OMD’s dark electronic sounds were right in step with New Order and Depeche Mode, and yet “Electricity” couldn’t find an audience on either side of the pond over three releases.
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On the surface, it wouldn’t seem like these two bands have a lot in common, but look beyond that: These mainstays of classic rock radio into a Deathmatch were both from LA, did mountains of drugs, and screwed anything that crossed their paths. Both were laughed at by the critics but still loved by millions of people whose tastes haven’t changed since they were old enough to know better. Both had good guitarists, shitty drummers, and lyrics that alternated between pomposity and narcissistic misogyny. So which group is more evil? Leave it to the Popdose staff to answer the question. It’s a Popdose Deathmatch: The Lizard King vs. The Cryptkeeper. Let’s get ready to…ah, fuck it.
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Another Wednesday, another batch of AM Gold for your listening pleasure. This week rolls on with the third installment from 1964.
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Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos reunites with original singer John Arch for a headbanging new Not-Really-Fates-Warning-But-Maybe-Even-Cooler album.
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Exploring the whip appeal of one of the most prolific hitmakers of the ’80s.
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More easily than most rock stars, Peter Gabriel has settled into his inevitable role as an elder statesman. He’s an exception, in the youth-obsessed industry of pop, in how freely…
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Sometimes, an album has such a great title that you just have to buy it.
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America’s first soul singer was lost in 1964 before his abilities as a writer, arranger and defacto producer could become more widely appreciated.
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In which the staff is on the receiving end of some begging, and responds childishly.
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Chart-topping activist declares creative bankruptcy again with yet another greatest hits tour.
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With just his guitar and harmonica, backed by a small group of singers behind him, Springsteen delivered his “prayer for our fallen brothers and sisters.” There was no bombast that night, just reverence and respect for the fallen.
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Dr. House Sings! Popdose pulls out the Wagner Johnson Downey Scale to weigh the results.
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Rob Smith looks back at music that provided some small comfort after 9/11/2001, in this week’s “Weekly Mixtape.”
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Phyllis Hyman’s 1986 hit “Living All Alone” is the subject of this week’s Jheri Curl Fridays column.
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Angela Zimmerman
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I just got back from the desert, and chances are, you know someone else who has as well. It’s taken 25 years for Black Rock City to become a major…
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Jack Feerick
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I knocked around the fringes of academia for years, but it’s just as well that I never became a teacher — because there’s nothing I find more irritating than a…
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Zack Dennis
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Last week, we published a compilation of the 100 greatest cover songs of all time, as voted by the Popdose staff. Of course, our way of tabulating the results (you…
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Ken Shane
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Otis Redding would have turned 70 tomorrow. The great New Orleans musician Wardell Quezergue died this week. Ken Shane pays tribute to both artists.
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Fred Schneider of the B-52’s followed up the success of ”Love Shack” with a re-release of a 1984 solo album featuring the synth pop treasure ”Monster.” Despite the band’s newfound cultural relevance, the song was too weird or too dated to hit big.
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In sports, there’s nothing more annoying than a fan who jumps on the bandwagon of a winning team, then overcompensates for the time he missed by being even more obnoxious than the longtime fans. Does the same hold true for music lovers? Read on as Bob ignores Dawes for a year only to suddenly become their biggest fan.
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As our Time-Life “AM Gold” series rolls on with the next batch of tunes from 1964, let’s all take a moment to recognize the genius of the Bacharach/David team.
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When Peter Gabriel chose Scratch My Back as the title for his 2010 covers record, it was a dry joke — but also a statement of purpose. The liner notes…
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There are TV themes you remember. “All In The Family,” with its way-back talk of President Hoover and LaSalle cars. Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams cooing together, “What would we…
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America’s latest is a covers album which is titled after a Bob Dylan song. If this sounds intriguing to you, read on.
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Alice Cooper returns to the rock and roll insane asylum…or does he? Popdose investigates.
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It’s Labor Day, and we didn’t feel like working, either. So here’s a bonus episode with more from our pal Peter Lubin.
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You work hard for your money. So relax and dance this weekend! Kelly Stitzel brings you a special Labor Day Weekend ’80s Dance Party.
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Wilco’s back with a new label and everything. Check out “I Might” at Popdose.
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Dave Steed reviews the best Taiwanese metal record that you’ve ever heard!