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Nirvana

American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington (USA) in 1987. Founded by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, the band went through a succession of drummers, most notably Chad Channing, before recruiting Dave Grohl in 1990. Nirvana’s success popularized alternative rock, and they were often referenced as the figurehead band of Generation X. Despite a short mainstream career spanning only three years, their music maintains a popular following and continues to influence modern rock culture.

In the late 1980s, Nirvana established itself as part of the Seattle grunge scene, releasing its first album, Bleach in 1989. After signing to the major label DGC Records in 1991, Nirvana found unexpected mainstream success with ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, the first single from their landmark second album Nevermind (1991). The album brought them worldwide recognition.

Following extensive tours around the world, the band did a few shows in South America in January 1993. During a live concert at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo (Brazil) on 16 January 1993, they performed a live version of Kids in America, with Cobain on drums, Grohl on bass guitar and Novoselic on guitar.

After the 1992 compilation album Incesticide and the EP Hormoaning, the band released their highly anticipated third studio album, In Utero (1993). The album topped both the US and UK album charts, and was acclaimed by critics.

Nirvana disbanded following Cobain’s suicide in April 1994. Further releases have been overseen by Novoselic, Grohl, and Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love. Later in 1994, Grohl formed a new band, Foo Fighters.


Nailpolish

American coming-of-age comic drama from 2006, directed by Jane Ainbinder and starring Alexandra Lydon, Paz de la Huerta and Elizabeth Regen. In the movie, Allison Silverman never got out much in high school. She preferred to write dark poetry and daydream. Part of the reason for her isolation was the tragic death of her mother at a young age, another is her confusion about how she fits into a strange world. Faced with her father’s re-marrying and the transition of leaving home for college, Allison knows she must break out of her introverted shell and start living the life of a more normal teenager. One fateful summer at the Jersey shore, Allison learns how to do just that with the questionable help of her wild best friend and a Jersey girl beautician. For the first time, she parties, gets into trouble and attracts the opposite sex. However, Allison realizes that this is not all she needs. To truly participate in life’s adventure, she must learn to live with the pain of her mother’s death without fear, be true to her own voice and make her own choices.

The soundtrack of the movie features the song Kids in America by Kim Wilde, as well as tracks by The Cars, Foreigner and Elvis Costello.


Nokia Night of the proms ’08

Concert programme for the Night of the Proms 2008 concerts in Germany in November and December 2008. Contains a full page description of Kim Wilde’s career with two photographs plus a half page advertisement for Kim’s spring 2009 tour.

Release date: 28 November 2008
Number of pages: 24


Night of the proms 2010

Concert programme for the Night of the Proms 2010 concert at the RTL Spiroudôme in Charleroi (Belgium) on 24 April 2010. Contains a quarter page description plus a quarter page photograph of each of the four starring acts: Sharleen Spiteri, Laurent Voulzy, DIV4S and Kim Wilde.

Release date: 24 April 2010
Number of pages: 8


Name and Number

Song written by Boy George, Luke Begley and Roland Faber. Recorded by Boy George and Kim Wilde for Boy George’s 2021 album ‘Cool Karaoke Volume 1’.

Boy George initially premiered the album in January 2021 on his Instagram and YouTube channels. He explained: “Most of the music that I’ve loved has been played to me by other people. You be the DJ, spread the love, tell people about this record. Enjoy it.” In May, the album was out on Spotify, and a “limited edition CD” was made available in October.

‘Name and Number’ was recorded in 2020, around the same time as Shine On, which was another duet of the two.


Lyrics

London (choose a city), Paris, New York, Berlin

Met you in a bar in Brixton
In a blue silk shirt and a voodoo pendant
Smoking with an air of independence
You’re so cool, I wanna be you

That girl, you know she’s got some attitude
Tell me, who do you think you are?
She walks around like she owns the place
But never leaves a tip at the bar

I hope you get, what you deserve
And I hope I get it, too, woo

What’s your name and number?
I wanna see you again
What’s your name and number?
Maybe be more than friends

You mean like lovers?
You wanna touch me

Met you in a bar in New York (New York)
They were playing Nu Shooz and I lost my mind
Found my coat and grabbed a taxi
When someone shouted back to mine

