Manitu Rock Radio

15/06/2022

Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the best radio of them all? Well MRR of course!! Happy Wednesday everybody

23/05/2022

In 1948, an aspiring Toronto restaurateur named Joe Brown opened his dream dining and dancing establishment. He named it after his favourite haunt, Mocambo, in California. the sign off the front of the building—a giant palm tree with the neon-lit letters of “El Mocambo”
This mythical place hosted and keeps on hosting all the big artists and groups for memorable evenings.
The new addition to the music in MRR is one of these gigs: the Rolling Stones in 1977 live at El Mocambo

22/05/2022

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New week, new weekly grid, new playlists and new great songs, as all of us at MRR are getting ready for the summer.
And nothing better to kick start the European summer then …”Kick” the new song by Def Leppard.
Great week rock fans!! And…. kick the bad vibes away.

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19/05/2022

Vangelis Papathanassiou
From the 60’s group Aphrodite’s Child ( with lead vocals by Denis Roussos) , to becoming one of the great composers of our time.
Chariots of fire, 1492 and of course Blade Runner, among others, will forever be in our music memory.
And of course, he was a “Friend of Mr Cairo” with Jon Anderson at his side.
He died at the age of 79.
Wherever his soul may be, the soundtrack will definitely be better from now on
RIP. vi how

05/04/2022

Last Monday, the 4th of April ,marked the birth anniversary of one of the greatest guitar players: Mr Gary Moore.
If he was still alive, he would have turned 70 this week.
We, at MRR, are big Gary Moore fans. So to celebrate is music and is legacy, tomorrow, Wednesday the 6th of April, every hour of music at MRR will open with a Gary’s song .
It’s our way to remember Gary Moore , is songs and lyrics and his unique Guitar Sound
So stay tuned tomorrow for a “Gary Moore Special Wednesday “ on MRR.

27/03/2022

“It was 20 years ago today
Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play”
Well for MRR is not that long but today we can say that “ it was 365 days ago today , that MRR started online “
It was the beginning of an amazing journey of friendship, hard work, lots of rock and roll and a lot of fun for all the producers.
And we hope that we will continue to give all our listeners the best tracks from the best rock bands in the world.
And again, like in the lyrics:
“ It's wonderful to be here
It's certainly a thrill
You're such a lovely audience
We'd like to take you home with us
We'd love to take you home”
Happy B Day MRR! And many more to come

22/02/2022

Procol Harum frontman Gary Brooker, who led the band throughout their 55-year history and co-wrote and sang their 1967 classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” died at his home from cancer on Saturday, Feb. 19. He was 76.
As the lyrics of their song Salty Dog say “ I heard the captain cry”
RIP.

https://youtu.be/CJxpKlTID2Q

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" on Italian TV. Footage synched with the relatively new Stereo Version.

21/01/2022

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Today it’s a sad day for all rock fans around the world, as Meat Loaf passed away.
He was one character that always seemed bigger than life , bigger than us, immortal.
Let’s believe that Heaven couldn’t wait anymore to have him.
From all of us at MRR , may is soul Rest In Peace and all his rock and roll dreams come true.

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24/12/2021

And so we reach the nr 1 song on MRR Xmas countdown.
So let’s adjust our Time Machine ( a DeLorean will be nice!) and set the date for 1984
This is the year that a bunch of great musicians joined efforts and released a great Xmas Song.
“ Do They Know it’s Christmas”, by Bad Aid, is MRR pick for this Xmas Eve
May we all have a wonderful Xmas and a fantastic 2022.
With the best soundtrack on the best radio :MRR


https://youtu.be/j3fSknbR7Y4

Band Aid vocalist members:Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang)Bono (U2)Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats)Adam Clayton (U2)Phil Collins (Genesis and solo arti...

23/12/2021

We all have our guilty pleasures. And even the biggest rock fans around the world can forgive this one: “Last Christmas “ by WHAM is one of the Xmas songs that stayed with us trough the years. And the video made us dream about snowy Xmas and lost love…
That’s it. We are getting caught by the Wham Xmas Spirit!
02 days to Xmas and counting!
With the best soundtrack on the best radio :MRR


https://youtu.be/E8gmARGvPlI

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22/12/2021

Many rockers tried to rock and roll on the Piano but Mr Elton John is always special
Next on our Xmas List: “ Step Into Christmas “ the song launched in 1973 by Sir Elton and his faithful band!
03 days to Xmas and counting!
With the best soundtrack on the best radio :MRR


https://youtu.be/IbRtGMm96F8

“Step Into Christmas” was released in 1973 and reached #1 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart. During the instrumental break, Elton’s lyricist Bernie Ta...

