‘Blow Up’
Serge Gainsbourg that nevertheless made no.2 on the UK chart. Now, her new 2020 album
‘Oh! Pardon, Tu Dormais…’ is tousle-haired songs of louche seductiveness, regret and memory which tell mesmerising tales.
Andrew Darlington listens…
Je T’Aime… Jane Birkin is a goddess.
‘It’s always circling around love, passion, and love at first sight that doesn’t last.’ She’s describing the subject matter of her album
‘Oh! Pardon, Tu Dormais…’ ‘Either the regret of no longer being in love, or the panic of being in this state – where we’re just afraid of losing, the domestic scenes at night when you see your partner sleeping next to you. You want reassurance. If you ask a very important question such as ‘do you love me?’ at 2 am, it’s by no means sure he’ll say ‘yes’ to you… and besides, that won’t be enough because it’s not only ‘do you love me?’ but ‘will you always love me?’ But your partner is half-asleep and n
20 Iconic Photos from Woodstock
On 5/18/21 at 7:00 PM EDT
1969 s Woodstock Festival is widely viewed as a musical watershed and historical snapshot; the dusk of a decade and metaphorical end of a more open-hearted era.
Approximately 500,000 people were eventually attracted to the legendary promotional poster billing Woodstock as An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace and Music.
And while Woodstock was a weekend in which Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Janis Joplin became immediate icons, the music was not the sole attraction.
Music critic and Woodstock attendee Danny Goldberg told
Newsweek how the festival has accrued several symbolic meanings in subsequent years.
Ann Wilson: âIn the 70s, there was no filter on how women were sexualised.â Photograph: PR
Ann Wilson: âIn the 70s, there was no filter on how women were sexualised.â Photograph: PR
Fri 14 May 2021 05.00 EDT
Ann Wilson vividly remembers Heartâs big break. In October 1975, the fledgling group, then based in Vancouver, were offered their biggest show to date, opening for Rod Stewart at a Montreal arena. Heart happened to be available â in fact, they had just been fired from a Calgary club gig â and were eager to drum up support for their recently released debut LP, Dreamboat Annie. But when the band walked on to the stage, Wilson was taken aback to be greeted with a sea of lit matches held aloft by the audience. âI thought that it was some kind of mistake,â she says. âWe started playing Magic Man and the place just came unglued. Thatâs when I realised it was for us.â