Guns N’ Roses – Paradise City
“Paradise City” should kick off a whole celebration day! In fact, Metal fans should celebrate today, because on Jul 21, 1987 Guns N’ Roses released what Wikipedia calls “best-selling debut album … with about 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling records ever”.
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Little Steven – Bitter fruit
“Bitter fruit”, one of the greatest solo hits of Steven Van Zandt. Now, Steve Van Zandt is not a famous name, but is definitely a famous guy! The fans of the Boss love him, because he played in thousands of concerts with Springsteen, being the guitar of the great E-Street Band.
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Terence Trent D’Arby – Dance little sister
“Dance little sister” tells us how a genius can change things in music. It happens, sometimes, it looks like an ordinary day, and than nothing will ever be like it was before. Doubts turn into facts, evidence turns into reality. It happened on Jul 13,
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Life can reserve unexpected moments and unbelievable crossings. They may happen sooner of later, and some people seem more likely to be in these situations. Surely, if you are in a relationship at 14, with a guy who is 33 years older than you and he plays the fucking bass in Rolling Stones,
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Kylie Minogue – Locomotion
“Locomotion” represents the beginning of Kylie Minogue’s career. The beginning was quite common, a girl in Australia singing a cover for a charity event. Few people see her, but it’s enough for her to gain a contract and, in 1987, release a single with this song.
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Bananarama – I heard a rumour
“I heard a rumour” is really a song for summer. Actually Bananarama had to be somehow grateful to summer, given their first major hit. And in summer 1987 they were back with their happiness. They had a good video, but the song was probably too influenced by the producers,
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Los Lobos – La Bamba
I think that “La Bamba” is really one of the most famous soundtracks of the world. Actually in 1987 it had already happened, to recall a song of thirty years before. In fact, in January the great success of Reet Petite by Jackie Wilson, originally released in 1957,
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Jill Jones – Mia bocca
“Mia Bocca” is another Prince’s song. And Jill Jones is another Prince’s friend. The Minneapolis Genius, rest in peace, had a thing for young singer, black hair, and better with a letter or a number for second name, eager to be discovered by him.
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a-ha – The living daylights
It’s James Bond’s trademark, Roger Moore first and, since 1987, Timothy Dalton. And actually for a pop artist or group it was definitely an achievement, to be called to compose the title track for new 007 movies. So, for “The living daylights”
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