released as B-sides
for two of its singles: "Dead-End Job", a song credited to Sting and
Copeland, on the B-side of "Can't Stand Losing You"; and "No Time This
Time" by Sting, on the B-side of "So Lonely". The latter was
subsequently included on the band's second album Reggatta de Blanc.
Robert Layne "Bob" Siebenberg (born 31 October 1949, in Glendale, California, USA) also known as Bob C. Benberg, is an American musician, best known as a member of British progressive rock band Supertramp, playing drums and percussion. He was the sole American in Supertramp's lineup.
Siebenberg's son Jesse also joined Supertramp at the time of the release of the live album It Was the Best of Times (live; 1999).
Siebenberg released a solo album in 1985 called Giants in Our Own Room
(and credited to "Siebenberg"), where he sings lead on half of the
songs and also plays keyboards and drums. Joining Siebenberg on this
record were Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy fame. Gorham was Siebenberg's brother-in-law from 1969 to 2000), Steve Farris of Mr. Mister, Procol Harum drummer B. J. Wilson, Kerry Hatch of Oingo Boingo, and Supertramp bandmate John Helliwell. An old friend, Derek Beauchemin, joined in to co-write and play keyboards.
Prior to joining Supertramp, Siebenberg was a member of pub rock band Bees Make Honey as well as RHS, an American band.
Siebenberg was also in a band called "Heads Up" who released the 1989 album The Long Shot. Joining Siebenberg were his writing partner Dennis O'Donnell, Mark Hart, Brad Cole, John Helliwell, Marty Walsh and again, Scott Gorham on guitar.
Lawrence "Larry" Joseph Mullen Jr. (Dublin, 31 de outubro de 1961) é um bateristairlandês, fundador e integrante da banda U2. Foi Larry quem colocou, em 1976, o aviso na Mount Temple High School procurando pessoas para formar uma banda, os Feedback, que acabariam por se tornar nos U2.
Colega de trabalho da artista plástica e ex-mulher Ann Achenson, com quem tem três filhos, Aaron Elvis (1995), Ava Elizabeth (1998) e Ezra (2001), ele viveu com os seus pais e suas irmãs Cecilia e Mary (morta em 1973 num acidente) em Arlene, subúrbio de Dublin. Larry foi matriculado em várias escolas até achar o que queria na Mount Temple High School. Antes da bateria, tentava tocar piano até que Cecilia o presenteou com a sua primeira bateria. Nos primeiros meses do U2, apenas ele sabia tocar realmente. Suas outras "paixões" são motas Harley-Davidson e Elvis Presley.
Ele trabalhou em vários projetos fora do U2 durante a sua carreira , incluindo uma colaboração com Michael Stipe e Mike Mills do R.E.M. para formar o Automatic Baby em 1993 e trabalhando com o companheiro de banda Adam Clayton na regravação do tema do filme Missão Impossível em 1996. Ele e os U2 têm vários prémios, incluindo 22 prémios Grammy.
Malin Sofia Katarina Berggren (Gothenburg, 31 October 1970) is a former member of the band Ace of Base. Having been interested and involved in music since her childhood, she formed the band in 1987, along with her sister Jenny, her brother Jonas and their friend Ulf Ekberg. Before forming Ace of Base, Malin sang in her church's choir. She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
When Ace of Base was signed to Danish label Mega Records
in 1990, Malin, or Linn as she became known, chose to put her
teaching career on hold. But while her sister Jenny has stated she
always wanted to be a singer, Linn has never said anything similar. On
the contrary, in 1997 Linn said: "I wanted to sing; I never wanted to
be a singer". Linn's vocal range is contralto; she is recognized by her distinguishable vibrato.
Vanessa Karen White (Yeovil, 30 October 1989) is an English singer who rose to fame in 2008 as a singer in the girl group The Saturdays. White began her career as a theatre actress at an early age, appearing in several West End productions. She played Young Nala in The Lion King and between 2000 and 2002, she was cast as one of the King's daughters in The King and I. White successfully auditioned for The Saturdays in 2007, after a period attempting to carve out a solo singing career. Once White had joined the group, they began recording music and releasing a number of hits. The group later gained another record deal with Geffen Records after having huge success in the United Kingdom. White and the rest of the group then signed a deal with Island Def Jam Records and Mercury Records to distribute their music in the United States, which led to their first UK number-one single "What About Us". White's vocal range has been compared to Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey. White is the youngest member of the group.
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