Monday, June 10, 2013
Billy Corgan Takes 5 with the songs that make him feel good...
I asked Billy to play us five songs that make him feel good, and interesting all of them hailed from the 70's. As a kid, he loved the epic, prog sounds of that decade and when it came time to make his own music he resisted the trends of sharp, lo-fi punk and hardcore and instead lifted off into epic, emotional songwriting himself. It all made sense.
Here's what he played: 1. Yes - You And I 2. UFO - Love to Love 3. Neil Young - Ambulance Blues 4. David Bowie - Space Oddity 5. Lou Reed - Berlin
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Sunday, June 9, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Billy Joel on Not Working and Not Giving Up Drinking
Billy Joel hasn’t put out an album of new songs in decades, but the last few years have brought about a burnishing of his musical legacy. Most recently, he stole the show at the 12-12-12 Sandy relief concert, no trifling feat considering he shared the stage with the Who, the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney. His set, characterized by remarkably robust vocals and a tight backing band, allowed songs like “Only the Good Die Young” and “You May Be Right” to be considered anew; the passage of time has cleansed the songs of any of the annoyance-factor wrought by FM overplay. A generation who never appreciated him, who judged him uncool, are now at the age at which they might actually suffer one of those heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-acks of “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song).” Even the haters, grown up now, would have a hard time continuing to begrudge Joel his mastery of songwriting.Continue reading on NYTimes.com
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