Deep Cuts

by / on April 23, 2013 at 11:35 am / in Deep Cuts, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: Exploring forgotten Journey gems like “Opened the Door,” “Daydream,” “Someday Soon”

In searching for forgotten gems from Journey, we left aside arena-filling efforts from Escape through Trial by Fire — which combined sold some 18 million copies. Been there, done that, right?

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by / on March 1, 2013 at 8:28 am / in Deep Cuts, Pop Music, Uncategorized

Deep Beatles: “Crying, Waiting, Hoping” (1962)

As the Beatles finished their rocking rendition of “Get Back” at the conclusion of their 1969 Apple rooftop concert, John Lennon joked “I would like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we’ve passed the audition.”

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by / on January 4, 2013 at 7:43 am / in Deep Cuts, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: A handful of forgotten gems from Toto

Brutally described in a review of their eponymous 1978 debut by Rolling Stone as pros with no poetry, the effortlessly polished and sleekly listenable Toto has been dismissed from the first.

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by / on December 31, 2012 at 8:04 am / in Deep Cuts, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: Forgotten solo gems from the Beatles’ Ringo Starr

Affably difficult to dislike, yet seldom transcendent as a solo artist, Ringo Starr would become the only ex-Beatle who failed to earn an individual chart-topper in his native Britain. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t hidden moments to enjoy.

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by / on December 24, 2012 at 7:17 am / in Deep Cuts, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: Forgotten Yes favorites from the post-1970s era

Anyone can recite, bass line and verse, their favorite moments from Yes’ seminal 1972 release Close to the Edge. Everybody knows about the mountains coming out of the sky, and how they stood there, too.

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