In the December of 1980 John Lennon had been murdered; his killer had created a list of targets and Bowie was next in line. Bowie was spooked; he cut short his stint in “The Elephant Man” on Broadway and jetted… Read More ›
Music
Queen’s Greatest Hits (40 years later)
On 26th October 1981 Queen’s Greatest Hits was released. To many it was just another greatest hits compilation, a thing that usually exists to keep the money coming in when the popularity is waning, but this one was different. Nearly… Read More ›
Top 50 cover versions of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’
When you have gotten over the fact that there are many more than 50 cover versions of Hallelujah you can then go and see them ranked by Forward. Amazingly Leonard Cohen came 4th? I would personally slip the version below… Read More ›
Should Apple bring back the classic iPod?
Most of, if not all, of Apple’s devices also can’t play the highest-end lossless files that Apple Music can now deliver without additional hardware. This means that Apple doesn’t sell something it can point to and say “this is the… Read More ›
Watching Eurovision feels like being on another planet
My daughter made the mistake of putting Eurovision 2021 on the TV last night and I was immediately transfixed in the worst of ways. The Icelandic entry popped up (above) and my first words were “What the f*ck is that?”… Read More ›
Apple announces Lossless Audio that you cannot play on wireless Apple devices
Apple today announced Apple Music is bringing industry-leading sound quality to subscribers with the addition of Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos. Spatial Audio gives artists the opportunity to create immersive audio experiences for their fans with true multidimensional… Read More ›
Worldwide smart personal audio and wearable shipments and growth Q4 2020
Apple is dominating personal audio in a big way. Look at the second column. Apple is dominating wearables… Second column.
Musicians are in peril
It was the kind of story sold to millions of music acts about the global reach of the internet. In a connected world, ideas, thoughts, and yes, songs could break across borders, building audiences where none before existed. It was… Read More ›
How Leonard Cohen Lived Between The Hour And The Age
Songs of Love and Hate stayed the course. Over fluttering Spanish guitar, 36-year-old Cohen hangs his head in self-recrimination and psychic pain, details shuddering loneliness and the grotesquery of human performance. His vocal offering comes, as ever, via his gravelly… Read More ›
That was truly ………. Weird 😬
The title is what a friend of mine sent me in WhatsApp about the above version of The Greatest Love Of All and the video, but for me it is a different experience. Arguably this version is much worse than… Read More ›
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