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Simon & Garfunkel – Scarborough Fair/Canticle
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“Scarborough Fair” is a traditional English folk ballad, detailing a list of tasks the speaker gives to his former lover to earn back his love, which are impossible to achieve (
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
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This track about the inability of people to communicate emotionally, was thought by many to be a response to the Kennedy assassination as it was written during the same time and
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
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“The Boxer” is considered one of Paul Simon’s masterpieces, telling the story of a young boy who laments his poverty and then turning to that of a boxer.
It was first suggested
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
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“Bridge over Troubled Water” is the titular song of Simon & Garfunkel’s album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live
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vintagewashingmachine – Every Album I Listened To In 2021
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JANUARY / Total: 146 Albums / Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (1965) | January 1st / Nina Simone: Wild Is the Wind (1966) | January 1st / Frank Ocean: Blonde (2016) | January 1st
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Bob Dylan – Blowin' in the Wind
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“Blowin' in the Wind” is Bob Dylan’s first single of his second album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
In this song, Dylan poses a list of hypothetical questions; questions people may
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John Denver – Leaving on a Jet Plane
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[Verse 1] / All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go / I'm standing here outside your door / I hate to wake you up to say goodbye / But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn / The
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Cat Stevens – Father and Son
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While it’s now one of Stevens' most famous songs, “Father and Son” was not a hit in the UK or US when released in 1970. It did, however, eventually chart in Italy and The
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Diddy (Ft. Lil' Kim, The LOX & The Notorious B.I.G.) – It’s All About The Benjamins (Remix)
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From Puff Daddy and the Family’s No Way Out album, this song features most of Bad Boy’s star lyricists (no Mase). The original appeared on a random DJ Clue mixtape, making this the
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Crosby, Stills & Nash – Helplessly Hoping
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“Helplessly Hoping” – by Steven Stills appears on the self-titled Crosby, Stills & Nash debut album (1969).
This song, like “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”, is about Stills' imminent
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Rock Genius – Band Names
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Some band names are so well thought out that they say everything there is to say about the group in one succinct appellation. Others don’t really mean much at all! Here at Rock
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Lukas Graham – 7 Years
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In “7 Years”, the Danish group Lukas Graham reflect on their life and wonder about growing older. Nostalgia from ages 7, 11, and 20 are explored before the band goes on to wonder
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Nina Simone – Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
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One of the songwriters, Horace Ott, who is not listed in the credits, recalls how this song came about:
We (pointing to his wife – whose maiden name was Gloria Caldwell) had a bit
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Top 10 Rock Albums of the 60s
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Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin'
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In the liner notes for his album Biograph, written by Cameron Crowe, Bob Dylan said the following about this song:
This was definitely a song with a purpose. It was influenced of
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The Guess Who – American Woman
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One of the greatest hits by a Canadian band, The Guess Who’s “American Woman” was written in 1969 after a long tour in the USA. It is from their album with same name.
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Fool's Garden – Lemon Tree
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“Lemon Tree” is a single by German Band Fool’s Garden released in April 1995 in the USA, and October 1995 in the UK, taken from Fool’s Garden’s second album, Dish of the Day.
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The Shins – New Slang
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Off the Grammy Award winning soundtrack for the film Garden State, “New Slang” is arguably responsible for jump starting the popularity surrounding The Shins.
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Cat Stevens – Father and Son
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While it’s now one of Stevens' most famous songs, “Father and Son” was not a hit in the UK or US when released in 1970. It did, however, eventually chart in Italy and The
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Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue
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While Johnny Cash made this song famous when he recorded it live during his concert at San Quentin, he didn’t write it.
The author, famed musician, poet and raconteur Shel
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Neil Sedaka – Laughter In The Rain
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According to songwriter Phil Cody, he reported that he wrote the song’s lyrics to “Laughter in the Rain” in five minutes after he smoked a joint and nodded off underneath a tree
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Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee
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The song’s title came from producer and Monument Records founder Fred Foster. When Foster proposed the title, Kristofferson heard “McGee” when, in actuality, [Foster] had said “
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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The Weeknd – Less Than Zero
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“Less Than Zero” is the fifteenth track from The Weeknd’s fifth studio album, following the success of his previous album, After Hours.
On the disco-pop track, Abel sings about
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The Beatles – Here Comes the Sun
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“Here Comes the Sun” is a George Harrison-penned track from Abbey Road. Following a period of disillusionment with the music industry, he skipped a day at Apple’s offices and went
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John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads
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[Verse 1] / Almost Heaven, West Virginia / Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River / Life is old there, older than the trees / Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze / [
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Duran Duran – Ordinary World
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“Ordinary World” is the second track off of Duran Duran’s 1993 self titled album, known as “The Wedding Album.“ It was a big comeback single for the band, and is one of the two
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Counting Crows (Ft. Vanessa Carlton) – Big Yellow Taxi
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“Big Yellow Taxi” is a cover of Joni Mitchell’s 1970 hit of the same name. It was featured on Counting Crows 4th album Hard Candy and their greatest hits album Films About Ghosts (
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George Packer – CHEAP WORDS - Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books?
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Great article by George Packer on the modern publishing industry.
Original link: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/02/17/140217fa_fact_packer?currentPage=all
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Neil Young – Harvest Moon
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From his album of the same name, this song was written as a tribute to his wife, Pegi. The song celebrates longevity and fidelity in relationships, both in its lyrics and in a
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Billy Joel – The Longest Time
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“The Longest Time” is a doo-wop single by Billy Joel. The song was released as a single in 1984 as the fourth single from the 1983 album An Innocent Man. It reached number 14 on
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Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
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“Go Your Own Way” was the first single from Fleetwood Mac’s award winning eleventh LP Rumours, from 1977.
This album was written during the fallout of many relationships within
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