Random music news for Friday, November 8, 2019
Gordon Ramsey turns 53 today. F**kin’ hell. Meanwhile, in music news for November 8, 2019… Looking to write a catchy
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Cars
Ric Ocasek’s Death & Cars Music
There is an inevitability in the music business. If the frontman of a huge band dies, sales and streams skyrocket.
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Infographic: What car brands are used most in song lyrics?
Cars have always inspired songs. In fact, one of the earliest true rock’n’roll songs was “Rocket 88,” a 1951 song
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Let’s analyze lyrics for mentions of cars. Who do you think comes on top? No, you’re wrong.
A company called Digital Third Coast took the time to go through 72,000 songs for mentions of cars. Within that
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Need a greeting card for something? Try these 45 RPM cards from Hallmark
Like most guys, I dread the idea of picking out a greeting card. I have no confidence that my taste
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And the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2018 Includes…
‘Tis the season, innit? After a bunch of hype and a fan voting procedure that really doesn’t count for shit,
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Does Music Sound Better in a Fast Car? Let’s Ask Science!
There’s nothing like having the windows (or better yet, the top) down in your car on a summer day, tunes
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The Top 12 Cars in Hip Hop
Rappers love their cars. High Nobiety reports on the analysis of 62,000 songs designed to find out which cars (and SUVs)
Read moreRappers and Their Cars: Who Brags the Most?
Rappers love bragging about their sick rides, but which rappers brag the most? James Barnes from Verve Search sent us
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We Fall for Another Commercial Masquerading as Music News
A sneaky way for a company to get some free news coverage is to issue a story like this one
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