Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
07 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: beatles
(via Quora) Answered by Marty Shupert
What was the Beatles’ most badass moment?
There are quite a few. I’ll add a few. Someone told them “Hey Jude” wasn’t going to work because no one would play a song that was longer than 7 minutes. John said, “They will if it’s us.”
Thinking about this, that presser when they came to the U.S. for the very first time… you would think they might be rather timid, shy, worried, not wanting to come off as anything other than 4 wonderful lads. A reporter said something to the effect of, “There’s considerable doubt that you boys can even sing.” Without hesitating a nanosecond, Lennon deadpanned, “We need money first.”
During another presser, a reporter suggested that “Eleanor Rigby” was about a lesbian and “Lady Madonna” was about a prostitute, implying that this was not the type of thing that a pop band should be writing about (impressionable children and all that). Asking, “Why do you want to write about these things?” Paul, this time, deadpanned, “Because we enjoy writing about lesbians and prostitutes.”
Read more: https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-Beatles-most-badass-moment
06 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: bastille, happier, marshmello
Sometimes it’s about the song. And sometimes it’s about the song’s video. Just try to watch this one without getting a lump in your throat.
25 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: jukebox, telephone music service
(via Pittsburgh Magazine) by Zack Furness
Years before anyone dreamed up the Internet, owned smartphones or casually used phrases such as “music platform,” Pittsburgh’s Telephone Music Service pioneered one of the first successful streaming music services in the country.
The service, which dates back decades, operated a network of jukeboxes scattered throughout bars in the city, all of which were connected to a central studio by telephone lines.
You’d stick your money into the machine, pick up a phone attached to the side, and request your songs from one of the operators on the other end. Then, presto! Your selections would come blaring out through the jukebox.
While this may seem like ancient analog history, it was a functional predecessor of every Internet-based service that millions now use to stream audio content on demand. Dotti White may not be familiar with some of these digital brand names or their ubiquitous applications, but, as owner of Telephone Music Service, she was the last person to operate the business they now echo…
Read more: https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/did-you-know-music-streaming-has-roots-in-pittsburgh/
22 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: jump, van halen, vank walen
Every Moment Has A Song 