It's Father's Day on Sunday, which means there'll be much breaking out of Cat Stevens' "Father and Son" and Will Smith's "Just the Two of Us" across the Internet. Since you'll surely be getting your dose of sentimentality elsewhere, here are handful of significantly less wholesome songs about fathers. There are plenty that spring to mind (although the, ahem, daddy of the lot — Korn's "Daddy" — turns out to not in fact be about Jonathan Davis's father at all, hence its absence from this list). But still, there are plenty of other candidates, and all of them are better than [...]
I know what you're thinking: What am I talking about? Smokey gets plenty of love! Of course, he does. But only for one thing (singing), when he's so good at two (singing and songwriting). When pop pundits start naming the all-time great songwriters of the rock & roll era, how likely are they to list him right up where he belongs, alongside John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Jerry Goffin and Carole King, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Leonard Cohen, Bob [...]
Ölüm hakkında pek düşünmüyorum, ama hayatın belli evresinde zamanının sonsuz olmadığını idrak ediyorsun. Tennessee Williams, "hayat fena yazılmamış bir piyestir, üçüncü perdeyi saymazsak" demişti. Ben üçüncü perdedeyim, ilk iki perdedeki tecrübenin faydasını görüyorum. Nasıl sona erdiği kimseyi alakadar etmez ve bu son genellikle pek münasip olmayan şartlarda vuku bulur. "Leonard Cohen" Leonard Cohen - The Future
Leonard Cohen: photo by Michael Ligon Leonard Cohen: photo by Michael Ligon Leonard Cohen: photo by Michael Ligon On a cold, windy, rainy night after work in April I made my way from Toronto to Hamilton by Go Transit to see the legendary Leonard Cohen at Copps Coliseum. Fresh from a 2 night stint at Radio City Music Hall in New York [...]
Hi all. This should be the last week I'm harried by the prospect of finishing a mix tape early in the evening due to Sunday-night obligations. Also, it might be one of the last mix tapes I ever post, because these things take too long to compile and quite frankly I feel like I'm wasting [...]
I knew this would happen. It's one of the occupational hazards of embarking on any ambitious undertaking like compiling lists. When all is said and done (to quote a non-name song title by an act that will pop up three times below), and posted, all of those memories that you couldn't tap into when you needed them most suddenly come rushing back. With my latest list, the one I posted yesterday of the 12 best name songs, the onslaught began when a friend gently reminded me of "Roxanne," The Police's 1978 breakthrough Top 40 U.S. single. Frankly, [...]
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Superstars like Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift make it look easy, but racking up hit single after hit single is hard work. Despite his iconic status, universal acclaim and multi-platinum albums, Bruce Springsteen has never had one of his go all the way to No. 1 (a dishonor he shares with James Brown, Credence Clearwater Revival, ELO and The Pointer Sisters). At least he has a nice collection of Top 10s -- 12 of them -- to show for his recording efforts. Meanwhile, legends like Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin and Bonnie Raitt have only one Top [...]
I really wanted to hate this album, or at least feel indifferent enough to ignore it. I tried, really I did. I didn't even listen to the unrequested advance promo I received. When a second promo arrived from Jones' record ... Continue reading
Leonard Cohen returns to the UK for a number of live dates during August and September. His last UK dates received endless plaudits, you'd be best advised to sort yourself out with a ticket when the pre-sale starts on May 31st at 9am. The dates are as follows: August 26 – Bournemouth BIC 28 – Brighton Centre 31 – Manchester Arena September 3 – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena [...]
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Canadian veteran Leonard Cohen is prepping to tour the UK this August/September. Cohen plays a string of seven dates, including a headline show at London's O2 Arena, which concludes the tour. He also visits Brighton Centre (28th August), Manchester Arena (31st) and Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena (3rd September), all backing him his latest 'Old Ideas' album which came out in January 2012. Those dates in full - tickets go on sale Friday 31st May: AUGUST 26 Bournemouth, BIC 28 Brighton, Centre 31 Manchester, Arena SEPTEMBER [...]
