Boasting one of the great stop-you-in-your-tracks opening lines –“You’ve got a lot of nerve …”– Positively Fourth Street’s sneering excoriation of the Greenwich Village folk scene feels like eavesdropping on a particularly savage argument: so vicious you feel guilty for listening in,...
Best Songs: "The Power of Love," "Back in Time "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" This retro soundtrack combines rock, pop, and doo-wop hits from artists like Huey Lewis and the News, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, and The Starlighters. Alan Silvestri's orchestral score complements the ene...
Clarence Clemons's boundless creative energy and enduring influence on saxophone playing in popular music have secured his place among the all-time greats. Dig Deeper The Top 25 Clarence Clemons Moments In Bruce Springsteen Songs And Deeper Celebrity Heat Fans Also ranks #119 on Roc...
including this Hot 100 No. 1 for the Supremes in 1966. Buoyed by one of the most underrated (and subtly influential) bass lines in pop history and an irrepressible church music energy, Diana Ross’ dexterous vocals transition from a fragile coo at the song’s heartbroken start...
And Ridings sings the song beautifully. This is the most outstanding aspect of the song. Her voice—and the haunting delivery– transcends the show. How many songs have you heard that truly elevate a scene? When it happens, it is something special. Like a fusion of the senses. Whether yo...
BOBBY BRADDOCK ( the only living songwriter to have written number-one country songs in five consecutive decades ) celebrates standout lines in more than eighty country masterpieces. Unique stories give the reader a behind-the-scenes look at classics from Hank Williams, Bill Anderson, Roger Miller...
Simon learned 'Scarborough Fair' from Martin Carthy, who in turn picked it up from fellow folkies Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger (Bob Dylan had previously yoinked a couple of lines from this version for 'Girl From the North Country'). To put their own spin on things, Simon mashed it up...
so his record label didn’t consider a collaboration with jay z mainstream enough to be a single. but with a hot beat and classic jigga lines like “i’ve been spending hundreds since they had small faces,”“money ain’t a thang” blew up all the same. roxanne shanté, “roxanne’s...
“a lot of the music was lost in the mix.” still, the relaxed groove, twinkling guitar lines and skipping melody were a perfect counterpart to hunter’s free-associating lyrics. often paired with “i know you rider,” it became one of their most-frequently performed songs. “tennessee ...
48. Nutshell – Alice In Chains (Guitarist: Jerry Cantrell, 1994) This song doesn’t have a chorus as such. Instead, Jerry Cantrell’s memorable pentatonic licks serve as a hook alongside the backing vocals. Nutshell has been voted one of the saddest songs of all time, and Cantrell’s gu...