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Sound and Vision: Do Today's Pop Music Producers Have Too Much Power?
posted: August 10, 2012
Something interesting recently went down atop the U.K. singles and album charts. Elton John reigned on the list of best-selling albums with a collection of 40-year-old songs, while Florence + the Machine was No. 1…
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Sound and Vision: One Direction and The Wanted — the Return of the Boy Band?
posted: April 6, 2012
The British are coming”again! It’s been more than a hot minute since multi-platinum boy bands like *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys roamed the earth and ruled the charts. Now, after a decade-long dormancy, cute, heavily-styled guys…
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Sound And Vision: Does Katy Perry Have Staying Power?
posted: August 5, 2011
Go ahead. Admit it. The first time you heard Katy Perry‘s “I Kissed a Girl” way back in 2008, you knew that by the time the novelty of a song about dabbling in lipstick lesbianism…
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Sound And Vision: Best And Worst Performances In Pop Music Videos — Who's Hot And Not?
posted: July 15, 2011
Though we’re at least two decades removed from MTV‘s prime, never underestimate the enduring power of music videos. They can send singles zooming up the charts (Katy Perry’s latest jumped from No. 31 to No.…
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Sound And Vision: Reunited Bands Try To Make Lightning Strike Twice
posted: May 6, 2011
For the love of money. According to Sting, when I interviewed him in 1996, there’s no other reason to bring a band back from the dead. Yet one must assume that Sting”who’s had a gold…
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Sound And Vision: Growing Up Is Hard to Do, How To Make The Leap From Teen To Adult Pop Superstar
posted: January 21, 2011
“I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision,” David Bowie sang on his greatest hit. Sound and vision: essentials to the life of any great musician. They were the foundation…
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