Guitar World presents the 20 most shocking banned album covers of all time. An Alice Cooper album cover is placed first, followed by The Beatles’ “Yesterday and Today”. For their 1966 album, Yesterday and Today, the Beatles presented themselves as grinning butchers, complete with raw beef and dismembered baby dolls. However, the image was not Read More …
“I Wonder Why” is a doo-wop song, written by Melvin Anderson and Ricardo Weeks, and first recorded by Dion and the Belmonts in 1958. The song was used in the film, A Bronx Tale, in the pilot episode of the television series The Sopranos and in John Carpenter’s film adaption of Stephen King’s “Christine”. (Source: Read More …
“Shout” is a popular and influential popular song, originally recorded by The Isley Brothers. Released in 1959, it was written by the brothers themselves. The song was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. It ranked #118 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. (Source: Wikipedia.org) The Isley Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9xOLpwI0I Read More …
Yoko Ono declares: “Now, 99% of the world is taking a stand against wars like Iraq and Afghanistan. John would have done that but he’d have loved the new communication media. He would have been writing statements and sending them out to the world as a blogger and a tweeter.”
9th of October was his birth day. Not his birthday anymore. In order to pay John Lennon a tribute, Google decided to celebrate this date : (using his own self-portrait) And Youtube did the same:
70 years ago, John Lennon was born. Being the son of Julia and Alfred Lennon, he was named after his paternal grandfather, John “Jack” Lennon, and Winston Churchill (as his complete name was John Winston Lennon). According to some biographers, a German air raid was taking place, and Julia’s sister, Mary “Mimi” Smith, used the Read More …
Its origins: The Marvelettes – Please Mr. Postman (1961) And then: The Beatles – Please Mr. Postman The Carpenters – Please Mr. Postman
“There’s a shimmer in your eyes Like the feeling of a thousand butterflies” (Abba – Andante, Andante)
Although the songs are brilliant and the performance great, the public seems clumsy, awkward and even scared! Take a look, they definitely have a problem…
