Tag: British

Master and Servant by Depeche Mode

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Depeche Mode

Master and Servant
Album: Some Great Reward
Date: 1984
Genre: Synth-pop
Artist: Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex, England. The lineup consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and songwriter), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, and songwriter), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards). Depeche Mode have had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart and 17 Top 10 albums in the UK. They were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 and 2018 and were inducted as part of the Class of 2020

Lady in Black by Uriah Heep

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Uriah Heep

Lady in Black
Album: Salisbury
Date: 1970
Genre: Rock
Artist: Uriah Heep

Part of the early 1970s rock scene, Uriah Heep are a rock band formed in 1969 in London, UK. There have been numerous line-up changes throughout their 54-year career with guitarist Mick Box the only original member, Uriah Heep’s current line-up consists of Box, Phil Lanzon (keyboards), Bernie Shaw (vocals), Russell Gilbrook (drums), and Dave Rimmer (bass)

Negative Earth by Barclay James Harvest

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Barclay James Harvest

Negative Earth
Album: Everyone Is Everybody Else
Date: 1974
Genre: Rock
Artist: Barclay James Harvest

Founded in 1966, Barclay James Harvest are a progressive rock band. The original lineup consisted of Les Holroyd (bassist/vocalist), John Lees (guitarist/vocalist), Mel Pritchard (drummer/percussionist) 1948-2004, and Stuart Wolstenholme (keyboardist/vocalist) 1947-2010

Man on the Corner by Genesis

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Genesis

Man on the Corner
Album: Abacab
Date: 1981
Genre: Rock
Artist: Genesis

Formed at Charterhouse School in Surrey, UK, in 1967 Genesis’ most successful line-up includes Tony Banks (keyboards), Mike Rutherford (bassist/guitarist), and Phil Collins (drummer/singer). In the 1970s when the line-up included Peter Gabriel (singer) Genesis was among the pioneering groups of progressive rock

Massachusetts by Bee Gees

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Bee Gees

Massachusetts
Album: Horizontal
Date: 1968
Genre: Pop
Artist: Bee Gees

The Bee Gees were a music group formed in 1958 by the brother Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Best known as a successful popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s and later in the disco era of the mid-to-late 1970s. the Bee Gees wrote all their own hits and major hits for other artists. The Bee Gees are considered to be one of the most influential acts in pop history

Lady d’Arbanville by Cat Stevens/Yusuf

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Cat Stevens/Yusuf

Lady d’Arbanville
Album: Mona Bone Jakon
Date: 1970
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Artist: Cat Stevens/Yusuf

Cat Stevens is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His style consists of pop, folk, rock, and Islamic music. He converted to Islam in 1977 and, auctioning all his guitars for charity, left his musical career to pursue educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. In 2006, Cat Stevens returned to music releasing his first album in 28 years using the stage name Yusuf as a mononym

Jet by Paul McCartney and Wings

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Paul McCartney

Jet
Album: Band on the Run
Date: 1973
Genre: Rock
Artist: Paul McCartney and Wings

Paul McCartney is a singer, songwriter, and musician who gained international fame with the Beatles as their bass guitarist and shared primary songwriter and lead vocals with John Lennon. McCartney is one of the most successful composers and performers of all time. He is known for his melodic approach to bass playing, versatile and wide tenor vocal range, musical eclecticism, and exploring musical styles from pre-rock ‘n’ roll to classical and electronica. The Lennon and McCartney songwriting partnership remains the most successful in history

I Gave You My Heart by Hot Chocolate

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Hot Chocolate

I Gave You My Heart
Album: Love Shot
Date: 1983
Genre: R&B/Soul
Artist: Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate is a soul band formed by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson. At the height of their popularity during the 1970s and 1980s, the group had at least one hit song on the UKL charts every year, including “You Sexy Thing” and “It Started with a Kiss”. Errol Brown was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2004

Julia Strachey by Dora Carrington

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Julia Strachey by Dora Carrington

Julia Strachey
1928
Portraiture
Oil on Canvas
Private Collection

This impressionistic portrait of the writer Julia Strachey depicted in a bold and vibrant palette and a golden light is typical of some of Carrington’s earlier works. The subject’s guarded expression and steady gaze suggest a woman with a clever wit and a critical eye. The severity of her expression balanced by the softness and colour of her clothing provides a visual balance between softness and strength, between the intellectual and the more worldly.

