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Love Stinks 2: A Valentine's Day Spectacular.
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SummersRadio™ Presents... 'Love Stinks 2! - A Valentine's Day Spectacular'! Grand Finale! Sugar Plant - 'Happy'/ Lindze Roy - 'Love' (a poem)
And now the final post in our second annual Valentine's Day Spectacular! I hope you enjoyed the music - the classics from the vaults, the new remixes, the free downloads, and the shiny things! :)
Sugar Plant are a Japanese dream pop duo based in Tokyo consisting of Chinatsu Shoyama and Shin'ichi Ogawa. They released their first full length debut album called 'After After Hours' in Japan in 1996, and it was released the following year in North America. 'Happy' is the title track from the 'Happy' mini album which was released in 1998 in Japan - and as a double cd called 'Happy/ Trance Mellow' in North America later that year. The release was out of print for many years, but it's now available again on itunes.
The 'Happy' mini album is one of my most favorite releases - as it's dreamy, spacey, hypnotic, romantic, and so much more - and the title track is about being around someone who makes you feel that way. Mark my words - this time next year I will no longer be single!!
This is 'Happy'... Enjoy!
This is a poem a friend named Lindze Roy wrote in December that I think is most fitting for Valentine's Day - not only because it's called 'Love' - but also because it looks at love from an in between place. And even if you or I may not have the love we seek today, I hope that we all find the love that we're looking for very soon.
Happy Valentine's Day 2012 from SummersRadio™! ♥
'Love'
by Lindze Roy (used with permission)
As I consider your embrace
and long to know your taste,
envisioning your eyes, your face.
I am struck by blasts of loves
from the past.
This familiar lust
once turned to dust.
before it has begun
I’ve got it undone
Perhaps if I don’t let it settle
I won’t have to feel my blood boil like some steaming kettle
my heart ache
the question was it all fake?
Then I catch myself
fallen as I may be
This rant is not me
It is fear and scarcity
all washed in self-pity
I have loved before and it was true
just as the love I give anew
I am the one to let love pass through
First for me
and then for all of you.
It will be in our embrace
I will feel it as I kiss your face
This love is not to be contained
nor can it be claimed
Abundance is where love dwells
Knowing of the wells of selves
we fill, and fill
and find peace
and be still
Then and only then will love come
and it can never be undone.
Love shared
is like a life spared
the reciprocal appreciation
is enough to save a nation
Love has no take backs
No false acts
It is to be given freely
bringing pure joy
as your individual path is unfurled and swirled
to create
what is to be your souls mate
Knowing this is what is at stake
I will open my heart without debate
Come in to my own bliss
and though I may miss
loves of the past
or feel they were gone too fast
Love is a tide in life
guided by none but the moon
so it is never gone too soon
Oceans swells may come and go
but the ocean is not gone because the tide is low
A new moon brings new flow
I am blessed to offer my love through you
to see it manifest as expressed with you
Knowing I am part of something grand
and in this divine love is where I stand
http://0neword.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/love/
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SummersRadio™ Presents... 'Love Stinks 2! - A Valentine's Day Spectacular'! New Video! MMOTHS featuring Keep Shelly In Athens - 'Heart' (includes free download)
While it was only three weeks ago that we featured MMOTHS new recording of their single 'Heart' (http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2012/01/summersradio-new-music-free-download_23.html) that now features the vocals of Keep Shelly In Athens - the band have just premiered the official video for the song today - ever so appropriately for Valentine's Day!
The dreamy track's video suits the song as it's pretty chill - basically a bunch of friends going to a bush party - complete with masks and fireworks! Good times. And if 'Heart' is to your liking the good news is that it's still available as a free download on their Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/mmoths#!/mmoths?sk=app_215273918564465
This is MMOTHS featuring Keep Shelly In Athens brand new video for 'Heart'... Enjoy! ♥
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SummersRadio™ Presents... 'Love Stinks 2! - A Valentine's Day Spectacular'! New Remix! Roxy Music - 'Love Is The Drug' (Todd Terje 2012 Disco Dub)
Our special 'Love Stinks 2! - A Valentine's Day Spectacular' continues as we kill two stones with one bird with this 4:20 post! Roxy Music's classic 1975 single 'Love Is The Drug' has been remixed by Oslo Norway's Terje Olsen aka Todd Terje.
His new remix is available as a download exclusively on Beatport here: http://www.beatport.com/#release/love-is-the-drug-todd-terje-disco-dub/863889 and it's also released on limited 12" vinyl today (!) which is available to order here: http://www.vfeditions.com/product/view/47
This is the new 'Todd Terje 2012 Disco Dub' remix of 'Love Is The Drug'... Enjoy!
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SummersRadio™ Presents... 'Love Stinks 2! - A Valentine's Day Spectacular'! Classic! Julie Brown - 'The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun' (Unedited!)
Love can blossom at any age - I actually remember going to buy a ring for a girlfriend I had named Debbie - in grade one or two! True story - and 'Debi' is also the subject of this song - weirdness. Of course some might say that it's high school where first loves are usually found - and 'The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun' tells the story of a mysterious love affair that's gone terribly wrong.
