Godley & Creme – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame – Shining Star Award

They were interested in creating complete artistic experiences, something that eventually made them pioneers of the music-video era.

Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were one of the most unusual and inventive partnerships to emerge from British pop music, combining songwriting, studio experimentation, visual art, technology, humor, and an almost cinematic approach to music. Their story began long before they became famous. Godley was born October 7, 1945, in Prestwich, Lancashire,

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David Bowie – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame

For here, am I sitting in a tin can
Far, above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do

David Bowie was born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947, in Brixton, London, England, into a working-class family whose modest circumstances belied the creative intensity that would define his life. His father, Haywood Stenton Jones, worked in promotions for a children’s charity, while his mother, Margaret Mary Burns,

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Three Same-Word Song Titles (Part One)

Hi, Hi Hi – Stop, Stop, Stop – Cry, Cry, Cry – Run, Run Run – Fun, Fun, Fun – Well, Well, Well – Why, Why, Why

How many songs can you think of that have the same word, repeated three times, for the song title? In this series of posts, I’m going to try to come up with a few. Wish me luck. I’ll check in with some of the big rock bands and solo artists to see what I can find.

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My Favorite Albums – Discipline – King Crimson

“Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end”

Discipline is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on September 22, 1981, by E.G. Records in the United Kingdom and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The band was founded by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, and lyricist Peter Sinfield in 1969.

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