Tag Archives: The Kingsmen
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In Memoriam: DMX, Charlie Watts and 30 other artists we lost in 2021
Row 1: DMX, Biz Markie, Dusty Hill, Charlie Watts, Joey Jordison, Nanci Griffith and B.J. Thomas. Row 2: Mary Wilson, George Wein, Michael Nesmith, Terence “Astro” Wilson, Tom T. Hall, Stephen Sondheim and Graeme Edge. Row 3: Chick Corea, Gift of Gab, Bunny Wailer, Shock G and Sylvain Sylvain.…
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REWIND: “Louie Louie” and other songs that keep our editor going
The Kingsmen do “Louie Louie.” The good news is that, after two consecutive weeks where I had to do tribute columns to musicians who had died, as of the moment I’m writing this I don’t have to do a third. That’s good, because we don’t need another run like…
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REWIND: You don’t feel old enough, so let’s put music in perspective
We decided not to show you Mark Wahlberg’s most famous photograph from back in the day, because it makes us feel insecure. I’m sorry I have to be the one to tell you this, but you’re old. You’re so, so very old. For example Friends is making a nostalgia-fueled…
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RIFF Rewind Interlude—The best songs of 1960-1966
If I’ve gotten one complaint more than any other about this column, it’s literally all of 1979. But aside from that it’s definitely snubbing Pink Floyd. But other than that…OK, there’s a lot of stuff, you all hate me. For the purposes of today’s edition, though, the complaint I’m talking…