That girl, you know she’s got some attitude
Tell me who do you think you are?
She walks around like she owns the place
But never leaves a tip at the bar

I hope you get, what you deserve
And I hope I get it, too, woo

What’s your name and number?
I wanna see you again
What’s your name and number?
Maybe be more than friends
What’s your name and number?
I wanna see you again
What’s your name and number?
Maybe be more than friends

What’s your name and number?
What’s your name and number?
I wanna see you
I wanna be with you
What’s your name and number?
What’s your name and number?
I wanna see you
See you again

What’s your name and number? (Paradise garage)
What’s your name and number? (Johnny Dynell)
I wanna see you
See you again (Is that Diane Brill?)
What’s your name and number? (Suzanne Bartsch)
What’s your name and number? (Oh my God, Drew Elliot)
I wanna see you
See you again (Aimee, the party started)

Način Života

Song recorded by Armada Rijeka, otherwise known as the supporters of Croatian football club HNK Rijeka, or simply Rijeka. The song is based on Cambodia with new Croatian lyrics that express the love for the football club.

The song was released on a compilation CD called ‘Ovo Je Rijeka! II’ in 2008, following part 1 that was released a year before.


Lyrics

Zbog nje sam presretan
Zbog nje sam nesretan
Nama je Rijeka sve
Mi živimo zbog nje
Za nju navijamo
Pod našim stijenama
Tece ko Rjecina
U našim venama
I protiv Hajduka
I protiv Dinama
Bit cemo uz tebe
Na svim tribina
Ma neka svatko zna
Nek cuje Hrvatska
Nacin života je
Da Rijeku volim ja
Ooooooooh
Da Rijeku volim ja
Oooooooo

I svaku ludu noc
I svaki novi dan
Bit cemo uz tebe
Za nas si kao san
Jer nema nacina
Da mi pokleknemo
I zbog pendreka
Da se pokajemo
Armada bit ce tu
Ma što god rekli svi
20 godina mi smo preživjeli
Ma neka svatko zna
Nek cuje Hrvatska
Nacin života je
Da Rijeku volim ja
Ooooooo
Da Rijeku volim ja
Ooooooo

Ma neka svatko zna
Neka cuje Hrvatska
Nacin života je
Da Rijeku volim ja
Ooooooo
Da Rijeku volim ja
Ooooooo
Da Rijeku volim ja
Ooooooo
Da Rijeku volim ja
Ooooooo

Numinous

Song written by Kim and Ricky Wilde.
It was recorded during sessions for the album Here Come the Aliens and was released as a music video on 14 May 2020. The song starts with a quote from Christopher Hitchens (spoken by Hal Fowler) and at the end samples the melody of the song Stay Awhile.

Parts of the song can be heard in the intro of the song 1969.

Kim about ‘Numinous’

I was phoning up Sean, when they were literally putting [‘Pop Don’t Stop’, the greatest hits album] to bed, I said ‘Numinous is on there, isn’t it?’ and he said ‘Er, don’t think so’. I said ‘well, I want it on there’. (…) I literally snuck ‘Numinous’ on, because I thought ‘I’m not gonna tell Rick!’ (1)

Ricky about ‘Numinous’

I didn’t really hear it as a Kim Wilde track. I programmed it all and wrote it as a, maybe a remix or something. It had a Basement Jaxx kindof vibe to it, I suppose, and that was the main influence behind it and I didn’t really hear it as a song. As a track, it’s more of a remix I think. (2)

Credits

All instruments: Ricky Wilde
Mixed by Ricky Wilde
Mastered by Sean Vincent

Interview source

(1) Unsung Heroes podcast, 23 July 2021
(2) Unsung Heroes podcast, 23 July 2021


Lyrics

“The sense that there’s something beyond the material, or if not beyond it, not entirely consistent materially with it, is, I think, a very important matter.
What you could call the numinous or the transcendant, or at its best, I suppose, the ecstatic.”

