"There's a time in life for Hoagy Carmichael. There's a time in life for Claude Debussy. There's a time in life for Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a time in life for Destiny's Child. All these things have their moment." ~Elvis Costello
02 Jun 2012 1 Comment
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note Tags: nicki Minaj
02 Jun 2012 1 Comment
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31 May 2012 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: keith moon, the who
(reprinted from Rolling Stone)
Organizers of the London Olympics approached the Who’s manager to inquire about having Keith Moon play at an Olympics event despite the drummer being dead for nearly 34 years, the Sunday Times reports.
“I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to the Who’s anthemic line ‘I hope I die before I get old’,” the band’s longtime manager, Bill Curbishley, told the Times. “If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him.”
Moon died in 1978 at the age of 32 from an an accidental overdose of prescription pills. The Olympics organizers wanted the late drummer to take part in the Symphony of Rock, a celebration of British pop culture that will be part of the Games’ closing ceremony on August 12th.
29 May 2012 3 Comments
in General Posts Tags: disco
The first thing that strikes me about the Rolling Stone Best Disco Songs of All Time list is: Rolling Stone magazine would never have lowered itself to making such a list back in the era of Disco, when the music was seen as anathema and the very antithesis of everything the magazine stood for. But times have changed indeed: many forms of music co-mingle under the Rolling Stone banner nowadays as the periodical does what it can to survive in what is a lean era for actual Rock ‘n Roll.
But as for the list itself: not bad! I think the Rolling Stone readers actually named the ten best (mainstream at least) Disco songs. The order could be argued ad infinitum and I won’t bother. Check out the list here:
Every Moment Has A Song 