26 February 2021

26 February 2021 - Domenico Modugno - Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu

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Modern audiences know this song by another title. "Volare".  And Bobby Rydell's English language version is better known today...
25 February 2021

25 February 2021 - Nena - 99 Luftballons / 99 Red Balloons

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Almost certainly the best-known German language song outside of German, this little warning of the apocalypse was a big hit in the 1980s.  Y...
24 February 2021

24 February 2021 - Marmello - Moonlight / Moment of Glory

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Marmello were a K-Pop group with a twist - they played their own instruments.  They were a bona fide band.  Although they disbanded in 2019,...
23 February 2021

23 February 2021 - Gloria Trevi - Que Me Duela

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Let's get it out of the way. Gloria Trevi spent almost five years in a Brazilian prison on charges of endangering a minor.  She was rele...
22 February 2021

22 February 2021 - Superbus - Apprends-moi

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For my English-language speaking audience, the title translates roughly to "Teach me".  That is about the limit of the amount of F...
19 February 2021

19 February 2021 - Charly Bliss - DQ

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This is the 900th post on Wicked Guilty Pleasures.  It wasn't supposed to be our 900th post.   In fact, this was not a band I had heard ...
18 February 2021

18 February 2021 - The Smithereens - Miles From Nowhere

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This isn't the first time I've posted about New Jersey Music Hall of Famers The Smithereens.   It IS the first time I have posted my...