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A Requiem for Kurt: 15 Years Later
Is it sacrilegious to compare Kurt Cobain and Tupac Shakur?
Before you start screaming, believe me. I know you can’t compare their output from an artistic standpoint. Cobain was clearly an A-list songwriter and an effective vocalist who made two (three, if you count “Unplugged in New York” classic albums, while Pac’s output was decidedly mediocre. His legend is based more on charisma and image than music.
But take a closer look. The two died at relatively […]
American Idol Season 8 – Please End The Show On Time Tonight
After last night’s debacle where anyone who wasn’t watching live and was DVRing the show missed Adam Lambert’s performance, they better have something good up their sleeve tonight.
Ryno Seacrest put a YouTube video of the performance up on his blog, but of course, it was taken down. Even Ryno Seacrest can’t put one over on the YouTube police.
(By the way, it’s getting really hard to put one over the YouTube police these days.)
Seacrest […]
Shoulda Been a Hit: “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man”
Covering a Prince song is a dicey proposition. Not only with the man himself, as he’s not terribly fond of others recording his music, but…how can you outdo Prince? A couple of artists have gotten it right. Chaka Khan’s “I Feel for You” is better than the original, as was Sinead O’ Connor’s take on “Nothing Compares 2 U”, which he wrote for The Family back in ’85. That said, for every “When You Were […]