I have always had a deep interest in censorship, be it of film, music, art or any freedom of expression.I approached this film with the hope that it had been passed by the censors because it had some kind of beautiful message or story to tell. That the overall worth of the film had...
The punchy title track from 2008’sBreakouthas New Wave cred — among its co-writers is Go-Go’s drummer Gina Schock, and if you listen hard enough, you can hear strains of that band’s 1982 smash “Vacation” in this song’s cascading chords. Cyrus sells her frustration with being stu...
Popular music is rife with songs inspired by romantic partnerships, but one of mankind’s greatest muses is our four-legged friends. We’ve highlighted the best songs about dogs to mark the occasion. Dogs in hit songs have been bad and funky, they’ve been fine and noble, they’ve even ...
A few songs earlier, Wonder briefly tabled his dream of hope with a hard dose of reality, putting the plea “Love’s in Need of Love Today” against “Village Ghetto Land,” a beautiful baroque hymn of injustice and poverty. Wonder pushed even more focus on inequality and oppression with ...
angry protest song. War certainly managed it in 1975, with one of the most good-natured peace songs you’ll ever hear. Each group member gets a verse, which ranges from profound to downright goofy: “I know you’re workin’ for the CIA/ They wouldn’t have you in the Maf-eye-ay!
"Yoko was literally in the middle of the recording session, and that was challenging. But it was also something we had to deal with. Unless there was a really serious problem - unless one of us said, 'I can't sing with her there' - we just had to let it be. We weren't very ...
Although I agree Wanted Dead or Alive is hands down the strongest song in Bon Jovi history; I’m gonna go with an entirely different song, as being my favorite! And I just realized I managed to pick the one that is its diametrical opposite!
Brad Paisley, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist who was one of the genre’s most popular performers in the early 21st century, known for his stellar guitar work and for his skillfully crafted songs that were often laced with wry humo
“In 1970, during sessions for Bread’s second album,On the Waters, Gates had the group re-record ‘It Don’t Matter to Me’ for the group’s follow-up single to the #1 hit ‘Make It With You’. (The re-recording, however, was not included on the second album.) Released as a ...
Lyrics you'll love:"I love you always, forever/Near and far, closer together/Everywhere I will be with you" Everybody wants a forever kind of love. Lewis gave us the anthem for eternal devotion in 1996, on her albumNow in a Minute. It's also packed with plenty of poetic imagery, ...