Vocal duo Buckner & Garcia scored a hit with their novelty song “Pac-Man Fever” in 1981. The track - included on the album of the same name - peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It featured many of the familiar sound effects from the arcade game, coupled with l...
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had really taken the time to listen to it, and had interesting questions to ask – we did a general talk-through of how the show would play out, went through the album, I told her a little bit about each song and was really looking forward to her presenting my work. We went on air...
Certain songs with complicated and depressing lyrics can be destructive to your concentration level, as it exhausts your brain. So, I suggest that you listen to a song that you already know so that you do not have to make an effort to understand the song, which may cause you to shift yo...
"I remember going to the rehearsal the first day I had it, and playing it with the band, and really being knocked out with it because it was one that really suited me and [guitarist] Mike [Campbell] when we played that riff. And when the song kicked in I thought, 'Oh, God, this...
" Campbell told Songfacts in 2003. "I just left the studio and went out of town for two days." The time away did them good. "Refugee" settled into a tough-minded song cycle bemoaning the current state of the music business. Petty was pushing back, and hard, as ABC Records tried ...
" Campbell told Songfacts in 2003. "I just left the studio and went out of town for two days." The time away did them good. "Refugee" settled into a tough-minded song cycle bemoaning the current state of the music business. Petty was pushing back, and hard, as ABC Records tried ...
The writing of this song? A breeze. Petty said he quickly composed lyrics for "Refugee" working off a four-track demo from Mike Campbell. Then they tried to record it. Campbell later guessed that the Heartbreakers did 100 takes. Petty apparently placed it closer to 200. "I remember being...
The writing of this song? A breeze. Petty said he quickly composed lyrics for "Refugee" working off a four-track demo from Mike Campbell. Then they tried to record it. Campbell later guessed that the Heartbreakers did 100 takes. Petty apparently placed it closer to 200. "I remember being...
” the track feels completely natural and homegrown with Lassner spearheading production and collaborating with rising pop artist Max Schneider (MAX) and Liam O’Donnell to capture the struggle in the song’s lyrics. It’s a uniquely revealing but inviting pop tune that signals the...