Julie Brown is an American singer, comedian, and actress who first released this song in 1984 as the b-side to her single 'I Like 'Em Big And Stupid' - and it gained popularity when it was soon played on the Dr. Demento Show. The song is a spoof of 50's teen romance songs - and was released at a time before actual school shootings became a tragic reality. The song was later included on her debut album called 'Trapped In The Body Of A White Girl' which was released in 1987 - and a new recording of the song is included on her 2011 compilation album called 'Smell The Glamour - The Diamond Tiara Edition' - both of which are available on itunes.
So we continue our Valentine's Day Spectacular moving from one cheeky song to another - this is the original unedited version (there's also an edited version on youtube that changes some of the best lyrics - booo!) of the song and video for 'The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun'... Enjoy!
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SummersRadio™ Presents... 'Love Stinks 2! - A Valentine's Day Spectacular'! Classic! The Extras - 'Circular Impression'
Whether you have a partner or not, who doesn't want to get laid on Valentine's day ideally? Just remember - safety first! 'Circular Impression' tells the amusing tale of a young man who's been carrying a condom around in his wallet for some time. The Extras were a band from Toronto that released their debut album in 1981 called 'Bit Parts' featuring the single 'Circular Impression' which became a local hit.
I looked for a copy of this song on vinyl forever to no avail - but thankfully their label Ready Records released a compilation a few years ago that features the single. 'The Best Of Ready Volume 1: Ready Records 1979 - 1985' was released on cd in 2007 and is currently available on itunes for a mere $5.99. The compilation features 12 tracks including other Toronto area new wave bands from the era such as Blue Peter and The Spoons.
So if you're not likely to score this Valentine's Day, perhaps this song is for you - or even if you do - it's still pretty highlarious. Last year as part of the 30th anniversary of the song, a video was made for the very first time from some old school footage - this is The Extra's 'Circular Impression'... Enjoy!
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SummersRadio™ Presents... 'Love Stinks 2! - A Valentine's Day Spectacular'! Rare Remixes + Free Downloads! Eurythmics - 'Love Is a Stranger' (Razorsharp Even Stranger Dub)/ (E.M.B. Project Remix) (includes free download)/ (Brutal Mix) (includes free download)/ (Extended Ultra Traxx Retro Mix 1982)
It's that time of year again - Valentine's Day - the day for lovers. And here I am, single again - for the like 100th year in a row - or so it feels. However, as I stated last year music is my one true love, and as always I will share it with you! You can check out/ revisit last year's first official SummersRadio™ presents 'Love Stinks! - A Valentine's Day Spectacular' special here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/search/label/Love%20Stinks%3A%20A%20Valentine%27s%20Day%20Spectacular
So single or not, this years 'Love Stinks 2! - A Valentine's Day Spectacular' shall be filled with fun, mystery and romance! So much so that we shall begin here on Valentine's Day Eve - with a BIG PACKAGE... of remixes! :)
Eurythmics classic 'Love Is A Stranger' makes some very accurate statements about love and the search for it - accompanied by a sublime hypnotic synthesized groove. But it wouldn't be SummersRadio™'s style to just post the original, so instead we shall feature a menage a trois of recent remixes (that includes two free downloads) and a very rare super extended remix of the original.
'Love Is A Stranger' was first released as a single in 1992 from their album 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)' - and it was re-released in the U.K. in 1991. Here are the lyrics to a few of my favorite verses in the song:
Love is a danger
Of a different kind
To take you away
And leave you far behind
And love love love
Is a dangerous drug
You have to receive it
And you still can't
Get enough of the stuff
It's savage and it's cruel
And it shines like destruction
Comes in like the flood
And it seems like religion
It's noble and it's brutal
It distorts and deranges
And it wrenches you up
And you're left like a zombie
...
It's guilt edged
Glamorous and sleek by design
You know it's jealous by nature
False and unkind
It's hard and restrained
And it's totally cool
It touches and it teases
As you stumble in the debris
This is a very cool remix from 2009 by Chicago's Victor Lua and Daniel Bahena aka NumO Dan aka RazorSharp called the 'Razorsharp Even Stranger Dub'... Enjoy!
This is fine progressive remix from 2011 - by Elias Mariano aka E.M.B. Project - who's from Maringa Brazil. If this remix is to your liking you can download a copy for free from his Soundcloud page here: http://soundcloud.com/embproject/eurythmics-love-is-a-stranger-e-m-b-project-remix (or simply click on the download icon below)
This is the 'E.M.B. Project Remix'... Enjoy!
Here's another recent remix - this one is from last summer - a rather trippy take with a nice swagger by Don Vaillancourt aka Vee Factory from Toronto. If this remix is to your liking you can download a copy for free from his Soundcloud page here: http://soundcloud.com/mofoghetto/eurtythmics-love-is-a-stranger
This is Vee Factory's 'Brutal Mix'... Enjoy!
And here's the rare 'Extended Ultra Traxx Retro Mix 1982' of the original - that still sounds amazing 30 years on... Enjoy!
Lots more to come tomorrow on SummersRadio™'s presentation of 'Love Stinks 2! - A Valentine's Day Spectacular' - stay tuned ♥
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