Meanwhile, Trey Songz’s new track “2020 Riots: How Many Times” (2.7 million on-demand streams) translates the theme of history repeating itself to the fight against racial injustice, expressing incredulity that unprovoked violence against Black people is still such a prevalent issue in 2020. ...
She still hasn’t gotten topical too often in song itself, but a major exception came in the form of “Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince,” which subsequently lent half its name to a documentary about her political coming-out. This “Lover” track is basically a play on the idea ...
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The history repeated itself in the year 2009 when Pathria’s newest publishers (Elsevier/Academic) prevailed upon him to produce athirdedition of this book. He now sought the help of Paul Beale, of the University of Colorado at Boulder, whose co-authorship produced another brand new edition of...
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“Sunshine” is hardly as sunny as its title implies. Davis’ own story is equally complex; he led one of the first racially integrated bands in country music history, but later ran on a segregationist platform as two-term governor of Louisiana. The popularity of “You Are My Sunshine” ...
she started a new era that summer by inviting fans to her “dancerie” and reminding them they “don’t need no hateration, holleration,” overDr. Dre’s G-Funk production. The song earned her both a place at the top of the charts (her first No.1 hit) and in the history of pop...
Lennon could of course be much crueler about it. Harrison responded by leaving Lennon out of his autobiography. 170. “Till There Was You,” With The Beatles (1963) This is routinely referred to as a Beatles oddity, but the song itself is from The Music Man, one of the best American...
“Halloween Theme – Main Title” by John Carpenter (fromHalloween) Speaking of hypnotic piano riffs, this theme has become as synonymous with the Halloween season as the film itself. The story goes that director John Carpenter showed a final cut of his 1978 filmHalloweenwithout music and sound...
It turned out the fire happened during a Frank Zappa concert and the rest is history. Image Credit: Purple / Warner Bros 394 178 9. Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd The full nine minutes of Freebird are rarely played on the radio and it’s a shame, as the beauty about this song is that,...