patrick bitoun

@historyrock_ Grace Slick

@historyrock_ So he owned a 61 Strat before success?

The Dire Straits song “Sultans of Swing” was born on an ordinary night in 1977, in a nearly empty pub in south London. Mark Knopfler, who was teaching English at the time and had just formed the band with his brother David, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, went inside to shelter from the rain. In a corner of the venue, a group of aging Dixieland jazz musicians was playing with total dedication for just a handful of drunk patrons who weren’t even paying attention to them. The band sounded mediocre, dressed in outdated suits and with no audience to applaud them. But at the end of their performance, the singer announced in all seriousness: “Good evening and thank you… We are the Sultans of Swing.” Knopfler found the contrast between the humble, dreary scene and that grandiose, pompous name quite amusing. He went home and that very night began writing the lyrics, describing those passionate musicians who played for the love of music, regardless of whether anyone was listening. He first composed the music on a National Steel guitar, but the song truly came to life when he played it on his newly purchased 1961 Fender Stratocaster: the riffs and chord changes flowed effortlessly. “Sultans of Swing” was one of the tracks on the demo they recorded on a shoestring budget at Pathway Studios. They sent it to the radio, and DJ Charlie Gillett put it on rotation, which piqued a record label’s interest. It became the first single from Dire Straits’ self-titled debut album in 1978. Although it took a few months to take off, it ended up being a worldwide hit and launched the band to stardom. One of the greatest songs of all time.

@RobertM74696168 @GenTXer2 it was a cover too

@GenTXer2 I remember having to sing this in kindergarten in music class. This version is different than the original from America. I also remember being forced to sing Born Free for the school talent show in kindergarten. It was a very traumatic year.

Captain & Tennille “Muskrat Love” One of the most-suggested as the WORST hit song of the 70s. It’s horrendous. But apparently a lot of people liked it since it sold over 1 million copies.

@TheExtremeMusi1 No Expectations

What is the most underrated Rolling Stones song of all time???

@KaanNathalie @MahnazShirali @CNEWS @xfedorova était déjà sur @CNEWS elle ne remplace pas le Général.

France : La chaine @Cnews a limogé le Général Bruno Clermont pour laisser la place à la très pro-russe Xénia Fedorova. Je suis 100% pour la diversité des opinions et analyses mais pourquoi limoger le Général ? Je vous mets en commentaire le texte du Général à ce sujet.

@Beatrice_Rosen @benji4522 😂

@benji4522 Officiellement à détecter si tu t'endors au volant.

Un jour, une mesure panoptique. UERSS bonjour, au secours.

What is your all-time favourite “double” album?

“Communication Breakdown” is 57 years old. Jimmy Page is 25 in this clip, playing French TV like he’s already bored with being the best guitarist alive. They never did television again after this.

30 April 1945 A young American woman soaks in Adolf Hitler’s bathtub, her muddy boots staining his bath mat, and an official portrait of the Fuehrer sits on the tub’s edge. The woman is Lee Miller, the only female combat photographer in Europe during World War Two. She is pictured in Hitler’s Munich apartment on April 30, 1945, by fellow war correspondent David Scherman. “This was actually taken on the day that Hitler committed suicide, although Lee Miller didn’t know that until after the event,” said Hilary Roberts, research curator of photography at the museum, who put together the show. Shortly before, Miller had toured and photographed the Dachau concentration camp. She and Scherman had then made their way to Munich, by this time under U.S. occupation, and headed for Hitler’s apartment, where they spent the night with a group of other people, the curator said. “The key objects in the photograph are Lee Miller’s boots on Hitler’s bath mat, which when she arrived was pristine white, and when she left was covered with dirt from Dachau,” she said. Miller walked away with more than just a souvenir snapshot of herself in Hitler’s tub. She also filched a few of his mistress Eva Braun’s personal belongings, which are on view in the exhibition: a smiling portrait of Braun, her powder compact, her large Art Deco-style perfume bottle, and her four-piece rose-patterned desk accessory set. Before the war, Miller was a model, a Surrealist photographer, and a fashion photographer. Yet her concentration camp pictures are among the ones she is most famous for. (Colour by RJM)

@TheExtremeMusi1 Sarah

Describe Fleetwood Mac with 1 word 👇🏻

@TheExtremeMusi1 Prince

In 1984, if I could choose only one album, which would I pick???

@OphelieRoque Déconfits dans vos certitudes plutôt 🤔

#TastyCroustyi va tabasser. Et tabasser sévère ! Bourgeois confits dans vos certitudes, vous feriez mieux de dégager et fissa encore ! Parce que, clairement, vous n’êtes pas prêt pour ce qui va arriver. revueconflits.com/tasty-crousty-…

RECAP: my Top #11-30 albums of the 70s Which ONE album rates highest with you? 🤔 (please see attached for my #31-70)

My Top #50-31 albums of the 70s

My Top #51-70 albums of the 70s

@Simi_2210_ 3 ^3 =27 27+27 +27 = 81

This question separates smart from smarter Solve this if you're legend

"Un moment d'égarement", instantané de l'été 1976, la 504, Marielle et Lanoux dans les bouchons sur la plage de St Aygulf (les étangs de Villepey derrière), le pont de Sainte Maxime (l'affiche de Serge Lama) les pubs RTL, et cette p.. de chanson d'Alain Souchon Claude Berri❤️🧡

@jeromegodefroy @CHAlloncle The Goat

📺 Parmi les préconisations les plus originales du rapport sur l’audiovisuel public du député @CHAlloncle, il y a cette idée d’utiliser la chaîne France 4 que personne ne regarde pour la transformer en BAUER24. Sur cette chaîne, Alain Bauer, au lieu de se disperser sur plusieurs télés, pourra s’exprimer 24h sur 24 sur les sujets de son expertise. C’est-à-dire tous les sujets.

Sa voix cache des blessures qu'on devine profondes. Lucinda Williams - I Just Wanted To See You So Bad

@_onlyscott Sergio Ramos

Guess the player VERY HARD

@ExtremeFootbal4 @TheExtremeMusi1 Anelka

Who is this footballer???