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Filed under: Exclusive , The Hit List If it weren't for our mothers, we wouldn't be alive. Biology aside, mom's can be pretty magical beings. A mother's love is limitless in its potential: it can heal [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Rock star feuds are so much easier these days. Back in the day, an artist with a grudge had to air out the dirty laundry with a reporter, hoping the scribe would print the verbal jabs. But today an angry musician can take to the Internet and rant unedited. Here are some of the most scathing attacks in recent memory. Van Morrison Trashes the Beatles The Diss: "The [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Even the wildest rock 'n' rollers -- with the possible exception of Courtney Love -- settle down at some point. This new maturity is often signaled by the birth of a child, which inevitably leads to a song about the birth of a child, which leads to music videos with kids, which leads to an appearance on ' Yo Gabba Gabba .' For those of you compiling a baby shower playlist, here are some of our [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Jimi Hendrix plugging in his electric guitar -- that's black power. Rock music was born from rhythm and blues; more than half of the original inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were African-American. And despite detours from soul to hip-hop, black musicians have never left rock 'n' roll. February is Black History Month in North America, but these rockers deserve celebration every day of the year. Sister Rosetta Tharpe Elvis Presley [...]

Filed under: Video , The Hit List Cynics, take note: The following videos are filled with images of tender hand-holding, insanely cute baby animals and big fat smooches. If you're a true believer in Valentine's Day, this list is for you. While not attempting to be a compendium of the most stirring odes to love ever written -- many of those don't actually have videos -- it's a collection of clips that are weak in the knees when it comes to matters of the heart. Here are 10 videos that will make [...]

Filed under: The Hit List What it is about the Super Bowl that attracts those familiar bedfellows rock 'n' roll and moral outrage? Back in 2004, Janet Jackson 's "wardrobe malfunction'" was treated as if it was tantamount to Sodom enjoying group sex with Gomorrah. This year, charity Child Abusewatch have called for the Who to be banned from the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show due to Pete Townshend 's arrest for possession of child pornography in 2003 (for which he was let off with a caution). That hasn't [...]

Filed under: The Hit List No other event in popular culture symbolizes greatness cut short like the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly , along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper , on Feb. 3, 1959. After all, the pioneering rocker was just 22 when he died, yet he had already amassed a catalog of hits [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Of course, there's Snow White's classic ' Whistle While You Work ,' but for a select talented few, the whistling is their work. To spare you from spending the rest of your day whistling along to the Scorpions ' ' Wind of Change ' or Bobby McFerrin 's ' Don't Worry Be Happy ' hooks stuck in your head, we've put together an officially unofficial list of the top 10 songs featuring the art of whistling. So if they're new to you, [...]

Filed under: The Hit List , UK With Rage Against the Machine and Joe McElderry battling it out down to the wire for the right to take the Christmas number one crown for 2009, the fight for the Yuletide chart-topper has been more entertaining than any in the last five years. As pop commentators and music fans have been quick to point out, there used to be a traditional battle for the charts before 'X Factor' arrived to take it . 'Mad World,' Michael Andrews/Gary Jules (2003) -- [...]

Filed under: The Hit List It's always been a tall task to cover the Beatles . Frank Sinatra called 'Something' "the greatest love song ever written," then went out, night after night, and put a hurting on it: "You stick around, Jack, it might show." If the Chairman of the Board couldn't do the song justice, where does that leave Telly Savalas ? Goldie Hawn, ' A Hard Day's Night ' [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Covering a Beatles song is like taking up residence in the Great Pyramid: The foundation is unshakable, but anything you bring along for decoration is bound to lower the property value. Of the thousands of artists who have tried, only a few have made themselves at home in the band's music. The Jam, ' And Your Bird Can Sing ' The Clash may have [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Halloween is the time of year to welcome the spirits of those who have gone before us. In the music industry, though, every day is El Dia de los Muertos , especially when los muertos can be reanimated to ensure more record sales. "It's f---ing weird to be doing a song with someone who is deceased," as Korn 's Jonathan Davis once said. Give [...]

Filed under: The Hit List The Peace Bell will be rung at the United Nations on Monday, Sept. 21, officially commemorating this year's International Day of Peace. The lofty ideal of world harmony has been a common theme for songwriters throughout music history, with particular urgency during the conflict-challenged 1960s and '70s. The fact that there's been a recent resurgence in peace-loving lyrics only means that we're still a long way off from the goal. [...]

Filed under: The Hit List They say winners never quit, but in the music biz there's something to be said for going out at the top of your game. Whether they left for greener pastures, fled amid feuds and controversy, or just dropped off the face of the earth, here are some of the biggest quitters in rock music history. D'Arcy Quits the Smashing Pumpkins : After five albums with the [...]

Filed under: The Hit List That the Beatles mean so much to so many people who make music in so many genres goes without saying. What doesn't go without saying is what John, Paul, George and Ringo mean to these musicians, who share in their own words the important role the Fab Four have played in their songs and in their lives. "The three of us [in Nirvana ] grew up listening to the Beatles, then classic rock [...]