According to All Music Guide, this original version of Silence Is Golden from the 4 Seasons album Born To Wander was a hit, saying "these [pop-rock tunes] actually are the best songs on the record: the hit "Silence Is Golden," for instance, and "No Surfin' Today," which owes more to the Beach Boys' ballads than it does to the Weavers". But, according the place where the hits go to live (and die) - Billboard magazine - it wasn't a hit until the Tremeloes did a better version in [...]
According to All Music Guide, this original version of Silence Is Golden from the 4 Seasons album Born To Wander was a hit, saying "these [pop-rock tunes] actually are the best songs on the record: the hit "Silence Is Golden," for instance, and "No Surfin' Today," which owes more to the Beach Boys' ballads than it does to the Weavers". But, according the place where the hits go to live (and die) - Billboard magazine - it wasn't a hit until the Tremeloes did a better version in [...]
Music is about making noise kind of by definition, so the number of songs extolling the virtues of silence is surprising. In truth, the only sonically accurate piece about silence is John Cage's 4'33"…but it's hard to find covers of that one that differ much from than the original, for obvious reasons. If you're unfamiliar with the piece, go get educated, then come back and listen to some
In honor of the American servicemen and women overseas, JamsBio's editors present a list of 10 great "soldier songs."
The Tremeloes Here Comes My Baby
A long time ago an obscure "band" from New Jersey recorded a wonderful little collection of obscure songs from an even longer time ago (with a few of their own compositions thrown in for good measure). That band grew up to be Yo La Tengo . Yo La Tengo's wonderful little collection of tunes appeared on a gem of an album called Fakebook , which has long been a favorite of mine. This weeked I finally decided to dig up all of the original versions of [...]
Jun 8, 2007, 10:15am
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Music nerds and magazines everywhere are celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the release of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band this month, so I thought it'd be cool to see what was going on in the singles charts forty years ago. 1967 was a big year in music, not only did The Beatles' most critically acclaimed album come out that year in June, but The Velvet Underground's debut album was released in March, Jimi Hendrix lit his first guitar on fire (and burned his hands, he perfected this stunt in later shows), The Stooges played their first ever [...]
Man, am I digging the Foley story! This is one of the more entertaining news cycles since Slick Willie was on the prowl. It’s like All The President’s Men or something in the way it keeps getting worse and worse day after day. I’d been scared that Joe Lunchbucket couldn’t follow the Abramoff stuff, but I could draw you pictures of the Foley antics and make you understand. I think Fat Bastard (Denny Hastert) is finished. Hey, don’t forget using some of them harsh methods you guys are so sweet on! [...]
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