Tag: Classic Rock

MCCARTNEY 3 2 1 (REVIEW)MCCARTNEY 3 2 1 (REVIEW)

Kevin Mathews 9:26 am
McCartney 3,2,1

McCartney 3 2 1 is a music documentary series streaming on Hulu, featuring musician Paul McCartney and producer Rick Rubin. Consisting of six 30-minute instalments, the premise of McCartney 3 2 1 is simple – the duo are ensconced in a darkened room shot in black and white, whereupon Rubin will play selections from McCartney’s storied career for the latter to react and respond to. 

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BEST GENESIS SONGS (WITH PHIL COLLINS)BEST GENESIS SONGS (WITH PHIL COLLINS)

Kevin Mathews 3:47 pm
Best Genesis songs (with Phil Collins)

Best Genesis songs (with Phil Collins) is a listicle idea that has been stuck in my head for a while now. There is a common misconception amongst progressive rock fans that when Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, it was all downhill from that point. This perception has hardened against the band especially in the 1980s when Genesis (Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford) become a genuine commercial success.

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RENE MAGRITTE : ART IN ROCKRENE MAGRITTE : ART IN ROCK

Kevin Mathews 4:05 pm
Pop Art Rene Magritte

Rene Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist. Magritte is one of my favourite artists of all time. He is famous for creating a number of thought-provoking, incongruous images. Rene Magritte depicted ordinary objects in an extraordinary context, the premise of his work being the presentation of things that do not belong together. This unique ability is borne from Rene Magritte’s fecund imagination.

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THE BEST DAVID BOWIE SONGS OF ALL TIMETHE BEST DAVID BOWIE SONGS OF ALL TIME

Kevin Mathews 12:00 am

The Best David Bowie Songs of All Time. Now it does not get more poignant than this one. Bowie’s birthday is 8th January. He would have been 74 years old this year. The fact that he passed away two days later five years ago is still heart-wrenching. It’s no exaggeration to declare that Bowie is one of my favourite artists and his art will certainly live forever.

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THE BEST CLASSIC ROCK FILM AND TV SCENESTHE BEST CLASSIC ROCK FILM AND TV SCENES

Kevin Mathews 11:17 am
Anya Taylor-Joy in The Queen's Gambit.

When I opined that Classic Rock had lost its relevance and significance in the contemporary music industry, it does not mean that Classic Rock is no longer important. In fact, Classic Rock is a critical asset to film and TV producers as directors utilise Classic Rock to create a vibe in film and TV series that contemporary pop music just cannot replicate. Which brings me to The Best Classic Rock Film and TV Scenes.

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STATION TO STATION (ROCK CLASSICS)STATION TO STATION (ROCK CLASSICS)

Kevin Mathews 9:05 am
Station to Station

Station to Station is the opening track on David Bowie’s classic 1976 album of the same name. Clocking in at over 10 minutes, Station to Station is Bowie’s longest studio recording and is seen as a pivotal landmark in Bowie’s musical development in the 1970s. That decade was a seminal epoch for many influential rock genres and Bowie had his finger on the pulse of most of them!

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THE BEST KINKS SONGS OF ALL TIMETHE BEST KINKS SONGS OF ALL TIME

Kevin Mathews 12:00 am
Kinks

Prima facie, an article about THE BEST KINKS SONGS OF ALL TIME would seem like a piece of cake. But the opposite is true. The trick was despairing over the songs I had to omit from THE BEST KINKS SONGS OF ALL TIME. In the end, while twenty tracks seems just about right – not too little and not too much. Which is to me, an indication of how much I value Ray Davies as a songwriter.

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BANDS THAT SOUND LIKE THE WHOBANDS THAT SOUND LIKE THE WHO

Kevin Mathews 9:36 am
Bands that sound like The Who

Recently, I posted THE BEST WHO SONGS OF ALL TIME and remarked that the seminal music of The Who had spawned numerous rock sub-genres. From pop-rock to melodic hard rock to power pop to punk to indie rock, the fingerprints of The Who’s power chord guitar agenda are clearly discernible. Perhaps to prove my point, it was necessary to provide irrefutable evidence in the form of BANDS THAT SOUND LIKE THE WHO.

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THE BEST NEIL YOUNG SONGS OF ALL TIMETHE BEST NEIL YOUNG SONGS OF ALL TIME

Kevin Mathews 9:18 am
Neil Young
Photo by Richard Young/Shutterstock (99382a)

Neil Young has turned 75! So it’s probably the best day to present to you the click baiting listicle I call The Best Neil Young Songs Of All Time! AND… I have given myself the nigh impossible task of just naming TEN songs! But I think I am well satisfied with this list, keeping my selections to the less obvious and focusing on deep cuts. Without further ado, The Best Neil Young Songs Of All Time (in alphabetical order, natch!)

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