Propaganda: There is really no one else like them. Landing in the middle of the New Romantic era in London, the Pogues married punk’s contrarian tendencies with the fire of Irish folk music. They made music about displaced immigrants, political prisoners, and Celtic warriors, including the most popular Christmas song year after year in the British Isles, ‘Fairytale of New York’ .
I wasn’t prepared for how sad I’d be when Shane MacGowan died this past November, even though I’d been expecting it for a while.
The Cross
Formed in: 1987
Genres: Pop rock, dance-rock, hard rock
Lineup: Roger Taylor- lead vocals and rhythm guitar (of queen)
Spike Edney- keyboard and backing vocals (of queen)
Clayton Moss- lead guitar and backing vocals
Peter Noone- bass guitar and backing vocals
Josh Macrae- drums and backing vocals
Albums from the 80s:
Shove It (1988)
Propaganda: roger and spike and clayton make me drop 2 my knees g o d
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - guitar and vocals
Songs: "Voodoo Child," "Foxy Lady"
Defeated Opponents: Elvis Costello, Clyde McPhatter, Robin Zander, Arlo Guthrie, Brian Eno
Propaganda: none
Brian May (1947-) Queen - guitar
Songs: "White Queen (As It Began,)" "The Prophet's Song"
Defeated Opponents: Ronnie Lane, John Coltrane, Roger Hodgson, Paul McCartney
Propaganda: "He's very tall, his hair is the stuff of legends, his brain is the size of planets, he has a doctorate in astronomy, he built the guitar he still plays to this day (like a god) as a teenager. His songwriting and musical abilities have made him a legend in his own right and he also plays with this little group called Queen. Everyone who's ever met him unanimously say that he's the nicest, most decent person there ever was. Also, he's ridiculously beautiful in every decade he's been on this earth. Need I say more?"
"While Freddie is hot and Roger is pretty, Brian stands out as sort of ethereally beautiful. He floats across the stage in Zandra Rhodes while delivering heavy riffs, then switches to self-harmonizing in as light and fae a manner as you could wish."
"An Angel singing with his beautiful voice and his very own special guitar. On the best Rock tracks ever! His face like a greek god surrounded by heavenly curls, prancing skillfully on the stage with his long legs in platform shoes."
Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) Queen - lead vocals and piano
Songs: "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Seven Seas of Rhye"
Defeated Opponents: Leonard Cohen, Sting, Sammy Davis Jr., Marc Bolan
Propaganda: see visual
I was curious if the Brian May vs Freddie Mercury poll was exactly even or not so I put it into https://glittering.world/poll-grabber and they got EXACTLY the same number of votes lol
Yeah sadly the final number of votes was an even number, but if it wasn't...I would have tried til I died to figure out who actually won
Anyway the tool you used seems extremely useful for future polls!
Back on my bullshit with some isolated tracks! 🥰 I've been wanting to do this one a few weeks back but I've only had time just now. This is Good Company but only Brian's solo vocals with bass and like half drums.
My original intention was to isolate just the solo vocals, but it turns out the bass and drums stuck to it and I didn't really want to forcefully clean it, AI or otherwise. You can hear Brian's ooh-oohs and little vibratos here and there! which would normally be buried under layers and layers (as is the norm with every song in ANATO) of guitars, with the Deacy amp!
Again I wasn't originally looking to isolate the bass but I ended up listening closely to it, and I ended up gaining newfound appreciation to it! Under the layers of everything you wouldn't hear it but now you can hear how John absolutely nailed it, and his so called "lyrical style" becomes very apparent here.
Anyway - just a thingy, as is literally every other post on this blog, but hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!