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Greatest Un-Hits: Cher with Beavis and Butt-head, “I Got You Babe” (1993)
Beavis and Butt-head had their cultural moment in 1993. All of 1993. Their cartoon was the #1 show on MTV (even after they couldn’t say “fire” anymore because some kid burned down his house).
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 18
All of this week's AM Gold tunes but one were Top 10 hits in 1966. But only one of them was covered and surpassed by one Mr. Phil Collins
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 13
It's a brave new year on AM Gold - 1965 to be precise!
Read More »Greatest Un-Hits: Paula Abdul’s “I’m Just Here for the Music” (2009)
When pop stars turn 40, the palm flower crystal embedded in their hand turns black, indicating its time for them to go away forever. By and large, there’s little market for a middle aged
Read More »Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 6
Our look at AM Gold's 1963 entry tackles five very different tunes - from folk to soul to country
Read More »DVD/Blu-ray Review: A Sad “Burlesque”
There are worse things than fumbling the lyrics of the national anthem at the Super Bowl or tabloid crackups, Xtina. There is BurlesqueRead More »
The Friday Mixtape: 9/17/10 — Double Shots
In this week’s mixtape you’ll find pairs of the same song by two different artists. I did try to lay down some ground rules for myself, though: 1. No parody songs (although strange and
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 11/3/73
Join us for a trip back in time -- when Art Garfunkel shunned his first name, Cher sang on a horse, and Billy Preston's afro threatened to take over the world. It's a 1973
Read More »The Popdose Interview: Paul Shaffer
More than just the guy who plays keyboards for David Letterman, Paul Shaffer is really one of the more underrated musical icons of the last 35 years -- something illustrated in Shaffer's new autobiography,
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