Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong and his dog Rocky offer an alternate rendition of “Last Night on Earth,” revealing a gap in musical terminology. Post a comment with your idea of how to fill it! Continue reading
Once again, a cover song I included previously in my Got You Covered series has surfaced in video format on YouTube: Richard Thompson’s unlikely redemption of the Britney Spears hit “Oops! …I Did It Again.” Continue reading
Ah, the James Bond theme song: a sub-genre unto itself. There are songs, and there are movie songs, and then there are movie theme songs… and only then is there the Bond film song: a sub-sub-sub-genre distinctive for being (like … Continue reading
How ubiquitous are cover versions of Beatles songs? They’re commonplace enough to make me wonder whose songs bands used to cover before the Beatles existed. That’s the price you pay for revolutionizing popular music — every song you ever record … Continue reading
When I was a clean- cut suburban kid in my late single-digit years, I used to be afraid of AC/DC fans. Nowadays, hearing strains of the landmark Australian hard rockers’ “Highway to Hell” or “Back in Black” makes me nostalgic … Continue reading
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