MUSIC
KEITH RICHARDS, A MASTER OF THE UNEXPECTED YET COMPELLING INSIGHT, OBSERVED THAT MUSIC RANKED – IN ORDER OF ITS PERVASIVENESS IN HUMAN ACTIVITY – THIRD, AFTER ONLY FOOD AND SEX . FOR MY GENERATION MUSIC WAS THE PLATFORM, THE GLUE THAT HELD US TOGETHER. IT SPOKE TO US, INSPIRED US. EVEN WHEN THE ALL THE PROMISES SEEMED TO FALL APART, WHILE SOME DISTANCED THEMSELVES AND OTHERS MOURNED THE PASSING, EVEN THAT WAS CHRONICLED THROUGH “THE MUSIC.” BELOW IN NO ORDER ARE LINKS TO A VAST ARRAY OF MUSIC. USE THE “SEARCH” BAR TO FIND MORE.
Jerry Lee Lewis WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN GOIN ON 1957
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Kingston Trio THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND 1957
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II. THE SINGER SONGWRITER AND THE AGE OF THE “LP.”
(From AN AMERICAN STORY) In 1967 flew from my home in San Francisco to England and became, quite by chance, the photographer for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who. In 1977 I was again back in America when I was called by my friend and legendary record producer Glyn Johns to do the […]
Onward: Jay-Z and the Apotheosis of Rap
It’s early in the 21st century and rap’s in a rut. What to do? Take one genius, Jay-Z, add one babe, Alicia Keys, bring out the old “if you can make it here” promise, start in black and white, fade to color, blend rap with rock anthem… kick it all up another notch.
WHEN IN DOUBT ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF YOUR ROCK CAREER WRITE AN ANTHEM
In which Meatloaf prays to the gods of sex, drugs, rock and roll, and super models in big beds with posh sheets for nearly 12 minutes.
Go Big Hair or Go Home: Is This the Greatest Music Video of the 1980s?
“Let the revels begin Let the fire be started We’re dancing for the restless and the broken-hearted!” Smoking! From the strange and brooding Streets of Fire , a film that improves with age like a surprising vintage of blood-dark wine. Arguably, when all the components are taken into account, this cut (Fire, Inc) is the […]
Lost and Found: My Personal History with Bob Dylan 1963
“The only people who are gonna succeed, really, are the people who are sayin’ somethin’ that is given to them to say. I mean, you can only carry “Tutti Frutti” so far.” ~ Bob Dylan Dear Bobby, You conjurer of quiet and raucous ballads, you audacious poet, you semi-mystical snake charmer, you eclectic shocker, […]
Voices: To my fans and followers | Bob Dylan icon test
Everybody knows by now that there’s a gazillion books on me either out or coming out in the near future. So I’m encouraging anybody who’s ever met me, heard me or even seen me, to get in on the action and scribble their own book. You never know, somebody might have a great book in […]
All We Are Say-ing Is…
Ev’rybody’s talkin’ ’bout Revolution, Evolution, Masturbation, Flagellation, Regulation, Integrations, mediations, United Nations, congratulations….
Hyde Park Requiem for Brian Jones [video embed currently not displaying in preview check publish]
Mick Jagger, dressed in a white smock, his hair still darkened from his role in the movie “Performance,” comes on stage, asks several times for quiet, and then reads quietly from Shelley’s poem Adonais as thousands of white butterflies were released: Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep, He hath awaken’d from […]
