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"Quicksand" was built around a similar gospel-inspired delivery of the Martha and the Vandellas' breakout hit "Heat Wave", but with a slightly slower tempo and a harder edge. Like "Heat Wave", it features an analogy to a natural phenomenon, with the narrator comparing falling in love to sinking in quicksand . [ 1 ]
The song was released as the B-side of the single "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" in April 1974.RCA included the song in the picture disc set Life Time.. An impromptu hotel room performance of the song, recorded in San Francisco in February 1971, was released for the first time in 2022 on the multi-disc box set Divine Symmetry: The Journey to Hunky Dory. [10]
The Del-Phis then went to Checkmate Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records, recording their "There He Is (At My Door)" featuring Williams on lead vocals, which also flopped. [ citation needed ] Reeves reverted to a solo artist under the name Martha LaVaille in the hope of getting a contract with emerging Detroit label Motown .
Hunky Dory is the fourth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released in the United Kingdom on 17 December 1971 through RCA Records.Following a break from touring and recording, Bowie settled down to write new songs, composing on piano rather than guitar as in earlier works.
Drum-Taps is a collection of poetry composed by American poet Walt Whitman during the American Civil War. The collection was published in May 1865. [1] The first 500 copies of the collection were printed in April 1865, [2] the same month President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Quicksand is an American post-hardcore band from New York City, founded in 1990. Their debut self-titled EP was followed by two major-label albums, Slip (1993) and Manic Compression (1995). Quicksand's sound has been compared to that of post-hardcore bands Fugazi and Helmet . [ 2 ]
After the hardcore punk group Minor Threat dissolved, MacKaye (vocals and guitar) was active with a few short-lived groups, most notably Embrace.MacKaye realized that he wanted to prioritize making music over being in a band, "because sometimes bands get in the way of music, because you’re so focussed (sic) on making a band that you forget that it should be about music first."
"Quicksand" is a song by English synth-pop duo La Roux, released on 15 December 2008 by Kitsuné [1] as both their debut single and the lead single from their eponymous debut studio album (2009). Written and produced by members Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid, the track was a commercial disappointment despite acclaim from critics, peaking at ...