Black Sabbath are, along with Led Zeppelin, commonly credited with being one of the two “parents” of metal. Bluesy, sludgy, and darkly psychedelic, Sabbath’s star waned somewhat in the 1980s, a time in metal’s history when more pop-friendly and speedier,… Continue Reading
Giorgio Moroder is a towering figure in pop music. The Italian producer’s collaborations with disco diva Donna Summer, including “Love To Love You Baby” and “I Feel Love” were hugely influential in introducing electronic music to the masses. In the… Continue Reading
For those that don’t recognize it, the video (but not song, which is “Ken” by Ex-Cops) above is a “cover” of a(n) (in)famous music video – “Bastards of Young”, by The Replacements. Perhaps apocryphally, the story goes that Warner Bros.… Continue Reading
In comments recently, dhex mentioned the idea of “nostalgia for a future that never happened”. In the real world this nostalgia can arguably be detrimental to the clear-eyed assessment of where we were, are, and are going; but in art,… Continue Reading
Music is, like most anything humans do, an intensely tribal affair. We like to think that the music to which we listen defines us as people; it binds us to the others in our tribe, who also connect with the… Continue Reading
This is a guest post by the League’s own Sam Wilkinson! Take it away, Sam: Whether or not I want it to be, country music is ever present it in my life. There’s no escaping it. I’m stuck then either… Continue Reading
It is, in my opinion, a damned shame that more people don’t appreciate classical music. In fact, it’s worse than that: classical music is even used to repel teens. And, again in my opinion, this comes from a simple misapprehension:… Continue Reading
While scrounging for songs that have as many descendants as “S/He Called Me Baby“, I keep stumbling across songs that have many, many covers but it seems that each of the covers is covering the original rather than covering covers… Continue Reading
The Crash Test Dummies ought to be remembered for more than just that danged “Mmm mmm mmm mmm” song. The album Give Yourself a Hand was excellent and Songs of the Unforgiven was downright amazing… but everybody only remembers Mmm… Continue Reading
So… what are you listening to? Here’s a song that is vaguely related to the book (it’s good, by the way).