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Dave Ross

@daveamitri.bsky.social

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Lover of popular music but always wanting to find out more. That golden period between 1978 and 1985 is where my heart lies but always willing to try something else. https://open.substack.com/pub/daveross100?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=293r7s

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · May 12

Being given access to Justin Currie's Tremolo Diaries has been a privilege. I just hope my review does it justice. Thanks to @peteselby.bsky.social for trusting me with it. @newmodernbooks.bsky.social

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1h

Ladybird books in the spotlight.
Toys and Games to Make (1966)
Artist: Robert Ayton

Cover picture of the book, demonstrating some of the activities to make including cotton reel puppet, cargo ship date box and matchbox boat

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1h

#80sTop30

Day 9

Linx

You're Lying

Selected at random from 100 of my favourite 80s songs by 100 different artists.

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You're Lying

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 11h

#ArtistFave15

Day 9

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Foxey Lady

No one has ever looked cooler than Jimi here. No 3 piece has ever sounded better. I may have peaked early...

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey Lady (Miami Pop 1968)

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Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 3d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 15h

Jolene?... Now that would be a scandal.

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 15h

Coincidentally I did once do a comparison piece with Taylor and Justin being 2 sides of the same story using 1989 and Waking Hours...

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Taylor Swift - 1989

A 10th anniversary review

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 15h

Hi Emily, the answer for me is always Justin Currie of Del Amitri. Google a lyric, any lyric and you'll find something wonderful 😊

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 22h

Having grown up in the 80s Thatcher's government was full of Heseltines. Old school politicians you didn't have to agree with to respect and feel like they were at worst honourable. He wasn't perfect by a long way but he stood on the right side of history that was fresh for his generation.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Barry Glendenning @barryglendenning.bsky.social · 1d

Simon Jordan on TalkSport, unchallenged yet again.

As a Talksport employee, I am embarrassed by this rebuttal of what Neville said. This moron pontificates without question. It is bonkers.

And yeah, i'll probably be sacked. Fuck it.

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"APPALLING STANCE!" Simon Jordan rages at "COWARD" Gary Neville after Union Jack REMOVAL admission!

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

One of the great songs with one of the worst sleeves.

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 1d

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

#80sTop30

Day 8

The Bluebells

I'm Falling

Selected at random from 100 of my favourite 80s songs by 100 different artists.

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I'M Falling

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James Tansley @tansleyjames.bsky.social · 2d

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Welcome To The Pleasuresome |
Frankie Goes To Hollywood | 1984

The singles were all amazing but it’s the full whistles and bells album version of Welcome To The Pleasuredome that makes my list. It ebbs and flows to perfection, a sonic masterpiece.

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MealyGarage @mealygarage.bsky.social · 1d

Find out my Top Ten Badly Drawn Boy tracks here. Or don't. Or do.

Toppermost @toppermost.bsky.social · 1d

The Badly Drawn Boy Toppermost by @mealygarage.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/badly-drawn-...

Badly Drawn Boy - Toppermost

Badly Drawn Boy - aka Damon Gough, the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who came to prominence when his debut studio album, The Hour Of Bewilderbeast, won the Mercury Prize in 2000 - is an ...

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

Ha ha. High as a kite on mastic listening to Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Enjoy the memories.

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Sarah Manvel with a🪝for a 🖐️ @cairdiul.bsky.social · 1d

My English teacher was married to a minister. She was physically assaulted and had her shoes stolen at a gas station by a foot fetishist. We knew this because the teacher had wallpapered his classroom with the news articles about it, which made it very clear the worst details were not fit to print

The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 1d

Fence #26 will be a special on all things print, and in tribute to the storied history of the UK gutter press, our letters page wants your GOSSIP & SCANDAL.

So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?

A photo of assembled paparazzi waiting to snap your shame for the scandal sheets.

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

Fluesy? It's a mood thing. Almost meditative. Whatever. I love it 😍

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

Ha ha about seven minutes in is such a brilliant pace change before Holly kicks in again. There's another word for it... 🤔

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtistFave15

Day 8

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

All Along The Watchtower

Jimi does Dylan.

Magnificent.

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jimi hendrix - all along the watchtower - isle of wight

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

Who-ha 😂

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

13 minutes and 40 seconds flew past. Absolute masterpiece. Euphoric.

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

Time for some pre bed euphoria....

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Welcome To The Pleasuredome

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

Euphoric is good.

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

I'm trying to think of the word but it has a relentless magical quality made up of many parts sewn together perfectly by Trevor Horn. (That's lots of words)

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

This has become my favourite Frankie song. Just incredible

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

I despair. This thread has had me shaking my head in disbelief. Sarah is doing great work here....

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Sarah Manvel with a🪝for a 🖐️ @cairdiul.bsky.social · 27d

"In the crescendo of orgasm I have sometimes been known to shout out the incumbent Pope's name" I have been back on the apps literally one minute. This is from the second profile I have looked at since reactivating. I am doomed

Sarah Manvel with a🪝for a 🖐️ @cairdiul.bsky.social · Jan 2

"I'm too romantic for casual encounters" good lord