Well, since It's the BER Months already and I've been hearing a lot of CHRISTMAS Songs around MANILA so I decided to feature this Pinoy Christmas Indie Compilation released back in 2009 by "Filipino Indie Pop Scene". This great compilation is entitled "Holly, Ivy And Mistletunes" and includes 12 very interesting Pinoy Indie Pop Bands based in different parts of the globe. I guess that's really a treat right? Even though this compilation was two years ago, It will always sound fresh especially Christmas comes only once a year. Like what I've written before here in my little blog Four Christmas ago, Filipinos start their Christmas Season on September 1 and that's a fact. Definitely, Christmas Songs don't grow old. Btw, I have already featured the "Filipino Indie Pop Scene" here in my blog back in January 1, 2010 so just check my archives. So without further a do may I present you "Holly, Ivy And Mistletunes" here on "The Doctor Is In".
Holly, Ivy And Mistletunes (2009) The Filipino Indie Pop Scene
1) Just Like Christmas [Low cover] by The Wentletraps 2)December by Sugarspun 3)One Christmas Catalogue [Captain Sensible cover] by Apple Orchard 4)Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) [Darlene Love cover] by The Jealous Sea 5)Away In A Manger [Traditional] by Archaster 6)Christmas Is All Around [Billy Mack cover of a Troggs cover] by Scattered Pearls 7)Blue December [The Pearlfishers cover] by That Lingering Feeling 8)Undercover Angel by Soft Pillow Kisses 9)Parang Awa Mo Na, Bayaran Mo Na Utang Mo by Love In Athens 10)Snowfall by Some Gorgeous Accident 11)Snowglobe by Self Portrait 12)Winter Wonderland [Traditional] by Mary Anna Logue
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I'll leave you with a cover version of CAPTAIN SENSIBLE's "ONE CHRISTMAS CATALOGUE" done this time by APPLE ORCHARD who I also featured here on "The Doctor Is In" back in February 25, 2010 so just search it on my archives. THANKS "Filipino Indie Pop Scene" for sharing this compilation!! MERRY CHRISTMAS in SEPTEMBER 2011!!THANKS for dropping by!!
X Simple Minds? A new band? Wattaname? Well, this is minus Jim Kerr their Lead Vocalist. Let's just see how they sound like. X Simple Minds has been tried and tested in its long musical journey which started in 1977 for this band from Glasgow. From the original four members (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchi ll, Brian McGee, and Derek Forbes) in the 70s, the current members are bassist Derek Forbes and drummer Brian McGee. A new addition to the band is Brian’s younger brother, Owen Paul McGee, who stepped in as their lead vocalist. This trio is sure to hit the right notes and get you swaying to the beat of both their new and old songs.
Catch them perform live at Eastwood Mall Open Park in Eastwood City, Quezon City on September 10 (8pm) and at Venice Piazza in McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio on September 11 (8pm). Check out the legendary band as they strike the right chords this September at the Megaworld Lifestyle Malls.
In anticipation of the IDENTITY CRISIS Reunion on REQUIEM's "REBEL YELL", I decided to feature again the Legendary Pinoy Gothic Band "IDENTITY CRISIS" here in my little blog "The Doctor Is In" by featuring Archived Articles of the band from 1988 to 1990 which COOL CARLA shared back in March 2006. YUP!! THANKS to COOL CARLA we can reminisce again the IDENTITY CRISIS so definitely It's another trip down memory lane "The Dr. Stirring Rhod Way". The band's reunion according to the group will also be a sort of tribute to the late "BOGS AMBROSIO" who was their Bass Player who passed away two years ago (February 9, 2009). IDENTITY CRISIS became one of the pioneering alternative bands in the Philippines which was formed back in 1986 composed of Carla Arbaya aka. "Cool Carla" on Lead Vocals, Buddy 'Boy' Arceo on Vocals, Leni Llapitan on Keyboards & Programming, Resty Cornejo on Guitars, Bogs Ambrosio on Bass, and Marvin Mendiola on Drums. Of course, every PINOY NEW WAVER/PUNK knows that they released two albums back then namely "TALE OF TWO" in 1987 and "WATER CAME RUNNING" in 1990 which I have both on Cassette Tape Formats which you can see on my archived Identity Crisis blogpost I created back in September 7, 2007. Wheew!! That's also Four Years ago!! Up until now PINOY NEW WAVERS are still hoping that these two albums will be remastered in CD Formats. That would be totally cool right KABAYANS? Are we all wishing for a falling star? One great band who was also coined back in the 80s as "The Band who's ahead of their time".
