Ozzy Osbourne - Straight To Hell

OZZY is back in business again, dropping two singles including a video from his upcoming album "Ordinary Man" an album that is going to be released February 21st, 2020, and that the title track will be the much talked about collaboration with Elton John.

So far, we've heard two songs from Ordinary Man – the incredibly infectious "Under the Graveyard" and "Straight to Hell" which features a solo from Slash of GUNS N' ROSES. The album was produced by Andrew Watt. OZZY and Watt met when OZZY recorded guest vocals for Post Malone, and ended up writing and recording the new album, "Ordinary Man", in four days.

OZZYs health has been put into question recently, but the man is set on fulfilling his promised dates on the "No More Tours 2" tour. The rescheduled dates in the U.S. feature MARILYN MANSON, and the European leg will feature JUDAS PRIEST. See all the dates below.

In the meantime we play the second single "Straight To Hell", enjoy today's tune!




US Dates with MARILYN MANSON
May 27 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
May 29 – Sunrise, FL @ BB&T Center
May 31 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
June 2 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
June 4 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
June 6 – Hershey, PA @ Hershey Park Stadium
June 11 – Pittsburgh, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion
June 13 – Bangor, ME @ Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
June 16 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
June 18 – Hamilton, ON @ First Ontario Centre
June 20 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
June 22 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden Arena
June 24 – St Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
June 26 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
June 28 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
July 1 – Milwaukee, WI @ Amer. Family Ins. Amp–Summerfest
July 3 – St Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
July 7 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
July 9 – Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
July 11 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
July 15 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
July 17 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
July 23 – Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
July 25 – San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 29 – San Diego, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 31 – Las Vegas, CA @ MGM Grand Garden Arena

European Tour w/ JUDAS PRIEST

October 23 Newcastle, Utilita Arena, UK
October 25 Glasgow, SSE Hydro, UK
October 28 London, The O2, UK
October 31 Birmingham, Resorts World Arena, UK
November 2 Manchester, Manchester Arena, UK
November 5 Dublin, 3Arena, Ireland
November 8 Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena, UK
November 11 Dortmund, Westfalenhalle, Germany
November 13 Prague, O2 Arena, Czech Republic
November 16 Vienna, Stadthalle, Austria
November 19 Bologna, Unipol Arena, Italy
November 22 Madrid, WiZink Arena, Spain
November 24 Zurich, Hallenstadion, Switzerland
November 26 Munich, Olympiahalle, Germany
November 28 Mannheim, SAP Arena, Germany
November 30 Berlin, Mercedes-Benz Arena, Germany
December 3 Hamburg, Barclaycard Arena, Germany
December 5 Stockholm, Friends Arena, Sweden
December 7 Helsinki, Hartwall Arena, Finland

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Elton John - Rocket Man

Sunday, fathers day, yes I got breakfast this morning from the kids, lovely :)

Time for a classic for this rainy Sunday on the eleventh day in the eleventh month and eleven o'clock.

Today's tune "Rocket Man" (officially titled "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)") is a song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and originally performed by John. The song first appeared on John's 1972 album "Honky Château" and became a hit single, rising to No. 2 in the UK and No. 6 in the US.

The song was inspired by the short story "The Rocket Man" in The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, and echoes the theme of David Bowie's 1969 song "Space Oddity" (both recordings were produced by Gus Dudgeon). But according to an account in Elizabeth Rosenthal's book His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John, the song was inspired by Taupin's sighting of either a shooting star or a distant aeroplane.

The song describes a Mars-bound astronaut's mixed feelings at leaving his family in order to do his job. Rosenthal's account goes on to relate that the notion of astronauts no longer being perceived as heroes, but in fact as an "everyday occupation", led Taupin to the song's opening lines: "She packed my bags last night, pre-flight. Zero hour: 9 a.m. And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then."

Musically, the song is a highly arranged ballad anchored by piano, with atmospheric texture added by synthesizer (played on the recording by engineer Dave Hentschel) and processed slide guitar. It is also known for being the first song in John's catalog to feature what would become the signature backing vocal combination of his band at the time, Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone.

The first stanza of "Rocket Man" was thought of by Bernie Taupin whilst he was on the motorway heading to his parents' home; he had to "repeat it to himself for two hours," which was "unfortunate", but in later interviews he said that since it gave him a hit, it was all worthwhile.

The song has been a staple of John's concerts. Among numerous other performances, John played "Rocket Man" at the launch site of Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998.

