#new musical express

[ruinedholograms]

Further Down The Spiral (1995)

#old magazines #90s #music #nin #coil #aphex twin #rick rubin #nine inch nails #nothing records #trent reznor #russell mills #the downward spiral #1995 #hologram parade #robin finck #danny lohner #chris vrenna #charlie clouser #dave navarro #new musical express #further down the spiral

[brothertedd]

#nme #nme magazine #daft punk #gorillaz #music #new musical express #radiohead

[lisamarie-vee]

#vintage magazine #new musical express #bruce springsteen #1970s #rock and roll hall of fame

[taiso]

ryuichi sakamoto as captain yonoi on the front cover of NME (august 20th, 1983) !!

scanned from my personal collection

#nme #new musical express #merry christmas mr. lawrence #mcml #戦場のメリークリスマス #ryuichi sakamoto #坂本龍一 #nagisa oshima #大島渚 #1980s #my scans

[crepesuzette2023]

Letter from a fan asking John Lennon what he was chewing on while trying to sing, why he looked terrified on stage, and what he said to Paul when he put his hands on Paul's shoulders.

Beatles Book Monthly, No 23, June 1965

Dear Boys,

Well done for being voted Britain's Top Group—vocal wise! You well deserve it. I’m talking about Television's fabulous show "Poll Winner's Concert,” presented by the New Musical Express. It was great, but it wouldn't have been the same without you boys, Only one thing was different from your “normal" shows, besides those fab jackets you all wore. You were all CHEWING! Don't know what it was you had in your mouth, John, but you were killing me. You were singing, “Ticket to Ride,” and trying to chew at the same time. Please, I beg of you, don't chew while you're singing, again. You're guaranteed to have one dead fan in front of the television set. Well done John, for being Runner up to the British Top Vocalist". I think you should have come first. Thanks Paul for singing "Long Tall Sally”, it was great. By the way John, when you came out to get your cup, you looked so terrified, was it the girls, or did your chewing gum or whatever it was get stuck in your throat. Also, John, what did you say to Paul when you put your hands on his shoulders. I thought you said "How-ver doing Love?" That made me laugh.

Yours, Virginia Pullen (one weak fan), Oakside, Chailey Road, Wivelsfield, Sussex.

PS. Give my love to John.

John answers: To my one weak (or is it week) fan: Ta very muchly—chewing is out except when l'm hungry.

#the beatles #fan mail #john lennon #paul mccartney #new musical express

[undergroundrockpress]

The Cramps, 1980.

#rock photography #the cramps #1980 #new musical express #nick knox #poison ivy #bryan gregory #lux interior #1980s

[legendarytragedynacho]

Nina Hagen and Steve Strange in 'New Musical Express', UK, 1982

📷 Gabor Scott

#nina hagen #steve strange #visage #music #musician #musica #rock #rock music #singer #rock singer #beauty #punk rock #new romantics #blitz kids #nme #nme magazine #new musical express #techno rock

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

Today, on November 2nd, 1974 - Freddie Mercury interview

NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS

by Julie Webb relentlessly probes the cut and contour of Queen's Lead Trouser

The contents of Freddie Mercury`s pants are his alone. They belong to him and to no-one else.

Funny how times change. Seems like only yesterday that people were taking the mickey out of Queen. Of course, there were some who reckoned they had a genuine talent which would come to the fore, but for many they were merely a flash in the pan.

Two hit albums and two hit singles later, the band can afford a smirk at the expense of their journalistic detractors. This week Queen began their second major tour of Britain. Last time round they were just breaking “Seven Seas Of Rhye” – this time the new album “Sheer Heart Attack” will be featured, but strangely enough not their new single “Killer Queen,” since lead singer Freddie Mercury deems it “not necessary to add to what we are going to do on stage.”

It was Mercury, you may remember, who was so sublimey confident about the band`s chances of success – and he hasn`t changed. “Queen II” may have gone silver, but he reckons “it`ll go platinum” before long. Four months ago, you might have sneered – now it`s about time you listened.

