It’s hard to imagine a more vital genre in the 70s than funk. Songs from Black artists all over the United States were busy soundtracking dance floors the world over. The intent was often simply to make folks move: “Haven’t You Heard,”“Boogie Oogie Oogie,” and just about everyth...
Michel Legrand composed the score, to Demy's lyrics. The most famous songs from this film score, which is generally less acclaimed than that for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, are "A Pair of Twins" and "You Must Believe in Spring". The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best ...
Dig Deeper The Best Songs on Wu-Tang Clan's Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Also ranks #1 on The 100+ Best Rap Groups Of All Time Buy atView on AMAZON 10 Method Man 2,394 votes As a standout member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan and one-half of the acclaim...
There’s a reason that the 1970s are idolized, fetishisized and consistently namechecked by several generations of cinephiles: the sheer abundance of great movies that came out during that 10-year span, especially (but not exclusively) from American filmmakers. Looking back at the second golden ...
The 50 Best Dancehall Songs of All Time From Lady Saw to Vybz Kartel, Yellowman to Sister Nancy, here are the riddims that reign ByPitchfork February 27, 2017 Photo by: Header by Robin Clare WHO CAN MAKE THE DANCE RAM? By Edwin “STATS” Houghton ...
Looking back at The Mona Lisa's Sister, Parker says, "What it's given me is an approach that I can always go back to with the right kind of songs. You can record songs and make them pretty honestly without a circus happening around you and lots of money being thrown away. You reall...
Though the phrase “music video” didn’t take hold until the late 1970s, the prototype for the form and its promotional possibilities came with the Beatles’ simple short films for “Paperback Writer” and “Rain,” songs they were loath to recreate live (thevideo packagesent to “Ed Sulli...
s little debate that Black Sabbath took what would eventually be known as metal to new heights, starting with their eponymous debut album and continuing with their sophomore setParanoid, both of which arrived in 1970. Their debut was a crusher, dropping bludgeoning riffs in such songs as the ...
“The Loco-Motion” is one of the best dance songs that can boast a top spot in the music charts for three consecutive decades. Grand Funk Railroad released its version in 1974, marking the second decade as a hit dance song for clubs and parties. ...
An expert ranking of the best Broadway songs in the history of musical theater, from Show Boat to Hamilton and beyond.