Posts by Alby

RE Vanella and I had a little discussion on one of yesterday's threads about the greatest rapper of all time. RE touted Biggie Smalls as the GOAT, which is a…

War is one of those groups that shows up year after year on lists of "best bands snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame." This was the title…

Is pop-punk still a thing? Twenty years ago bands like Green Day welded punk's energy to pop's accessibility for one of rock's last hurrahs before the hip-hop deluge. "Movies," released…

Bruce Springsteen has a new solo album coming out June 14. He has said "Western Stars" is a rumination on Southern California music of the ''60s and '70s and specifically…

This isn't the original recording from "Out of the Blue." This is the title track from Jeff Lynne's 2012 album of re-recorded ELO classics, the release of which was accompanied…

Harold Dorman, a white guy from the Mississippi Delta, had only one hit record in his career, this classic from 1960. What I find interesting is his choice of metaphor.…

I read yesterday that Donald Trump's obsession with The Wall has manifested itself as micromanagement of its design. He wants scary spikes on top, and he wants it painted black…

Everyone knows "Bette Davis Eyes" if they listened to the radio in 1981, when Kim Carnes' breakthrough single spent nine weeks at No. 1 and was single of the year.…

When we think of the '60s we tend to think of the social movements for civil rights and against the war in Vietnam, which gives the impression that people back…

The early to mid-'90s saw an incredible wave of power pop bands that fought a losing battle for attention while the recording industry went gaga for grunge instead. One of…

Old-timers might remember that when Bruce Springsteen was first signed to Columbia Records, he was promoted as the "new Dylan" -- or, rather, the latest in a long line of…