Dora Carrington 1893-1932

Dora Carrington
The Bloomsbury Group Artists, Proto-Feminist Artists
Born: 29 March 1893, Hereford, England
Nationality: British
Died: 11 March 1932, Newbury, England

Carrington was a painter and decorative artist, associated with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytton Strachey. She was known simply by her surname as she considered “Dora” to be vulgar and sentimental

Incantations by Mike Oldfield

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Mike Oldfield 1953-

Incantations
1978
New Age

Mike Oldfield
New Age
Born: 15 May 1953, Reading, Berkshire, UK
Nationality: British

Oldfield is a musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, best known for his debut album Tubular Bells in 1973. Primarily a guitarist Oldfield also plays a range of instruments including keyboards and percussion, as well as doing vocals. Throughout his career he has adopted an extensive range of styles such as progressive rock. World music, classical, ambient, and new-age music

Kids in America by Kim Wilde

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Kim Wilde

Kids in America
Album: Kim Wilde
Date: 1981
Genre: Pop
Artist: Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde is a pop singer and television presenter. She first saw success in 1981 with the single “Kids in America” which reached No. 2 in the UK. Kim Wilde received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist in 1983. Between the years 1981 and 1996, she had 25 singles charting within the Top 40 on the UK Singles Chart

I Feel You by Depeche Mode

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Depeche Mode

I Feel You
Album: Songs of Faith and Devotion
Date: 1993
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Artist: Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex, England. The lineup consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and songwriter), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, and songwriter), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards). Depeche Mode have had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart and 17 Top 10 albums in the UK. They were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 and 2018 and were inducted as part of the Class of 2020

Julia Jackson by Julia Margaret Cameron

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Julia Jackson by Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Jackson
1867
Photography
Albumen Print
National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, UK

In this portrait of Cameron’s niece and namesake, Julia Jackson is sitting staring into the camera with a determined look. Cameron’s use of soft focus effectively creates an ethereal portrait removed from the material world and any cultural framework. A minimal background gives the image little context, and Jackson’s intense gaze is highlighted by the lighting. With her face half in shadow and half lit there is a sense of conflict within the subject. Julia Jackson was the mother of artist Vanessa Bell and author Virginia Woolf.

Julia Margaret Cameron 1815-1879

Julia Margaret Cameron
The Pre-Raphaelites, Pictorialism
Born: 11 June 1815, Calcutta, British India
Nationality: British
Died: 26 January 1879, Kalutara, British Ceylon

Cameron was a photographer is one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century. She is best known for her use of soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorian men and women, illustrative pictures depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature, and sensitive portraits of both adults and children.

Jealous Guy by John Lennon

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John Lennon 1940-1980

Jealous Guy
Album: Imagine
Date: 1971
Genre: Soft Rock
Artist: John Lennon

John Lennon was a singer, songwriter, musician, and peace activist best known as a founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His rebellious nature and acerbic wit have been characterized in his music, writing, and drawings, on film, and in interviews. John Lennon and Paul McCartney remains the most successful songwriting partnership in history

Head Over Heels by Tears for Fears

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Tears for Fears

Head Over Heels
Album: Songs from the Big Chair
Date: 1985
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Artist: Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears were formed in Bath, England, in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith after the dissolution of their first band, Graduate. Tears for Fears were associated with new-wave electronic bands of the early 1980s and achieved international success. Their debut album “The Hurting” reached the top of the UK Album Chart. In 2021, Orzabal and Smith received the Ivor Novello Award for “Outstanding Song Collection” in recognition of era-defining albums and innovative hit singles

John Frederick William Herschel by Julia Margaret Cameron

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John Frederick William Herschel by Julia Margaret Cameron

J.F.W Herschel; John Frederick William Herschel
1867
Photography
Albumen print from wet Collodion glass negative
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

This portrait is a depiction of the scientist and photo-chemist John Herschel. He and Cameron became acquainted in 1835 and their friendship matured into a life-long photographic mentorship. Herschel is portrayed in a three-quarter view gazing into the distance. Swathed in a dark cloak and wearing a cap the image created highlights Herschel’s intellect and plays on the idioms of the genius figure.

