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Popdose Flashback, or When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Don Henley, “The End of the Innocence”
This week's Popdose Flashback doubles as the return of a much-missed series -- Matthew Bolin's When Good Albums Happen to Bad People -- and offers begrudging respect for the best solo release from notorious
Read More »Popdose Flashback: Michael Bolton, “Soul Provider”
In Bull Durham, Kevin Costner’s character Crash Davis chides Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) for his laziness and lack of focus on the game of baseball. “You got a gift,” he says. “When you were
Read More »Popdose Flashback: Tears for Fears, “The Seeds of Love”
It still seems strange that Tears for Fears, two Janov-loving introverts from Bath, were one of the biggest bands of the ’80s. In a decade defined by excess (Motley Crue, Guns ‘n Roses), sex
Read More »Popdose Flashback: Milli Vanilli and the Triumph of Substance
For fans of pop music with integrity, the pop charts of 1989 were a desolate place. Between an avalanche of soul-sapping covers (Michael Damian, Michael Bolton, Martika), the blatant New Edition ripoff that was
Read More »Popdose Flashback: Tin Machine, “Tin Machine”
Tin Machine was flat-out great, featuring fierce guitars, edgy lyrics and even edgier production. The world thought it stunk, and threw stuff at David Bowie and his noisy bandmates when they took the stage
Read More »Popdose Flashback: Tone-LÅc, “LÅc-ed After Dark”
Tone-Lōc – Lōc-ed After Dark (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) There’s no way around this: Tone Lōc’s 1989 debut, Lōc-ed After Dark, is COMPLETELY ADORABLE. The elementary, dubious and occasionally tortured rhyme scheme (“lax-adaiscal’
Read More »Popdose Flashback: Nirvana, “Bleach”
In Red Sox lore, the facts state that 10,454 fans–a pathetic number–attended Ted Williams’ last game in 1960, when he grew his legend to Mount Rushmore proportions by slamming a home run in his
Read More »Popdose Flashback: The Neville Brothers, “Yellow Moon”
The Neville Brothers – Yellow Moon purchase this album (Amazon) Morning, Popdose faithful! Who’s in the mood for a new series? You? Good! Starting today, we’d like you to meet the Popdose Flashback series,
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