“For it to become a hit back then was unprecedented,” Los Lobos’ Louis Perez toldSongfactsin 2012. “So for us, it was to bring attention to him and his legacy, and we did it out of really believing in his story. When it became a hit, it was like, ‘Wow, what happened there...
“So for us, it was to bring attention to him and his legacy, and we did it out of really believing in his story. When it became a hit, it was like, ‘Wow, what happened there?’” The La Bamba soundtrack was rounded out by a series of tracks that range from the sublime (a ...
Billy Joel voiced his support back in 2014, the same year Cocker died: “I'm amazed that he’s not in yet, but I'm throwing in my vote for Joe Cocker,” Joel told fans at Madison Square Garden, while covering “With a Little Help From My Friends” as Cocker once did. He's been...
That recording did not come without its own share of challenges over how best to present the song. "I had to force him to take a shot with the rhythm section," producer Richard Perry would later recall to Mojo (via Far Out). "Even while we were doing it, he'd be saying to the ...
25. I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.”–David Bowie 26. “Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.”–Eminem 27. “Music can change the world because it can change people.”― Bono
We did a lot of that kind of juxtaposition on the album, even with the way the drums were mixed. The discussions I had with Andy Sneap, you know, Mike Portnoy has a very distinct drum sound. I don't want them over-processed or over-produced. I want them to sound like it's him ...
was the common belief at the time among almost everyone other than die-hard Trump supporters (to the point where Saturday Night Livedid a devastating sketch about itthe Saturday after the 2016 election) and so is believable (at least to me), even coming from someone who spent two years exp...
David Bowie and Bono are just some of the many acclaimed artists who’ve sung the band’s praises, with the U2 frontman describing Pixies as “one of America's greatest bands ever.” In 2021, guitarist Joey Santiago admitted to The News-Herald that the band “would be honored to be ...
David Bowie (1995):There's a convoluted, darkly dystopian, end-of-the-millennium theme here, but that's not the important part. Instead, it's Bowie reuniting with Brian Eno, with whom he so successfully collaborated on the Berlin Trilogy. The fizzy, completely improvised results helped revita...
David Bowie (1980):After the critically lauded but commercially less successful Berlin Trilogy, Bowie began blending in more obvious pop sensibilities - and quickly returned to the top of the UK charts. 'Scary Monsters' can be seen now as a capstone on his '70s-era experimentalism. ...