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Anthologyland
''Anthologyland'' is a compilation album containing material from the new wave band, The Motels, plus work by Warfield Foxes (an earlier incarnation), and solo work by Martha Davis, including a couple of duets with Sly Stone and Ivan Neville. This two disc album is a collection of alternate takes, demonstrations, live recordings, outtakes, and sound track releases. Track listing *All tracks are performed by The Motels, unless otherwise listed. *Song version and year are taken from the CD's liner notes. Disc One #"Every Day Star" (demo, by Warfield Foxes, 1974/5) (Chuck Wada) – 3:36 #"Route 66" (live, 1979) (Nelson Riddle) – 2:19 #"Boys" (outtake, 1979) (Martha Davis) – 3:59 #" Total Control" (live, 1979) (Davis, Marty Jourard) – 5:52 #" The Big Hurt" (live, 1980) (Wayne Shanklin) – 2:58 #"Celia" (live, 1980) (Davis) – 3:08 #"Counting" (live, 1979) (Davis) – 4:28 #"Amigo" (outtake, 1979) (Michael Goodroe) – 3:52 #"Careful" (alternate take, 1980) (Jourard, Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Motels
The Motels are an American new wave band from Berkeley, California, that is best known for the singles "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer", each of which peaked at No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, in 1982 and 1983, respectively. In 1980, The Motels song " Total Control" reached No. 7 on the Australian chart (for two weeks), and their song "Danger" reached No. 15 on the French chart. Martha Davis, the lead singer, reformed a version of the band called "The Motels featuring Martha Davis" in 1998 and toured under that name with various line-ups of musicians. In 2013, the band was re-christened with a permanent name, Martha Davis and The Motels. That band is touring the world with a line-up of musicians that have been playing with Davis for over 10 years, longer than the original Motels. History First incarnation The first incarnation of The Motels formed in Berkeley, California in 1971. Lisa Brenneis (bass) persuaded Dean Chamberlain (lead guitar), Chuck Wada (rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take My Breath Away
"Take My Breath Away" is a song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film ''Top Gun'', performed by American new wave band Berlin. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986. Background Italian musician Giorgio Moroder was asked by Jerry Bruckheimer, the co-producer for ''Top Gun'', to write a song for the film. He first wrote " Danger Zone" which was recorded by Kenny Loggins. Happy with the result, Bruckheimer then requested a slower song for a romantic scene. Once Moroder had written the musical backing to what would become "Take My Breath Away", he recorded a demo which featured a distinctive bass sound on a synthesiser that would later be used on the actual recording. Moroder gave the demo to lyricist Tom Whitlock. The two first became acquainted when Whitlock, a mechanic, fixed the brakes on Moroder's Ferrari, and informed him that he was also a lyricist. Whitlock wrote the lyrics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Control (song)
"Total Control" is a song by American new wave band the Motels. It was released in 1979 as the second single from their debut studio album ''Motels''. The song failed to make an appearance on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but reached number 9 on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart in December 1979. It fared better in Australasia, peaking at number 7 in Australia and 11 in New Zealand. The song has been covered by American singer Tina Turner and Australian singer Missy Higgins. Background Speaking of the song in 2000, Davis recalled, "When I wrote this my heart had been broken. I was angry, I wrote a thrash punk rock song, hen Hen commonly refers to a female animal: a female chicken, other gallinaceous bird, any type of bird in general, or a lobster. It is also a slang term for a woman. Hen or Hens may also refer to: Places Norway *Hen, Buskerud, a village in Ringer ...Jeff Jourard came along with this wonderful minimalist chord progression ndI laid my thrash lyrics on the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Vacancy – The Best Of The Motels
''No Vacancy – The Best of The Motels'' is a compilation album by the new wave band, The Motels released in 1990. This album was released in United States, manufactured for BMG BMG may refer to: Organizations * Music publishing companies: ** Bertelsmann Music Group, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008 *** Sony BMG, a 2004–2008 joint venture of Bertelsmann and Sony that wa ... Direct Marketing. The album is a re-labeled version of ''No Reservations'', which was released in Australia two years previously. Track listing Charts References {{DEFAULTSORT:No Vacancy - The Best of The Motels 1990 compilation albums The Motels albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger (The Motels Song)
"Danger" is a song by American new wave band The Motels, which was released in 1980 as the second single from their second studio album '' Careful''. The song was written by Martha Davis and Tim McGovern, and produced by Carter. "Danger" saw limited commercial success in the US (where it was the album's first single), but generated more chart action in Australasia, peaking at number 88 in Australia and 30 in New Zealand. Background Davis originally wrote "Danger" for The Pointer Sisters. She told ''JAM Magazine'' in 1980, "My lawyer called me up and said they needed tunes, and I just came up with this little melody and went and sang it in somebody's living room. They loved it, but they already had gotten all of their material so they couldn't use it. I wasn't even going to use it for the Motels." The song went on to be recorded by The Motels after the band's guitarist Tim McGovern worked on the track. Davis recalled in 2000, "Tim got a hold of he track making it a little less R&B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Man (film)
