Posts tagged "Prince"
bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Best Albums Of The Eighties: 70-61

bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Best Albums Of The Eighties: 70-61

Click here for #100-91 , #90-81 , and #80-71 ! #70. Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Get Happy!! Released: 2/15/80 | RIAA certification: none It’s more than “British white dude totally gets Motown”, and yet, it’s not. Approximating stomping pop-soul chestnuts isn’t necessarily a revolutionary idea, and it’d be easy for a seasoned, versatile rock ensemble like The Attractions to Xerox the sound without necessarily tapping into why we all love those records in the first place. And it’d be pleasant, and […]

The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: "Hey Joe"

The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “Hey Joe”

While I’m sure you’re all familiar with Jimi Hendrix’s version of “Hey Joe,” you haven’t LIVED until you’ve heard Eddie Murphy’s take. That and more in the latest Cover Convo.

Diggin' In The Crates: "Apollonia 6"

Diggin’ In The Crates: “Apollonia 6”

We’re hopping in the wayback machine to take a look at the one and only album released by Apollonia 6!

Blerd Radio: (Un)charted Territory

Guess what, folks? It’s time for another Blerd Radio episode! This episode finds Big Money Mike joined by Popblerd co-conspirators Mike Duquette and Zack Stiegler and special guest Michael Parr . Among the topics discussed: -The quality of Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball album, the similarity of a certain track to a song by They Might Be Giants, and the curious lack of people of color at your average Boss show. -The underwhelming singles  from Madonna’s upcoming MDMA album. Has the Queen of Pop lost […]

Spin Cycle: Sinead O'Connor's "How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?"

Spin Cycle: Sinead O’Connor’s “How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?”

There’s a quip that’s been fluttering around music circles for the past year. The wording varies, but it boils down to this: “So, when Adele’s happy, does she just stop writing songs, or what’s the deal with that?” The witticism is a bit played-out in the wake of the singer’s Grammy sweep, but it poses an interesting question: can a singer known for spinning their depressive notions into musical gold excel when they’ve arrived at a place of relative contentment? […]

Dearly Beloved: The Revolution Talk Reunion Before Rocking Minneapolis

Dearly Beloved: The Revolution Talk Reunion Before Rocking Minneapolis

Is the water warm enough for you to enjoy this interview with the Revolution, which was filmed just prior to their historic reunion show last week?

The Viewfinder: Eric Benet’s “Real Love”

As a commenter on Eric Benet’s page writes, “this man has been through some stuff.” While the mainstream pop audience only knows Eric for his brief turn as Mr. Halle Berry, the fact is that the Milwaukee-reared singer/songwriter has been a mainstay in the R&B world for two decades. There have definitely been some personal and professional ups and downs along the way, but Eric is still here, still making music, and after a lengthy stay with Warner Brothers Records, […]

The Popblerd Staff Picks Their Most Anticipated Albums of 2012! (Part Two)

The Popblerd Staff Picks Their Most Anticipated Albums of 2012! (Part Two)

One thing a new year brings more than anything else is promise. Whether you feel as though this is the year you’ll get that book deal you’ve been dreaming of, or that the cross-country road trip you’ve been planning for the past two years will finally happen THIS summer, the future, much like Natasha Bedingfield sang about in that Pantene commercial, is unwritten. With release dates only set a couple of months in the future, this is also the time […]

bLISTerd: The Top 100 Albums of the ’90s (60-51)

T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli had #1 hits, won Grammys…and finish on our list of the Best Albums of the Nineties, which continues with #60-#51.

The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: "I Can't Make You Love Me"

The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “I Can’t Make You Love Me”

Bonnie Raitt originally recorded “I Can’t Make You Love Me”, but is her version the definitive version. We discuss in this week’s “Blerd & Gonzo cover convo”!

bLISTerd: The Top 100 Albums of the ’90s (70-61)

Eminem’s breakthrough album finishes on our list of the Best Albums of the Nineties. Who else made the cut?

Spin Cycle: The Original 7ven’s “Condensate”

“I never had as much fun as I had with the original seven… and it ain’t over yet,” Morris Day says wistfully on the spoken intro to his old band’s comeback record, Condensate. Morris Day and The Time – here renamed The Original 7ven because, well, mentor Prince’s copyright-related peccadilloes have gotten the better of him in recent years – may not have released an album together in 21 years, but you wouldn’t know that from listening to Condensate. Not only […]