Mike & The Mechanics Silent Running

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Video: Mar 20, 2018. Official video of "Silent Running, On Dangerous Ground" by Mike + The Mechanics. One of the band's seminal singles "Silent Running" was Included on their 1986 self-titled album, and reached number 6 in the US, number 8 in Canada and Germany and 21 in the UK. Taken from the soundtrack of the 1995 film "On Dangerous Ground". The track features former Ace and Squeeze singer Paul Carrack on lead vocals.



On Dangerous Ground (1996) When they learn of a secret covenant on the status of Hong Kong signed by Mao in 1944, Chinese factions, the British government, Hong Kong businessmen, AND the Mafia all try to be the first to take hold of it. Tough man Sean Dillon, pressured by Brigadier Ferguson into working for the British, does it his own way. But we see a new twinkle in his eye when he looks at sweet Su Yin... And can it be that pretty Inspector Hanna Bernstein is beginning to grow fond of Sean? Stars Rob Lowe.

Rotten Tomatoes: A former IRA terrorist (Rob Lowe), now a hired marksman, becomes a pawn in a plot to extend Britain's lease on Hong Kong.

Some Smoothing Soul

Mystere Said: Stephanie Mills is awesome! The top video is "Two Hearts" featuring Teddy Pendergrass. The bottom video is a special extended remix of "Never Knew Love Like This Before" written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. James Mtume recently passed away a few months back.

RIP Ric Ocasek (1944-2019)

Mystere Said: Ric Ocasek, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, The Cars.

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Wikipedia: Richard Theodore Otcasek (March 23, 1944 to September 15, 2019), known as Ric Ocasek, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the primary vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the American new wave band the Cars. In addition to his work with the Cars, Ocasek recorded seven solo albums, and his song "Emotion in Motion" was a top 20 hit in the United States in 1986.

Ocasek was found dead on September 15, 2019, by his estranged wife, Paulina Porizkova, at his New York City townhouse, which they still shared following their separation in 2017. He had been recovering from surgery. The Chief Medical Examiner office reported that Ocasek died from natural causes. He suffered from both hypertensive heart and coronary artery disease.

RIP Eddie Money (1949-2019)

Mystere Said: Eddie Money, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

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Wikipedia: Edward Joseph Money (né Mahoney; March 21, 1949 to September 13, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter who, in the 1970s and 1980s, had eleven Top 40 songs, including "Baby Hold On", "Two Tickets to Paradise", "Think I'm in Love", "Shakin'", "Take Me Home Tonight", "I Wanna Go Back", "Endless Nights", "Walk on Water", and "The Love in Your Eyes". Critic Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called him a working-class rocker. In 1987, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Take Me Home Tonight".

Money -- who had been a cigarette smoker for years -- developed pneumonia following a minimally invasive heart valve replacement surgery in July 2019, causing him to cancel tour dates. On August 24, 2019, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer. He died of complications from the cancer at Keck Hospital of USC in Los Angeles on September 13, 2019, at age 70