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Power Play
Robert Palmer scores the biggest hit of his career with Addicted To Love . "It was... anxious," confesses Robert Palmer, his mellifluous baritone uncharacteristically raw as he recalls the previous night's sold-out concert at Boston's Opera House, the...
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The Deb's Delight Takes Fright! (part I)
Heart-throb Robert Palmer pinned down in New York. Three times I got out of my warm bath to answer the telephone. The first call was a few seconds of silence and down. The second call stopped ringing just before I could pick it up. The third caller had...
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The Deb's Delight Takes Fright! (part II)
I am sitting on the fourth bar stool from the window, between Robert Palmer on the fifth and Joe on the third. I order drinks. Robert's first: a Tom Collins. The American bartender in his white smock takes great care with this order, and Robert gets a...
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The Deb's Delight Takes Fright! (part III)
Do you get pissed off with the whole routine of touring? "I suppose I get cynical about it but I don't get pissed off by it; because I like to sing. I like the physical sensation of it and everything - when it comes down to it the only real thing that...
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John Taylor Launches Athleisure Collection Designed With Fans In Mind
Duran Duran's bassist John Taylor Duran Duran's influence on fashion is as enduring as the band's place in music history. After helping define the look of the 1980s, they're still shaping style in surprising ways four decades on. In March, the group -...
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The Place That Changed Me
Robert Palmer in Shinjyuku Central Park, Tokyo (1985) Twenty-five years ago the rock star found Japan impenetrable. Twenty-four visits later the etiquette and send of dignity keep him coming back When I first went to Japan, nearly 25 years ago, one of...
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Some Guys Have All The Luck
"When we first moved into Nassau, we had a neighbour who had this daughter and she was like a sylph: she had green hair from the chlorine in the pool because she was a champion swimmer, she was brown from the sun and she was neither a boy nor a girl -...
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The Story Of Vinegar Joe (part II)
Vinegar Joe made three albums – a self-titled debut (1972), Rock ’n Roll Gypsies (also 1972) and Six Star General (1973). They were an electrifying live act and quickly became a staple of the UK’s then-thriving university circuit. But they struggled to...
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The Deb's Delight Takes Fright! (part IV)
I probably have a lot more sympathy with Robert Palmer than you expect me to have. We think along very similar lines at the moment, having reached similar conclusions about similar things from different directions. I have exactly the same attitude as...
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Carl Carlton And Melanie Wiegmann: Glory Of Love
Good advice is not always costly. Robert Palmer, Carl’s best friend and musical mentor, gave the impetus in 1999. Impressed by Carl’s songwriting output and overall artistic charisma, he confronted him during one of their many joint productions: “Why...
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Intimate Details
Name: Robert Alan Palmer Born: Batley, Yorkshire on January 19, 1949 School: Up until the age of ten I lived in Malta and i loved school. From the age of ten to about 17 I was in school in England and I hated it because instead of being taught how to...
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In Plain Sight
Titre : In Plain Sight: The Photographs 1968-2017 Auteur : Jean Pagliuso Date de publication : 2018 Editeur : Damiani Books Type : Livre de photos Jean Pagliuso is a world-class fashion photographer whose photographs of fashion models, music and film...
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The Alan Bown's Kick Me Out Compilation Liner Notes
One of the joys of the Sixties' rock scene was the touring good time soul band. They played for fun, dancing and if they were lucky, a small profit. Packing their gear into Transit vans, night after night they set off to play at myriad clubs, pubs and...
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2003: Robert Palmer's Final Year In Pictures
A l'occasion du 20ème anniversaire de la disparition de Robert Palmer, survenue le 26 septembre 2003 à Paris, nous célébrons la mémoire du grand chanteur-compositeur avec une série de photos prises durant la dernière année de sa vie, alors qu'il assurait...
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Johnny And Mary
Robert Palmer - Johnny And Mary Titre : Johnny And Mary Ecrit par : R. Palmer Première publication : Sur l'album Clues (1980) Classement : UK#44 « It's martial music played with a lot of accuracy and finds me experimenting with prototype sequencers again....
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Addicted To Love: Fashion's Favourite Video For 30 Years
Robert Palmer's 80s classic was released in 1986. It's remained on the style radar since then. Can it be a coincidence that Hedi Slimane, fashion’s biggest rock’n’roll fanboy, chose the 80s as the inspiration for his final collection of Saint Laurent,...
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Ridin' High: Official Press Kit Presentation
The idea behind Robert Palmer's latest album, Ridin' High , began around nine years ago. Palmer had struck a working relationship with Kit McClure's 16-piece, all girl big band in New York, intrigued by a shared interest in the emotive blue note music...
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Palmer Certainly Is No Newcomer To Pop Radio
Some people think of Robert Palmer as the singer from Power Station, the guy who sang with those two guys from Duran Duran. Others associate him with his current hit, Addicted To Love . And all those fans together have made Addicted To Love the biggest...
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Andy Taylor Looks Back On Forming The Power Station
The Power Station was a supergroup that comprised both Andy and John Taylor from Duran Duran, former Vinegar Joe singer and solo artist Robert Palmer, and drummer Tony Thompson and guitarist Bernard Edwards from disco kings Chic. “We were at a David Bowie...
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James Norton To Play Chris Blackwell in Forthcoming Bob Marley Biopic
Bob Marley: One Love is a forthcoming movie based on the life of the legendary reggae singer and songwriter. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley, alongside Lashana Lynch...
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Songs & Visions: The Carlsberg Concert '97 (part IV)
Lighting a show for both a 70,000 capacity live audience and the television cameras is a skill that Designer Patrick Woodroffe has carefully honed over several years. Whilst the televison requirements had to take priority, the lighting could never be...
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Brunching With Robert Palmer
If Robert Palmer were a cocktail he'd be a Manhattan: two shots rye, very wry, whiskey, one shot vermouth for that sweet aftertaste you don't expect. Palmer, above anything else, hates to be predictable, and he isn't. For a start, he's shorter and set...
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Robert Palmer
Hot hooks and great looks add up to N°1 (finally) for suave crooner Robert Palmer There's just an hour left before Robert Palmer is due at a late afternoon sound check for this evening's sold-out concert. Across the room in his hotel suite, a slowly deflating...
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Robert Palmer's Secrets: A Fifth Step On The Long Road To Mass Popularity
There's no clear reason Robert Palmer should not be at the top of rock's pantheon. If you were to list the qualities generally associated with superstardom, Palmer would probably rate on most of them. His songs are melodically strong and avoid formulas....
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Eddie Martinez 2024 Interview
“There’s a time when the phone’s ringing and burning up, then there comes a time when the phone doesn’t ring as much. That’s just reality,” Eddie Martinez says. “I think every guitarist experiences that in one way or another, especially when you’re in...