21/12/2021

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“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge�in a pear tree”
We do hope that your true love will give you a different gift this Xmas!
Next on our countdown , some of you already guessed, is Relient K classic version of “Th 12 Days of Christmas “
And we really love the lyrics when you arrive at the 7th days of Christmas 😂
04 days to Xmas and counting!
With the best soundtrack on the best radio :MRR

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20/12/2021

Don’t judge a book by the cover… probably this is also true to record covers!
If you can survive the photo on the record cover of song nr 5 on our Xmas countdown you are in for a treat!
“Merry X-Mas Everybody “ by Slade is a Season Classic to hear with the volume loud!
But the cover…man…was it really necessary? Seriously?
05 days to Xmas and counting!
With the best soundtrack on the best radio :MRR

19/12/2021

And so we reach nr 6 on our Xmas countdown
And this guy got so into the Xmas mood that even the cover of the vinil is…. well… Very Xmas!
So please welcome an old rocker, Mr Bryan Adams and “ Christmas Time”i
( cool black and white video by the way)?
06 days to Xmas and counting!
With the best soundtrack on the best radio :MRR


https://youtu.be/aV-eP8K6bhw

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18/12/2021

Nr 7 on our Xmas countdown is an old favorite from one of our favorite prog rock bands:ELP
Yes, the trio also got into the season spirit- probably Greg Lake’s faulty- and released “I Believe in Father Christmas”
Well. Don’t we all sometimes wish that was true?
07 days to Xmas and counting!
With the best soundtrack on the best radio :MRR


https://youtu.be/yfY4b1NszpY

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17/12/2021

Nr 8 on our Xmas countdown is a mellow song from a band famous for some mellow tunes:Coldplay.
They also got caught by the Xmas spirit and released “Christmas Lights”
Yes, even rock and roll lovers can get sentimental.
08 days to Xmas and counting!
With the best soundtrack on the best radio :MRR

https://youtu.be/z1rYmzQ8C9Q

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16/12/2021

MRR Xmas Countdown reaches nr 9
“Merry Christmas ( I don’t want to fight tonight) “ is the living proof that even rock and roll bands like the Ramones get the Xmas Spirit
09 days to Xmas and counting!
With the best soundtrack on the best radio :MRR

https://youtu.be/KIhIBFPtnoc

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15/12/2021

10 days to Xmas and counting!
So let’s count down 10 rock n roll Xmas songs , that you can hear on MRR Radio station ,along with the best rock tracks of the Planet.
At nr 10… Bad Religion and “ Father Christmas”
Oh oh oh the rock n roll way 😎


https://youtu.be/ZcV3J2Feieg

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29/11/2021

Holidays Season is just around the corner
And the producers of MRR embarked on a mission: to find some of the best Xmas Rock songs.
We created a new playlist that we broadcast along the week but it’s also good to watch and remember some of them. And if you have any suggestion, please feel free!!!
And so let’s start counting the days , by remembering Def Leppard 2018 “We All Need Christmas 🎄 “

https://youtu.be/H9UkvOrDx1M

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24/11/2021

30 years ago, on a cold November day, Freddie Mercury passed away. The man who once sang “ Who wants to live forever…” left us with the feeling that , at least for those who love rock, some people should live forever. So let’s honor Freddie’ s memory at MRR by remembering one of Queen’s favorite album for all MRR Producers: Queen II and the iconic cover inspired by an old Marlene Dietrich photo

11/11/2021

Sir Paul Mcartney published a couple od days ago his own biography in the format of “ The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present” . So for all od us at MRR it’s the right moment to remember one of his biggest post Beatles hits : “My Love” ". First released as the lead single from 1973 Paul McCartney and the Wings album Red Rose Speedway. It was written by Paul McCartney as a love song to his wife Linda. And I was the first time that McCartney's name alone appeared in the artist credit for a Wings record.

08/11/2021

Yesterday 7th of November was the anniversary of one of Pink Floyd most original albums in many ways : “Ummagumma” (1969)
Original because it was the band’s last album to feature the band members on the cover ( by Hipgnosis of course) , original because the band expressed for several times bad opinions about the album and original because , according to many stories , the album's title supposedly comes from Cambridge slang for sex,commonly used by Pink Floyd friend and occasional roadie, Iain "Emo" Moore, who would say, "I'm going back to the house for some ummagumma". According to Moore, he made up the term himself.
Happy Birthday from all of us at MRR

21/10/2021

Danger , Danger: Creepy cover ahead!!
Sorry… but we couldn’t resist to this intro , when song nr 11 from our weekly best of playlist is “Don’t Walk Away”… by Danger Danger, from the album Danger Danger, 1989 ( the one with the creepy cover😧)
So expect long hairs (mainly blond) cool guitars and a quick throwback to all of us that danced through the eighties at the sound of songs like this.

https://youtu.be/-uBbDa-souY

Danger Danger - Don't Walk Awayhttp://dangerdanger.com

20/10/2021

People say that you will find a pot of gold at the end of the Rainbow. We don’t know if Rhys say was beyond Richie Blackmore decision to name is band Rainbow in 1975. But the truth is that he strikes gold with their first album , and with song nr 10 on our playlist: “Catch the Rainbow”. The song is about a small, but weird, love story.
As explained by Ronnie James Dio in a radio interview
“Catch the rainbow is lyrically medieval in that it’s concerning a stable boy who makes it with a lady of the court. She sneaks off to sleep on his bed of straw every night and they think it’s all going to work but as we rudely find out, it never does and they kind of go their own way, but it’s a track that I think Ritchie and I are very proud of.”

