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Posts tagged "Marvin Gaye"
The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “Baby Don’t You Do It”
It’s Marvin vs. The Who vs. The Faces vs. The Band in the latest Cover Convo. Will the power of Keith Moon put the British legends on top? Read on to find out!
bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Best Albums of the Eighties (80-71)
Metallica is one of two bands who have two albums in this installment of the best albums of the ’80s. Read on to find out who else made the cut!
Friday Throwback – Soul Train Edition
Big Money wrote a fine piece about Don Cornelius earlier this week after the news of his passing hit. I can’t really add anything to it other than that to me, he was one of the most recognizable music figures when I was growing up. I honestly don’t remember who was on Solid Gold. But outside of Dick Clark, I don’t think there’s anyone else I associated with music or music television more so than Cornelius. Here’s something to chew on: MTV was a network dedicated to […]
bLISTerd: Mike D.’s Best Reissues of 2011 – In with the Old
With 2011 slightly more than half over, I’m realizing that I’ve probably bought more music in those seven months than I did in all of 2010. And I bought a lot. (Seriously, does anyone have more shelves? I need them badly.) But while I’ve enjoyed a lot of new music this year (Lady Gaga and The Cars immediately spring to mind), I’ve got to give it up for the fine folks working to provide great reissues and box […]
New Release Report 6/7/11: Potpourri
While the music industry is still dealing with post-Gaga fumes, let’s see what the first full week of June has as far as releases are concerned. British outfit The Arctic Monkeys have managed to cultivate a solid cult, many of whom are salivating (no pun intended…you’ll see what I mean in about three seconds) for their new album, Suck it & See (album title of the year, I tell ya). They’re some cheeky bastards. They’re joined on the release docket […]
Award Show Sundays: Marvin’s Last Stand
April 2nd would have been the 72nd birthday of Marvin Gaye. It’s hard to imagine that he’s been gone for almost thirty years. Despite the fact that I was only 7 when he passed, I still remember hearing the news of his death very clearly. It was the first time that a musician I was very cognizant of as a recent hitmaker had passed away-and in such bizarre fashion as well. I’m sure many folks who are older must have […]
Award Show Sundays: He’s Marvin Gaye, Bitch
Time for another legendary award show moment-check out Marvin Gaye being given his first Grammy by Rick James & Grace Jones.
Chart Chat 6/24/10: Thank Drake Now!!
Rapping/singing Canuck Drake slams into the top spot on this week’s Billboard 200 album chart with a vengeance. “Thank Me Later” scores 2010’s biggest week for a debut album, with 447,000 units sold. It’s the third overall biggest week for an album this year, following the first weeks for the latest albums by Lady Antebellum and Sade. A couple more interesting things to note: in just one week, Drake practically equals the entirety of what his introductory EP “So Far […]
Smoothed Out Sundays: A Double Shot of Simply Red
First off, I admire Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall because he can sing his ass off. For a quarter century, he’s been one of the most soulful voices to come out of the U.K.-an area that has no shortage of great soul singers (George Michael, Amy Winehouse, Joss Stone, Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet). Second, I admire Mick because he manages to score hot chicks despite the fact that he is NOT aging very well (and he wasn’t that much of a […]