Lopez Blogs

1. Kisses of Fire: With most of Abba’s popular singles deeply ingrained in the public’s psyche, it’s time for today’s pop acts to dig a little deeper and uncover some of the gems lurking around on albums and outtakes. Kisses of Fire starts off with a slow tempo, almost whispered romantic vocal where you can almost imagine the two lovers lips touching for the first time before the passions bursts in, the tempo increases and an almighty disco stomper starts whirling around the floor. I can easily see one of the upcoming boy girl combos doing something like this – Discotheque or Beyond it would be a no brainer for…

2. The Visitors: All paranoia and power mixed into one amazing tune that sounds as fresh today as it did over 25 years ago. This is another song that builds up slowly and that works incredibly well in having this growing disco fusion pulsate as the lyrics delve into the themes of fear and panic. If it’s true that Eton Road are covering Does Your Mother Know as their first single, then they have made a mistake in passing a track as powerful and electroclash-worthy as this by…