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Greeny<p>Visage’s self-titled debut album (1980) on vinyl. Was in my top 10 albums then - and still is. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23vinyl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vinyl</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23visage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visage</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23midgeure" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#midgeure</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23newromantic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newromantic</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>This week’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FlashbackFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashbackFriday</span></a> is Midge Ure with “Dear God” (1988). It was his first and only song to reach the Billboard Hot 100 (#95), but was a Top 10 song on the Billboard Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Tracks charts. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MidgeUre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidgeUre</span></a></p>
Long Live Rock N Roll<p>"As it was in the beginning then so should it end<br>Don't let a lover become just a friend"</p><p>16th February 1976 Slik are No1 in the UK singles chart </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/midgeure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midgeure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/70s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>70s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪<p>Midge (omgekeerd Jim) Ure, of zeg maar 'Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire'. Deze doet wel een jaren tachtig belletje rinkelen, alsook één van zijn bekendste en terechte hitgroepen..</p><p>If I was a soldier<br>captive arms I'd lay before her.<br>If I was a sailor<br>seven oceans I'd sail to her.<br>If I was a painter<br>I'd paint a world that couldn't taint her.<br>If I was a leader<br>on food of love from above I would feed her.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/midgeure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midgeure</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaTERxV47Mg&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawIAGSZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQ-UEIS7LGtYf4zH-ogPS-1MXa-gHVFZGT-oJJECRwhRblnw9o8bpjjOzw_aem_VUtjs3eNjb6fUKMVxGJtkg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=VaTERxV47M</span><span class="invisible">g&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawIAGSZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQ-UEIS7LGtYf4zH-ogPS-1MXa-gHVFZGT-oJJECRwhRblnw9o8bpjjOzw_aem_VUtjs3eNjb6fUKMVxGJtkg</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/charitySong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charitySong</span></a> written in 1984 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BobGeldof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BobGeldof</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MidgeUre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidgeUre</span></a> to raise money for the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/19831985FamineInEthiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>19831985FamineInEthiopia</span></a>. It was first recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BandAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BandAid</span></a>, a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/supergroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supergroup</span></a> assembled by Geldof and Ure consisting of popular British and Irish musical acts. It was recorded in a single day at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SarmWestStudios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SarmWestStudios</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NottingHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NottingHill</span></a>, London, in November 1984. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was released in the UK on 7 December 1984. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTnl4MzWyP4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=kTnl4MzWyP4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ted Tocks Covers<p>Ted Tocks Covers </p><p>Do They Know It’s Christmas </p><p>Originally posted on December 15, 2019 </p><p>It was on this day 40 years ago that the who’s who of the British pop world arrived at S.A.R.M. Studios in London to record ‘Do They Know it’s Christmas’ under the title ‘Band Aid’. </p><p>“There's a world outside your window<br>And it's a world of dread and fear<br>Where the only water flowing<br>Is the bitter sting of tears”<br> <br><a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/bandaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bandaid</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/bobgeldof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bobgeldof</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/MidgeUre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidgeUre</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/barenakedladies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barenakedladies</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2019/12/15/do-they-know-its-christmas-its-hard-to-believer-this-was-35-years-ago-musicislife-tedtockscovers-bandaid-bobgeldof-midgeure-barenakedladies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2</span><span class="invisible">019/12/15/do-they-know-its-christmas-its-hard-to-believer-this-was-35-years-ago-musicislife-tedtockscovers-bandaid-bobgeldof-midgeure-barenakedladies/</span></a></p>
Long Live Rock N Roll<p>Happy 71st birthday to James&nbsp;"Midge"&nbsp;Ure&nbsp;OBE , Born today 10th October 1953</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ultravox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultravox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/midgeure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midgeure</span></a></p>
Long Live Rock N Roll<p>14th February 1976 Slik are No1 in the UK singles chart with "Forever And Ever"</p><p>Slik had a lead singer who went on to bigger and better things</p><p> <br> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/midgeure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midgeure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/rocknroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocknroll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/rockmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rockmusic</span></a></p>
GenXMusicLover<p>Gen X Music Lover: Midge Ure - If I Was <br><a href="https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2022/12/midge-ure-if-i-was.html?spref=tw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/20</span><span class="invisible">22/12/midge-ure-if-i-was.html?spref=tw</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1980s</span></a>, #1985, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MarkKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkKing</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MidgeUre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidgeUre</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/synthpop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>synthpop</span></a></p>
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