Jon Savage on song: Beverley’s come to wish you an unhappy New Year
Dec 31, 2009 Uncategorized
Full of sarcasm and sneer, Beverley’s debut single showed that not all 60s pop was light and fluffy It’s that time of year again: the New Year’s Eve ritual of intoxication, to mark the passing of the old and the arrival of the new. Some people love it, some people hate the whole thing – particularly the social pressure to get totally out of it, if not simply to be sociable.
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Jon Savage on song: Beverley’s come to wish you an unhappy New Year
Jon Savage on song: Beverley’s come to wish you an unhappy New Year
Dec 31, 2009 Uncategorized
Full of sarcasm and sneer, Beverley’s debut single showed that not all 60s pop was light and fluffy It’s that time of year again: the New Year’s Eve ritual of intoxication, to mark the passing of the old and the arrival of the new. Some people love it, some people hate the whole thing – particularly the social pressure to get totally out of it, if not simply to be sociable
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Readers recommend: Hangover songs
Dec 31, 2009 Uncategorized
Last week was all about new beginnings. As you stagger home from welcoming in 2010, we want your pick of songs about the morning after Ha-ppy Noo Year! My best wishes to you in 2010 written in my best New York gangster accent. This week’s topic is, I am proud to announce, a topical one.
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Readers’ poll 2009: The results!
Dec 31, 2009 Uncategorized
The votes have been counted and verified and we can now announce that, this year, you lot really did like a bit of Animal Collective As the year draws to a close, the final word on the best music of 2009 goes to … you! Well, it does if you cast your vote in our Readers’ poll
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Music Weekly: Live tracks special
Dec 31, 2009 Uncategorized
This week’s pod is simple.
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Music Weekly: Live tracks special
Music Weekly: Live tracks special
Dec 31, 2009 Uncategorized
This week’s pod is simple. It does what it says on the headline. Yes, it’s the best of the year’s live tracks as recorded exclusively for Music Weekly.
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Vic Chesnutt: a tragedy foretold in song
Dec 29, 2009 Uncategorized
His music often addressed death head-on, but this singer-songwriter – who died on Christmas day – always rose above the maudlin Vic Chesnutt and death were far from strangers, as anyone who has spent time with his 2009 album At The Cut will know.
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Vic Chesnutt: a tragedy foretold in song
Vic Chesnutt: a tragedy foretold in song
Dec 29, 2009 Uncategorized
His music often addressed death head-on, but this singer-songwriter – who died on Christmas day – always rose above the maudlin Vic Chesnutt and death were far from strangers, as anyone who has spent time with his 2009 album At The Cut will know. The Athens, Georgia singer-songwriter sang of death not as something far-off and foreboding, but a constant presence, always close at hand. On Flirted With You All My Life , he describes his relationship with the reaper in the manner of a man addressing his childhood sweetheart
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What are the best music videos of the noughties?
Dec 24, 2009 Uncategorized
Let us know your favourite pop promos of the decade What makes a great pop video? Explosive action
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What are the best music videos of the noughties?
What are the best music videos of the noughties?
Dec 24, 2009 Uncategorized
Let us know your favourite pop promos of the decade What makes a great pop video? Explosive action?
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