Video: The Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter

In 1987 the Bangles were huge having released major hit singles and albums during the previous three years.  The group sounded great, looked even better, and I was in love with Susanna Hoffs (far left hand side in the picture above).  I know, I know....but how could you not fall in love with that? The girls were picked to record a song for the soundtrack of Less Than Zero.  Instead of writing an original song for the movie, they decided to cover a song that was more than twenty years old.....A Hazy Shade Of Winter. The song was [...]

Sorry for the absence of this here column last week; I got hit with an acute case of tonsillitis which definitely killed my Monday pretty badly. Felt like I was swallowing razorblades....but the good news is that it got me to the doctor to get some killer horse-pills to clear my junk up, so I [...]

Finally, we seem to be on the other side of this week's bout of soul-shredding heat. Summer's all well and good, but the Beach Boys weren't singing about an endless summer where it feels like 115... Continue reading "Too Hot To Live Winter Music Mix: Ten Songs To Lower Your Temperature" >

Rocks Off has Olympics on the brain. After hearing the theme from Chariots of Fire at the Houston Symphony and watching the bizarro Opening Ceremonies featuring Nelly Furtado, Bryan Adams and Sar... Continue reading "Hazy Shade Of Winter: Are The Vancouver Olympians Listening To These Songs?" >

THE BANGLES - HAZY SHADE OF WINTER (DREAMTIME MIX) (4SHARED link due to server limitations) Hallo Everybody! I got an older DreamTime Mix for you today. It's the 1987 song Hazy Shade of Winter by American band The Bangles . You can find the original version on The Bangles - Greatest Hits . I used the Original Version , the Purple Haze Mix , the Dub Mix [...]

THE BANGLES - HAZY SHADE OF WINTER (DREAMTIME MIX) (4SHARED link due to server limitations) !!!REPOST!!! Hallo Everybody! I got a repost of an older DreamTime Mix for you today. It's the 1987 song Hazy Shade of Winter by American band The Bangles . You can find the original version on The Bangles - Greatest Hits . I used the [...]