The follow-up single to the monster hit You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) was an even higher energy song that's as iconic of the band as its predecessor. Great flashback and a perfect song to get your weekend started off right. Here's Love Come Back to Me...
Ah memories! We continue our week-long tribute to Pete Burns, who passed away suddenly on Sunday, with one of my favorite songs from Dead or Alive's Youthquake album. This one brings me back to one of my favorite clubs from my heyday, a new wave/alternative joint called Spanky's. Oh if I could only go back for just one night! Great song, great place! Check out In Too Deep...
After a few years of virtual obscurity after the band's highly successful Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know album of 1987, Pete Burns resurfaced in 1994 with a minor dance hit that had Dead or Alive written all over it. The song's artist was branded under the name Glam and when the band recorded their 1996 album Nukleopatra, they rerecorded the tune. Vintage! Here's a rare video of Pete and Glam performing the song in Italy in 1994...
It was a sad day in the music world today as Pete Burns, once the frontman of an awesomely popular new wave band and later in life a popular British icon eccentric, lost his life today to a massive cardiac arrest. He was only 57 years old. Due to the fact that he was so highly renowned in his native Britain, we here in the States never got to really know the Pete Burns of the past, ooh, thirty years or so since Dead or Alive was in its heyday. His stint on Celebrity Big Brother, the many changes to his appearance via cosmetic surgeries, and his overall in-your-face-and-be-who-you-are persona made him immensely popular on the other side of the Pond and there are many out there mourning his loss.
Dead or Alive, and Pete Burns specifically, was a big part of my youth. Their 1985 album Youthquake was a goldmine of hard-driving dance-floor gems and I actually had to purchase a second copy because I wore out the first one. I was lucky enough to get to see them perform once out in Sag Harbor and their high energy set still lingers in my mind like it was yesterday. Yeah, I loved that band, so much so that for the rest of the week I'll be dedicating Song of the Day posts to his memory. Here's a taste from their follow-up album, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. Check out Brand New Lover...
