Each week on Radio Ga Ga we invent a “special theme” and make our music choices based on that theme which gives us a great broad spectrum of music eras to choose from. This weeks theme will feature bands who were named after songs by other artists. Think of Australia’s own JET or POWDERFINGER, named after the Wings song “Jet”
Read moreIts a long introduction but many of them are short songs. We are going through the alphabet, one song for each letter with, as mentioned, well known songs which do not feature the title of the song within the lyrics of the song. Here is the playlist of the artists we will feature but what will the songs be?? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…………….
Read moreNo not those ones, the ones where a band or artist had a big hit but just avoided becoming a “one hit wonder” by having a second, less successful release. The Romantics “What I Like About You” is well known, what was the other less successful hit song they had. The same can be said for The Swingers, Extreme, Berlin,
Read moreNo, not the blues (although we love the blues) and not the “racey” kind of blue either but the colour blue as RGG returns this week with 2 hours of songs about the colour blue. The featured artists will include Roy Orbison, Linda Ronstadt, ELO, Gene Pitney, Bob Dylan, Graham Bonnet, Neil Diamond, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, George Thorogood &
Read morePhil Spector had a huge influence on the music we have been listening to over the years. The originator of the “Wall of Sound” production technique, Spector was a pioneer of the 60’s girl group sound and produced over 25 top 40 hits from 1960–1965. He did some of his best work through the late 60’s and early 70’s writing and producing songs
Read moreRadio Ga Ga had a scroll through the tunes that have made it onto the Guitar Hero playlist and thought….why the hell not!! Guitar Hero is a series of video games first published in 2005 in which players use a guitar-shaped game controller to simulate playing various guitar parts across numerous rock songs. Players match notes that scroll on-screen to colored buttons on the controller, strumming the
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