Turner goes the disco route withGiorgio MorodercollaboratorPete Bellotte. Bellotte trots out staccato Chic-inspired guitar riffs to drive the song, working in an early synthesizer solo during the interlude. Turner does her best to convince listeners that ...
“Hotel California” is not only one of the most iconic rock songs of all time but also one of the most controversial in music history. If you had to listen to this song in secret when it was released in 1976, your parents were probably more on the conservative side considering that thi...
Taking a rueful look back at the wreckage a lost relationship was already becoming old hat for Frey and Henley, even this early on, and that's likely why "After the Thrill Is Gone" hasn't gained wider attention. This tucked-away gem is made complete by Don Felder's solo, which adds ...
“Shadden and the King Lears, formed by Shad Williams, hailed from Memphis, TN, and performed together from the early 1960’s until 1968 when Shad quit the band to go to Seminary. The group was best known for several regional hit records, including ‘Come Back When You Grow Up’, which...
“Mr. Blue Sky” borrowed liberally from classical and opera. But while the leading lights of rock music’s early 70s contingent would continue to expand their horizons, things usually came back to a core type: Great songs about the fragility of human relationships. Whether it’s Lindsey ...
In his concerts nowadays, he tends to emphasize hits from the late ’70s and ’80s, as is a typical audience’s want, along with the newest material he has to bring out — but it’s no wonder that this is a song from the early 2000s that has also remained a staple in his set....
From:On the Border(1974) On the Borderarrived during the Eagles' transition from roots to rock, personified by the mid-sessions exit of early producer Glyn Johns. (He oversaw only "You Never Cry Like a Lover" and "Best of My Love," though the latterbecame the firstof five Eagles chart...
Like David Bowie's "Space Oddity," "Rocket Man" takes the public's fascination with space travel in the late '60s and early '70s and brings it back down to earth. In this case, being an astronaut is just another job. Bernie Taupin's lyrics get to the mundane heart of the matter; ...
From:On the Border(1974) On the Borderarrived during the Eagles' transition from roots to rock, personified by the mid-sessions exit of early producer Glyn Johns. (He oversaw only "You Never Cry Like a Lover" and "Best of My Love," though the latterbecame the firstof five Eagles chart...
From:On the Border(1974) On the Borderarrived during the Eagles' transition from roots to rock, personified by the mid-sessions exit of early producer Glyn Johns. (He oversaw only "You Never Cry Like a Lover" and "Best of My Love," though the latterbecame the firstof five Eagles chart...