Also ranks #3 on The Top Country Artists of All Time 9 Merle Haggard 4,398 votes As an architect of the Bakersfield sound, this artist's rough-around-the-edges persona and authentic songwriting made him a defining figure in country music history. His songs often reflected his own experiences...
Upstart rock 'n' roll singer Jerry Lee Lewis (Dennis Quaid) has just cut a record at Sun Studio. Jerry's cousin, pastor Jimmy Swaggart (Alec Baldwin), tries to steer him away from a depraved life in the music business, but Jerry was born to play the so-called ...
22. “The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures its morals.”—Jimmy Swaggart 23. “Gospel influences your soul. If you’ve had church in your background… it’s just a part of your musical DNA.”—Masego 24. “Communism introduced into the world a...
prison system has many parallels to slavery — blew my mind, and the music is incredible: that Isaac Hayes sample and Chuck D's rhymes about a jailbreak. Like a lot of their songs, it's like watching a movie. PE completely changed the game musically. No one was just putting straight-o...
of the original studio songs from "Zoot allures", the themes are more brought back to their basic elements. In the case of "The torture never stops" the "Zoot allures" version has a lot more of adornal embellishments to it, and of course the moaning of Gail Zappa. You can compare ...
Any time we sat around singing songs, someone would inevitably pull out a version of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." My favorite song was "It Makes No Difference." The sentiment of it is so heart-wrenching. This guy is saying that his lover has just left him, and he's ...
Any time we sat around singing songs, someone would inevitably pull out a version of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." My favorite song was "It Makes No Difference." The sentiment of it is so heart-wrenching. This guy is saying that his lover has just left him, and he's ...
Any time we sat around singing songs, someone would inevitably pull out a version of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." My favorite song was "It Makes No Difference." The sentiment of it is so heart-wrenching. This guy is saying that his lover has just left him, and he's ...
Any time we sat around singing songs, someone would inevitably pull out a version of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." My favorite song was "It Makes No Difference." The sentiment of it is so heart-wrenching. This guy is saying that his lover has just left him, and he's ...