Tell me you love me. Change. Go. Disturb this groove. Or, you know, do the opposite of all those things. Your call. It’s cool.
REO Speedwagon
Kevin Cronin believes in Santa Claus; we no longer believe in anything
I can rarely predict where a column about music is going to raise my ire next. I’ve all-but stopped reading Lefsetz recently in the name of self-preservation, and on those…
This week, a look at R.E.M., The Rentals, Republica and even REO Speedwagon makes a final appearance on the chart.
A new series in which we look at once common curiosities of pop culture that don’t exist anymore, be it because of changing tastes, the fragmentation of culture, or merely…
Early hip-hop! Leftover classic rock! Italian sex disco! Racist tomfoolery! And the luckiest bar band in the Midwest! All in our continuing crawl through Disc One of this seven-disc set!…
It’s bad enough to lose your job, but this is just insulting.
When Scottish cock rockers Nazareth slowed things down to play “Love Hurts,” the whole world slowed with them. Rob Smith pays tribute in this week’s Death by Power Ballad.
After a three-month hiatus, Jeff, Jason, and Dave are back to rip apart a Billboard Top 10 from 1985. It’s the Popdose Podcast, Episode 16: CHART ATTACK! Edition!
Was Michael Stipe bat-shit crazy back in the ’80s too? Did REO Speedwagon have any balls at all? Debate these and other topics as we look at more rock songs from the ’80s.
Let’s cut to the chase on today’s edition of Bootleg City. While I could tell you a story about the time Mayor Cass took a bunch of taxpayer money and…
This week’s Popdose mixtape features deep tracks from the 1970s, including music from Jackson Browne, Syreeta, Grand Funk, John Lennon, America, and more!
Why was REO Speedwagon’s classic “Keep On Loving You” a hit? Rob Smith explores the topic in his latest Death by Power Ballad column, only at Popdose.
Oh, don’t look so surprised — you knew this Mellowmas would end up with Bob Dylan croaking under a Santa hat, didn’t you?
On the outside, this man is smiling, but let us tell you: Kevin Cronin is very angry with Christmas, ladies and gentlemen, and here is your proof.
It’s week number two of the letter R, as we continue to look at the bottom three-fifths of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s. Leon Redbone Á¢€Å“SeducedÁ¢€ —…
Survivor sends a thank-you note to Queen, Air Supply goes to Brooklyn, David Foster takes over Chicago and CSN inexplicably has a Top 10 hit — it’s all part of Jason Hare’s latest edition of CHART ATTACK!
We, at the site, really do strive to bring the coolest stuff possible to the readers and I think you’d agree our commitment pays off. But sometimes things float through…
One of my favorite things about joining the Popdose brother/sisterhood is the fact that I have found a group of people whose taste in music is as broad and, on…
Howdy, everybody!Á‚ Happy Friday and welcome back to another edition of CHART ATTACK! This week’s mix is relatively eclectic, yet — as was often the case in the early ’80s…
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/QXrUKjTV7t0″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Kiss, “Psycho Circus” (1998) Robert: In my best Paul Stanley impression, minus the made-in-Brooklyn falsetto: “Ya know something, people, we have been…