Julia Margaret Cameron 1815-1879

Julia Margaret Cameron
The Pre-Raphaelites, Pictorialism
Born: 11 June 1815, Calcutta, British India
Nationality: British
Died: 26 January 1879, Kalutara, British Ceylon

Cameron was a photographer is one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century. She is best known for her use of soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorian men and women, illustrative pictures depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature, and sensitive portraits of both adults and children.

I wait by Julia Margaret Cameron

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I wait by Julia Margaret Cameron

I wait
1872
Photography
Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum

Sisters Rachel and Laura Gurney were frequently models for their Aunt Julia. The figure of the angel is one which Cameron returns to again and again. In “I Wait” the angel is symbolic of the yearning to fly yet sadness in the knowledge of being earthbound. It is the wish to unite the heavens and the earth.

Julia Margaret Cameron 1815-1879

Julia Margaret Cameron
The Pre-Raphaelites, Pictorialism
Born: 11 June 1815, Calcutta, British India
Nationality: British
Died: 26 January 1879, Kalutara, British Ceylon

Cameron was a photographer is one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century. She is best known for her use of soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorian men and women, illustrative pictures depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature, and sensitive portraits of both adults and children

Gemini Dream by The Moody Blues

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The Moody Blues

Gemini Dream
Album: Long Distance Voyager
Date: 1981
Genre: Soft Rock
Artist: The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues were a rock band formed in Birmingham, UK in 1964. The band came to attention with the single “Go Now” (1964) reached #1 in the UK charts and the US Top 10. The band went on hiatus in 1974 and reformed in 1977. The group’s sole continuous member was drummer Graeme Edge

I Believe in You by Talk Talk

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Talk Talk

I Believe in You
Album: Spirit of Eden
Date: 1988
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Artist: Talk Talk

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Talk Talk were a British synth-pop band formed in 1981. The group achieved chart success with singles such as “Talk Talk” (1982), “Such a Shame” (1984), and “It’s My Life” (1984). In the mid-eighties, the band moved to a more experimental approach of jazz and free improvisation pioneering what has become known as post-rock.

He is Liquid by John Foxx

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John Foxx

He is Liquid
Album: Metamatic
Date: 1980
Genre: New Age
Artist: John Foxx

John Foxx is a singer, musician, photographer, artist, graphic designer, writer, lecturer, and teacher. He was the original lead vocalist of the new wave band Ultravox but left to follow a solo career in 1980 with the album “Metamatic” Primarily known for electronic synthesizer music John Foxx has also pursued a parallel career in graphic design and education

NaPoMo Classic Poetry Day 9 – Lights Out by Edward Thomas

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Edward Thomas 1878-1917

Lights Out

I have come to the borders of sleep,
The unfathomable deep
Forest where all must lose
Their way, however straight,
Or winding, soon or late;
They cannot choose.

Many a road and track
That, the dawn’s first crack,
Up to the forest brink,
Deceived the travellers,
Suddenly now blurs,
And in they sink.

Here love ends,
Despair, ambition ends;
All pleasure and all trouble,
Although most sweet or bitter,
Here ends is sleep that is sweeter
Than tasks most noble.

There is not any book
Or face of dearest look
That I would not tur from now
To go into the unknown
I must enter, and leave, alone,
I know not how.

The tall forest towers;
Its cloudy foliage lowers
Ahead, shelf above shelf;
Its silence I hear and obey
That I may lose my way
And myself.

