Metallica & Iggy Pop: T.V. Eye (Mexico City, Mexico – March 5, 2017) – YouTube
You never know where he is going to pop up. Iggy fully in charge.
Month: September 2019
Iggy Pop interview: “Punk has to have a sense of hopelessness about it”
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Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney record version of lost Lennon song
Sir Ringo enlisted the help of Sir Paul, 77, to play bass on the track, which he admitted had brought him to tears when he first heard it. He said: “Jack asked if I ever heard The Bermuda Tapes, John’s demos from that time. And I had never heard all this. “The idea that John…
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Layla in Real Life: 10 Songs Written About Pattie Boyd | Mental Floss
The ex-wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton made music history by asking two questions: “Prisoners?’ and “Do I look alright?” The “Prisoners?” line was her only line in a Hard Day’s Night movie. The “Do I look alright?” line was what she said to Eric Clapton while he was writing the song “Wonderful…
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The Book of Prince | The New Yorker
In the portico of the Country Inn, he put the car in park. “I’ve never seen race, in a certain way—I’ve tried to be nice to everyone,” he said. He seemed to think that too few of his white contemporaries had the same open-mindedness, even as they fêted him for it. When it came time…
The coming death of just about every rock legend
Actually this is a bullshit article but well worth reading for the perspective it provides or should I say POV. Like all monumental acts of creativity, the artists were driven by an aspiration to transcend their own finitude, to create something of lasting value, something enduring that would live beyond those who created it. Source:…
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