Huey Lewis and the News – ‘Sports: 30th Anniversary Edition’ (2013)
More than half of Huey Lewis and the News’ ‘Sports’ was spun off into huge hit singles on the U.S. charts – though somehow none ever went to No. 1.
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ELO’s Jeff Lynne remembers signature moments with the Beatles: ‘Just a fantastic time’
For a confirmed Beatlemaniac like Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra fame, working with members of the Fab Four had always been a dream. Beginning in the late 1980s, every one of them came true. You May Also Like: Jeff Lynne’s Dream to Work With Reunited Beatles Had Tense InitialRead More
In Defense of 1982’s ‘A Flock of Seagulls’: Time to Get Over the Singer’s Haircut
Let’s return to ‘A Flock of Seagulls,’ the self-titled debut album by Liverpool’s other Fab Four.
Brian Ray on Paul McCartney, Etta James, and the Bayonets: Something Else! Interview
Already busy with Paul McCartney, Brian Ray now has a bustling side project to throw himself into, as well
David Paich, co-founder of Toto: Something Else! Interview
Toto has begun rehearsing for its 2013 tour, which kicks off May 30 in Europe. David Paich and Co. will also be making a few rare U.S. appearances, beginning in late summer — something he says “almost feels like a homecoming after so long away.” You May Also Like: Toto’sRead More
Almost Hits: Hall and Oates, “Your Imagination” (1982)
This is the nexus point, for me, when Hall and Oates finally reached everything they had been grasping for in trying to blend their core R&B vibe with the too-cool nihilism of new wave. You May Also Like: No related posts.
‘I’m better than Ringo; Paul McCartney told me!’: Bev Bevan’s first meeting with the Beatles
Bev Bevan, later a founding member of the Move and the Electric Light Orchestra, says a chance meeting with the Beatles years earlier provided a huge ego boost when Paul McCartney praised his drumming. You May Also Like: No related posts.
One Track Mind: Kenny Loggins and the Second Helping, “Let Me In” / “Hard Times” (1968)
Never in a million years would anyone guess the lead singer of this gritty and gutsy single is Kenny Loggins. Sounding like a remarkable cross-pollination of the Standells, the Pretty Things and the Shadows of Knight You May Also Like: Four Jacks and a Jill, “Master Jack” (1968): One TrackRead More
On Second Thought: Alanis Morissette – Live at Montreux (2013)
In 1995, she was trudging herself across a desert and screaming out an angst-ridden tune that was possibly about the dude from “Full House.” My teenaged-self went into overdrive at this Alanis Morissette You May Also Like: Forget What You Heard About Alanis Morissette’s Flavors of Entanglement, And Just ListenRead More
Greg Kihn’s Rubber Soul – and the plot to kill the Beatles: Books
Greg Kihn’s fifth fiction book, simply called ‘Rubber Soul,’ is this canny mixture of a coming-of-age storyline with a murder mystery.
