It was anything but humorless, though—the hit single “Only Happy When It Rains” was actually a dig at the band’s own alternative scene and its preoccupation with misery, while “Stupid Girl” mocked privileged people who don’t use their power or potential for good. –Evie Nagy Listen...
“You’re A Big Girl Now”), then accessibility was gained. Charting at #1 on its January 1975 release,Blood on the Tracksis arguably the last Dylan album on which a majority of the songs became standards of their own, part of the invisible canon shared at coffee houses, college campuses...
Benny and Björn had already been a songwriting duo for six years when they teamed up with their girlfriends Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog — who were both Swedish pop stars already — to form Abba. The two of them were hardcore about songwriting: they bought a cottage on the...
He loved that little girl so much. He was a Guitar Hero onstage with all the Rock ‘N’ Roll swag that most guitar players dream of. Offstage he was a proud father, an Ancient Aliens expert, and an incredible human who had zero enemies! He would go out of his way to make sure ...
The next five days were like the dizzying descent into love. We learned about keys, chords, rhythm, harmony. Then we went into the studio and laid down tracks in GarageBand, the music software. To me, it was the revelation of a secret language, by which our thoughts and feelings ...
“pain will lead to pleasure” in “Girl” and that was sort of the Catholic Christian concept – be tortured and then it’ll be alright, which seems to be a bit true but not in their concept of it. But I didn’t believe in that, that youhaveto be tortured to attain anything, ...
witnesses, but as participants. Singing is the principal bridge between spectators and cast. Everyone joins in on familiar carols and “Dona Nobis Pacem,” and the Revels finale is a stirring mass rendition of the “Sussex Mummers’ Carol,” whose lyrics pour seasonal blessing on everything in...
And is it just me, or does John sing “I know I never even try, girl “ the second time round? Reply Mark King Saturday 21 November 2020 Wonder if John was influenced by the 1958 song “Nothin Shakin” but the leaves on the tree:“…Why must she be such a dog gone tease There...
202.“Thank You Girl,” single (1963): The highly inferior B side of “From Me to You,” the band’s third single, distinguished only by a few dissonant harmonica notes. 201. “I’ll Get You,” single (1963) Lots of Oh, yeahs here. An intermittently charming and chuggy very ea...
A gripping telling of Miami Steve’s move from the E Street Band and back again. Made me go and put Men Without Women on again. 2 The Story OfMicrodisney: The Clock Comes Down The Stairs 3 The Jangling Man: TheMartin NewellStory ...