Unbelievable
Supernatural

There’s a real phenomenon beyond our comprehension
A super energy in a mystic third dimension
Whatever faith, belief, religion that you hold
There’s so much more to life on this world than we’re told

Unbelievable
Supernatural

Now I feel connected to the world and the universe all around me
I’m elevated with the truth and the revelation astounds me
Whatever faith, belief, religion that you hold
There’s so much more to life on this world than we’re told

Numinous, numinous, numinous, numinous
Numinous, numinous, numinous, numinous

This surreal phenomenon will blow your mind away
This surreal phenomenon will blow your mind away

Unbelievable
Supernatural

“The sense that there’s something beyond the material, or if not beyond it, not entirely consistent materially with it, is, I think, a very important matter.
What you could call the numinous or the transcendant, or at its best, I suppose, the ecstatic.”

Unbelievable
Supernatural
Unbelievable
Supernatural

 

Nobody

Nobody consists of Belgian DJ’s Nico Deleu and Philip Dirix, who are also working together under the guise of DJ Starfighter. As DJ Starfighter they released some records at the turn of the century; singles such as ‘Mayday’, ‘Apache’ and ‘Where we lost it’.

In 2003, they released a cover version of Cambodia as Nobody, featuring vocals by Loredana de Amicis, who later worked with the Belgian act 2Fabiola.


Name of the Game (the)

Song written by Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and originally performed by Abba in 1977 on the album ‘Abba – The Album’. It was released as a single in October 1977 and reached no. 1 in the UK.
On 13 January 2001, Kim Wilde sang this song as a special guest star in a live show by the Abba tribute band Fabba.


Lyrics

I’ve seen you twice, in a short time
Only a week since we started
It seems to me, for every time
I’m getting more open-hearted

I was an impossible case
No-one ever could reach me
But I think I can see in your face
There’s a lot you can teach me
So I wanna know

What’s the name of the game?
Does it mean anything to you?
What’s the name of the game?
Can you feel it the way I do?
Tell me please, ’cause I have to know
I’m a bashful child, beginning to grow

And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I’m trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down?
Would you laugh at me?
If I said I care for you
Could you feel the same way too?
I wanna know
What’s the name of the game

I have no friends, no-one to see
And I am never invited
Now I am here, talking to you
No wonder I get excited

Your smile, and the sound of your voice
And the way you see through me
Got a feeling, you give me no choice
But it means a lot to me
So I wanna know…

 

Number One Yearbook 1989

Book in which different articles from the previous year are reprinted, along with a calendar and various extras. The book contains a two page article called Bed knobs & bathtubs in which Kim is interviewed about her sanitary fixtures.

Release date: 1 December 1988
Publisher: IPC Magazines
Number of pages: 98
ISBN: 1852770708


Nowels, Rick

Rick Nowels was born in Palo Alto, California (USA) on 16 March 1960. He started writing songs when he was 13 years old. He did a lot of performing during his teens and twenties. Then Stevie Nicks heard a few of his songs, and they ended up writing together. Since then, he wrote songs for Then Jericho, Debra Cox, Marie Claire D’u Baldo and Belinda Carlisle. In 1992, he was co-writer of the songs A Miracle’s Coming, I Won’t Change the Way that I Feel and Love Is Holy for Kim Wilde. His writing partners include Billy Steinberg and Ellen Shipley.

Rick Nowels about Kim

I first met Kim and Ricki in January 1991. I was a fan of You Came and Kids in America and went out to Knebworth to meet them. We talked for a bit and I listened to some of the things they were writing and said, “well, shall we try one?”. Within an hour we had most of A miracle’s coming. It came pretty effortlessly and we were all really excited. I went back to America and wrote and produced Belinda Carlisle’s album “Live your life be free” and when I finished it I called Kim and Ricki back to see how the album was coming along. They were close to finishing all their great tracks and I said “hey, I want to work on the album too!”. I went to Knebworth where Kim and I wrote I won’t change the way that I feel. Production was set for January 1992 in Los Angeles. Kim arrived and we cut the songs with a live band. Kim seemed to really enjoy singing live with the guys – and the guys loved it!
It was great fun writing and working with Kim and I look forward to future collaborations with her. She is a truly gifted Artist and lights up the room whenever she walks in.


Now Christmas 2004

Compilation album featuring a cd with 21 tracks and a DVD with 8 tracks, exclusively released in Denmark in 2004. Featuring many well known Christmas pop tracks like Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’, Abba’s ‘Happy new year’ and Chris Rea’s ‘Driving home for Christmas’, this compilation is important for Kim Wilde fans because it has the only DVD with the music video for Mel & Kim‘s Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree so far.