So here it goes, may I present you archived articles of IDENTITY CRISIS all courtesy of COOL CARLA. THANKS Cool Carla!!
THE SCORE MAGAZINE May-June 1988 Issue
We start off with an interesting and very colorful article of IDENTITY CRISIS on the Legendary Philippine Alternative Music Magazine "THE SCORE MAGAZINE". It's the feature on "SCORE FOCUS" entitled "NOT A CRISIS AFTER ALL". The interview was done by CRISTINA SALES and by reading it, I found the article focusing on the real Identity of IDENTITY CRISIS in terms of their music, lyrics, and their performances on gigs. When asked about the subject on drugs, the members mentioned that the band is "STRAIGHT" although they do a lot of drinking after every concert but nothing dealing on drugs.
So when asked about the influences of Cool Carla on music, definitely everyone knows that SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES top the list. Another influences she mentioned was COCTEAU TWINS, THIS MORTAL COIL, and DEAD CAN DANCE. Their compositions according to Cool Carla were heavily inspired by these bands which according to her "It's something you don't hear everyday, not too heavy nor too light". Well, I just transcribed some of the contents of the articles. Ha Ha Ha!! One great PINOY BAND that really made a mark in the PINOY UNDERGROUND Scene.
JINGLE MAGAZINE March 1989 Issue On this JINGLE MAGAZINE Issue back in 1989, two articles about IDENTITY CRISIS were written by BERT JR. and PSYKOKEELER. "TALE OF IDENTITY CRISIS" by Bert Jr. and "RECOGNIZING ONE'S IDENTITY" by Psykokeeler are both interesting articles which discussed about the band's humble beginnings and their "PORTABLE PLAYGROUND" Gig Series. It was written here that IDENTITY CRISIS was formed mid 1985 by both Leni Llapitan and Resty Cornejo who knew each other during their college days. Bogs Ambrosio and Marvin Mendiola were hustled in preceding the band's original male vocalist Buddy Arceo. After the band's very first Gig at TIME SQUARE, they hurled in WXB102 Jock Cool Carla to be their Lead Vocalist and the rest was history I may say. Btw, Resty was the one who came up with the band's name "IDENTITY CRISIS" due to the members different musical influences from Jazz, New Age, Classical to New Wave. Wheeew!! Definitely a crisis indeed don't you think?Well, I guess that's another transcribed article by yours truly. Ha Ha Ha!! I just love this nostalgic trip!! Btw, I just remembered Buddy mentioning on their Reunion Guesting on NU 107's "BALLAD OF THE TIMES" last year 2010 that he still have a copy of the band's early gig minus Cool Carla when he was still the lead vocalist of the band on Betamax Tape. Hmmp? That would be a great video clip to watch and hoping he could share it to all of us.
PLATINUM SONG MAG July 1990 Issue This last article of IDENTITY CRISIS I'm featuring right now was taken from the "PLATINUM MAG" which was written by DIDITH GONZALES and it focused on the band's feelings just before any performances and gigs. The author expressed her great admiration of the band and mentioned seeing them performed at a place called "CLUB A." and loves their song "IMAGINING OKTOBER". According to the members, IDENTITY CRISIS is a combination of both work and play so when It becomes work then the fun's over. I guess that's my last transcribed article for today's blogpost.
