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A Very Brief History of the Novelty Record
Pop music has songs where the joke is the point. ‘Monster Mash’, ‘My Ding-a-Ling’, ‘Shaddap You Face’, ‘Agadoo‘ – a tradition running from the 1950s, in every decade, in every market. The industry calls them novelty records. They’re suppose...
Peter Schilling: Major Tom (Coming Home) (1983)
Bowie launched him in 1969 and declared him a junkie in 1980. A Stuttgart synth-pop singer gave him a different ending in 1983.
THE STORY YOU KNOW
The countdown, the mission chatter, the cold electronic precision of synth pop....
Where Is Major Tom?
In 1995, Pet Shop Boys were remixing a David Bowie track, ‘Hallo Spaceboy’. The original had no explicit connection to Major Tom, just the familiar territory of cosmic isolation. Chris Lowe suggested cutting up the lyrics of ‘Space Oddity’...
The Characters Who Outlived Their Songs
A handful of songs create characters so vivid that they outlast their original song. Someone borrows them, continues their story, or transforms them entirely.
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Stagger Lee is the oldest case. On Christmas Day 18...
Lynn Anderson: (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden (1970)
The title promises a garden. The first line takes it back. It went to number one in eleven countries.
THE STORY YOU KNOW
Sharp, slightly ominous opening string section, not what you expect from a country record. Then the bright...
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