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Roll Of Honour

Category: Soundtrack

Silent Night, Gelignite
Culture, Electronic, Music, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Tangerine Dream, Vinyl

Silent Night, Gelignite

In which our young hero learns about Ärsche Continue reading Silent Night, Gelignite

Melange à Trois
Culture, Dune, Music, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Melange à Trois

Dune, Dune, Deeper and Dune Continue reading Melange à Trois

Wake Me Up Before You Crow-Crow
Culture, Cure, Goth, Music, Soundtrack, The Jesus & Mary Chain

Wake Me Up Before You Crow-Crow

Get your fill of future-gothic-retro-noir-fi here! Continue reading Wake Me Up Before You Crow-Crow

Adamson Schmadamson
Barry Adamson, Culture, Music, Record collecting

Adamson Schmadamson

In which our young hero sets the controls for the heart of the pelvis. Continue reading Adamson Schmadamson

Black, Muscular, Fine Looking
Culture, Isaac Hayes, Music, Record collecting, Soul, Soundtrack

Black, Muscular, Fine Looking

1537, pasty, muscular, fine looking is in bed with his woman, Mrs 1537, a doll, also pasty. Continue reading Black, Muscular, Fine Looking

Conscience Free Depravity
Aerosmith, Culture, Less Than Zero, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Poison, Public Enemy, Record collecting, Rock, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Conscience Free Depravity

Beware: The ultimate depravity. Continue reading Conscience Free Depravity

Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp!
Culture, Elvis Presley, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp!

Sick shrimp shit going down? can only be Elvis. Continue reading Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp!

Casual Brutality, Adversity, Disco Toms
Culture, Midnight Express, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Casual Brutality, Adversity, Disco Toms

The triumph of indomitable will in the face of horrific adversity, with added disco toms. Continue reading Casual Brutality, Adversity, Disco Toms

Dumm, Dum, De Dumm-umm
Culture, John Carpenter, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Dumm, Dum, De Dumm-umm

It’s customary here at my Gilded Palace of Sin to begin reviews with a quotation from my favourite lyric on the … Continue reading Dumm, Dum, De Dumm-umm

Do Your Duty LL
Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Do Your Duty LL

God this is a tedious listen!  After watching a good interview with Public Enemy producer Hank Shocklee last night I … Continue reading Do Your Duty LL

The Way I Use My Walk
Culture, Disco, Music, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

The Way I Use My Walk

This post is my entirely non-humble entry for the Film Soundtrack Festival which is being tirelessly and lovingly curated by … Continue reading The Way I Use My Walk

Liquid Light
Culture, Games, Music, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Liquid Light

*** Welcome to a Joint collaborative teaming-up together-y simulcast post thing with the lovely Sarca Sim on the game and … Continue reading Liquid Light

Super Cool, Super Mean, Super Sonic Sweatshop
Culture, Curtis Mayfield, Music, Record collecting, Soul, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Super Cool, Super Mean, Super Sonic Sweatshop

It had to be a great one tonight to rouse me from my death sick bed and type, let’s not … Continue reading Super Cool, Super Mean, Super Sonic Sweatshop

Hot Little Twig
60's, Culture, Elvis Presley, Music, Rock & Roll, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Hot Little Twig

Well I’ve got a gal, she’s as cute as she can be She’s a distant cousin but she’s not too … Continue reading Hot Little Twig

Robby Arranges Flowers, Zaps Monkey
Culture, Electronic, Music, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Robby Arranges Flowers, Zaps Monkey

Let’s kick it 1955 style and get down with Louis and Bebe Barron on Altair 4 and their Tonalities – … Continue reading Robby Arranges Flowers, Zaps Monkey

Chicks And Kicks
Music, Punk, Ramones, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Chicks And Kicks

Well I don’t care about history Rock, rock, rock’n’roll high school ‘Cause that’s not where I wanna be Rock, rock, … Continue reading Chicks And Kicks

She Had It Coming, Man!
Heavy Metal, Music, Reggae, River's Edge, Soundtrack, Thrash

She Had It Coming, Man!

Ever seen the film River’s Edge? I caught it once by accident when I was about 19 and it really … Continue reading She Had It Coming, Man!

Resolutions
Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Resolutions

Can’t beat a New Year’s Resolution or two, how else do you get to feel like a complete failure by … Continue reading Resolutions

The Decline and Fool
Alice Cooper, Faster Pussycat, Glam Rock, Guns n' Roses, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Motörhead, Soundtrack, Vinyl

The Decline and Fool

Here’s one I’ve really not listened to for a very long time, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The … Continue reading The Decline and Fool

Away In The Sky
60's, Beatles, Record collecting, Soundtrack

Away In The Sky

I find the Beatles particularly difficult to write about, they’re too much part of me – my parents played them … Continue reading Away In The Sky

You Have Nothing To Worry About Mr Adamson
Barry Adamson, Soundtrack, Vinyl

You Have Nothing To Worry About Mr Adamson

Play this first and see if it appeals: Still here? good.  Welcome to Barry Adamson Moss Side Story, a soundtrack … Continue reading You Have Nothing To Worry About Mr Adamson

The Battle’s Fought And The Game Is Won
Pop, Queen, Rock, Soundtrack, Vinyl

The Battle’s Fought And The Game Is Won

Here you go, record #3 of the 1537*, Queen A Kind of Magic, I remember cleaning out our goat shed … Continue reading The Battle’s Fought And The Game Is Won

The Bangy-Bangy Spectrum
Dance, Heavy Metal, Metallica, Moby, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

The Bangy-Bangy Spectrum

Unless they were carefully constructed purpose-built suites of music, think Paris, Texas or Blade Runner, soundtracks can be a bit of … Continue reading The Bangy-Bangy Spectrum

Making Figure Eights Through The Pearly Gates
60's, Bob Dylan, Easy Rider, Jimi Hendrix, Music, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Making Figure Eights Through The Pearly Gates

You know I’ve smoked a lot of grass O’ Lord, I’ve popped a lot of pills But I never touched … Continue reading Making Figure Eights Through The Pearly Gates

It’s Got Groove, It’s Got Meaning
Grease, Kids, Record collecting, Soundtrack

It’s Got Groove, It’s Got Meaning

Grease is the word.  I’ve just sat through a fabulous performance of Grease, my daughter finishes primary school next week … Continue reading It’s Got Groove, It’s Got Meaning

Blush Response
Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vangelis, Vinyl

Blush Response

Blade Runner is one of my all-time Top 5 films* and along with the highbrow debate about what constitutes life … Continue reading Blush Response

Judgment Night Judgment
Faith No More, Hip Hop, Record collecting, Rock, Soundtrack, Thrash, Vinyl

Judgment Night Judgment

Judgment Night to my mind is proof that a great soundtrack doesn’t necessarily need a great film to be tagged … Continue reading Judgment Night Judgment

Gaze Upon This Filth
Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Gaze Upon This Filth

It’s becoming clear that I buy LPs for all manner of different reasons, to grab new stuff so i don’t … Continue reading Gaze Upon This Filth

I’d Rather Be A Free Man In My Grave, Than Living As A Puppet Or A Slave
Jimmy Cliff, Reggae, Soundtrack, Toots & The Maytals, Vinyl

I’d Rather Be A Free Man In My Grave, Than Living As A Puppet Or A Slave

Reading back I notice I’ve used the phrase ‘life-affirming’ several times in my recent pieces and I’m really, really going … Continue reading I’d Rather Be A Free Man In My Grave, Than Living As A Puppet Or A Slave

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