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Free mp3: The Church – Under The Milky Way

Free is good. Free music is excellent. Finding a great song that’s also a free, legal download is something extraordinary. Here’s one for you, that’s currently offered free at amazon.com – The Church’s “Under the Milky Way”. The Church’s only US-Top 20 hit is [...]

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Review: The Yes Album by Yes (by golly)

Nothing takes me back to the summers of my youth more than The Yes Album. From the opening processional of “Yours is No Disgrace” right through to “Perpetual Change” exists an elegant time capsule of the very early days of progressive rock music. Drive, [...]

Tommy Tutone

February 28, 2008

By Keith Weston

This song was everywhere in the early and mid 80s. MTV, FM Radio, blasting from convertibles on the highway. It was inescapable. Rooted in late American Rock N Roll, with a nod to Tom Petty and a half-wink to new wave, the song is infectious even if its familiarity has bread contempt. If you’re old enough, you’ll remember. I’m sure.

This song was so popular that almost all the real xxx-867-5309 numbers in the US are inactive. It caused a bit of a hassle for the unlucky few who were assigned them back in the day. Note: This is a faithful re-recording that many will mistake for the original.

Tommy Tutone
“867-5309/Jenny” (mp3)
from “The Singles”
(Spectra Records)

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