WORLD MUSIC: Lady Sings the Blues ; the Songs of the Great Malian Diva Oumou Sangare Sound Joyous but Often Express Harsh Truths, Hears PHILIP SWEENEYIt is a very tired Oumou Sangare sitting at the bar of the Ritz in Paris. She's just returned from a promotional visit with the press to...
Cat Stevenssings about wanting to “be free, be free” in his award-winning movie theme song for the quirky filmHarold And Maude, about a teenager who has an affair with a 79-year-old woman. In 2016, perhaps with no irony, it was used as the music to advertise a Jeep Grand Cherokee...
The song’s only shortcoming is when Stevie sings “I’m just an average guy.” Being lied to isn’t any fun. 75: Ray Barretto – El Watusi (1962) New York City-born Ray Barretto is one of Latin music’s greatest conga players. He quickly gained fame in New York throughout the ...
I can certainly sing “Brown Eyed Girl” in Morrison’s range, but his voice is admittedly high. Still, these days he seems to mumble his lyrics more than he sings them, so if you want to do a modern take on this tune, it's easy to imitate. And, few things are easier to sing ...
'Cause it's Diddy to the rescue I can do almost anythingThat Donkey Kong can doOhh!Don't take too much to get me excitedGet out of my way'Cause Diddy's coming through! Pirate's Scorn[edit] At the very beginning of the episode "Booty and the Beast", Kaptain Skurvy sings "Pirate...
Also when he sings the times a wasted go he could mean hangin with his freinds doing nothing. This song is about “hooking up” I think that this song is about sex. When he sings “and I feel times a wasted go - where ya going to tomorrow”. It's like he is saying - Why ...
One song that gets mentioned a lot if the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Under The Bridge. Any others? Actually, pretty much any song where Anthony Kiedis "sings." I just heard "Music Is my Aeroplane" on the radio the other day and was amazed that they ever let that vocal performance on ...
"Give me some time/ I feel like I'm losing mine/ Out here on this horizon line," Mitchell sings through her dusky soprano, as the ECM-like atmosphere seems to whirl heavenward. "With the earth spinning/ And the sky forever rushing/ No one knows/ They can never get that close/ Guesse...
Pop superproducer Jon Bellion is the man behind Tori Kelly's new ep, 'tori,' but he's also been involved with countless hits for more than a decade. Check out nine of Bellion's biggest songs, from Eminem to Jonas Brothers.
"I thought I was about to be a father/ Shook me to the core, I'm still a kid," he sings on "Why Why Why," which was released in tandem with "Isn't That Enough" on Aug. 8, the singer's 26th birthday. Together, the pair of lead singles see Mendes vary his production, vocal...