🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE

On this day in 1977, the Queen LP “News of the World” debuted on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart at #59 (November 26) Like the previous three albums “Sheer Heart Attack”, “A Night At The Opera”, and “A Day at The Races”, “News of the World” sees Queen continuing to explore eclectic styles and genres: "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions": arena rock, "Who Needs You" features a Latin influence, “Sheer Heart Attack" is thrash punk-style, Sleeping on the Sidewalk" is based on blues rock, "Get Down, Make Love" dabbles in a kinda funky feel, and “My Melancholy Blues" has a blues/jazz vibe. Slash from Guns N’ Roses has cited the guitar riff to “Fight From The Inside” as one of his favourite riffs of all time. Roger Taylor wrote the song, sang it, and played drums rhythm guitar and bass on the track. “It’s Late” (a Brian May special) and “Spread Your Wings” (written by John Deacon) are two of my favourite ever Queen tracks… The LP was a worldwide chart success, going all the way to #1 in France and the Netherlands,#2 in Canada, #3 in the US, #4 in the UK and Norway, #7 in Germany, #8 in Australia, and #9 in Sweden and Austria. The album's brilliant cover was a painting by American sci-fi artist Frank Kelly Freas. The original version featured on a 1953 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, which Roger Taylor owned a copy of. Click on the link below to watch another great song from the album, “Spread Your Wings”, which, like “We Will Rock You”, was filmed in Roger’s backyard garden: #queen, #NewsOfTheWorld, #freddiemercury, #brianmay, #rogertaylor, #johndeacon, #rockmusic, #SpreadYourWings, #classicrock, #classicalbum, #70smusic, #70srock, #thisdayinrock, #wewillrockyou, #wearethechampions "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

Anarko 1 month ago

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE

This week in 1979, the Police single “Message in a Bottle” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #86 (November 24) Andy Summers’ jangly guitar, Stewart Copeland’s new wave/reggae-infused lock-down beat, with his exuberant creativity, and Sting’s distinctive clear-as-a-bell vocals, combined again on this one, with the Police’s trademark “sound”. Summers recalled: “Sting had that riff for a while, but there was another tune with it originally. He'd been fiddling about with it during our first American tour. Finally, he rearranged the riff slightly and came up with the song." Summers called it Copeland’s “finest drum track”, and and said, "For me, it's still the best song Sting ever came up with and the best Police track." Copeland said it was "one of our best moments in the studio and always great on stage." Sting reflected: “‘Message in a Bottle' is a good song. That can move me. I like the idea that while it's about loneliness and alienation it's also about finding solace and other people going through the same thing. The guy's on a desert island and throws a bottle out to sea saying he's alone and all these millions of bottles come back saying, So what So am I! I like the fact that the whole deal is clinched by the third verse. It makes a journey.” The lead single from their second studio album, “Reggatta de Blanc”, and written by Sting, was the first of their five UK #1 singles. It was also an international breakthrough of sorts, with the band charting in single digits in multiple international markets for the first time. It went to #1 in the UK and Ireland, #2 in Canada, #4 in the Netherlands, #5 in Australia and Belgium, #11 in New Zealand, #20 in Sweden, and #21 in Italy. They were still finding the US hard to crack, with “Message in a Bottle” peaking at a disappointing #74. Rolling Stone ranked it #65 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". #messageinabottle, #thepolice, #Sting, #newwave, #newwavemusic, #70smusic, #reggattadeblanc, #stewartcopeland, #andysummers, #70srock, #onthisday, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

Anarko 1 month ago

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE-

GM 🌞 Proof of walk this morning with Amigo and Cypher at Whitesand Beach ⛱️

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🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Diving In The Philippines & S.E. Asia./World Post #312- Diving In The Philippines & S.E. Asia./World. Three Dives : Dives at Tribird today with fundivers.