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Friday 1 January 2021

Eleven


This blog is eleven years old today. Somehow I had the presence of mind to start it on New Year's Day which makes remembering when it's birthday is easy even if some years I've been a tad fuzzy headed when waking up to it. Not so much of a problem today. 

Back in November I posted 11 Years by The Wolfgang Press (a pair of Sabres Of Paradise remixes of their song) so there's not much point posting them again so soon. I've got this pair of elevens instead, the first from Pete Wylie in 1987, a soaring, anthemic love song with it's roots way back in the blues and the slums of New York in the late 19th century

Four Eleven Forty Four

This one is the so called Eleventh Untitled Song from R.E.M.'s major label debut Green back in 1989. The musicians swapped instruments for this, Pete Buck playing drums and drummer Bill Berry playing guitar. Stipe sings his heart out, a song about missing someone while being away. It's simple and direct and one of their most affecting songs. 

Eleventh Untitled Song 

Happy new year. 

14 comments:

drew said...

Well done and keep up the good work

Charity Chic said...

As Drew said
Happy New Blog Year Adam

Anonymous said...

Stipe singing really quietly :) Congrats on 11 years!

Walter said...

Happy anniversary to your blog Adam. Keep on your great work

Luca said...

Happy birthday to the blog and hopes for a better year for all.

C said...

Nice work, SA, happy blog birthday and here's to many more years of it.

Nick L said...

Congratulations and happy birthday! 11 years is no mean feat. Great choice of tune, I've always loved this.

Jake Sniper said...

Happy anniversary Swiss, thanks for sharing.

Echorich said...

Well done Adam! Thank you again for so much enjoyment over the year and especially in 2020. Happy Anniversary!!

Swiss Adam said...

Thanks everyone. More to come...

John Medd said...

Well played, Adam! I started around the same time but really thought the writing was on the wall earlier this year with all this New Blogger nonsense; turns out it was nothing more alarming than Y2K (though it did have me spooked at the time, I don't mind telling you).

acidted said...

Well done for a blog that continues to innovate and excite.

Brian said...

Happy belated birthday to Bagging Area. May the amazing run of interesting posts continue far into the future.

Billynomates said...

Think I've been here from the beginning , or close to it. Learnt a lot and enjoyed a lot of the music you've linked to. Hoping for more to come. JL