The song includes the line, ""And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then". The website Schmoop commented, "The phrase "high as a kite" is a common idiom almost always used to refer to drug use. There's nothing to suggest that lyricist Bernie Taupin really intended the double entendre, but the song did come out at the peak of stoner '70s culture. The usual meaning of the expression, which Taupin would have been familiar with, is highly intoxicated.

In his own interpretation of Elton John’s iconic hit, Iranian filmmaker and refugee Majid Adin reimagines “Rocket Man” to tell a new story of adventure, loneliness and hope. The Cut, proudly supported by YouTube, invited filmmakers to create the first official music videos for three of Elton’s most famous songs: http://eltonjohn.com/thecut



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Def Leppard - Rock of Ages

Monday, time to introduce this weeks "Record Of The Week", today we will jump back to 1983, the year when "Pyromania" got released. It's the third studio album by English rock band DEF LEPPARD, released on 20 January 1983. It is the first album to feature guitarist Phil Collen and was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The album was a huge success, charting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart and selling over ten million copies in the US, and thus being certified diamond by the RIAA.

I believe that I bought "Pyromania" during summer 1983. Then I was just a stripling, no fuzz on the chin, as I have today. With my own savings I went to the store and got my self a copy (yes I still have it, but it's pretty worn out) anyway, during that summer this record got so many spins on the record player that I know every single lyric, every single riff, I even manage to play a few of them on my acoustic guitar :)

One cool thing about this record is; I remember the time so well like it was yesterday. I got most of my friends to buy a copy and play some air guitar together. During this summer it was also the first time I got the opportunity to taste "Gravad Sik" (Pretty same as Gravlax), is a Nordic dish consisting of raw "Sik" (Coregonus lavaretus is a species of freshwater whitefish, in the family Salmonidae), cured in salt, sugar, and dill. "Gravad Sik" is usually served as an appetizer. It's one of the most delicious appetizer of fish species that I ever tasted!

Back to the record "Pyromania", an album that really have the classic sound and feeling. "Pyromania" can also be seen as a transitional one between the heavy metal sound of their first two albums and the beginning of the radio-friendly direction of later releases. The album featured heavy metal rockers such as "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)", "Stagefright" and "Die Hard the Hunter" as well as Top-40 hits "Photograph", "Rock of Ages" and "Foolin'".

The album was partially recorded with original guitarist Pete Willis, whose rhythm guitar tracks appear on all songs. Midway through the recording sessions, Willis was fired for excessive alcohol abuse and replaced by Phil Collen, who contributed guitar solos and other parts that had not yet been recorded by Willis. On the original LP release, Willis is visible in the background of the photograph of singer Joe Elliott, while Collen is given his own personal photo as the new full-time member of the group.

The album caused controversy with its cover artwork, which shows an animated picture of a skyscraper building with a large flame and black smoke coming out from the top floor, and a bullseye pointed at the flame. Many stores were offended by this cover and refused to sell the album.

 

The record contains in my world, only strong tracks, so it's very difficult to choose a song. So I choose one of the classics "Rock of Ages" to get a good video and a Spotify link, behold, "Pyromania" is not on Spotify so the link will be from the "Viva Hysteria". The tune takes its name from the hymn "Rock of Ages". It begins with a German-like nonsense phrase, "Gunter glieben glauten globen", which was later sampled in "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" by the OFFSPRING as well as "Call Me What You Like (If You Like Rock-N-Roll)" by Puffy AmiYumi. This was also sampled in a parody of the song, "Rape Rock of Ages," by shock rock band the MENTORS. According to the official Def Leppard FAQ,

The music video was directed by David Mallet and shot on 8 December 1982 (Guitarist Phil Collen's 25th birthday), in Battersea, London, England.

Former Def Leppard co-manager Peter Mensch appears in this video as one of the monks.



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Ellie Goulding - Your Song

A few days ago visited Ellie Stockholm and Debaser for a gig. An evening that was completely sold out felt well, one evening in the woman's character, it was a really uneven between the sexes, about 80/20 to the female league. Ellie exuded lots of joy to share their music. Her tones that can not really fall into one tray by genre, but this lady really sprawls all over, one foot in Pop tray, the other in Dance, the left arm in the R & B, the right in the Singer songwriter, the rest in the club world. Get the feeling that this lady doing as she pleases.

Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding (born 30 December 1986) is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In 2010, she became the second artist to both top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year, following Adele's win of both in 2008.

