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ICYMI: Things I posted elsewhere this week (19 July 2025)

July 19, 2025 Alan Cross Bob Marley, Four Tet, New Music Friday, Nine Inch Nails, Sisters of Mercy, Song of the Summer

What other material came from The Content Factory I run? Here you go, in case you missed it. Weekly Global News Column: Hey! Where’s this year “song of the summer?”

Music History

52 Albums That Changed My Life (and Other Exaggerations), Chapter 43: Sisters of Mercy

October 22, 2017 Brent Chittenden A Slight Case of Overbombing, CFNY. The Edge, Jim Steinman, Sisters of Mercy, The Edge

I love The Sisters of Mercy. I’m guessing that the audience is a bit split down the middle between those who remember them and those who have no idea who

Music News

Be It Resolved: These Covers Are Better Than the Originals

December 13, 2016 Alan Cross Al Green, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Clash, Cover Versions, Cowboy Junkies, CSNY&Y, Gloria Jones, Hot Chocolate, Isley Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, Nazareth, Sisters of Mercy, Soft Cell, Talking Heads, Velvet Underground, Vince Taylor

I’m a big fan of cover versions, especially the cases where the remake is better than the original. Here is my totally subjective list of ten covers that I believe

Lists

Top Ten Songs Over 7 Minutes Long (Modern / New Rock Version)

March 14, 2014 Brent Chittenden Bauhaus, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Kraftwerk, LCD Soundsystem, Metallica, Mother Love Bone, Sisters of Mercy, Tool

Rolling Stone recently did a list of the 50 Best Songs Over 7 minutes long and to be fair, it’s a solid list. But they refuse to name names ans