In fact, Parton wrote “I Will Always Love You” because the rising country star wanted to leave Porter Wagoner’s syndicated television show. Parton said of the break: I was trying to get away on my own because I had promised to stay with Porter's show for five years. I ha...
Trip Shakespeare, Thelonious Monster – for a long time, when I would see a record by one, wouldn't immediately be able to think of the name of the other group (6/11/2011 add: throw in Trotsky Icepick – just saw them mentioned on Christgau's site) Band Names "Webs" Morphine, Co...
With Halloween celebrations in full swing this Oct. 31, revisit 10 eerie or ghoulishly titled songs that have all been awarded music's top honor, from the 'Exorcist' theme to Eminem and Rihanna's "The Monster." Jon O'Brien |GRAMMYs/Oct 31, 2023 - 08:56 pm ...
But its winsomeness still speaks to how we experience music as not just a soundtrack to life events but a spiritual partnership with them. The genius of it was in a concept that hadn’t been tried much before — establishing that a couple might not just have “our song” but “our ...
Not only did Johnson rise to the occasion, but he also helped lead AC/DC with the release of their monster hit Back In Black, which is one of the highest-selling albums of all time moving over 50 million copies worldwide and 25 million copies in the United States alone....
Ozzy Osbourne thought this song's monster riff sounded like a walking, giant iron man, so the group built a sci-fi fable around the concept. "Iron Man" is the centerpiece of Black Sabbath's second album, 'Paranoid,' and a cornerstone track in the foundation of heavy metal. Thin Lizzy,...
Like Mary Shelley’s monster, the song’s beating heart is sweetly, wretchedly human, with JADE playing up the pathos of a singer who’s realized her dreams of pop stardom and immediately had them hijacked by men in suits. The song is grotesquely eager to please, and JADE gleefully ...
Monster Mash by Bobbie “Boris” Pickett. Gentler than Thriller, but great fun. Bad another great Michael Jackson song. Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones. Excellent baddies song with attitude. Bad Guys from Bugsy Malone. Particularly good for Baddie plus sidekick, or with characters he or ...
The '70s got off to a positively heavy start thanks to songs likeMountain's eternal "Mississippi Queen" with its monster chugging guitar riff and thunderous cowbell that sounds like it's summoning a netherworld beast.Leslie Westdelivers a complementary vocal that's somewhere between the blues and...
(which, likeA Night At The Opera, was named in tribute to the Marx Brothers), and the rollicking “Tie Your Mother Down” became a staple at Queen’s live gigs. Mercury joked that May must have been “in one of his vicious moods” when he came up with the song’s main lyric line...