After signing to Polydor Records in 2009, she released her first EP in 2009, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding. Goulding released her debut studio album, Lights, in 2010. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 850,000 copies in the UK.

Goulding's second album Halcyon was released in October 2012 to generally positive reviews from critics.

Her cover of Elton John's "Your Song" reached number two in the UK in December 2010, and on 29 April 2011 she performed the song at the wedding reception of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Buckingham Palace. Produced by Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons, it was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2010 as the re-release's lead single. The song is Todays Tune.


"Your Song" is a ballad composed and performed by English musician Elton John with lyrics by his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin. It originally appeared on John's self-titled second album in 1970. The song was released in the United States in October 1970 as the B-side to "Take Me to the Pilot". Both received airplay, but "Your Song" was preferred by disc jockeys and replaced "Take Me to the Pilot" as the A-side, eventually making the top ten on both the UK and US charts. In 1998, "Your Song" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004 the song was placed at number 137 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Setlist from the Debaser show:

Don't Say A Word
Halcyon
Figure 8
Salt Skin
Hanging On/Wonderman
Joy
Explosion
Guns & Horses
I Know You Care
Your Song (Elton John cover)
My Blood
Only You
Under The Sheets
Anything Could Happen
Animal
Without Your Love
Starry Eyed

Encore:
I Need Your Love
Lights


Tourdates:

Thu 18th Apr 2013, Loftas, Vilnius, Lithuania
Sat 20th Apr 2013, Stodola, Warszawa, Poland
Sun 21st Apr 2013, Sasazu, Prague, Czech Republic
Tue 23rd Apr 2013, Nardone Tenisove Centrum, Bratislava-Nové Mesto, Slovakia
Wed 24th Apr 2013, Magazzini Generali, Milan, Italy
Thu 25th Apr 2013, Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
Wed 1st May 2013, AB Club, Brussels, Belgium
Thu 2nd May 2013, Le Bataclan, Paris, Paris Region, France
Fri 3rd May 2013, Den Atelier, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Sold Out
Sat 4th May 2013, Harterei Club, Zürich, Switzerland
Sun 12th May 2013, Essigfabrik, Koln, Germany
Wed 15th May 2013, Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Thu 16th May 2013, Muffathalle, Munich, Germany
Sat 18th May 2013, Party in the Park, Atlanta, GA, United States
Mon 20th May 2013, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, United States
Mon 1st Jul 2013, Prudential Center, Newark, NJ, United States
Tue 2nd Jul 2013, CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Wed 3rd Jul 2013, Molson Canadian Amphitheater, Toronto, ON, Canada
Fri 5th Jul 2013, Bell Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Mon 8th Jul 2013, Festival D'ete De Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Mon 8th Jul 2013, Quebec City Summer Festival, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Wed 10th Jul 2013, Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH, United States
Thu 11th Jul 2013, Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI, United States
Sat 13th Jul 2013, United Center, Chicago, IL, United States
Sun 14th Jul 2013, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, United States
Wed 17th Jul 2013, Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB, Canada
Thu 18th Jul 2013, Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sat 20th Jul 2013, Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BCvCanada
Sun 21st Jul 2013, Key Arena, Seattle, WA, United States
Mon 22nd Jul 2013, Rose Garden, Portland, OR, United States
Wed 24th Jul 2013, Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA, United States
Thu 25th Jul 2013, HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA, United States
Sat 27th Jul 2013, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Sun 28th Jul 2013, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Tue 30th Jul 2013, Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, CA, United States
Wed 31st Jul 2013, US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Sat 3rd Aug 2013, Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL, United States
Mon 5th Aug 2013, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, United States
Thu 8th Aug 2013, Scottrade Center, Saint Louis, MO, United States
Fri 9th Aug 2013, Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO, United States
Sat 10th Aug 2013, Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
Mon 12th Aug 2013, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX, United States
Wed 14th Aug 2013, Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas, United States
Thu 15th Aug 2013, Toyota Center, Houston, TX, United States


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Elton John - Dont let the sun go down on me live

Classic Sunday!

I´m in a slow mood today, so i wanted to have a heart tune...
No one more than Elton John can do a tune like that...well Ive heard some,Whitney Houston,
but I take one of his thingies.

Did you guys know he started to play the piano when he was 3!
Next year Elton is releasing his 30th album, isnt that amazing...30  wow.
Its called  "The Diving Board", Elton wrote that with Bernie Taupin, in 2 days.
John says, is "the most exciting solo record I've done in a long, long time."

Ladys and Gents, This Is Sir Elton John!

Cheers, Thetania



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