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Author: Christopher Smith

So perhaps you’ve read an article or two that I’ve written and wondered “just who is this character?”! Well I thought maybe it would be time to introduce myself and what I’m all about. Well it’s all about the music! Having been born in the late 1970’s I was heavily influenced by my parent’s love of ‘popular’ music and rock and roll of the 1950’s and 60’s. My Mother always said she should of married Elvis and my father was, and is still, in love with Sandie Shaw! But while my Dad’s tastes stopped in about 1967, my Mum carried on loving music throughout the 70’s, 80’s and beyond. My first memory was playing on the floor whilst my Mother was ironing one day with the radio on, and hearing ABBA’s “Super Trouper” dancing my nappy off to it! Maybe that’s where it all went wrong…?! Having been subjected to all and sundry in my infant years, I finally found my feet in the mid-1980’s and began ‘partying’ to the likes of Culture Club, Stevie Wonder(!), Elkie Brooks and Bananarama to name but a few! The year 1987 would have a profound effect on my listening tastes and from thereon in my life would be dominated with buying and listening to music. Any number of outstanding songs were released and listened to that year, most notably “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and “La Isla Bonita”. That Summer my mind was completely taken over with music and sounds I’d never heard before and I was totally taken in by it all. My father would say “whaaar rubbish you got on naaaaao?” (I’m from Norfolk!) but I was hooked. And it continued so for the rest of the decade and the next. At the beginning of 1988 I ‘met’ my true love and the singer I’ve worshipped more than any other artist or group. You may know of her. She’s from Australia…! Aside from pop music, my tastes are many and varied and continues to grow and expand as I ‘mature’ in age. I’ve always been heavily interested in films and in particular the mechanics of film making and of course film music, so scores and subsequently orchestral music takes up a lot of my tastes and collection. 90’s dance and club tunes also takes up much of the space in my head and I’m surprised my brain has stopped shaking from the years of abuse it took being dragged to nightclubs, often three times a week in my 20’s! I find with each year that passes I regress back to my youth and of course the 1980’s. 80’s music dominates and the lust to see as many 80’s acts and singers play live now is insatiable. I’m still getting into the groove as much as every breath I take, but I’m never gonna give up listening to my heart and pumping up the volume, simply because I LOVE MUSIC…any kind of music!
Then & Now

THEN & NOW: James

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Christopher Smith
James 2021
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Cover Version vs Original Version

COVER vs ORIGINAL: ‘Alone’

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Christopher Smith
Heart alone
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Fresh Music

FRESH: ‘Crazy’ – Will Newman

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Christopher Smith
Will Newman
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FRESH: ‘In This Body’ – Paola Bennet

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Christopher Smith
Paola Bennet
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Fresh Music

FRESH: ‘Wish You Weren’t Here’ – Juze

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Christopher Smith
Juze
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Fresh Music

FRESH: ‘Lonely Life’ – Adam Brookes feat. Compa Cut

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Christopher Smith
Adam Brookes
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Fresh Music

FRESH: ‘Amnesty’ – Taboo Flow

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Christopher Smith
Taboo flow
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Fresh Music

FRESH: ‘Be Your Own King’ – Roxley

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 by Christopher Smith
Roxley
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Fresh Music

FRESH: ‘Runaway’ (EP) – Tayo Sound

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 by Christopher Smith
Tayo Sound
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News & Views

NEWS: Celine Dion Celebrates 25 Years of “Falling Into You”

Posted on March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 by Christopher Smith
Celine Dion 1996
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Fresh Music

FRESH: ‘Tribe’ – Danny Addison

Posted on March 3, 2021March 4, 2021 by Christopher Smith
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