Van Halen in 2007, Image Source: Van Halen’s Official MySpace Page
Two members of Van Halen celebrate their birthdays this week: Former singer Sammy Hagar turns 64 today while original and current singer David Lee Roth turned 57 this past Monday. continue reading...
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English vocalist and songwriter Brian Johnson has been AC/DC’s lead singer since 1980. continue reading...
2010 was a great year for music. In my annual album countdown I’ll once again be highlighting the albums that I enjoyed the most throughout the course of the last year. These aren’t necessarily the 15 “best” albums, just the ones that I liked the most. I hope you enjoy it and perhaps I’ll be able to convince you to listen to some great music that you may have missed. continue reading...
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Here we go once again… the season of “Best Of” lists! Here at SoundMojo I’ll throw my Top 20 Albums of 2008 into the never-ending pile of opinionated lists that inevitably feature a variation of the same 50 bands or so… Without further ado, here are the 20 albums that I enjoyed the most this year:
From stereogum, here is their list of the top 5 backwards videos of all-time.
When a full list is made about the “unique” idea of setting your video backwards, maybe its not so unique anymore. continue reading...
Nice list.
Gloria - Patti Smith (Horses, 1975)
Just My Imagination - The Rolling Stones (Some Girls, 1978)
Respect - Aretha Franklin (1967)
Satisfaction - Devo (Are We Not Men?, 1978)
Jolene - The White Stripes (2003)
I Won’t Back Down - Johnny Cash (Solitary Man, 2000)
I Fought The Law - The Clash (The Clash, 1979)
Oops I Did it Again - Richard Thompson (A Thousand Years of Music, 2003)
Stand By Me - John Lennon (Rock-n-Roll, 1975)
Don’t Start Me Talkin’ - New York Dolls (Too Much, Too Soon, 1974) continue reading...
Another amusing list found at Stereogum.com, via Blogcritics.org….
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This list is semi predictable… but how the hell is Rascal Flatts so popular??
01. The Rolling Stones ($150.6 million)
02. Tim McGraw / Faith Hill ($132 million)
03. Rascal Flatts ($110.5 million)
04. Madonna ($96.8 million)
05. Barbra Streisand (95.8 million)
06. Kenny Chesney ($90.1 million)
07. Celine Dion ($85.2 million)
08. Bon Jovi ($77.5 million)
09. Nickelback ($74.1 million)
10. Dave Matthews Band ($60.4 million) continue reading...
Gotta love the moustache. Over at WatchMojo.com we were so enthralled with the moustache that we had to go and start a grassroots effort to get October 6th recognized as International Moustache Day. The gang over at HearYa.com must also be mildly obsessed with the Stache because they came up with their 15 favorite Musicians who sported the Moustache. My favorite on this list is a tie between Chuck Berry and Jeff Baxter… both very different, but both very awesome.
To find the list complete with pictures click here continue reading...