The turning point for the band is really the new single. “A double A side, though no one seems to realise it because they keep playing `Killer Queen`,” interjects Mercury. It`s a turning point in that it sounds nothing like the noisy heavy metal sound to which we are accustomed from Queen, thus justifying their earlier claim of `versatility.` It`s more of a mixture of Beach Boys, early Beatles and 1920`s music-hall. Quaite naice, actually.

Says Mercury: “People are used to hard rock, energy music from Queen, yet with this single you almost expect Noel Coward to sing it. It`s one of those bowler hat, black suspender belt numbers – not that Noel Coward would wear that.”

And you?

“Oh no dear, just a nice little black number.”

It is apparent that success (in any shape or form) has not altered Mercury, who still insists on using the suffix “dear” at the end of many of his sentences. He is also still very much hung up on maintaining the `star` image.

For a start he never carries much money round with him. It`s not that he`s poverty-stricken or even mean – just that it`s difficult to keep cash in your shoes. A star to the last, he wears pocketless trousers and keeps his finances close to his feet.

“I hate pockets in trousers,” he stresses. “By the way, I do not wear a hose. My hose is my own. No coke bottle, nothing stuffed down there.”

Of course, Freddie.

However, sticking rigidly to the star image has its drawbacks. Satin trousers aren`t that durable (“I split a pair last week”) and velvet and sequins have a nasty habit of dulling in the rain. Still, they create the desired effect of getting people to stare. Mercury still adores the stares, of course – he`s insisted all along he`s a star and thinks he should dress accordingly. But for all the high camp, he`s got some grey matter in that head of his.

It was, after all, Mercury who wrote six of the thirteen cuts on the new album and being artistically inclined it was he who provided the idea for the album sleeve.

“God, the agony we went through to have the pictures taken, dear. Can you imagine trying to convince the others to cover themselves in Vaseline and then have a hose of water turned on them?”

Sheer agony, Freddie. The end result is four members of the band looking decidely unregal, tanned and healthy, and as drenched as if they`ve been sweating for a week.

“Everyone was expecting some sort of cover. A Queen III cover really, but this is completely new. It`s not that we`re changing altogether – it`s just a phase we are going through.”

But won`t Queen devotees be a trifle worried by this new image?

“They will love it. We`re still as poncy as ever. We`re still the dandies we started out to be. We`re just showing people we`re not merely a load of poofs, that we are capable of other things.”

The album, as detailed above, boasts 13 tracks – most of them a mere three minutes in length.

“Not a collection of singles, dear – although we might draw another one off later for a single. I`m not absolutely sure about that, though. No, not all the numbers last for ages. There were just so many songs we wanted to do. And it makes a change to have short numbers. It`s so varied that we were able to go to extremes. I only had about two weeks to write my songs so we`ve been working (expletive deleted) hard.”

(➡️ Read on https://geirmykl.wordpress.com/2015/01/10/article-about-queen-from-new-musical-express-november-2-1974/)

#new musical express #interview nme 1974 #freddie mercury #queen band #london #zanzibar #legend #queen #brian may #john deacon #freddiebulsara #roger taylor #freddie mercury interview 1974

[thepastprotracted]

#the clash #mick jones #nme #new musical express #punk rock #1978

[mydaroga]

There isn’t any. Jealousy doesn’t exist. When John wanted to do a film on his own, we were all happy for him. Now that he’s done it, he has passed on to us information about all sorts of things he has learned. That way as Beatles we become richer in experience. George went to India and told us what he had learned. I wrote film music and found out other things, which I’ve passed on.

Paul McCartney in New Musical Express, December 31, 1966

#what I find so charming about this #is the fact he's still talking about them as one unit/mind #what one learns or gains is a gain for all of them #obviously that did not necessarily remain the case but i hope they did feel this way at least a bit #(and we know there was some tension between him and John re: the film but that doesn't mean this isn't still somewhat true) #the beatles #paul mccartney #interviews #new musical express

[the-alan-price-combo]

On this day in 1965 - the New Musical Express Poll Winners' Concert!!