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19/10/2021

It’s time for song nr 9 on our weekly Best Of playlist. According to some , “This is about touring and groupies. It's really Richard Wright asking a groupie how they feel about what they're doing: "have you time before I leave to greet another man?"”
You probably guessed already that we are talking about Pink Floyd and “summer ‘ 68” song, part of the “Atom Heart Mother” album, the one with turn an anonymous cow into a star, well before social media!
Enjoy MRR everybody!

https://youtu.be/Ou4u4kOatck

Provided to YouTube by Pink FloydSummer '68 · Pink FloydAtom Heart Mother℗ Pink Floyd RecordsReleased on: 1970-10-02Auto-generated by YouTube.

18/10/2021

Song nr 8 on our weekly Best Of playlist is from an old favorite: Black Sabbath.
“Solitude” is featured on the band’s third album “Master of Reality” in the distant July of 1971.
Fun fact: Ozzy Osbourne’s greatest obstacle was the song “Solitude.” Since bassist Geezer Butler wrote the lyrics and the song incorporated different tempos, he couldn’t figure out when to speed up and which words were meant to match up with which notes. “Seeing him try was hilarious,” wrote Iommi in his memoir Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven & Hell with Black Sabbath.

https://youtu.be/vmV8niW5GXs

Artist : Black SabbathAlbum : Master Of RealityYear : 1971Genre : Heavy Metal

15/10/2021

It s time to watch out for Song nr 7 on our playlist. And that’s a very appropriate introduction for “Watch Over You” from Alter Bridge.
Besides being probably the nr1 ballad for one of our producers, “Watch Over You” is an oldie but a goodie from Alter Bridge’s 2007 record Blackbird, and was co-wrote by Myles Kennedy and bandmate Mark Tremonti. In Kennedy own words “ “The genesis of this song was written back in 2002, I remember I was writing and I was just writing every day and one day I just came up empty. That day was a dry spell and it’s the worst feeling. I remember I went to bed and it was 2:30 in the morning and I couldn’t go to sleep until something happened and I went back into the studio. I had a 335, which I had just bought at a pawn shop and I had it tuned to open-G, which I hadn’t experimented much with and that’s what came out of it.” Amazing how songs are born, right?

https://youtu.be/WR4_chcwvoM

Myles Kennedy performing an acoustic version of Alter Bridge's song, Watch Over You. This is a preview clip from the DVD - Alter Bridge - Live in Amsterdam....

15/10/2021

Richie Blackmore, former Deep Purple lead guitar man, once commented about song nr 6 on our playlist: "Soldier Of Fortune," it’s "one of my favorite songs. It's got a few of those mediaeval chords."�This slow ballad was co-written with new vocalist David Coverdale and was released on the 1974 album Stormbringer. Apparently the rest of the band didn't like the song, but Blackmore continued to play it , even after leaving the group, including with Blackmore's Knight, where the feminine voice of Candice Night ( oh, so different from Coverdale’s..) does not sound out of place at all.

https://youtu.be/cdJHRkVU1P0

From Stormbringer 1974 written by Blackmore - CoverdaleVideo: Windows and Caljam 1974

14/10/2021

And so we reach song nr 5.
" Harmony" is a song written by Bernie Taupin and Elton John that was originally released by Elton John on his 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. It was recorded in May 1973, at Château d'Hérouville, France.
Last track of this best selling Elton John double album ( yes kids… double albums!!!) the song required some rich vocal harmonies, The Beach Boys. Style. Instead of hiring professional singers, Elton used his backing musicians, who proved quite competent: Dee Murray (bass), Davey Johnstone (acoustic guitar) and Nigel Olsson (drums).
And so “Harmony “ survived the test of time and remains one of the top moments at Elton’s concerts.

https://youtu.be/SGdWy5Xq9zQ

Esta é uma das mais belas senão a mais linda canção do genial Elton John. Quanta magia em menos de 3 minutos. Melodia e harmonia inesquecíveis.

14/10/2021

Song nr 4 on our Weekly Best Of: “More Than Words” by Extreme. More The song was written by Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone and legendary ( and Portuguese!!!) guitarist Nuno Bettencourt about a man’s need to hear more than just the words “I love you,” but to see that love in action. According to the band “ We were told by management and the label that it wasn’t a hit. But you have to remember, this was pre- ‘MTV Unplugged.’ There was no home for a song like this. At the time, rock bands were doing power ballads – huge cannon drums and massive choruses. Two guys singing harmonies with an acoustic, it was like, ‘What is that? Is it Adult Contemporary?’ The last time you heard that was in the ’70s with James Taylor.”
Well… we all know how it ended! The song became the band biggest hit and one of the favorites for listeners worldwide.


https://youtu.be/UrIiLvg58SY

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