Hard Hearted Woman by Barclay James Harvest

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Barclay James Harvest

Hard Hearted Woman
Album: Gone to Earth
Date: 1977
Genre: Rock
Artist: Barclay James Harvest

Founded in 1966, Barclay James Harvest is a progressive rock band. The original lineup consisted of Les Holroyd (bassist/vocalist), John Lees (guitarist/vocalist), Mel Pritchard (drummer/percussionist 1948-2004, and Stuart Wolstenholme (keyboardist/vocalist) 1947-2010.

Give Peace a Chance by John Lennon

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Give Peace a Chance
Album: Give Peace a Chance/Remember Love
Date: 1969
Genre: Pop
Artist: John Lennon

John Lennon 1940-1980

John Lennon was a singer, songwriter, musician, and peace activist best known as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His rebellious nature and acerbic wit have been characterized in his music, writing, and drawings, on film, and in interviews. John Lennon and Paul McCartney remains the most successful songwriting partnership in history

Metal March Day 29

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Whatever You Want
Status Quo
1979

I have been feeling a niggly nag poking me for the last few days. Gabbie was a huge fan of the Quo so I am guessing I am being told “what no Quo”. I know when to give in and I think Whatever You Want is an apt track

Emma Dipper by Anthony Caro

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Emma Dipper by Anthony Caro

Emma Dipper
1977
Installation
Painted steel
Collection of the Tate, UK

Caro started experimenting with new technical methods and presentation formats in his work during the 1970s and abandoned the distinctive bright colours of many of his earlier sculptures. He was working in Emma Lake in Saskatchewan with the sculptor Douglas Bentham in 1977 and the remote location made sourcing the heavy metals he had used in previous pieces was difficult so Caro requested some of the light, thin steel tubes used in local industry and agriculture. “Emma Dipper” is an example of the spontaneous and instinctive creations made by Caro that seem like line drawings in the air.

Anthony Caro 1924-2013

Anthony Caro
Sculpture
Born: 8 March 1924, London, UK
Nationality: British
Died: 23 October 2013, London, UK

Caro was an abstract sculptor whose work is characterized by asse3mblages of metal and using found industrial objects. Caro, with his modernist style was lauded as the greatest British sculptor of his generation

Hard Headed Woman by Cat Stevens/Yusuf

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Hard Headed Woman
Album: Tea for the Tillerman
Date: 1970
Genre: Folk
Artist: Cat Stevens/Yusuf

Cat Stevens/Yusuf

Cat Stevens is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His style consists of pop, folk, rock, and Islamic music. He converted to Islam in 1977 and, auctioning all his guitars for charity, left his musical career to pursue educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. In 2006, Cat Stevens returned to music releasing his first album in 28 years using the stage name Yusuf as a mononym

Metal March Day 22

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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
1980

Oh come now, you knew I wouldn’t miss out the legend that is Lemmy and Motörhead. So sadly missed. It’s me writing this, so a bonus track that is just too tempting to resist with Lemmy’s voice just making Enter Sandman creepier than ever- what a badass legend!!!!

Female Figure Lying on Her Back by Dora Carrington

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Female Figure Lying on Her Back by Dora Carrington

Female Figure Lying on Her Back
1912
Life Art
Oil on Canvas
University College London Art Museum

“Female Figure Lying on Her Back” was painted during Carrington’s time as a student at the Slade School of Art in London. She entered it into a university contest and won second prize and a two-year scholarship to continue her education. Slade was the first school in the UK to permit female students to use nude models for their paintings, albeit with restrictions such as male and female students sketching the models in separate rooms, and male models for female students were, for the sake of modesty, partially covered.

