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Monday, August 25, 2008

Born To Rock...

My head is about spinning with the choice of musicos celebrating their birthdays today. For instance, we could have had:

1949 - Gene Simmons (a bit of KISS, maybe?)
1952 - Geoff Downes (Buggles)
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus (ooo! a bit of "Achy, Breaky Heart"... how could you resist?)
1962 - Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Rio)
1967 - Jeff Tweedy (a proper cool one - Wilco)
1968 - Stuart Murdoch (another respectable choice... Belle & Sebastian)
1970 - Another blast of country, with Jo Dee Messina

Instead, we go with...

Aug. 25th, 1954 - Declan Patrick MacManus, or Elvis Costello, is born...

I've done my two favourites of his before ("I Want You" and "Good Year For The Roses"), so here's one that's new to my blog... "I Want To Vanish"...

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