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Guilty pleasures. We all have them. They’re the albums or movies that grab you but that most people toss off and even impugn. Grand Funk’s Survival is one of mine. Most would agree that Survival, the band’s fourth studio album, is the most polished and clear from an audio standpoint. Where people start to wonder […] Honestly, I was gonna leave it alone. I even deleted the draft I started earlier last week. But then the local fair, trying to recover from an embezzlement scandal, indicated one step toward restoring its credibility is the music acts it announced for this year, a roster that includes Alice Cooper and Peter Frampton. Listen, […] All art involves blending and building upon what came before. Music is no exception. Both rock and jazz demonstrated that as the 1960s came to an end. Artists in both camps began incorporating more of what they were hearing in the other genre. Eventually, it gained the name of “jazz rock” and would go on […] This week’s moment is shorter than usual for a couple reasons. One is work commitments. The other is more basic: what else can you really say about Dark Side Of The Moon? The latter means I’m not going to talk about content as much as another notable element of the LP — its chart history. […] Millions of people like me grew up with Neil Young being a significant contributor to the soundtrack to their youth. From Buffalo Springfield to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, to his exceptional work with Crazy Horse and solo, Young was a pervasive influence. Yet despite so many songs considered absolute classics today — “Cinnamon Girl,” […] |
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