When sidemen (and women) sing: The top ten songs
[A contribution from writer Adam Morrison. – AC] What happens when a band member who isn’t the lead vocalist steps up front for a song? Sometimes, it’s an awesome surprise. The rules are:
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Science has discovered the rock songs most likely to put you asleep
With all the stress in the world, do you find yourself staring at the ceiling unable to sleep? Maybe the solution lies with listening to correct rock songs. Scientists–the kind that is forever
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Here’s the latest list of the UK’s richest musicians
The Sunday Times is one of those publications that loves to keep tabs on the rich. The paper has just released is 2022 list of the wealthiest musicians in the UK. Paul McCartney,
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The most-tattooed song lyrics of all time
If you’re among the millions and millions who have some kind of ink, there’s a good chance that you might have some song lyrics attitude somewhere. Ever wonder if your choices are in
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Here are the biggest Christmas songs released this century
Once certain types of radio stations discovered they could rack up big ratings by playing nothing but Christmas music for six weeks, the market for new seasonal tunes exploded. Not only did they
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Spotify reveals the best kitchen/cooking songs
It’s that time of year when people spend more time in the kitchen getting ready for/cooking for/cleaning up after the holidays. A new analysis of 14,000 songs on relevant Spotify playlists by garbage
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YouTube Canada’s top videos, creators, and moments for 2021
Now that we’re into December, here come all the year-end lists. YouTube Canada has published several such lists. Let’s go through them. Top Music Videos in Canada TheWeekndVEVO, The Weeknd – Save Your
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Why don’t rock and metal videos feature more cars?
If there’s a genre that celebrates cars in its music videos, it’s gotta be hip-hop and rap. But given that so much of rock’s canon consists of songs about cars, what’s with the
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Need motivation to get through the winter? Try these songs.
A gambling site called Gala Bingo commissioned some research about motivational songs. They went through 450,000 Spotify playlists and collected the songs that appear the most. These tracks allegedly pump people up more
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There’s a new list of the highest-paid dead celebrities
Forbes once again rooted through the financial dealings of dead celebrities for this year’s highest-paid list. You may be surprised who made it this year. (All figures in American dollars): Roald Dahl, British
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Curious about the most popular lullabies in the world?
Specifically, the most popular lullabies country by country. If you have a wee one and you want to mix things up, here are some hints.
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