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The Greatest Version Of The Star Spangled Banner
Everyone knows the time. It’s right before a special event. Before every Super Bowl, big fight, or special game, someone important sings “The Star Spangled Banner”, which is our national anthem. It’s a pretty bland song in general, but it has peaks that gets the crowd moving every time. Though there are more beautifully songs written about our country, this is the one that’s the America’s chosen song.
When I was a kid, my dad used […]
Friday Throwback: “No Conversation”
Here’s a midsummer night’s tearjerker for you: it’s about a long term, long distance romance between boy and song that would be virtually impossible, or at the very least, far less poetic and tragic and ultimately wonderful in this day and age when anyone can hear a song on the radio, or see it on TV, and then instantly download it from the ether and have it at his beck and call, to be […]
NKOTB Joins Forces with Ne-Yo on “Single”
Here’s a team-up I didn’t see coming.
The second single from the New Kids on the Block’s upcoming album, “The Block” is called “Single” and features none other than Ne-Yo sharing lead vocals. I’d imagine he wrote the song too. Either way, women young and old are going to eat this one up. Just listen to the lyrics.
While “Summertime” was a moderate hit, giving the Kids their first Top 40 action in 16 years, this […]