Three soldiers and a cyclist were injured after the animals threw their riders and galloped off. The scenes were like a cross between that Lloyds Bank advert and a Quentin Tarantino movie.
ADRIAN THRILLS: The first time that Motown Records boss Berry Gordy heard Diana Ross singing, he said the quality of her voice stopped me in my tracks .
Sundays
I Feel
Wild Horses
For bands like the Sundays that put out albums very infrequently (only three in eight years), passing fads cannot exert undue influence; consistency is the key to staying power. Thank God the Sundays never went grunge. On .
more »this, their second album, the forthright and spare power of their debut has ceded somewhat to lusher production values and more complex arrangements, but the good news is that the rest of the band s presence has caught up with Harriet Wheeler s crystalline voice. Together they produce such marvels as Goodbye, Love, and an off-kilter version of the Stones Wild Horses. The Sundays here sound like a more integrated musical unit, and for that reason Blind is the rare sophomore release that not only holds its own against the first album, but actually outperforms it. Alan E. Rapp
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The idea of horses lending an ear to mellifluous notes was revealed to me years ago by a wily old trainer, who swore by a battered ghetto-blaster and the soothing strains of Classic FM in his barn. He experimented with various types of music. Gentle classical worked a charm on the animals, as did country and folk ditties; rock ânâ roll had no effect on some animals but seemed to excite others. Jazz got them very jittery, while rap was likely result in stable hands getting badly injured. Scientific studies in Britain, France, the US and Poland have confirmed exactly.