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Published in Plethora Of Pop

·1 day ago

Same Title Different Song

Unusual song titles for completely different songs. But which version is the best? — A Plethora of PoP Rate-A-Record special with a twist— choose your favourite between two songs with the same unusual title by giving them a rating between 35 and 98 leaving your scores in the comments. Let’s dive in. Stairway To Heaven Everyone knows the Led Zeppelin favourite, a funeral classic for the newly…

Music

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Same Title Different Song
Same Title Different Song
Music

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Published in Plethora Of Pop

·5 days ago

These Guys Don’t Get Enough Love

My love alone is not enough — the world needs to know — We all know incredible musicians who no one else seems to know about. We have their albums and go to see them live but they perform in small theatres. Is it their record company’s fault? Maybe the marketing dept? Perhaps the artist lacks a bit of charisma or stage presence…

Music

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These Guys Don’t Get Enough Love
These Guys Don’t Get Enough Love
Music

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Published in Plethora Of Pop

·Jan 30

The One-Hit Wonder Band Who Were Not One-Hit Wonders

Why is this commercially successful band sometimes derided as a one-hit wonder? — One hit wonders? Six top 30 album hits, nine top 40 singles, three platinum, two gold and two silver albums and two platinum, two gold and one silver single awards. And yet there are still articles that list Dexys Midnight Runners as One Hit Wonders. Dexy’s Midnight Runners were one…

Music

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The One-Hit Wonder Band Who Were Not One-Hit Wonders
The One-Hit Wonder Band Who Were Not One-Hit Wonders
Music

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Published in Rock n’ Heavy

·Jan 25

Springsteen’s Lesser-Known Classics

And all by the first letters of his nickname — THE BOSS — Yeah I know, I’ve done this before using the letters from just BOSS. The thing is, there are so many less well-known classics, I needed a part 2. And to expand on the number of songs by including ‘The’ too. It’s the quality of his lesser-known songs that demonstrates the…

Music

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Springsteen’s Lesser-Known Classics
Springsteen’s Lesser-Known Classics
Music

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Jan 23

The Fantasy Dinner

What three people would you invite? — You can invite three people to a fantasy dinner. The only rules are one must be alive, one brown bread* and one a fictional character. Oh, I forgot, not everyone’s from London — *brown bread is Cockney rhyming slang for dead. You wouldn’t have learnt that from Dick Van Dyke…

Music

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The Fantasy Dinner
The Fantasy Dinner
Music

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Published in Fictions

·Jan 20

The Secrets of the Unweather 5

The future is in the past — A deep constant murmur grumbled. It emerged from beneath the pattering of hundreds of rats’ paws and squeals that bounced off the dank tunnel walls around them. The low rhythmic sound was like a muted bass accompaniment to the rat’s chorus. Ragwald was unaware. He was singing a traditional folk…

Thriller

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The Secrets of the Unweather 5
The Secrets of the Unweather 5
Thriller

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Published in Plethora Of Pop

·Jan 19

The Rock Superstar You May Not Know

One of rock’s greatest sidemen who was so revered they even named a London street after him — Who doesn’t know Rod Stewart, Pete Townsend, Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood and Steve Marriot? But who knows the guy who wrote, made albums and toured with all of these stellar superstars? No? I’ll tell you. Ronnie Lane was that artist. He was the joint composer of Q Magazine’s no.59 album…

Music

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The Rock Superstar You May Not Know
The Rock Superstar You May Not Know
Music

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Jan 19

I'm glad my theory has substance 😂
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Maybe needs extending a little.

Maybe needs extending a little. I'm convinced Bruce Springsteen and Beethoven are and were Brits too.

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Maybe needs extending a little. I'm convinced Bruce Springsteen and Beethoven are and were Brits too.

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jan 15

You Are Your Colour

Everyone has a colour — it’s your personality. More importantly, it’s your tribe — Many companies like to uncover their employees' personalities. It helps them to gain insight into their employees' capabilities and potential. They do this through personality profiling and psychometric tests. You know the type of thing — Myers Briggs, NEO, Birkman etc. The different tests look at things from different perspectives…

Life

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You Are Your  Colour
You Are Your  Colour
Life

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Published in Fictions

·Jan 12

He’s Missing

This was not normal behaviour — It was 6.10 pm and William was not home. That was unusual. He was always back by 6.05. If William’s train was delayed, which was often, he called to let her know his new estimated arrival time. The train was not late; it had pulled in just before six and…

Fiction

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He’s Missing
He’s Missing
Fiction

10 min read

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