Emerald city

10/06/2001,  Radiohead  went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Amnesiac'. The band's fifth studio album debuted at No.2 on the US Billboard 200 and produced three singles, 'Pyramid Song', 'I Might Be Wrong' and 'Knives Out' Το όνομα  Radiohead  προήλθε από το ομώνυμο τραγούδι των  Talking Heads , που περιέχεται στον δίσκο  True Stories And true love waits In haunted attics

8/06/2008, Rolling Stone magazine published a list of the Top 50 guitar songs of all time. No.5 was  ' Brown Sugar '  by The Rolling Stones , No.4  ‘You Really Got Me’ by  The Kinks,  No.3 ‘Crossroads’, by Cream, No.2 ‘Purple Haze’, by  Jimi Hendrix  and No.1 ‘Johnny B Goode’,  Chuck Berry 1.  There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode Who never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell Go go Go Johnny go 2.  τα λόγια είναι περιττά... ο απόλυτος! 3.  όποια πέτρα κι αν σηκώσεις από κάτω θα τον βρεις (τον Clapton) 4.  Yeah, you really got me now You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now... 5.  Δεν ξέρω αν οι Rolling Stones ήταν οι σπουδαιότεροι απ' τη 60's γενιά, πάντως είναι οι ανθεκτικότεροι και αυτό σίγουρα οφείλεται στον αδιαμφισβήτητο leader Mick...

5/06/1975, During recording sessions for  Wish You Were Here  at Abbey Road Studios , London, England,  Syd Barrett  turned up out of the blue as Pink Floyd were listening to playbacks of Shine On You Crazy Diamond — a song that happened to be about Barrett. By that time, the 29-year-old Barrett had shaved off all of his hair (including his eyebrows), become overweight, and his ex-bandmates did not at first recognise him. Barrett eventually left without saying goodbye, and none of the band members ever saw him again... Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. You were caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom, blown on the steel breeze. Come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine! You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon. Shine on you crazy diamond....

3/06/1967, The Doors  'Light My Fire'  was released in the US, where it went on to be No.1 on the singles chart two months later. When The Doors were booked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show they were asked to change the line "girl, we couldn't get much higher", as the sponsors were uncomfortable with the possible reference to drug-taking. The band agreed to do so, and did a rehearsal using the amended lyrics; however, during the live performance, lead singer  Jim Morrison  sang the original lyric, after which they were informed they would never appear on the Ed Sullivan show again You know that it would be untrue  You know that I would be a liar  If I was to say to you  Girl, we couldn't get much higher

2/06/1967,  David Bowie  released his debut album, 'David Bowie', which failed to make the UK charts Είναι μάπα κακά τα ψέματα, ποιος να φανταζόταν τότε τι θα επακολουθούσε...

31/05/1961,  Chuck Berry  opened 'Berry Park', an amusement complex near St Louis. The park had its own zoo, golf course and ferris wheel                 They had a hi-fi phono -boy, did they let it blast!                         Seven hundred little records all rock, rhythm and jazz

30/05/2005,  Coldplay 's  new album was illegally put on the internet a week before its UK and US release. The leak took place on the day copies were sent to UK radio stations and the day before it went on sale in Japan. Security measures around the release included hosting album playbacks at Abbey Road studios for journalists instead of sending them copies of the album, any CDs that were sent out were labelled with a false name - The Fir Trees - to throw would-be pirates off the scent Where To, where do I go? If you never try, then you'll never know. How long do I have to climb, Up on the side of this mountain of mine?