''Soul Man'' is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Steve Miner and written by Carol L. Black. C. Thomas Howell stars as a white law student who pretends to be black in order to qualify for a scholarship. Its title refers to the song of the same name by Isaac Hayes and David Porter; the original soundtrack includes a version performed by Sam Moore and Lou Reed. The film gained controversy due to Howell's makeup drawing comparisons to blackface, prompting protests against its release. Despite the controversy and negative reviews from critics, ''Soul Man'' was a commercial success, grossing $35 million on a $4.5 million budget. Plot Mark Watson is the pampered son of a rich family who is about to attend Harvard Law School along with his best friend Gordon. Unfortunately, his father's neurotic psychiatrist talks his patient into focusing on his own happiness instead of spending money on his son. Faced with the prospect of having to pay for law school by himself, Mark decide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Armatrading
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, (, born 9 December 1950) is a Kittitian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist. A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Armatrading has also been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection in 1996. In a recording career spanning nearly 50 years, Armatrading has released 20 studio albums, as well as several live albums and compilations. Early life Joan Armatrading, the third of six children, was born in 1950 in the town of Basseterre in what was then the British colony Saint Christopher and Nevis. Her father was a carpenter and her mother a housewife. When she was three years old, her parents moved with their two eldest boys to Birmingham in England, sending Joan to live with her grandmother on the Caribbean island of Antigua. In early 1958, at the age of seven, she joined her parents in Brookfields, then a district of Birmingham. (The area, now mostly demoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Of The Creeps
''Night of the Creeps'' is a 1986 American science fiction horror comedy film written and directed by Fred Dekker in his feature directorial debut, starring Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, and Tom Atkins. The film is an earnest attempt at a B movie and an homage to the genre. While the main plot of the film is related to zombies, the film also mixes in takes on slashers and alien invasion films. ''Night of the Creeps'' did not perform well at the box office, but it developed a cult following. Plot In 1959, on board a spacecraft, two aliens race to keep an experiment from being released by a third member of the crew. The seemingly possessed third alien shoots the canister into space where it crashes to Earth. Nearby, a college man takes his date to a parking spot when they see a falling star and investigate. It lands in the path of an escaped criminally insane mental patient. As his date is attacked by the axe-wielding maniac, the boy finds the canister, from which a small slug-like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teachers (film)
''Teachers'' is a 1984 American satirical black comedy-drama film written by W. R. McKinney, directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Ralph Macchio, and Judd Hirsch. It was shot in Columbus, Ohio, mostly at the former Central High School. Plot On a typical Monday morning at John F. Kennedy High School in the inner city of Columbus, Ohio, there is conflict between teachers, a student with a stab wound and a talk of an upcoming lawsuit. Vice principal Roger Rubell and principal Eugene Horn meet with lawyer Lisa Hammond, who is in charge of depositions for a recent graduate's lawsuit against the school for granting him a diploma despite his illiteracy. Alex Jurel is a veteran social studies teacher who takes his job lightly and is popular because he can identify and connect with students. Alex has been worn down by years of coming between the rowdy students and the demands of the administration. He is assigned to temporarily assume the duties of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Gilbert (musician)
Kevin Matthew Gilbert (also known as Matthew Delgado and Kai Gilbert; November 20, 1966 – May 18, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer and producer. He was best known for his solo progressive rock projects, Toy Matinee and his contributions to ''Tuesday Night Music Club'', the debut album by Sheryl Crow. Early life Kevin Matthew Gilbert was born in Sacramento, California, on November 20, 1966, later living in Scotch Plains, New Jersey and San Mateo, California, where he attended Abbott Middle School and Junipero Serra High School.More Than 'The Piano Player'. . Retrieved December 30, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serves as the program's showrunner. The show premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", properly beginning the show. In 1980, Michaels left the series to explore other opportunities. He was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
