Thurston and I didn’t look at each other once, and when the song was done, I turned my shoulders to the audience so no one in the audience or the band could see my face, though it had little effect. Everything I did and said was broadcast from one of the two 40ft-high on-stage videoContinue Reading
G.E. Smith on touring with Bob Dylan
“The whole thing was a dream” I bet.
The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan Responds to Calls to Censor “Fairytale Of New York” | SPIN
https://youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8 In the song, Kirsty MacColl sings the lines, “You scumbag, you maggot/ You cheap lousy faggot/ Happy Christmas, your arse/ I pray God it’s our last,” “The word was used by the character because it fitted with the way she would speak and with her character. She is not supposed to be a niceContinue Reading
Don’t Look Back: Seeing the Real Bob Dylan at Last? | Consequence of Sound
Dusting ‘Em Off is a rotating, free-form feature that revisits a classic album, film, or moment in pop-culture history. This week, Editorial Director Matt Melis disobediently revisits D.A. Pennebaker’s documentary Dont Look Back 50 years later. “You seem to be relating to a handful of cronies behind the scenes now – rather than the rest of usContinue Reading
