The Police – Bring On The Night
The Police’s Bring On the Night on Reggatta de Blanc (1979): Last Exit roots, Summers air, Copeland restraint, Sting low.
Round Midnight
Dexter Gordon plays Dale Turner in Tavernier's 1986 jazz film: Paris clubs, a spare room, and solos treated as drama.
Interview of Tina Turner (1987)
Norway's NRK special Me, Tina (1987) finds Tina Turner after Private Dancer, voice back at center stage.
The Clash – Brand New Cadillac
Brand New Cadillac, The Clash's Vince Taylor cover near the front of London Calling (1979), is a two-minute rockabilly rewrite at punk volume.
Covers or originals: can a remake outshine the first version?
When a second voice takes a song further than the writer.
After Hours – Synthwave heartbreak, red jacket
In March 2020, The Weeknd released After Hours on XO/Republic: synthwave heartbreak, a red-jacket visual campaign, and Blinding Lights as a global hit.
AC/DC – It’s a Long Way to the Top
AC/DC’s It’s a Long Way to the Top (T.N.T./High Voltage, 1975–76): Bon Scott, bagpipes, Albert Productions.
Kraftwerk – Machines, highways and a future already here
Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider started in Düsseldorf at the turn of the 1970s.
Pulp – Common People
Pulp’s 1995 Island hit Common People turns a London art-school boast into dancefloor class satire; UK No. 2.
At San Quentin – Johnny Cash
On 24 February 1969, Johnny Cash recorded a live Columbia album at San Quentin, a year after Folsom, with the Tennessee Three and a yard full of inmates.