‘Amazing Grace’ is a Sweet Sound (FILM REVIEW)
James Roberts
April 19, 2019
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Almost 50 years in the making, we finally see Aretha Franklin’s legendary performance.
Aretha Franklin
Make Watching ‘Muscle Shoals’ Your First Pop Culture Resolution for 2014
Charles J. Moss
January 6, 2014
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The Muscle Shoals documentary has been out for months now. But if you haven’t seen it yet, consider this a strong recommendation — especially if you live in the south.
Cover Wars: You Can’t Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones)
DaveO
November 30, 2011
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Vote for your favorite version of this Stones classic.
Trailer: Amazing Grace
Jeffrey Greenblatt
March 23, 2010
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After a string of highly successful cross-over albums – which yielded 11 number one singles – Aretha Franklin returned to her gospel roots for her live 1972 album double album
Friday Mix Tape: Do You Have Soul?
Jeffrey Greenblatt
March 12, 2010
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It’s a gloomy, rainy day here in New York City, a trend that is supposed to continue on through the rest of the weekend. In this kind of weather I
CW: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
DaveO
July 14, 2009
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want is the closing track on the 1969 Rolling Stones album Let It Bleed. Regular readers may remember we did our first Stones song edition of Cover Wars two months ago when we took a look at covers of Can’t You Hear Me Knocking.
There are some very interesting quotes regarding the drumming on this track included in the book According to the Rolling Stones,
THE CONTESTANTS:
Aretha Franklin: This cover comes off a 1981 Aretha Franklin album that universally gets bad to lukewarm reviews. The arrangement is very 80’s. Still, it’s worth a couple minutes to hear the Queen Of Soul sing lead on this tune. Source: Love All The Hurt Away
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cantaretha.mp3]READ ON to hear the rest of this week’s Cover Wars contestants…
Bloggy Goodness: The Conchords Take Off
Jeffrey Greenblatt
January 15, 2009
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The second season of HBO’s comedy series Flight Of The Conchords premieres this Sunday at 10 PM. If the new season is anything like season one it will be filled with Bret and Jemaine’s hilarious struggles in the big city as they try to make it as a band. For those of you who found that they couldn’t get their songs out of their heads, you’re in luck as you’ll now be able to download a new song each week via iTunes the day after the show airs.
The comedic duo will also release their yet untitled sophomore album on Sub Pop on April 14 consisting of ten songs from the show and five brand new ones. As an added bonus, you can currently watch the season two premiere for free, click through and enjoy…
- List Time: Nine Great Songs About Roads
- WNEW’s Forgotten Favorites features Stephen Stills’ Manassas
- Cover Alert: The Avett Brothers tackle Aretha Franklin
- Lost In The 70s takes a look at The Sugar Bears
- Grateful Breed kicks down one of Janis Joplin’s last shows
- Hard Rock Park has filed for bankruptcy after just one year
Finally, iconic pop-rockers Cheap Trick are close to finalizing a deal that would give them their own headlining show in Las Vegas and would feature the band performing The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album in its entirety backed by a full orchestra. The exclusive deal with the Las Vegas Hilton is said to start this Spring and run through 2009.
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