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    25 years on: a-ha – Take On Me

    by 5:4 September 21, 2010 • 15:10
    September 21, 2010 • 15:10

    This week marks the 25th anniversary of, in my view, one of the finest pop songs ever recorded: “Take On Me” by a-ha. It could be argued that the release of “Take On Me” marked a turning point for pop, which had spent the preceding years mooching around in New…

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    Mixtape #16 : Vox Masculus (In Memoriam Ian Curtis)

    by 5:4 May 18, 2010 • 07:34
    May 18, 2010 • 07:34

    Thirty years ago, Ian Curtis, lead singer and prime mover of Joy Division throughout its short-lived existence, took his own life. i can’t and won’t claim to have known anything about this at the time (being a mere six years old, my own musical journey had barely begun, let alone…

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