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“Dynamite” – Liz Davinci March 27, 2024

Filed under: Review — justwilliam1959 @ 10:40 pm
Tags: Dynamite, Liz Davinci, Underscore

Liz Davinci’s new single “Dynamite” showcases everything that she is good at. It is a pure slice of piano-led baroque pop with a happy melody and a dark feel in the lyrics. Vocally Liz pulls off a sound so gorgeous it not only makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end it keeps them in that position for long after the song has ended. The Tori Amos influence is in there as is the invisible, unconscious Kate Bush stylings, but this time around I also felt Lene Lovich, Hazel O’Connor, and even a softer Toyah Wilcox. This track is perhaps the best Liz Davinci track to date. The B-Side “Underscore” is sublime and sultry and feels almost Stygian in its dark, deep depths. Liz is no stranger to these pages, and we love her music over here at Mayhem Towers. As a harbinger of her new album, these tracks herald something that will be damned good!

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“All I own is just a picture in a broken frame” February 5, 2017

Filed under: Trivia — justwilliam1959 @ 11:22 pm
Tags: Dynamite, Hypnosis, LLL Lucy, Moonshine Sally, Mourners, Mud, Oh Boy, Rocket, Show Me You're A Woman, The Cat Crept In, The Secrets That You Keep, Tiger Feet

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That marvellous 70s pop band Mud were once known as the Mourners and to promote themselves in the most ghoulish and appropriate way they could the band even had black business cards printed that carried the phrase ‘we’re dead with it’. Actually I kind of like the name the Mourners, but I guess Mud sticks, right?

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“And the only things I see are emptiness and loneliness and an unlit Christmas tree” Blog Advent Calendar Day 13 December 13, 2014

Filed under: Christmas,Trivia — justwilliam1959 @ 1:08 am
Tags: Advent Calendar, Bill Withers, Buddy Holly, Can't Get You Out of My Head, Christmas, Crazy, Dance Yourself Dizzy, Dave Mount, Dynamite, Ellie Hope, Groovejet (If This Ain't Love), Kylie Minogue, L L Lucy, Lean On Me, Les Gray, Liquid Gold, Lonely This Christmas, Moonshine Sally, Mud, Oh Boy, Ray Stiles, Rob Davis, Rocket, Shake It Down, Show Me You're A Woman, The Cat Crept In, The Secrets That You Keep, Tiger Feet

Are you excited yet? You must be right? There are only 12 more big sleeps to the big day. Have you bought all your presents? What did you get for me? I hope that it was something expensive. Anyway it’s December 13th a.k.a Day 13 a.k.a the letter ‘M’ of this years advent blog post. Regular readers will know that this year it is the ABC of British bands. If you’re not a regular reader please feel free to waste an hour catching up on the letters ‘A’ to ‘L’.

In the meantime though let’s get back to todays band; it’s Mud. That’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat isn’t it? Although the band formed in 1966 they didn’t have their first chart hit until 1973 with “Crazy”. That kicked off a run of UK 10 UK top 20 hits lasting up until 1975. This included three UK number one hits; “Tiger Feet“, “Lonely This Christmas” and a cover of Buddy Holly’s “Oh Boy”. Ellie Hope off of Liquid Gold who had a big hit with “Dance Yourself Dizzy” in 1980 sang backing vocals on Mud’s version of “Oh Boy”.

Band members were Rob Davis (guitar), Ray Stiles (bass), Dave Mount (drums) and Les Gray on vocals. Sadly Les and Dave are no longer with us having passed away in 2004 and 2006 respectively. The last time the four of them played together was at Dave Mount’s wedding in 1990. Rob Davis has had a lot of success as a songwriter in recent years co-writing hits for Kylie Minogue (“Can’t Get You Out Of My Head”) and Spiller (“Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)”) among others. But enough of the recent activity, take yourself back to the 70s and enjoy some Mud classics.