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Badfinger Breaking
posted: September 30, 2013
There would probably already be a biopic about Badfinger if their story weren’t so irredeemably tragic. The ’70s power pop progenitors started as the first rock band signed to The Beatles‘ Apple Corps. They ended…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Shoes Are Back on Their Feet Again
posted: July 4, 2012
When the rolls of power-pop royalty are read, before one can go back to early-˜70s ur-power-pop bands like Big Star and Badfinger, you have to hail the genre’s late-˜70s/early-˜80s heyday. Among the handful of acts…
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The EditoriaList: Ten Totally Righteous Covers
posted: October 20, 2011
A friend of mine suggested some good ground rules for this one: You have to strip out covers of old blues tunes (sorry Stones and Beatles). Also strip out cover bands (sorry Joe Cocker and Nouvelle…
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Sound And Vision: Cover Me — Ten Remakes Of Great Songs That Are Better Than The Originals
posted: June 24, 2011
“Have you lost your mind?!” That’s the thought bubble I could have sworn I saw spring from my friend’s head several weeks ago when I mentioned that my all-time favorite remake is Aretha Franklin‘s 1971…
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