Baritoned songwriter, Leonard Cohen is set to head back to the UK for a series of arena shows later this year. At the tail-end of his Old Ideas album cycle, the Canadian singer will play seven live dates throughout August and September. These will kick off in Bournemouth on 26 August, before Cohen travels to Brighton, Manchester, Cardiff, Leeds and Birmingham, finishing up at London's O2 Arena on 14 September. Tickets go on sale Friday (31 May) at 9am, with the complete schedule as [...]
One of the most unfortunate injustices of life is how the things that offer the most pleasure, if only fleetingly, often do so much damage. No wonder the words "guilty" and "pleasure" get along so well. That goes double (preferably of vodka, or tequila) for drinking, a seemingly endless fountain of pleasure the night of and torturous hell the morning after. Thankfully, the simple pleasures of drinking songs are healthier, and they can continue indefinitely, as long as you want to press "repeat." Country music would dominate any list of the best ones (and where else could [...]
No one buys albums anymore, goes the music industry truism. And yet, for all that the format's commercial viability may or may not be on the wane, sitting and listening to a great album from start to finish is one of the greatest pleasures that music can bring. Flavorwire recently got to thinking about how one might build a record collection if you really only did buy one record a year. So here's the result of our thought exercise: 50 albums you really should own, one a year from 1963 until the present day. Yes, of course this mean things [...]
Rufus Wainwright se presentó la noche del martes 7 de mayo en el Auditorio Blackberry / Foto: Diego Figueroa La presentación de Wainwright comenzó con la canción "The Art Teacher", seguida de "This Love Affair", "Matinee Idol" y "Vibrate" / Foto: Diego Figueroa Otras canciones que presentó el músico acompañado de su piano fueron "Jericho", "Who Are You New York", "Martha", "California" y "Montauk" / Foto: Diego Figueroa [...]
Todo esto viene a colación por una película que hizo HBO, cuya interpretación del músico corre a cargo de Al Pacino, quien magistralmente encarna los momentos más difíciles del compositor. La película se estrenó el pasado 5 de mayo y va en torno a la historia del asesinato que cometió en el año 2003 hacia la actriz de películas de clase B Lana Clarkson, la cual apareció en la casa de Phil Spector muerta por un balazo en la cabeza
I mange år kæmpede Simon Stålhamre med mindreværdskomplekser og turde ikke vise sine sange frem for omverdenen. Det ændrede sig, da han en dag mødte Jacob Snavely, som overtalte ham til at tage sine sange seriøst. Kort efter kom Christopher Cantillo til og de dannede Small Feet. Lad mig slå fast med det samme, at Simon Stålhamre godt kan pakke sine mindreværdskomplekser langt væk! Han besidder et åbenlyst sangskrivertalent og formår med sin stemme, at ramme en rå ærlighed og naivitet, som kun få kan. Sammenligningen med Daniel Johnston ligger lige for, men man kan også sagtens mærke Stålhamres kærlighed til Neil Young [...]
It’s really good to make use of your time and to put all emphasis and I guess that’s passion, all your focus, on right now." Based in London, THE VEILS have been around since 2001. Time Stays, We Go, their fourth full length, is about to get released these days. The son of XTC keyboardist The post Interview: The Veils - "It’s healthy to have to struggle" appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
By now most people have seen that Leonard Cohen was awarded Artist of the Year at this year’s Juno Awards, beating out Carly Rae Jepsen, deadmau5, and most importantly, the almighty Justin Bieber. Of course, immediately following the award came ... Continue reading The post Leonard Cohen is not Justin Bieber. Thank God for That. appeared first on Your Music Is Awful.com .
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Awards , Music Appreciation Canvas Media For Bahamas "it's nice to be nominated" isn't just a press platitude. It actually really was nice to be nominated -- particularly where the prestigious Songwriter of the Year category at the Juno Awards was concerned. "I think that's kind of the big one," Bahamas, known on his ID as Afie Jurvanen, told Spinner during a one-on-one [...]
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