I hope you enjoyed another trip down memory lane here on "The Doctor Is In" giving tribute to a Legendary Pinoy Band called "IDENTITY CRISIS". I'll leave you with a Video Clip from the MYX AWARDS Night that featured RICO BLANCO of RIVERMAYA together with two members of IDENTITY CRISIS namely Cool Carla and Leni Llapitan back in March 15, 2007 which was few months before I finally created this little blog of mine back in August 24, 2007. YUP!! This video clip was also Four Years Old like my blog. He He He!! Like what I usually say here on my blog "MUSIC MATTERS, AND MEMORIES OF IT MATTERS MOST". So get ready KABAYANS for the upcoming IDENTITY CRISIS Reunion!! THANKS AGAIN for dropping by!!
Hello Everyone!! It's this time of the year again when my dearest blog "The Doctor Is In" celebrates it's Birthday. YUP!! Today is my little blog's 4th Year Anniversary and time flies so fast indeed that you just think of how life goes by. It's DocMuzic's 4th Birthday!! I haven't blog that much the past couple of months but definitely I'm happy to be back in the blogsphere trying to dish out the Original and Real Scores of Music and anything under the sun. Wheeew!! A lot have changed since the day I created this blog Four Years ago and It's really great to have this blog of mine existed and survived the test of time even though with a lot of concept copycats all around the web. Good thing the essence of just creating original blogposts is still in my craft which I'll continue as long as I'm motivated and of course not very busy in my own personal life. THANK GOD that in my free time I can still look upon the vast and rich history of DocMuzic especially my archives which always makes me smile. It's a sort of Diary of the past Four Years of what I've placed here in my blog as creative entries which up until now I'm still proud of. Supporters may Come and Go but my drive to create blogposts with a touch of excellence will always remain in my heart as long as there are still visitors or even silent supporters coming in. YUP!! I still see some movements on my blog's traffic so that's a good sign that there are still people who visits the blog. Do check out my Blog Labels (Information Society) entitled "ANNIVERSARY" in the right lower corner of my site and you'll see all my Blog's Birthday Blogposts for the past Four Years. See what I mean? It's still nice to reminisce my old blogposts don't you think? I still believe that it's not about Quantity of Blogsposts but rather It's about QUALITY of Blogsposts. As what I have written before here in my blog"I just don't make blogpost, I CREATE them." From my blog's humble beginnings on 2007 to where it is now on 2011, I promise to continue this one of a kind trip down memory lane. Hmmmp? That's 7/11? He He He!! So do join me always in a sort of time machine. Where else? But here exclusively on "The Doctor Is In".THANK YOU VERY MUCH my Dearest Blog Supporters and Visitors!!
MY MUSIC MATERIALS on the photo: 1) THE WILD SWANS - "BRINGING HOME THE ASHES" Vinyl Record 2) WHITE CHINA - "REAL WORLD" 7 inch single 3) RIVERSIDE- "ONE" CD 4) THE ESSENCE - "DANCING IN THE RAIN"(The Best Of) CD 5) KHUMBMELA BAND- "108" Cassette Tape 6) URBAN BANDITS- "INDEPENDENCE DAY" Cassette Tape
I'll leave you with a DIY Music Video of a BIRTHDAY song from the Greatest Band on Earth. My favorite "THE BEATLES":
HAPPY 4th Year Anniversary DocMuzic!! ....The Doctor Is Still In!! -DR. STIRRING RHOD
KUDOS LOVE EIGHTIES aka. KL80s is an ultimate six piece PINOY 80's Tribute Band playing music from 80s pop, love songs, dance hits, synth-pop to new wave composed of RICHARD SOTO on Lead Vocals/Guitar/ Percussion, YOHAN on Guitars/Synth/ Vocals, MARC on Drums/Percussion, RALPH on Bass/Vocals, JOMAR on Keyboards/Vocals, and MELAI KATSUMI on Vocals. KUDOS LOVES EIGHTIES plays the music of The Police, Mike Francis, Boomtown Rats, New Order, Violent Femmes, Big Country, and of course The Wild Swans just to name a few. Definitely 80s as the band name stands for. Since these guys will play on REQUIEM's REBEL YELL and will also be the front act on THE WILD SWANS Philippine Concert then I thought of featuring them here in my little blog"The Doctor Is In". I already saw them perform LIVE and definitely I have to say they really play good music and they know their craft very well. I guess the only thing we have to anticipate from this band is an all Original Album which I think would be very interesting. One of the hottest bands indeed right now if you talk about gigs regarding Retro. RICHARD has a great voice and the female vocals of MELAI just adds up to the variety of music that this band can perform. So if you're into 80s music then do check them out KABAYANS so that you'll know what I'm talking about and experience a different type of time travel.
