{"id":4899,"date":"2023-05-15T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2023-05-15T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:26:08","slug":"simply-red-picture-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/2023\/05\/15\/simply-red-picture-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Simply Red-Picture Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/R-748772-1603500760-5976.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/R-748772-1603500760-5976.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/R-748772-1603500760-5976-300x298.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/R-748772-1603500760-5976-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first record from this British band.They play a mix of Soul,Funk, and Pop led by singer Mike Hucknall&#8217;s soulful voice. Thus is one I bought new in 1985 when I was living in Hull. Side one opens with a good song &#8220;Come To My Aid&#8221; which is the best song on the side although &#8220;Heaven&#8221; is a Talking Heads song and &#8220;Jericho&#8221; has a catchy Disco inspired chorus. Side two is very good with two hits &#8220;Money&#8217;s Too Tight (To Mention)&#8221;a great song despite its digs at Ronald and Nancy Reagan and the ballad &#8220;Holding Back The Years&#8221;. I remember watching the video for &#8220;Money&#8217;s Too Tight&#8221; in Hull and the one for &#8220;Holding Back The Years&#8221; in February 1986 in the motel room me,my wife, and two kids stayed in before I found a house to rent in Salisbury Md. after getting a job at the shipyard there. &#8220;Red Box&#8221; and &#8220;No Direction&#8221; are two bouncy numbers with a bit of Funk to them and the last song &#8220;Picture Book&#8221; makes use of some synthesized strings and chorus with a measured beat and some of Mike&#8217;s best singing. Another song I always liked. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first record from this British band.They play a mix of Soul,Funk, and Pop led by singer Mike&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/2023\/05\/15\/simply-red-picture-book\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Simply Red-Picture Book<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4901,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899\/revisions\/4901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}