Erwin Barendregt, owner of A Pop Life (.nl) blog. Subtitle My life with music show the reason behind blog-subjects. Personal stories and preferences are the main subject for the posts and reviews on this blog. Erwin is a passionate musiclover and can frequently be found in concert venues in Holland, and is a person who lacks the stamina/talent to be a musician himself :-).
Erwin Barendregt
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May 24 2020
Devo’s third (and best?) album, Freedom Of Choice
In 1980 Devo released their third album. Freedom Of Choice saw the band taking a new turn which obviously connected to people. It was to be the band’s biggest succes, one that unfortunately wouldn’t be replicated.
May 15 2020
Prince – The 15 best B-sides!
This time the A Pop Life panel pondered the question which Prince B-side was the best of them all. Bram, Edward, Erwin, Herman, Leon, Rick en Vincent went to work and came up with the ultimate list!
May 09 2020
Linton Kwesi Johnson’s masterpiece Bass Culture
Linton Kwesi Johnson’s third album Bass Culture appeared in 1980. An impressive and rather depressing report on immigrant life in England. Read the complete story!
Apr 22 2020
The Cure surprises with the sublime Seventeen Seconds
In 1980 The Cure released their second album, Seventeen Seconds, the real beginning. The story behind the album and its subsequrent tour.
Apr 22 2020
Prince creates psychedelic funk on Around The World In A Day
In 1985 Prince released the impressive Around The World In A Day. The complete story on an album that above everything else should not be Purple Rain Part II.
Apr 22 2020
Prince – Around The World In A Day – The reviews
Five contemporary reviews of Prince’s seventh album Around The World In A Day, which was released on April 22nd, 1985. Mixed reviews on a superb album.
Apr 21 2020
Prince – The MTV interview
At the end of 1985 MTV aired the first ever video interview with Prince. The pre-selected questions were asked by his manager Steve Fargnoli. The question remains whether or not Prince made the right decision in releasing this interview.
Apr 20 2020
Prince tries to control the damage: the big 1985 Rolling Stone interview
In 1985 Prince started to receive a lot of bad press. Next to writing songs about it, why shouldn’t he tell his side of things? And so he did. The story behind the 1985 Rolling Stone interview.
Apr 19 2020
Prince – The spaghetti controversy!
In 1985 Prince the pasta company aired a commercial that played into the Purple Rain mania surrounding Prince. His management was not amused. Prince thought it was funny.
Apr 18 2020
Romanthony – R.Hide In Plain Site
The story on the album R.Hide In Plain Site by Romanthony. A look back and tribute to the career of the original dance producer Romanthony, that was tragically cut short.
Apr 10 2020
And yet another Public Enemy hip-hop classic, Fear Of A Black Planet
The road to Public Enemy’s third album was a rocky one. The story of a hip hop classic that would turn into Public Enemy’s best sold album: Fear Of A Black Planet.
Mar 31 2020
Sufjan Stevens releases the beautiful, demure and moving Carrie & Lowell
In 2015 Sufjan Stevens released the beautiful, moving and intimate Carrie & Lowell, a brutally honest portrait of Carrie’s passing and the reaction to that. Impressive!
Mar 26 2020
Van Halen’s third album slams: Women And Children First
The third Van Halen album proved that the band was more than the sum of its parts. An impressive piece of work by a band that sadly showed the first signs of the bumpy road ahead.
Mar 17 2020
Frank Sinatra’s forgotten masterpiece Watertown
In 1970 Frank Sinatra released an album that was nearly forgotten, due to bad sales and reviews. Nowadays we know better: it’s his last masterpiece!
Mar 07 2020
David Bowie changes course towards (plastic) soul: Young Americans
In 1975 David Bowie released Young Americans, a soul and R&B album. How did it hold up and where does it stand today? A look back.
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