I just think they need to consider compiling these charts on the basis of "songs" rather than "singles" as such. Maybe that gets us back to the pre-1952 days of sheet music sales but I'm not totally optimistic that streaming charts will remedy the situation.
In any case, it was the straw that broke this particular camel's back - there are, as I said, a number of other factors contributing to TPL's demise, not least my stroke a year ago but also the generally low number of hits the blog's been getting, the failure of the BiA book, etc. Time maybe to be doing something else with my life.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 10 January 2013 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
Well well well...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/10/david-bowie-single-eligible-charts?CMP=twt_fd
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
hray!
― Mark G, Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
Put this on Twitter, but I'm thinking of what else to do with TPL; I think it would work as a book, like David Thomson's Have You Seen...? but with albums; one 500-word entry per page (different from but related to the blog) and No Received Opinions. Who would publish it, or would it be e-book/Kindle time?
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
i wd've thought eBooks might be the way to go in terms of stress vs accessibility?
― Broken Clock Britain (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Woebot's just published an eBook of his blog writings:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Big-Book-Woe-ebook/dp/B00AY0D4GI/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1357828940
― impound the alarm (NickB), Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
I also saw that today. Have a lot of respect for young Matt Woebot; unlike me, he gets off his backside and gets things done. I should follow his example.
I wouldn't now publish CoM as a book because on the rare occasions I look at it now I just put my head in my hands and sigh: "Did I REALLY think that ten years ago?" But I'm sure TPL, given the right sort of push, would.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
Speaking purely from a reader's POV, I'd prefer a physical copy, because a TPL book would have future value as a reference work. I imagine it would feel trickier to dip back into an e-book.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 10 January 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
had a dream where boney m's "el lute" segued into leonard cohen singing "take this waltz" and it was just perfect
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 25 August 2016 05:36 (seven years ago) link
lol
https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19224896_1534004596673119_486616542806894906_n.jpg?oh=94405d3770789c47475b1a5b232c9c34&oe=59D3ED3B
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/boney-m-complete-9lp-vinyl-box/
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
boney m are good but vinyl is bad
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 16:07 (six years ago) link
Nightflight To Venus is a front to back flawless album and this is a hill I'm ready to die on
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 12:48 (two years ago) link
maybe you can draw strength from the fact that you won’t be dying alone up there
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
I shazammed something a few days ago that I thought might be some sort of clever disco throwback song but it turned out to be "Children of Paradise" by Boney M. I'd never heard that.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
An updated (but still credited) version of "Rasputin" is currently #21 in the UK singles charts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZwYpAh3bXQ
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
(Oh, and Bimini Bon-Boulash from UK Drag Race S2 is in the video)
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
I hear this version of Rasputin in the wild every time I leave my house now (not that often but still)
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 22:47 (two years ago) link