WATCH KUDOS LOVES EIGHTIES rendition ofTHE WILD SWANS' BRINGING HOME THE ASHES here:
Well, that's my little blog about this great PINOY RETRO Band that's leaving a mark in the Music Scene. KUDOS to KUDOS LOVE EIGHTIES!! I hope you like it guys. THANKS for dropping by!!
KUDOS to the 80s!! KUDOS LOVES EIGHTIES!! -DR. STIRRING RHOD
It was 23 years ago AUGUST 21, 1988 when the Philippine Music Industry and PINOY NEW WAVERS/PUNKS were shocked by the news that the guitarist and founder of PINOY ROCK/NEW WAVE BAND "THE DAWN" TEDDY DIAZ was stabbed to death while on his way to his girlfriend's driveway on a dimly-lit Agno St. in Tatalon, Quezon City coming from a live guesting of THE DAWN at "Martin After Dark" hosted by Martin Nievera. It was a sad day indeed since THE DAWN was just becoming the #1 band in the Philippines back then. Well, this is just "The Dr. Stirring Rhod Way" of remembering the late Teodoro de Villa Diaz aka. Teddy Diaz , son of Filipino actor Vic Diaz of Sampaguita Pictures fame, who was born on April Fools' Day. Teddy Diaz spent both grade school and high school at Ateneo de Manila University and after graduating from high school he then enrolled at the University of the Philippines as an architecture student and stayed there for three years. He transferred to the Philippine Women's University after his third year in UP and took up music with guitar as his major. Teddy was also gifted with a talent in drawing and would spend time with Fine Arts students in PWU and would draw comic book characters and different electric guitar designs for relaxation. Hmmp? That's what you call great talent right? Just a proof of his willingness to improve his craft. Recently, THE DAWN just celebrated their 25th Anniversary and with this comes a Tribute Compilation CD for the band wherein 15 Pinoy Alternative Acts played their own renditions of 15 songs from the band. I'll feature this CD compilation too here in my blog "The Doctor Is In" in the future. There was also a T.V. special on "I-Witnesss" on GMA 7 hosted by Jay Taruc entitled "SALAMAT TEDDY" back in 2008 which I found very comprehensive review on the life of Teddy Diaz. I just do hope that GMA 7 would make this available on DVD package like some of their "I-Witness" episodes. That would be a cool material for every collectors like me. Btw KABAYANS, better also have a copy of "TULAD NG DATI" DVD because it's also very interesting. I definitely like the concept of the film.
"TED REMEMBERED: The Day The Music Died" was an article written by Manny Pagsuyuin aka. PAGZ and better known as DJ JIMMY JAM back in 1988 which was few weeks after the death of Teddy Diaz. The article was featured on a small student newspaper called "ISTUDYANTE". Well, it was a great piece of history I may say wherein Pagz wrote about his views and personal memories of Teddy Diaz as a Friend which he stated "Many people knew of him, but very few knew him." YUP!! Pagz knew Teddy well and his death really affected him too.
