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Greatest Un-Hits: The Rolling Stones’ “Like a Rolling Stone” (1995)
In 1994, after more than 30 years largely intact and as one of the world’s best, most famous, popular, and hardworking bands, the Rolling Stones experienced a major shift. That was the year the
Read More »Here’s Something Else!: Five Disco Songs That Don’t, You Know, Suck
The 1970s weren't all shag carpeting and plaid pants. OK, they were. But not all of it sucked. Really
Read More »Pop Goes the World: Alphabeat
Props to Will Harris for bringing this Danish group to my attention. God, I miss bands like this. Let’s not mince words about the kind of music Alphabeat plays because, as Bill Hicks once
Read More »Phagz on 45: Special All-ABBA Edition!
Because absolutely no one the editorial staff demanded it — John C. Hughes and the world’s foremost Belinda Carlisle impersonator, a.k.a. his buddy Matty (or “Bearlinda,” if you prefer), return to knock back some
Read More »Lost In The ’70s: ABBA, “Hey Hey Helen”
Yeah, I know we’ve done ABBA once already this year, but in celebration of “Mamma Mia” stinking up theater screens nationwide, I figure we should probably take a look at one of the earliest
Read More »Lost in the ’70s: ABBA, “Angeleyes”
The double A-side single had a nice little streak in the late ’70s; Queen alone had two. But one of my favorites didn’t chart nearly as high, and one of its sides became far
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: The Merrymakers, “No Sleep ‘Til Famous”
Even since Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus first realized that they had a knack for writing songs together, it’s been an accepted fact that there’s something in the water of Sweden which gifts the
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