Merry Christmas, to everyone that has contributed to this thread since it started in June and indeed to all Saints Not606ers... I only intended it to be here for the quiet Summer months before the new season started, but it has rolled along nicely since then and it has been interesting to find out about poster's music tastes (Lapras included!...) so thanks for that.
Thank you saints alive. I love the thread too, nice to see topical music and what other posters are into. I thought I knew a bit about music but have to confess there have been many artists and music I had never heard before. Merry Christmas to you and everyone too.
Happy 47th Birthday to one of my personal favourite Singer/Songwriters, American, James Mercer of The Shins and side project, Broken Bells, who was born in Honolulu on Boxing Day in 1970. He is one of the most interesting Songwriters of the past 15 years or so IMO and spent his formative years on an airbase in Suffolk, where he fell in love with music. I have posted some of his songs already previously, here a few more...
Troubled genius Record Producer, Phil Spector is 78 today, he is currently in prison having been convicted of the murder of Actress, Lana Clarkson in 2003. He was born on this day in The Bronx, New York in 1939. Here is what Wiki says about his legacy... "Spector is often called the first auteur among musical artists[63][3] for acting not only as a producer, but also the creative director, writing or choosing the material, supervising the arrangements, conducting the vocalists and session musicians, and masterminding all phases of the recording process.[64] He helped pave the way for art rock,[65] and helped inspire the emergence of aesthetically oriented genres such as dream pop,[66]shoegaze,[3] and noise.[67] Among his famous girl groups were the Ronettes and the Crystals; later he worked with artists including Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon and the Ramones with similar acclaim. He produced the Beatles' album Let It Be (1970), and Concert for Bangladesh(1971) by former Beatle George Harrison.[68] Later artists spanning many decades and genres have since cited Spector's work as a major influence."
