Music

Van Halen Drops a New Single… Maybe

01.11.2012 Music
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Recently Van Halen reformed with original lead singer David Lee Roth, wrote, recorded and released a new album “A Different Kind of Truth” The new song is called “Tattoo”.  I have only heard it a couple of times and I have watched the video a couple of times.  Here are my thoughts. It’s different but [...]

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Tubalr Using YouTube as a Music Stream

01.03.2012 Music
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For years I have used YouTube to power my musical tastes, from searching out classic music like Van Halen Unchained to listening to new groups I have never heard of.   YouTube made it easy for me to access different versions of music including covers, unpublished and rare cuts. Enter Tubalr Cody Stewart created a [...]

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Happy 40th Birthday Stairway to Heaven

11.08.2011 Guitar
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It was 40 years ago today that Led Zeppelin dropped their 4th and untitled album on the public. IV was Led Zeppelin’s biggest album, selling over 32 million units since its release. It is the third biggest selling album ever in the USA behind Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits and Michael Jackson’s Thriller. The album contained [...]

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominates The Cure

09.30.2011 Music
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The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, Sussex in 1976. The band have endured on despite several lineup changes. With their iconic frontman, guitarist and main songwriter Robert Smith—known for his iconic wild hair, pale complexion, smudged lipstick and frequently gloomy and introspective lyrics—being the only constant member.

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Queen Extravaganza: My Winner is Marc Martel

09.28.2011 Music

In the 1970′s and 1980′s one of the biggest rock and roll groups was Queen. The band has released a total of 18 number one albums, 18 number one singles, and 10 number one DVDs, and have sold over 150 million albums, with some estimates in excess of 300 million albums world-wide, making them one [...]

Tagged as: bohemian rhapsody, church, classic rock night at the opera, downhere, freddie mercury, marc martel, queen, renaissance

And You Mess Around with Jim Croce

09.20.2011 Music
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I wish I knew where I picked up some of the music I love.  It must be from my parents although judging by their tastes in music you would never know it. Or maybe it was being a child of the 1970′s and you were just exposed to popular music.  Jim Croce is one of [...]

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Paul Simon Brings Ground Zero Crowd To Tears With “The Sound Of Silence”

09.15.2011 History
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Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

Tagged as: Music, Paul Simon, September 11, Simon & Garfunkel

Hour 13 “Frailty” Music Video

09.14.2011 Music
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A friend of mine is the lead singer for a local rock band Hour 13.  This is their brand new video for “Frailty”. HOUR13 unofficially formed in 2006. That year, band members Nick Brown and Matt Melton began playing acoustic music together in a century old farm house. The two would meet once a week [...]

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Un-Ledded

08.16.2011 Music
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I must admit that in my teens I may have been musically naïve.  I loved music but I was unknowingly stuck in the 80’s new wave scene. The candy pop by usually British groups filled my collection of albums. That all changed in the fall of 1989 when I was formally introduced to Led Zeppelin. [...]

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Popular Songs Played on Les Paul’s Google Doodle

06.11.2011 Music
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Les Paul’s Google Doodle was so popular its become an internet meme. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles Paparazzi- Lady Gaga Pachelbel – Canon Billie Jean by Michael Jackson

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