According tosongfacts.com, "this song was inspired byTexasblues musician named Joey Long, who was good friends with the band. As Billy Gibbons tells it, Long didn't have a driver's license, but he always had a new Cadillac that his beautiful wife Barbarella used to drive him to gigs."...
The single was soon dubbed by Billboard as the first song since 1994 to top the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label, although Macklemore, in a slightly unusual recording contract, pays a nominal percentage of sales to use Warner Bros. Records's radio promotion ...
His song "Nameless" reached number 42 on the Billboard Hip Hop/R&B Songs Airplay chart. Also ranks #18 on The 30+ Best "Lil"Rappers With Lil In Their Names, Ranked Dig Deeper Musicians Who Died In 2022 Also ranks #31 on Who Is the Best Rapper Under 25 Right Now? 40 Chris Kelly...
Just as it takes many months to learn to play a song perfectly, creating true sound in the car requires hundreds of hours of testing and fine-tuning by the expert audio engineers at Bowers & Wilkins and BMW, who rely on the right soundtrack to tune each vehicle to perfection. ...
1973: ZZ Top, "La Grange" ZZ Top had toes tapping in 1973 with the John Lee Hooker-esque boogie blues of “La Grange” off theirTres Hombresalbum. If you listen closely to Billy Gibbons’ mumbled lyrics, the song is about a brothel on the outskirts of a Texas town. Have mercy! It...
The age-old question every rap fan talks about all the time… “Who are the best hip-hop producers of all time?” It matters because the backing beat is the foundation of the rap song. Many times, having access to these supreme beat producers can make or break a career. ...
Temporary unity by way of a killer chorus, a crying fiddle, and an interpolation of St. Louis rapper J-Kwon’s 2004 track “Tipsy.” The only thing not to like is how overplayed it’ll be for years to come. –Millan Verma Listen: Shaboozey, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” 88. Jane Pak...
this immortal phrase was written by Per Gessle’s girlfriend in a note left for him on his piano. Elsewhere, Joyride’s lyrics reflect I Am The Walrus-style kidding about, and there are some notableBeatles-like guitar tics, too – appropriate, as the song’s title was inspired by the ...
Those in need of sonic examples will find very familiar ones in the bass intro of thisfamous Nirvana song, or the clean guitar in this other one byThe Police. The difference between Chorus and Vibrato Many chorus pedals also offer a “Vibrato” mode. That is not really the focus of this...
This album upended everything we know about rock’n’roll in 1976: It wasn’t supposed to be this raw, this snotty, or this much fun. The punk movement started here, but few at the time noticed how smart the Ramones really were: Just try writing a song (“I Don’t Wanna Walk Aro...