“Happy” – have been written specifically for movies, while some tunes will forever be linked to a film because they sync so wonderfully with the drama (as in Titanic’s love scenes, playing out to Céline Dion singing “My Heart Will Go On”), or add vibrancy (The Lion King’s “...
Songs That Stole the Show: Let’s Think About the Power of Sync! Lisa Vo Have you ever heard a song and immediately thought about a movie or TV show; almost as if one doesn’t exist without the other? That, my friends, is the power of Sync! For those of you who aren’t familiar...
“So sick, so sick of being tired and oh so tired of being sick;” the opening line of Taking Back Sunday’s phenomenal 2002 debut is delivered with a raw intensity by frontman Adam Lazzara that continues across the entirety ofTell All Your Friends. There’s intense catharsis on show in...
“So sick, so sick of being tired and oh so tired of being sick;” the opening line of Taking Back Sunday’s phenomenal 2002 debut is delivered with a raw intensity by frontman Adam Lazzara that continues across the entirety ofTell All Your Friends. There’s intense catharsis on show in...
The production is stellar, but it’s Annie Lennox’s vocals that captivate: initially controlled, later wilder and more sprawling, always evocative. Special mention must also go to the album cover for Touch, in which Lennox cuts a Bowie-esque figure with her shocking red hair cut short and ...
Carlos Santana’s sinewy riff gets all the notice, but Gregg Rolie’s darkly mysterious keyboard signature, not to mention his raw and emotional vocal, is what whisks this old Fleetwood Mac song to an entirely new place. Manfred Mann, Blinded by the Light (1977) ...
In a burst of pure confidence, Neffy compares his chain to the ice that sunk the Titanic, questions the cut of his rivals’ gems, and drops world class braggadocio one-liners like, “Chang the barber, bitch, I cut every line.” This is music for curb strutting—exhibit A on why Neffy...
At the same time, “Here’s Where the Story Ends” has such a titanically strong pop melody—conveying a bittersweet tale of nostalgic longing that has withstood covers by artists as diverse as sugary house merchants Tin Tin Out and American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox—that it feels ...
Butler, who beat Harry Styles for the part, gets to play the icon in all stages of his career, from the hip-swiveling pin-up that got middle America all worked up to the fallen idol destroyed by alcohol, drugs and fame, not to mention the toxic partnership with unscrupulous manager Colo...
Meanwhile, hair metal was reaching the reckless apex of its hubris, set on a Titanic-like course toward the grungy iceberg of inevitable disaster. In fact, this long simmering tension between ‘80s thrash and ‘80s glam; each representing heavy metal’s polar ambitions to simultaneously repulse ...