Here's a photo of a Young TEDDY DIAZ courtesy of Manny Pagsuyuin
Here's a great Video Clip of TEDDY DIAZ in action back in 1988:
"He was almost like a myth to us. There’s this rocker who never smoked, never drank alcohol and was also very in touch with his spiritual side. Teddy heard mass and prayed the novena everyday. He was also friends with the Sisters of The Holy Spirit. These people gave him the book "The Dawning of The Holy Spirit" from where he lifted the name of our band." — Jett Pangan, Lead Vocalist of THE DAWN
I hope you guys enjoyed this little tribute of mine to our IDOL "TEDDY DIAZ". THANKS for dropping by again!!
There is a resurgence of Vinyl Records last year 2010 and up to now so definitely collectors like me are very PROUD of these things. YUP!! VINYL still RULES!! So if you have no VINYL RECORDS on your music collection and worst you don't have a working TURNTABLE to use for your dusty records then you really lack something. Whatever the situation is, the sound of Vinyl brings back TRUE NOSTALGIA even though I have CDs in my music collection. Getting the ORIGINAL MATERIALS are still the best thing to do nowadays especially when mp3s and music files are all over the web and some sites even post things they don't personally have. So here it goes, another tribute of mine about VINYL RECORDS. Getting ready for my blog's FOURTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!YUP!!"The Doctor Is In" is turning 4 years old anytime and we will continue blogging on my free time. Of course, a little motivation would help don't you think? Ha Ha Ha!!
The Legendary Party of the 80s "REQUIEM" is back in MANILA. REQUIEM RISING Presents "REBEL YELL". Witness the return of IDENTITY CRISIS!! After 25 years, IT"S BACK! A new wave concert/dance party featuring the reunion of IDENTITY CRISIS. KUDOS LOVES 80s with special guests JETT PANGAN & NICOLE ASENSIO of General Luna. Music mixes by DJ JON TUPAZ, MODE ZERO, and guest DJs from popular 80s mobiles. This is on SEPTEMBER 9, 2011!! Btw, I have already featured REQUIEM, DJ JON TUPAZ IDENTITY CRISIS, and MODE ZERO here on "The Doctor Is In" before so just check out my archives. I guess It's about time to see IDENTITY CRISIS again in the music scene.
This is it!! THE WILD SWANS LIVE in the PHILIPPINES on SEPTEMBER 30 at the GRAND BALLROOM HOTEL, CEBU CITY and OCTOBER 1, 2011 at 1 ESPLANADE MALL OF ASIA, PASAY CITY!!
ALL ABOUT EVE formerly called "The Swarm" is a British rock/pop band composed of Coventry-born JULIANNE REGAN on vocals and ANDY COUSIN on bass guitar, with an ever changing line-up over the years of the band's existence. These two members together with guitarist TIM BRICHENO were the initial core of the band which was formed back in 1984. Julianne was a former journalist and have played bass in the early line-up of previous MANILA visitor Gene Loves Jezebel before joining All About Eve. She also sang back-up vocals on THE MISSION's classic album "GOD'S OWN MEDICINE" which gave the band a little boost of attention thus they were signed up by Phonogram to release their self titled debut album in 1988 wherein they were joined by drummer MARK PRICE in the line-up.ALL ABOUT EVE was introduced here in MANILA byPOWER 105 DZBM-FM back in 1988 with their classic song "FLOWERS IN OUR HAIR"from the band's self titled "All About Eve" album. This song is a classic for PINOY NEW WAVERS back then and was included on one of the "THIRD WAVE" series which was a Legendary Philippine Vinyl New Wave Compilation. YUP!! It's on the "THIRD WAVE FINAL CHAPTER" Vinyl Record which I will feature here in my little blog "The Doctor Is In" in the future. "FLOWERS IN OUR HAIR" was the main song of ALL ABOUT EVE here in MANILA back on those days. Their self-titled album peaked at #7 in the U.K. chart but their U.K. hit single "MARTHA'S HARBOUR" didn't really made any impact here in MANILA. The band had Four Studio Albums namely All About Eve(1988), Scarlet And Other Stories(1989), Touched By Jesus(1991), and Ultraviolet(1992). They had also produced a couple of Live Albums in their career. Marty Wilson-Piper which came from another New Wave band "THE CHURCH" also popular among PINOY NEW WAVERS even had a stint in the band when they made the "Touched By Jesus" album back in 1991. Their self-titled "All About Eve" album is still the only album from the band that became popular here in MANILA back then.
