pauldrye

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A Camp - I Can Buy You (www.youtube.com)
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Mark Linkous was the key member of Sparklehorse before his early death, and he produced this album of Nina Persson's

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by pauldrye@lemm.ee to c/connectasong@lemmy.world
 

Ignoring the Stan-shaped elephant in the room -- both songs sample the same drum beat from Dexter Wansel's "Theme from the Planets".

 

Saint (or St.) in the artist's name.

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The Records - Starry Eyes (www.youtube.com)
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Has the same producer, Mutt Lange.

 

Name-checking Jesus in the title.

 

The line "I can see for miles" shows up partway through the first verse.

[–] pauldrye@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a much higher quality copy posted just recently!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYzBuUvsTO4

[–] pauldrye@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Naw, it's got to be Aretha Franklin's "Respect". Or maybe the Beatles with "Twist and Shout". Soft Cell's "Tainted Love"?

[–] pauldrye@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago

Please remember that the Void™ is for screaming into and the Abyss™ is for staring into. Staring into the Void™ is a breach of your licensing agreement.

 

This is film of Operation Sandy, the first sea launch of a large rocket. It took place on the deck of the USS Midway in 1947, with a captured V-2 setting off at a janky angle and then breaking up before making it to 5 kilometers high:

I've linked to the flight portion of a newsreel about the whole thing.