Dora Carrington 1893-1932

Dora Carrington
The Bloomsbury Group Artists, Proto-Feminist Artists
Born: 29 March 1893, Hereford, England
Nationality: British
Died: 11 March 1932, Newbury, England

Carrington was a painter and decorative artist, associated with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytton Strachey. She was known simply by her surname as she considered “Dora” to be vulgar and sentimental

Girl Crazy by Hot Chocolate

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Girl Crazy
Album: Mystery
Date: 1982
Genre: R&B/Soul
Artist: Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate is a soul band formed by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson. At the height of their popularity during the 1970s and 1980s, the group had at least one hit song on the UKL charts every year, including “You Sexy Thing” and “It Started with a Kiss”. Errol Brown was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2004

Fairground by Simply Red

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Fairground
Album: Life
Date: 1995
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Artist: Simply Red

Simply Red

Simply Red is a soul and pop band formed in Manchester, UK in 1985. Mick Hucknall, the lead singer, and songwriter is the only original band member left. The band has had several songs reach the UK top 10, including “Holding Back the Years” and “If You Don’t Know Me by Now.” Simply Red’s album “Stars” is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history

Emma by Hot Chocolate

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Emma
Album: Cicero Park
Date: 1974
Genre: Soul
Artist: Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate is a soul band formed by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson. At the height of their popularity during the 1970s and 1980s, the group had at least one hit song on the UKL charts every year, including “You Sexy Thing” and “It Started with a Kiss”. Errol Brown was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2004

Elephant Palace by Anthony Caro

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Elephant Palace by Anthony Caro

Elephant Palace
1989
Sculpture
Steel
Collection of the Tate, United Kingdom

In the 1980s, Caro began combining sculptural and architectural types. creating what he called “sculptitecture” of which “Elephant Palace” is an important example. Inspired by his travels the elephant head motif is suggestive of India, but it was also a visit to Greece that prompted the exploration of the relationship between the body and other organic forms and the rectilinear architectural shapes. In this piece, Caro presents an entrance that is not dissimilar from a mouthy and a roof like a domed skull. The connotations of organic and inorganic are brought together and suggest a tension between natural and man-made worlds.

Anthony Caro 1924-2013

Anthony Caro
Sculpture
Born: 8 March 1924, London, UK
Nationality: British
Died: 23 October 2013, London, UK

Caro was an abstract sculptor whose work is characterized by assemblages of metal and using found industrial objects. Caro, with his modernist style, was lauded as the greatest British sculptor of his generation

Metal March Day 14

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Run to the Hills
Iron Maiden
1982

Iron Maiden are up there as hallowed gods of metal. Run to the Hills, written by Steve Harris, is one of Maiden’s classics and really has to be on the metal playlist, so here it is

Daniel by Elton John

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Daniel
Album: Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
Date: 1973
Genre: Pop
Artist: Elton John

Elton John

Elton John is a singer, pianist, and composer. Working in collaboration with Bernie Taupin since 1967 Elton John is among the most successful artists of all time. In his six-decade career he has been acclaimed by critics and musicians, especially for his work during the 1970s and his lasting impact on the music industry

Metal March Day 8

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War Pigs
Black Sabbath
1970

Like many writers, I have created some characters who I hold dear. It is almost 20 years ago I was sitting in my room facing the biggest do-or-die decision I hope I ever have to make. “War Pigs” came on the radio and some random ideas popped into my head – I am a writer I wrote them down. Those ideas became the introduction to a set of stories that are ongoing even now. It didn’t say if the two guys escaping hell made it or not but they had to escape. Kip and Gai had come into being. It was in the writing I made the decision to do rather than die.

The Crossing – Introduction by JezzieG

The mist was heavy with the scent of freedom. The freedom that was beginning to slowly emerge with each step we took forward. Our pulses were racing as the dawn light got brighter and our footsteps took on a more urgent pace.

Our absence would be soon noticed, and we knew it. The fake bodies made of old sheets and blankets lying together in bed would not fool anyone in the light of day. Honestly, I do not think they would have fooled anyone in the night either, but we had to get away, there was no time to make works of art,

At last, we were on the bridge. As if our legs knew the end was near, they broke into a run. And the air echoed with the sound of ricocheting bullets as our bodies were swallowed in the mist…

Elegia by New Order

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Elegia
Album: Low-Life
Date: 1985
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Artist: New Order

