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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “When You’re Alone” (1987)

During this revisit of Tunnel Of Love, I found myself really wanting to like this song. It seems like a kind of companion piece to One Step Up, a cautionary tale. You May Also Like: How Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tunnel of Love’ Dug Deeply to Find Hard Truths Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’sRead More

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‘I’m going to raise the question’: David Lee Roth wonders why Axl Rose is still calling his band Guns n’ Roses

Touring again with Van Halen has David Lee Roth ruminating on bands that continue on without most of their original members — Guns n’ Roses, in particular. He compares the practice to staging a Broadway revival You May Also Like: No related posts.

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‘I’ve only got myself to argue with now’: Jon Anderson is at peace, even as Yes begins latest tour without him

As Yes prepares to kick off a new tour featuring performances of three classic albums, departed co-founding frontman Jon Anderson wonders what might have been. See, he was the one who first floated the concept. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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‘I loved the vocal harmonies’: Wolfgang Van Halen’s childhood musical passion? You won’t believe it

You might have expected the youthful Wolfgang Van Halen, scion of the hard-rock guitar god Eddie Van Halen, to have been into some kind of horns-throwing metal group. Instead, he says, he always loved the vocal harmonies of Blink-182. You May Also Like: Why Complaints About Van Halen’s ‘A DifferentRead More

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Led Zeppelin Songs That Suck: Gimme Five

We’ve sorted through nine Led Zeppelin albums, looking for the times when we simply weren’t feeling the love, when it was nobody’s fault but theirs.

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Read my lips!: The sing-along history of lip-syncing, from Soundies to Milli Vanilli to Beyoncé

Back in the 1970s and 1980s, Memorex ran a popular ad campaign for their blank cassette tapes, asking “is it live, or is it Memorex?” Memorex tapes may be long gone, but the question has taken on new significance. You May Also Like: John Lennon – ‘Gimme Some Truth’ andRead More

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‘You should ask him’: Al Jardine can’t understand why Mike Love split up the Beach Boys either

Al Jardine still struggles to put into words exactly what happened at the end of what had once been a celebrated 50th anniversary reunion tour by the Beach Boys. He seems, in many ways, as surprised as anyone on the outside looking in. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “Brilliant Disguise” (1987)

I’ll be honest fellas, it was sounding great but…I coulda used a little more clave! You May Also Like: How Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tunnel of Love’ Dug Deeply to Find Hard Truths Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas, “Waitin’ Just For You” (2019): One Track Mind

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Roger Hodgson tries to reclaim his songwriting legacy: ‘I never dreamt that Supertramp would continue’

Roger Hodgson says, at one time, he loved the anonymity of being in Supertramp. Fast forward a few decades, and he’s left to rebuild a separate legacy — even as few people associate him with his own hit songs. You May Also Like: Why Supertramp’s “Sister Moonshine” Pointed to FutureRead More

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “Two Faces” (1987)

It’s well known that Miami Steve wasn’t so hot on the direction Bruce took with Tunnel Of Love, but I’ve always wondered what he thought of the music itself. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’