At more than 18 minutes long, Yes’ epic takes up the entire side of their Close to the Edge album. Inspirations for the song include Sibelius’ fifth symphony, Wendy Carlos’ pioneer synth work, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The keyboard solo, which appears around the 14:00 mark, is alm...
Looking to explore some of our best songs of the 60s? Check out our two playlists on Spotify:Volume 1andVolume 2. 100: Roger Miller – King of the Road (1965) Roger Miller’s “King of the Road” shines a light on the traveling man. The track, a delightful country-pop crossover, ...
"Let*s try to figure out why we wanted to be in a band, the relationships around the band, our friendships, our lovers, our family. The whole album is first journeys — first journeys geographically, spiritually, sexually. And that*s hard. But we went there."The band worked on ...
“No Rain” came out in 1992, he was one of the most notable voices in rock ’n’ roll. Though it was actually the second single from the band’s self-titled debut album, its success on the radio and MTV — cue the “Bee Girl” in the music video — propelled them to a level ...
the pit of despair (“Will Anybody Ever Love Me?,”“Moonless”), the fire to take action (“Namesake,”“It Must Change,”“Pinking Shears”), the joy of the dancefloor (“Installation,”“Rumble,”“Amapiano”), the pleasure of self-affirmation (“On My Mama,”“SkeeYee,”“Fruit ...
In 1999–2000 Lavigne contributed vocals on the albums of local folksinger Stephen Medd. With her parents’ permission, Lavigne then quit school and moved to New York City with her brother. There she worked with a professional music producer and signed, at age 16, a two-album contract worth...
“Mr. Tambourine Man” from that album, addingelectric 12-string guitarand three-partharmonyvocals, and took it to number one on the singles chart. Other rock artists were soon pilfering the Dylan songbook and joining thejuggernaut. As Dylan’s mainstream audience increased rapidly, his purist ...
‘The Second Album’: The Spencer Davis Group Keep On Running Yello: Oh Yeah (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 1986) Such is its ubiquity, it’s hard to imagine a time when Yello’s electro-pop classic didn’t exist (the song has been featured in everything from movies to TV shows and ...
The album, out via HIJINXX/Island Records and made with David Byrne and FKA Twigs collaborator Ethan P. Flynn, is meant to function as a complete work rather than a collection of tracks — with Archives pushing the genre forward by, she says, “putting interesting sounds ...