I bought the band's 1988 self-titled "ALL ABOUT EVE" album both on Vinyl and CD formats just to remember the band and of course both formats have different tracklists.YUP!! The Vinyl Record contains only 11 Tracks while the CD includes 3 bonus tracks giving you a total of 14 songs. It's the only album that every PINOY NEW WAVE collectors should have in their music collection among the band's releases. Aside from "FLOWERS IN OUR HAIR", three more songs in the album got a little airplay in POWER 105 back in 1989-1990 and these were "WILD HEARTED WOMAN", "SHELTER FROM THE RAIN", and "EVERY ANGEL" which I bought the 12 inch Vinyl shown in the photo along side their self-titled album. Well, these three songs didn't really became popular back then comparing with "FLOWERS IN OUR HAIR" that made massive radio airplay back in the 80s and of course it also invaded the playlists of other Legendary MANILA NEW WAVE Radio shows in the 90s and the millennium like WAVE 180, CLUB RETRO, and LITEWAVE. Definitely, this album is worth having on your collection so just in case you wanna have a copy of it then I uploaded my CD that contains 3 bonus tracks for your listening pleasure. What kind of music ALL ABOUT EVE presents to us? Hmmmp!! I consider the blending of Gothic Rock with Traditional Folk infusion in their music.
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ALL ABOUT EVE (Self-Titled) TRACKLIST: 1.Flowers in Our Hair 2.Gypsy Dance 3. In the Clouds 4.Martha's Harbour 5.Every Angel 6.Like Emily - (bonus track)7.Shelter From the Rain 8.She Moves Through the Fair 9.Wild Hearted Woman 10.Never Promise (Anyone Forever) 11.Apple Tree Man - (bonus track) 12.What Kind of Fool 13.In the Meadow 14.Lady Moonlight - (bonus track)
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Well, if you ask the common Filipino people(MASANG PINOY) nowadays regarding "All About Eve", then they will mention to you the KOREAN TELENOBELA which was dubbed in Pilipino entitled "All About Eve" that was shown on GMA7 back in 2008. That's not all!! They will also mention the Pilipino Version of this Telenobela starred by Filipina Actresses IZA CALZADO and SUNSHINE DIZON last year 2009 also shown on GMA7. Both versions made it big in Philippine Television. Wheeew!! How did this topic got into this blogpost? Ha Ha Ha!! Do you wanna include Sandra Bullock's "All About Steve" movie? Naaah!! It's not about Steve, It's about Eve!!
I hope you enjoyed another trip down memory lane with my blogpost regarding "ALL ABOUT EVE". It's not about Adam and Eve's explosion on New Year's Eve okay. He He He!! It's about a band that didn't quite made it big in the Pop Charts but will still be remembered with the kind of music they made.
I'll leave you with the controversial TOP OF THE POPS appearance of "ALL ABOUT EVE" performing "MARTHA'S HARBOUR" uploaded by "aliveinsound" on You Tube. As you will notice, Julianne Regan and Tim Bricheno can't hear the backing track for the first half of the song and so they were caught live on camera just sitting on the stage while the track was already playing to TV viewers. That's all folks!! THANKS for dropping by again!!
