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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · 5d

Here it is... my new piece for Substack. If you get to read it, thank very much for doing so. Any critical feedback welcome. Take care all!
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The BEATLES - the top 20 biggest years

To the toppermost - counting down the fab years that mattered.

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · 7d

Ok, one day to go before I publish my new piece...
The 20 Biggest Years of the Beatles.

This was a fun piece to write and, hopefully, it will be just as rewarding to read: a countdown of their most significant years, from the '60s and beyond!

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · 8d

Hello all, I thought I'd give a build up to a forthcoming piece I've written...
Coming soon...
The Top 20 Biggest Years of the Beatles.
.... a countdown of the years that mattered most in the career and afterlife of this famous and, dare I say, very well thought of group.

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Sep 7

Moviewatch this weekend: Battleship Potempkin and The Thursday Murder Club. One of these deals with a bunch of people who pledge to fight against the murderous tyranny of the rich and their filthy ways. The other one is a newly restored 100 year-old classic of Russian cinema.

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Sep 3

It is magnificent, especially when Patti Smith's vocal kicks in towards the end. The album is odd and wonderful. Electrolite is a beauty too.

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Aug 23

Loved it! Weekend complete.

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Aug 23

Annie Lennox might like them. She loves walking on broken glasses.

Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hello all, hope the weekend is going well.
Here’s my latest Substack article... a look at music in the 21st Century, a review of the first 25 years. Did it go well for you?
Any suggestions for a 21st Century playlist?

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Music in the 21st Century

The first quarterly review...

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Jun 25

Due credit to @mojomagazine.bsky.social
For the August 1995 info used in the article. If they see it, hope they like!

Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Jun 25

My latest post on Substack delves into Mojo’s 1995 list of the 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made. Is it time for an update, a recount or what?
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The 100 Greatest Albums... of the 20th Century

Revisiting the Mojo 100 from 1995

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Jun 20

Which must be titled 'Socksy Daily'.

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Jun 16

Is it about time we stopped griping about Mike Love's place in the Beach Boys' legacy. He's carried them through the years, albeit to his specifications. But without him, would the group actually feel or be the Beach Boys?

Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Jun 8

I get the feeling that they've just accepted each other's personal scruples and need for space - and seem to get on better because of it.
I have to wish Morten all the best, it must gut wrenching for him. Hearing him on True North, a fantastic a-ha album, he's got soul and tenderness in abundance.

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Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · Jun 7

In the wake of Morten Harket's Parkinson's diagnoses, I rewatched a-ha – The Movie, which, Get Back notwithstanding, I think might be my favourite music documentary of all time. It was actually even more compelling the second time around. www.patreon.com/posts/on-ha-...

On a-ha – The Movie: "It's Some Kind Of Monster without the therapist. It’s Get Back without Paul." | Pete Paphides

Get more from Pete Paphides on Patreon

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · May 31

A pollen state of affairs.

Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · May 19

Literally have the last word!

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · May 19

In all seriousness, that's a hollow feeling for sure. Are cover versions allowed, or featured writers' credits?

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · May 2

If Tindersticks covered Kylie it would have to be 'Confide In Me'.

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Apr 26

My latest post... exploring those singers and bands we never expected to last long - with one or two surprising choices!
It's title, rather aptly:
It Won't Be Long...

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It won't be long...

Now more than ever, pop careers are so well-prepared and envisaged, managed by small task forces of stylists, counsellors, publicists and social-media strategists.

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Mar 30

My new piece on Substack: where have all the protest singers gone to? Do we need them?
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Not enough protest singers

What happened to pop stars making their point?

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Feb 26

I applied for the position of lead singer in Nirvana. Their reply was curt, to say the least.

Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Feb 25

Hi all, please take a look at my new post on Substack - a flavour of all things that went pop in 1965!

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Shapes of things to come: 1965's phenomenal year of pop

When Britain ruled the airwaves - or did it?

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Feb 22

Love you too up three down #BeatlesProperty

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Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Feb 4

Movie idea.
Jack, an intrepid baggage handler, puts off retirement for one last case.
Title: Lost In Transitlation...

Edwin Green @edwingreen.bsky.social · Jan 27

I can't believe Kemi Badenoch's favourite Duran Duran song - and job predicament - is Union of the Snake.