Pink Floyd — “Money,” from the album Dark Side of the Moon (1973).
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Album of the Week: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here
My mom’s favorite Pink Floyd album ❤
Weekly Focus: Pink Floyd, Day One
This is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs, and I’m a huge fan, so that’s saying something ❤
Pink Floyd — “Learning to Fly,” from the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987).
Album of the Week: The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour
Magical Mystery Tour is my second favorite album from The Beatles.
Album of the Day: Bloodrock’s Bloodrock 2
Bloodrock is one of the more obscure bands my parents listen to. Mom said she was describing a song to my dad — “DOA,” incidentally — and he told her he knew it and, in fact, he had the album.
Album of the Day: Pink Floyd’s Animals
Animals will always make me think of my parents. They both love this album, and apparently, one of the cats they had when they were first married did, too. Lol.
Album of the Day: Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever
My second favorite Tom Petty album. I used to listen to it obsessively as a kid. We only had it on vinyl, so I always had to ask one of my parents to put it on.
Asteroid named after Freddie Mercury in honor of singer’s 70th birthday — Consequence of Sound
Today would have been Freddie Mercury’s 70th birthday. In commemoration, the International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid in honor of the Queen singer. According to the Guardian, “Freddiemercury” is a 3.5km-wide asteroid found on the other side of Mars. As it never comes closer to 350 million kilometres to Earth, it poses no immediate danger…
via Asteroid named after Freddie Mercury in honor of singer’s 70th birthday — Consequence of Sound
On This Day: The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, and Igor Cavalera
In 1962, The Beatles’ first recording session at Abbey Road Studios took place. They recorded six songs, including “Love Me Do” and “Please Please Me.”
1965: The Beatles started a three week run at number one on the US singles chart with “Help.”
1971: Taken from the album Ram, “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” by Paul and Linda McCartney went to number one on the US singles chart.
1976: The Sex Pistols made their television debut on a program entitled “So It Goes.”
1970: Igor Cavalera, drummer for Sepultura, was born.
On This Day: Queen and John Bush
On this day in 1975, Queen began recording “Bohemian Rhapsody” at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales. The song took three weeks to finish.
On this day in 1963, John Bush (Armored Saint/Anthrax) was born.
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