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Goodbye dry eyes

on 03.15.2010

It’s pretty rare that I like a remake to begin with — but there are excep­tions. In fact, I have never heard the original of this song, some­thing I should quickly rectify. Tom Rush is not someone in my general musical purview, but perhaps he should be.
Also surpris­ing is that I have come […]

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Crash even more slowly

on 02.16.2010

This has got to be the only “inspired by Vienna-era Ultravox” pop single in my cata­logue of music, from the Swedish band Strasse.   All they need is the shit-eating grin of Midge Ure and a trian­gu­lated, down­played drum machine and you’ve got a crossover hit!

Strasse — Crash Slowly

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