Here is a new advert using the music from the Liverpool New Wave band 'A Flock of Seagulls'.
Its a pity A Flock of Seagulls faded out as quickly as they did but their music really captures the time they were writing. That period was in the early 1980s when music videos were coming to the fore and new production techniques were being pioneered.
Who can listen to their hit: 'Space Age Love Song' and not hear the foetal glimmers of Britpop and 90s Indie?
A great song for a lovely sunny day!
This blog is primarily about music history, the last few posts have been deep into that history.
As i'm firmly of the opinion that history is merely what's happened today viewed from tomorrow I thought i'd show you that i'm not just stuck in the past.
Let me give you a brief heads up on a band with Liverpool connections that I think deserve a promo.
Clean Bandit, are an up-and-coming London based electro-classical ensemble.
Yep, you heard, Electro-Classical, smooth electro beats based around a string quartet core. It's not just a novelty, the band are drenched in classical music knowledge - just check out their single 'Mozart's House'.
Their main man and drummer are from just over the water. Birkenhead born Jack ("Wandeck") and Luke Patterson are part of the driving force behind the most refreshing sounds i've heard for a while.
Their latest single, UK Shanty, could be equally set in the coves of Cornwall or on the expansive Seaforth foreshore where seagulls dodge Gormleys in watercolour sunrises.
If the success of their first musical forays are anything to go by, they'll soon be finding their path etched into the flagstones of musical history and perhaps become another band irrepressibly linked to Liverpools dynamic music scene.
