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A SONG ENTITLED ‘Goodbye HMV’ might be a little premature, but this offering from Mark Read touches on some of the more painful truths many have attributed the store’s troubles to.
Citing HMV as “the place they went to to see which movies to download” and “another casualty of the changing digital age” Read reworks Candle in the Wind, and does an uncanny impression of Elton John into the bargain.
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Interesting point: If you remember the boyband A1, you might recognise Mark as a member of said boyband.
Here he is back in the day (in the fetching neon):
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Monday 18 November, 2024
Monday 18 November, 2024
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VIDEO: Candle in the Wind reworked as a 'tribute' to HMV
A SONG ENTITLED ‘Goodbye HMV’ might be a little premature, but this offering from Mark Read touches on some of the more painful truths many have attributed the store’s troubles to.
Citing HMV as “the place they went to to see which movies to download” and “another casualty of the changing digital age” Read reworks Candle in the Wind, and does an uncanny impression of Elton John into the bargain.
YouTube/Mark Daniel Read
Interesting point: If you remember the boyband A1, you might recognise Mark as a member of said boyband.
Here he is back in the day (in the fetching neon):
H/T to Frank Black/@luimnea
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