Featured here is Animals' performance of "Boom Boom", the first song of their set! 🐾✨️

#I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY NME 1965 DAY ALREADY.... it came up so fast!!!!! #time to listen to alan and eric unintentionally duet all day today #seriously whoever cut out chas' mic there..... i have questions....... did you want to hear the price-burdon duet too?? #agghgghh LOOKIT THEM GO!! EVEN WHEN HILTON'S AMP IS MESSED UP HE'S STILL HAVING A GOOD TIME!! #to quote eric: 'have you heard the one about the group with the dodgy equipment?' #the animals #eric burdon #hilton valentine #chas chandler #john steel #alan price #the original five.... aaaaaaaaaa absolute magic #60s rock #british invasion #british rock #classic rock #new musical express #nme 1965 #the girl can't help it

[itsallmadonnasfault]

#Madonna #1989 #Like A Prayer #NME #New Musical Express #Madonna 1989 #Queen Of Pop #Madonna40

[lisamarie-vee]

#vintage magazine #1970s #new musical express #david bowie #mick jagger #rock and roll hall of fame

[mrepstein]

Brian Epstein and Lionel Bart travelled to East Ham to watch Walker Brothers on Saturday...

‘Tail-Pieces’ by ‘The Alley Cat’ column in the New Musical Express, April 15, 1966

#Brian Epstein #Lionel Bart #The Walker Brothers #1966 #60s #NME #New Musical Express #The Alley Cat

[rollingstonesdata]

ROLLING STONES YESTERDAY'S PAPERS: "Jagger Phones" (1966)

jagger phones Rolling Stones in the press: “Jagger Phones” *From the New Musical Express, England, July 22 1966*Click for more YESTERDAY’S PAPERS

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#1966 #Mick Jagger #New Musical Express #press #Rolling Stones

[elvis1970s]

One of the interviewees selected by director Denis Sanders to contribute to his 1970 concert documentary, Elvis That's The Way It Is, is Ann Moses. At the time of the movie, she was editor of teen fan magazine Tiger Beat, and also wrote for the UK publication New Musical Express as Hollywood correspondent, and for which she filed reports on Elvis' Las Vegas performances. She had also been ringside at the recording of Elvis' 1968 television special.

In an article written on her website, annmoses.com, she recalled;

"...When Denis first contacted me I was thrilled when he said he wanted to interview me for the film, but it was so much more than that! He said I would be a guest of MGM for Elvis’ show where they would be filming! An offer I couldn’t refuse. What few realize, though, is while I was so involved and so comfortable in the world of celebrities and Hollywood, I would get nauseous whenever I would have to speak on camera or make a live appearance. I always preferred being on the back side of the camera!

That said, I made my way to Vegas in August of 1970, I was more than excited. But it got better and better. As I gave my name to the Maitre de of the International Showroom, he led me and my party of four down to the table that was one table to the right of center stage and we had the front four seats. Of course, I was not shy about sitting in the first seat closest to the stage

It was a complete joy to see Elvis live again (as I had been present at his first live appearance in 10 years on July 31, 1969 for his opening show at the International), but I was well aware that the hand-held cameras were recording Elvis and the “fans” that would be a part of the documentary.

It was later in the month that Denis came to my Tiger Beat office and interviewed me with cameras rolling for my “interview” portion that appears in the film. I sat at my office desk and answered his questions nervously, and then they shot cover footage of me walking down the hall and talking with my Art Editor..."

Ann Moses remains very active on social media - link to her Facebook here; (facebook.com/annmoses)

#elvis 1970s #elvis history #elvis presley #elvis fans #elvis in the 70s #rock history #classic hollywood #tiger beat #new musical express #mgm studios #musicians #live music #las vegas history #las vegas #ann moses #music journalism