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The Muppets Sing “Stand By Me”(1)
When the Muppets came out of hibernation (or whatever Muppets do) last winter to cover Queen’s sprawling “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the world stood up and took notice. The singing! The dancing! The arm movements. It was all too special. The furry ’80s icons then turned their attention to Kansas’s “Dust In The Wind,” with lead vocals [...]
Lyrical Confusion: The “Single Ladies” Baby Bursts Into Tears
If you’re three-year-old son has a yen for Beyonce’s “Single Ladies,” should you tell him he’s neither single, or a lady? That was the conundrum facing one father as he drove a car full of kids jamming out to the R&B track of 2008. Watch and just try not to laugh…or cry.
Great Quotations: Iggy Pop
“Bob was a good guy. I haven’t heard it myself, but I heard on a ‘dog’-themed radio show he actually played ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog.’ [Imitating Dylan] ‘Here’s one of the best dog songs ever written…’ That made my life.” – Iggy Pop
Best SXSW Panel: “Welcome To the Music Business –You’re F***ed”
Though not nearly as overwhelming as the music portion of the festival, the conference panels offered a wealth of options this year, which means one had to miss out on a great deal of interesting discussions. Martin Atkins’s “Welcome To the Music Business –You’re F***ed” took top honors as the best panel this writer witnessed [...]
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- SXSW Through A First-Timer’s Eyes
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- Great Quotations: Jeff Beck
- Buried Treasure: The Magic Of Feist
- Comment Of The Week: “Sugar-Coated Drivel”
- SNL Roasts “We Are The World”
- Comment Of The Week: “The Greatest Songwriter Who Ever Lived”
- Buried Treasure: The Aztec Two-Step Movie
- Three Great Performances From The White House: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Yolanda Adams
- We Were The World: Compare And Contrast
- Buried Treasure: Bon Iver and St. Vincent’s “Harvest Moon”
- Great Quotations: Frank Sinatra
- Comment of the Week: You Ain’t No Picasso
- Buried Treasure: Tracy Chapman Writes A “Fast Song”
- Lyric Of The Day: “Born Under A Bad Sign”
- Lyric of the Day: “One Too Many Mornings”
- Lyric Of The Day: “Glad And Sorry”
- Lyric Of The Day: “Alpha Male And The Canine Mystery Blood”
- Great Quotations: Adam Green
- Lyric of the Day: “My Drifting Nature”
- Lyric of the Day: “The Last Polka”
- How To Make The Whole World Sing: “Hallelujah”
- Street Smarts: Some Things Never Change
- Great Quotations: Vampire Weekend
- Lyric of the Day: “Goodnight Elizabeth”
- “Handle With Care”
- Pitchfork Remembers Vic Chesnutt
- Lyric Of The Day: “Singer Songwriter”
- American Icons: Livingston and Evans
- Crazy Covers: Hanson Do Radiohead
- Lyric of the Day: “Anchorage”
- “True Love Travels On A Gravel Road”
- Lyric Of The Day: “Norweigan Wood”
- Lyric Of The Day: “I Was Made To Love Her”
- Lyric Of The Day: “Want”
- Sounding Off: I’m The Man Who Loves You
- Under the Radar: First Impressions Make All the Difference
- Lyric of the Day: “Moonlight Mile”
- Lyric of the Day: “Dog Faced Boy”
- Lyric of the Day: “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”
- Lyric of the Day: “Family Tree”
- Great Quotations: Bruce Springsteen
- Lyric of the Day: Feed the World
- Lyric of the Day: “Father Christmas”
- Lyric of the Day: “River”
