Category: Music
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Best Beatles Songs Not Written By The Beatles
(That is, songs that capture their distinct style) Just a few off the top of my head… Look What You’ve Done – Jet Live Forever – Oasis (and a bunch of others for that matter — to their credit they totally cop to Beatles inspiration). Get a Job – The Offspring Sowing the Seeds Of…
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A belated favour for Morrissey
(Most pictures I post are made by others: this one is a rare exception! Done with GIMP.)
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Marketing Advice for Struggling and Marginally-Talented Musicians
Some years ago, when I was struggling to rediscover my sense of humour, as well as re-learning to play the guitar for the 11th time, the thought occurred that it might be a good idea to write some humourous songs. Now the passing years would demonstrate this to be an error on my part, but…
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All That Jazz
Doo-wappa-doo shoo-doo-shoo-bee-ooo-bee louie-ooie-la-la-la skeep-beep de bop-bop beep bop bo-dope skeetle-at-de-op-de-day chicka chong chicka chong chicka chacka chooka chong chicka bop-dop choppin de bow wow wow zip-a-dee-doo-dah mah na mah na doo-dah doo-dah ooby dooby rama llama ding dong do wah diddy diddy diddy dum diddy do heebie jeebie skeep skype skoop brip ber breep ber…
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Ronnie James Dio’s Big Book of Nursery Rhymes
About The Author Ronnie James Dio (born July 10, 1942, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA), is a heavy metal vocalist, 42nd level magic user, midget rights activist, and children’s author. When he’s not recording, touring, or being fired from or rejoining Black Sabbath (or Rainbow), he’s reviewing student applications at the Ronnie James Dio Institute…
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Ozymandias
I met a roadie from an ancient band Who said:—”Two fat and drunken legs did groan Staggering through the blizzard toward the can, And attached a bloated corpse, whose dim frown And slurring lips no known words do command. Should you see the bastard, alive or dead, Barking at the moon or beheading things, Say…
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Prima donna
Prima donna refers to the state of American economics and culture prior to 1981. Historians are generally in agreement that during this period it was still possible to bring ideas to market without blatantly sexualizing them to an infinite degree. Defining Characteristics The prima donna era can be described as the period of time when…
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British Invasion
“We don’t like their sound and ukelele music is on the way out.” ~ Decca Records on rejecting The Beatles in 1962 The British Invasion, more properly known as the Uke (pronounced yoo-kay) or UK Invasion, was an influx of ukelele performers mostly from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Australia,…
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Canadian content
Canadian content (also called The MAPL System) is a social program introduced by the Canadian Government in the 1970’s in an attempt to reduce the number of Canadian musicians and other artsy-fartsy creative types receiving Unemployment Insurance payments, Welfare, and other forms of social assistance. Prehistory In the beginning (well… before now), there was Paul…