New Order

New Order is a rock band formed in 1980 in Manchester, UK. The members regrouped after the disbandment of their previous band Joy Division following the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis. The band’s integration of post-punk and electronic dance music made them one of the most acclaimed and influential bands of the 1980s. New Order was the flagship band of the Manchester-based record label Factory Records and its night club The Hacienda

Early One Morning by Anthony Caro

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Early One Morning by Anthony Caro

Early One Morning
1962
Sculpture
Painted steel and aluminium
Collection of the Tate, United Kingdom

“Early One Morning” is a major example of the sculpture that established Caro as the leading young sculptor of the 1960s. The arrangement of planes and lines along a horizontal axis liberated the creation of different rhythms and configurations. With no fixed visual identity and no single focal point the work unfolds and expands into the viewer’s space, its appearance changing with the viewpoint.

Anthony Caro 1924-2013

Anthony Caro
Sculpture
Born: 8 March 1924, London, UK
Nationality: British
Died: 23 October 2013, London, UK

Caro was an abstract sculptor whose work is characterized by assemblages of metal and using found industrial objects. Caro, with his modernist style, was lauded as the greatest British sculptor of his generation.

Metal March Day 3

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Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden
1992

Sure I fear something when I am out alone at night – that something is discrimination and prejudice – I have faced it more times than I care to mention. I won’t let it stop me being me.

“When I’m walking a dark road
I am a man who walks alone”
Those last two lines say something else – and it nails me every time as if I am drifting to the darker places I go alone.

Candle In the Wind by Elton John

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Candle In the Wind
Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Date: 1973
Genre: Soft Rock
Artist: Elton John

Elton John

Elton John is a singer, pianist, and composer. Working in collaboration with Bernie Taupin since 1967 Elton John is among the most successful artists of all time. In his six- decade career he is acclaimed by critics and musicians, especially for his work during the 1970s and his lasting impact on the music industry

Dancing with Myself by Billy Idol

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Dancing With Myself
Album: Dancing with Myself
Date: 1981
Genre: New Wave
Artist: Billy Idol

Billy Idol

Billy Idol is a singer, songwriter, and musician. He achieved fame in the 1970s as the lead singer of Generation X. His subsequent solo career led to international recognition as a lead artist of the MTV-driven “Second British Invasion” in the USA. During the 1990s Billy Idol focused on his private life out of the public eye. In 2005 he made a comeback with the release of “Devil’s Playground”

Can You Feel the Love Tonight by Elton John

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Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Album: The Lion King
Date: 1994
Genre: Film and TV
Artist: Elton John

Elton John

Elton John is a singer, pianist, and composer. Working in collaboration with Bernie Taupin since 1967 Elton John is among the most successful artists of all time. In his six-decade career, he is acclaimed by critics and musicians, especially for his work during the 1970s and his lasting impact on the music industry

A Night Like This by The Cure

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A Night Like This
Album: The Head on the Door
Date: 1985
Genre: Gothic Rock
Artist: The Cure

The Cure

The Cure are a gothic rock band formed in West Sussex, England in 1978. Guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith has remained the only constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The Cure’s debut album “Three Imaginary Boys” (1979) placed the band in the post-punk and new wave movements. It is their second album “Seventeen Seconds” (1980) that the increasingly dark and tormented style along with Smith’s strange style saw the band become a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock and its surrounding subculture

Bird Bath by Leonora Carrington

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Bird Bath by Leonora Carrington

Bird Bath
1974
Surrealism
Colour serigraph on paper
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, USA

Carrington added portrayals of older women to her visual vocabulary of repeated settings and figures late in her career. In “Bird Bath” the structure in the background recalls Crookhey Hall, Carrington’s childhood home. In the foreground, an older woman dressed in black sprays red paint onto a surprised-looking bird. The large basin of water and a clean white cloth held by her assistant allude to the Christian ritual of baptism.

Leonora Carrington 1917-2011

Leonora Carrington
Surrealism
Born: 6 April 1917, Lancashire, England
Nationality: British
Died: 25 May 2011, Mexico City, Mexico

Carrington was an artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. For most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving members of the Surrealist movement of the 1930s. She was a founding member of the women’s liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s