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Music Monday – Artist Of The Year: Queen (Week 2)
Songs from the bands early days, pre-Queen even, were constantly being worked on and when it came time to work on the band’s sophomore album some of those found their way into the recording studio....
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Music Monday – Artist Of The Year: Sheer Heart Attack (Queen Week 3)
After Queen II was released the band went on tour again, and unfortunately their trip was cut short as Brian May fell ill. That afforded Queen the opportunity to write songs and get back into the...
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Music Monday: A Night At The Opera – Queen: Artist Of The Year Week 4
This was, of course, the big album that changed everything for Queen. Bolstered by the success of Sheer Heart Attack, but frustrated with the lack of monetary compensation (the band was broke) Queen...
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Beatles Week 2021: Let It Be? (Day 1)
Like most ardent Beatles fans I was chomping at the bit to watch the Get Back documentary on Disney+. Having watched the original film documentary of Let It Be I can understand the desire to revisit...
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Taken from the album Hard Day’s Night, written for but not used in the film, the song is largely forgettable in the overall pantheon of Beatles tunes. It closes the album, a bit of a downbeat number,...
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Beatles Week 2021: What Goes On? (Day 3)
“What Goes On?” appeared on 1965’s Rubber Soul, sung by Ringo, but was initially written in 1963 and was going to possibly be recorded and included on the album With The Beatles or as possibly a B-side...
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Beatles Week 2021 “Eight Days A Week” (Day 4)
Just another Number 1 hit for the band, they were tossing them out at a rapid pace during the stretch of 1963-64. The band never played it live, with John especially feeling it was beneath them. Thing...
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Beatles Week 2021 “There’s A Place” (Day 5)
One of the earlier Beatles songs, appearing on their debut album, reportedly Lennon started out by attempting a Mowtown style song. The Beach Boys would hear this song, and respond a few months later...
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Beatles Week 2021 “It’s All Too Much” (Day 7)
Here we are nearly 2 years into a pandemic and the feeling of things being “too much” is ever-present. That overwhelming feeling is the subject of George’s composition that would get used in the...
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Beatles Week 2021 “Ticket To Ride” (Day 8)
There isn’t much to say about this song, really. From the first couple of opening notes, you know which songs this is. Something about the timing of the drums and tambourine stand out, almost...
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