After 'Behind the Sun' shoved Clapton into the '80s, he recruited Phil Collins once again to produce, play drums, sing and polish up a new batch of songs. It's one of Clapton's slickest-sounding records, not necessarily a good thing from a guy who walked away from the Yardbirds becau...
Billie Holiday's biggest-selling recording is also one of history's most unsettling songs, with lyrics about "Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze." It began as a protest poem by Abel Meeropol (writing under the pseudonym Lewis Allan), which Holiday and her team set to music. The ...
When the rivers run blue I'll Return Once again to the roof of the world Herd the sheep across the frozen lake As our tent the howling tempest shakes While in the cold Rocky heights undisturbed Stands the grand Mother goddess of the world We came to base camp in May And hoped to climb...
but two tracks stood out as high points. “Run” was a trojan horse, luring listeners in with a soft, contemplating opening before erupting into a heavy-metal blitzkrieg. Meanwhile, “The Sky Is a Neighborhood” saw the Foo Fighters
The band chose the trippy “Straight to Hell” as their first song of the night, with Joe Strummer belting out lyrics while donning a Travis Bickel-style mohawk. Mick Jones took lead vocals on the second performance of the night, providing ample energy for “Should I Stay or Should I Go...
Schools across Louisiana and Texas are out for the summer, but school zones will still be posted as you approach campuses. Recently, when school was out, I drove through a school zone in Lafayette and the lights were blinking, indicating the school zone was active when no one was on campus...