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This Blogpost is ALL ABOUT EVE!! -DR. STIRRING RHOD
THE SMITHS were an English New Wave band formed in Manchester back in 1982 composed of STEVEN PATRICK MORRISSEY aka. "MORRISSEY" on vocals, JOHN MAHER aka. "JOHNNY MARR" on guitar, ANDY ROURKE on bass, and MIKE JOYCE on drums. Definitely,every PINOY NEW WAVER knows the name of all these guys. THE SMITHS was formed basically based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Marr. John Maher changed his name to Johnny Marr to avoid confusion with Buzzcocks drummer John Maher while Morrissey performed solely only under his surname and he his also known as "MOZ". Critics have branded them the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. In the autumn of 1982, the duo of Morrissey and Marr recruited drummer Mike Joyce who has been a member of punk bands "The Hoax" and "Victim" as well as bass player Dale Hibbert who also provided the group with demo recording facilities at the studio where he worked as a recording engineer. However after one gig, Andy Rourke who was a good friend of Marr replaced Hibbert on bass because Marr felt that neither Hibbert's bass playing nor his personality fit in with the group thus this Legendary Line-up of MOZ, MARR, JOYCE, and ROURKE was finally set to invade the Indie Scene of British Music and even made waves here in MANILA. The group were signed to the famous independent ROUGH TRADE record label for whom they released four studio albums and several compilations as well as numerous non-LP singles. Although THE SMITHS had limited commercial success outside the UK while they were still together and never released a single that charted higher than number 10 in their home country, the band won a growing cult following around the globe. The band broke up in 1987 and have turned down several offers to reunite since then.
THE SMITHS were first introduced here in MANILA by WXB 102 back in 1985 by playing their classic song "THIS CHARMING MAN". It was the very first song I've heard from the band. Of course POWER 105 DZBM wasn't behind that much because they immediately played most of the songs of THE SMITHS' "MEAT IS MURDER" album. The very first song I heard from THE SMITHS at POWER 105 was"WELL I WONDER"and It became a so-called POWER EXCLUSIVE back then. More THE SMITHS songs were played by both XB and BM and it just became a sort of "who will play this SMITHS song first" thing. YUP!! from the obscure ones like "REEL AROUND THE FOUNTAIN" and "PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES" up to their singles like"WILLIAM IT WAS REALLY NOTHING", "THE BOY WITH THORN ON HIS SIDE", "THERE'S A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT", "PANIC", and "ASK"just to name a few. When WXB 102 played "HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW", other Pop Radio Stations played it too like 93.9 WKC and 97.1 WLS and became the most popular song of THE SMITHS here in MANILA if you're talking about the common people since this song invaded other pop stations aside from WKC and WLS. Actually, a lot of THE SMITHS songs from their albums were played on XB and BM which made the band very popular among PINOY NEW WAVERS. By the time their album "STRANGE WAYS HERE WE COME" finally arrive in MANILA's airwaves then it was the turn of NU 107to bring on THE SMITHS new and fresh songs on air on late 1987 and early 1988. YUP!! XB was gone and BM was just about to return their New Wave Greatness while NU was on it's way to the top. NU 107 introduced "GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA", "I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN'T FINISH" and would you believe made a non-single a hit which was "WORK IS A FOUR LETTER WORD". Well, I didn't mention all THE SMITHS songs that made it to XB,BM, and NU because that's too many to enumerate okay.
"THE SMITHS: Singles" is an 18-Track compilation CD which was released back in 1995 by WEA RECORDS that included the band's well loved singles that they released back in the 80s. This CD became more popular than The Best Of The Smiths I & II and considered an addition to every The Smiths catalog. A must-have for every "THE SMITHS" fan and of course PINOY NEW WAVERS which I didn't missed out buying the original copy. The packaging of the CD was also great since it has all the photos of the 18 singles in a complete fold-up page which included the names of the models of the art covers from every singles. It also included photos of THE SMITHS album from their entire music career. I included the photos of those pages in the inlet of the CD here in my special "THE SMITHS" blogpost so that you will see how interesting the packaging of the CD was. For this exclusive"The Doctor Is In" "THE SMITHS" blogpost I decided to place all photos of their singles and included the names of the models on the corresponding artwork covers and what New Wave Radio Station played it first here in MANILA. YUP!! This is to spice up this THE SMITHS feature of mine. You will also notice that there are two covers for "WILLIAM IT WAS REALLY NOTHING" because the original artwork which came from an early 80s advertisement for A.D.S. speakers wherein the speaker was the object on the bed had legal problems and so later pressings were produced with new artwork wherein Billie Whitelaw was the model. This arrangement of course is "The Dr. Stirring Rhod Way" again!! I made my CD available for download just in case you are interested even though I know most of you guys have a lot of THE SMITHS songs already. I still encourage everyone to support the original Music Formats be it Vinyl Records or Compact Discs and don't just be contented to have the so-called "mp3 collection" which is not a REAL Music Collection however which way it's brag about. ENJOY THE MUZIC!!
