Pretty In Pink Ad #3

An advertisement for the 1986 remake of "Pretty In Pink".

Frankie Rose

I recently started listening to Frankie Rose, who opened for The Psychedelic Furs and The Jesus And Mary Chain on the 2024 Tour.

As I mentioned on my blog about the Portland concert, I really liked Frankie and she was absolutely great. I wanted to check out her music but I wasn't sure if any of her albums are on CD (I know, I'm old-fashioned that way). I looked up on Discogs and thankfully they are on CD, so I bought four of Frankie's albums on Amazon. I've been listening to them on my Spotify while working and her music's really good. I even recognized a couple songs that Frankie performed at the concert and it made me think of that wonderful day. She sort of reminds me of Kate Bush in a way.

Out of all the support acts I've seen Frankie Rose is the only one who got me interested. I definitely recommend checking out her music. The albums I got are Interstellar (2012), Herein Wild (2013), Cage Tropical (2017), and Love As Projection (2023).

Rebel Yell

I recently started listening to Billy Idol's music, mainly his first two albums.

I remember hearing my dad play "Eyes Without A Face" when I was a kid and during my teenage years I heard "White Wedding" and "Rebel Yell" on the Rock Band and Guitar Hero video games. My brother got into Billy Idol but his music didn't interest me.

A month ago while working at retail, four or five times, the store played "Catch My Fall", which has the great Mars Williams, and whenever I would hear the saxophone I'd get emotional. So I decided to get the first two albums and they are really good. And it makes me wish I listened to them earlier.

On Rebel Yell it's interesting that three people who worked on this album were on Mirror Moves a year later. Keith Forsey, Tommy Price, and Mars Williams. Oh, and here's an interesting fun fact: Billy Idol and John Ashton share the same birthday, November 30. The former in 1955 and the latter in 1957.