Raoul Duke

@batcountry1980

Always thinking about music, always got a song stuck in my head. I post stuff so I can talk about it with fellow music geeks. Use Twitter for music and films.

Glasgow, Scotland

Joined June 2013

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · Oct 27, 2023

#BigBeatlesBlether Well that’s the Blether over folks. I don’t think I really grasped what an undertaking it would be when I started it. “Write about 240 Beatles songs? Why not?” Little did I know when I started it that each day it would grow and grow till eventually I was

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Kenny@kennylanglea · 4 h

Happy Birthday to Michael Philip Jagger. Born this day in 1943 in Dartford. English singer songwriter and occasional actor. He is a patron of The Mick Jagger Centre in Dartford,and sponsors music through his Red Rooster Programme in local schools #MickJagger #RollingStones 🎂🎉

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Ramones@RamonesOfficial · 16 h

“Stalking the streets till the break of day, New York beauty take my breath away” Ramones on St. Mark’s Place in NYC, captured by David Godlis, 1981.

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Elvis Costello@ElvisCostello · 20 h

Elvis Costello performing "Radio Radio" live in 1978. "When I was sitting at home in England in 1975, in the thrall of Bruce Springsteen, he sort of made it feel like a big dream in America where a radio was playing and it was always the perfect song.

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · 19 h

“ I have to go home” “You are home” youtu.be/5g4MSYK5d3A?si…

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · 23 h

I’m in a nice, easy going, stick a compilation on mood today. Making my way through four of the best there is. The streets of the Southside are currently pulsating to the Electro-Pop of Confusion, whether they like it or not.

batcountry1980's tweet image. I’m in a nice, easy going, stick a compilation on mood today. Making my way through four of the best there is. The streets of the Southside are currently pulsating to the Electro-Pop of Confusion, whether they like it or not.

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · 24 h

#itwasaverygoodyear A different year of music every week. This week: 1982 Today’s song from 1982 stuck in my head New Order- Temptation youtu.be/N3rafN7pZoM?si…

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · Jul 25

"Our peak for playing live was in Hamburg. At the time, we weren't famous and people came to see us simply because of our music and the atmosphere we created. We got very tight as a band in those clubs” -George Harrison

batcountry1980's tweet image. "Our peak for playing live was in Hamburg. At the time, we weren't famous and people came to see us simply because of our music and the atmosphere we created. We got very tight as a band in those clubs”

-George Harrison

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · Jul 24

Bruno Koschmider, owner of the Indra Club and the Kaiserkeller. Gave the Beatles their break in Hamburg. When they moved to rival the Top Ten Club he grassed George Harrison up for being under age and he was deported. The fun was over for the 17 year old kid, but not for long.

batcountry1980's tweet image. Bruno Koschmider, owner of the Indra Club and the Kaiserkeller. Gave the Beatles their break in Hamburg. When they moved to rival the Top Ten Club he grassed George Harrison up for being under age and he was deported. The fun was over for the 17 year old kid, but not for long.

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · Jul 24

From John Lennon’s book In His Own Write, published March 1964. See if you can spot the first use of a famous Ringoism. Four months later it will give name to a single, album and movie.

batcountry1980's tweet image. From John Lennon’s book In His Own Write, published March 1964. See if you can spot the first use of a famous Ringoism. Four months later it will give name to a single, album and movie.

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · Jul 24

#itwasaverygoodyear A different year of music every week. This week: 1982 Today’s song from 1982 stuck in my head Malcolm McLaren and the World's Famous Supreme Team- Buffalo Gals youtu.be/KUcfitEe-Aw?si…

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · Jul 23

It’s not often I get the Led out these days, but the mood took me tonight. This is at times a magnificent record, a potent mix of the transcendent and thunderous. The first three songs are pure magic, then a massive dip with The Crunge. I think that’s dire, but things recover…

batcountry1980's tweet image. It’s not often I get the Led out these days, but the mood took me tonight. This is at times a magnificent record, a potent mix of the transcendent and thunderous. The first three songs are pure magic, then a massive dip with The Crunge. I think that’s dire, but things recover…

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · Jul 23

#likeburningcoal Today’s Bob Dylan Lyric Stuck In My Head You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy youtu.be/wC10VWDTzmU?si…

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𝙱𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚢’𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚎𝚕@SalvadorDafti · Jul 23

The Beatles - The Beatles My album of the day. A kaleidoscopic display of unbridled versatility, as the cracks begin to appear. Charming, weary, unsettling and chaotic; this is jack of all trades genius, with a surprise behind every door. 1968. 🎧 I’m So Tired

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · Jul 23

#itwasaverygoodyear A different year of music every week. This week: 1982 Today’s song from 1982 stuck in my head Peter Gabriel- The Rhythm of the Heat youtu.be/cpqJxb_pNTM?si…

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Kenny@kennylanglea · Jul 23

Happy Birthday to Help! Single released in the UK this day in 1965 by The Beatles. Although heard as just a pop song, John Lennon said “The whole Beatles thing was just beyond comprehension. I was subconsciously crying out for help" #Beatles #History #JohnLennon

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · Jul 22

Just re-watched Five Easy Pieces. What a film and what a tremendous performance by Jack Nicholson. Actors like him, and his peers, they’re just gone now. The likes of Jack had a way of being larger than life and yet totally natural. I don’t think there’s been anyone like that for…

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Raoul Duke@batcountry1980 · Jul 22

#verbalgymnastics Today’s Elvis Costello lyric stuck in my head Turn up the TV, no one listening will suspect Even your mother won't detect it So your father won't know They think that I've got no respect But everything means less than zero youtu.be/NKAZ4FTzvNg?si…

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Kenny@kennylanglea · Jul 22

Happy Birthday to My Aim Is True. Album released in the UK this day in 1977 by Elvis Costello. His 1st. Influenced by a wide variety of genres, from punk and pub rock, to elements of 50’s rock n roll and rockabilly. One of the best ever debut albums #ElvisCostello #History

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