Post Tagged with: "Movies"

by / on November 14, 2012 at 4:04 pm / in Concerts, Metal, Movies, Rock Music

‘The hardest job of anybody’: Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page talks about the big shoes Jason Bonham filled

Jimmy Page, in a Tuesday talk on the BBC’s “Later with Jools Holland,” still marvels over the billowing power that surrounded his last time on stage with Led Zeppelin.

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by / on November 1, 2012 at 8:36 am / in Metal, Movies, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Queen – Hungarian Rhapsody: Live in Budapest (2012)

With Freddie Mercury gone for some two decades, it’s easy to forget Queen’s power and majesty — its essentially new amalgam of power pop, metal, and eye-popping theatrics. The sense of loss surrounding this thunderous concert, too, is simply staggering.

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by / on October 27, 2012 at 12:01 pm / in Progressive rock, Rock Music

‘The band were actually watching Mary Poppins’: Engineer Alan Parsons hilarious take on the Pink Floyd/Wizard of Oz phenonenon

Count Alan Parsons, engineer on Pink Floyd’s legendary Dark Side of the Moon, as another in the long line of skeptics when it comes to syncing the album up with “The Wizard of Oz.”

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by / on October 10, 2012 at 7:58 am / in Movies, Pop Music, Reissue, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Movies: The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

1967 marked a crucial transitional period for the Beatles; they recorded the groundbreaking Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band; performed “All You Need Is Love” on the Our World broadcast

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by / on October 9, 2012 at 6:36 am / in Fusion Jazz, Movies, Uncategorized

Pat Metheny – The Orchestrion Project DVD (2012)

After seeing Pat Metheny’s Orchestrion concert, I had this frustrating feeling of wanting to more accurately convey what that experience felt like.

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by / on October 7, 2012 at 7:18 am / in Movies, Pop Music, Reissue, Rock Music, Uncategorized

The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour (1967; 2012 reissue)

Pity the poor Brits, who only received the first side of this album as an EP.

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by / on September 27, 2012 at 12:17 pm / in Movies, Pop Music, Rock Music

'The best year of my life': New documentary follows Stevie Nicks' collaborations with Dave Stewart

A new documentary explores the recent collaboration between Fleetwood Mac’s Steve Nicks and Dave Stewart, of Eurythmics fame.

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by / on September 20, 2012 at 8:37 am / in Rock Music, Roots Music, Uncategorized

Movies: Bob Dylan and the Band – Down in the Flood: Associations and Collaborations (2012)

Down in the Flood, a forthcoming documentary stuffed with new interviews, archival footage and seldom-seen photographs, joins a musical revolution already in progress

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by / on September 19, 2012 at 8:52 am / in Movies, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Paul Simon – Live in New York City (2012)

If you buy only one music DVD this year, Paul Simon’s Live in New York City should be at the top of the list. On June 6, 2011, Simon treated fans in New York City’s Webster Hall to selections from his vast catalog and his last album, So Beautiful or So What.

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by / on September 15, 2012 at 7:25 am / in Movies, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

'Produced by George Martin': Inside his legendary collaborations with the Beatles, and beyond

It’s nearly two and half minutes into this film — during a friendly game of pool with son Giles — before you notice the hearing aid in George Martin’s ear. It’s a devastating reality for music lovers of every kind.

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