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When I Survey The Wondrous Cross.Take a look behind the history of one of Isaac Watts’ most classic hymns. Easter SundayJesus is Risen. He is Risen, Indeed! Listen to one of our favorite songs for Resurrection Sunday. HERE’S OUR SELECTION OF ADVENT & CHRISTMAS THEMES… ...
Radiohead’sThe Bendsis one of the great underrated albums of the ‘90s, but you can’t leave off the impressiveOK Computer. And The Verve’sUrban Hymnswas a hard cut in the Brit-Rock category. The Offspring’sSmashand Blink-182’sEnema of the Statewere huge punk records and Sublime’s...
(Mercury / Polydor, 1984) Eight years after disbanding, the classic Mk II lineup of Deep Purple reunited and delivered their comeback record, ‘Perfect Strangers.’ Though Ian Gillan’s voice was a little less gruff than in the prior decade, his higher range fit perfectly with the band’s...
- Album:Urban Hymns The iconic string arrangement that forms the basis of the Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony" first appeared in an orchestral version of the Rolling Stones' song "The Last Time." The Vervesecured permission from Decca, the record label that released the orchestral version, to...
- Album:Urban Hymns The iconic string arrangement that forms the basis of the Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony" first appeared in an orchestral version of the Rolling Stones' song "The Last Time." The Vervesecured permission from Decca, the record label that released the orchestral version, to...
A lull has come over the audience as the guitar player tunes up between songs, the choir shifts between hymns or the new president is about to take the stage [source: Shapiro]. Then, the quiet is shattered by a voice at the back of the crowd. "Freebird!" It's a scene that plays ...
including the atypical but quite thrilling psych-pop opus "Ode to a Tin Angel." It also had fine covers of Arlo Guthrie's "Highway in the Wind" and Jesse Kincaid's "She Sang Hymns Out of Tune" -- the latter a great cryptic waltz that never was a hit for anyone, though several pe...
on Oct. 4, 1970 at 27, and her final album arrived three months later.Pearlhit No. 1 on theBillboardchart, and sold more than 4 million copies, while “Me and Bobby McGee” became her only No. 1 hit. AnotherPearlclassic, “Mercedes Benz,” remains one of Joplin's most popular ...
It is easy to grasp why this universally loved folk song has risen in popularity as a funeral song, competing with classic songs like Amazing Grace and Ave Maria. Although the song is used so much in liturgical spaces, it still stands out among other hymns and songs played at wakes and ...