THE SMITHS "Singles" TRACKLIST:
1) Hand In Glove Model: Unknown First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
2) This Charming Man Model: Jean Marais First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
3) What Difference Does It Make Model: Terence Stump First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
4) Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now Model: Viv Nicholson First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
5) William It Was Really Nothing Model: Early 80s A.D.S ad model/Billie Whitelaw First Played in MANILA by POWER 105 DZBM
6) How Soon Is Now Model: Sean Barrett First Played in MANILA by POWER 105 DZBM
7) Shakespeare's Sister Model: Pat Phoenix First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
8) That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore Model: Unknown Italian Child Actor First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
9) The Boy With The Thorn In His Side Model: Truman Capote First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
10)Bigmouth Strikes Again Model: James Dean First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
11)Panic Model: Richard Bradford First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
12)Ask Model: Yootha Joyce First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
13)Shoplifters Of The World Unite Model: Elvis Presley First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
14)Sheila Take A Bow Model: Candy Darling First Played in MANILA by POWER 105 DZBM
15)Girlfriend In A Coma Model: Sjelagh Delany First Played in MANILA by NU 107
16)I Started Something I Couldn't Finish Model: Avril Angers First Played in MANILA by NU 107
17)Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me Model: Billy Fury First Played in MANILA by NU 107
18)There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Model: Sandie Shaw First Played in MANILA by WXB 102
Btw, DIAN DORS was the model in this "THE SMITHS: Singles" CD.
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Shortly after the release of "Strangeways Here We Come", THE SMITHS were the subject of a documentary in LWT's arts strand The South Bank Show, broadcast on ITV back in October 1987. Following the group's demise, Morrissey began to pursue a solo recording career and his very first solo album was entitled "VIVA HATE" which was a reference to the end of THE SMITHS. I will also feature that U.K. # 1 album also here in my blog so stay tune. MORRISSEY actually released a lot of albums as a Solo Artist and there were some sectors who were encouraging the guys to have THE SMITHS Reunion with a large amount of money involve but there seem no chance for that to happen. There were even Court Cases that involved the splitting of Royalties which really made it very impossible for that reunion.
I'll leave you with Two Music Videos from THE SMITHS namely "THERE'S A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT" and "THIS CHARMING MAN" and the Lyrics if you wanna sing-along with me. I hope you enjoyed another trip down memory lane only here on "The Doctor Is In". THANKS for dropping by!!
WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO OF "THERE'S A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT" and SING-ALONG with it HERE:
Well, since It's the BER Months already and I've been hearing a lot of CHRISTMAS Songs around MANILA so I decided to feature this Pinoy Christmas Indie Compilation released back in 2009 by "Filipino Indie Pop Scene". This great compilation is entitled "Holly, Ivy And Mistletunes" and includes 12 very interesting Pinoy Indie Pop Bands based in different parts of the globe. I guess that's really a treat right? Even though this compilation was two years ago, It will always sound fresh especially Christmas comes only once a year. Like what I've written before here in my little blog Four Christmas ago, Filipinos start their Christmas Season on September 1 and that's a fact. Definitely, Christmas Songs don't grow old. Btw, I have already featured the "Filipino Indie Pop Scene" here in my blog back in January 1, 2010 so just check my archives. So without further a do may I present you "Holly, Ivy And Mistletunes" here on "The Doctor Is In".
