One of the most popular teen tragedysongs, this is a pretty straightforward encapsulation of the whole "car crash" subgenre: hushed, spoken verse, angelic choruses. In this song, his girlfriend seals her fate by going back to get Mark's school ring, a move that is either incredibly romanti...
“Shangri-LA” by Yacht (2011) Quite possibly the most endearing compliment to Los Angeles, Yacht's 2011 single paints the city as preferable to the Pearly Gates and the perfect place to build a utopia. Sure, Claire Evans and her band would be just as at home in Hell (their words, no...
” The song was originally penned by George “Shadow” Morton together with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. The song was originally written for The Goodies, but was given to The Shangri-Las, who needed a follow-up for “Remember (Walking in the Sand).” It became an instant classic, not...
Of the six lines, two were taken from a Shangri-Las song, and they weren’t particularly good ones, either. (“Whatever happened to / The love that we once knew?”) Twenty years later, it still enrages me. Docked 100 notches for corpse desecration. 205. “Not a Second Time,” With...
("One-armed bandits" was a colloquial term for people involved in the gambling industry, and the cover of Knopfler'sShangri-Laeven displays a brightly-colored slot machine.) Sibbet's body was found by a local miner at 5:15 a.m. on Jan. 4, 1967, leading to life sentences for both ...
You might peg the date of interment in the 60s, when the Shangri-Las and George “Shadow” Morton were clotting simple yet twisted love songs with mossy production, making them sound all deathy and decayed. There are just a few words, inscribed in a lavish script on the harmonies; a ...
The Shangri-Las: “Out in the Streets” (1965) The Shangri-Las perfected pop melodrama, and their best songs feel like a synthesis of Douglas Sirk, Beatlemania, Hells Angels, and a support group for middle-aged manic depressives. Yes, the group addressed the most lurid elements of 1960s...
Aerosmith was quickly falling apart by the end of the '70s. Too much success, too many drugs and rampant egos saturated the recording of their sixth LP,Night in the Ruts. Its only single was a pointless cover of the Shangri-Las' "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" that stalled at No. ...
98. VIXX, ‘Shangri-La’ | 2017 VIXX kicked off their career in 2012 and quickly made a name for themselves as a uniquely conceptual boy band, with each single containing a mini theatrical narrative. With “Shangri-La,”they blended future bass with traditional Korean instrumentals and aestheti...