Rolling Stone Magazine recently released their latest ‘list’, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters” rollingstone.com). Let me repeat that title, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters”. Their descriptive line states “From Brill Building tunesmiths to Punk poets, from Woody Guthrie to Max Martin, the visionaries who defined music history.”
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JAIMIE VERNON – EVERYTHING OLD IS STU AGAIN
Posted in Opinion with tags 1973, audiology, Bernie Taupin, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Chris DeBurgh, crowdfunding, Dark Side of the Moon, DBAWIS, DEJA S2, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elton John, Elyse Weinberg, Evolution Records, folk music, gas crisis, Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Nilsson, hearing loss, Ian Thomas, Jaimie Vernon, James Leroy, Jim Croce, John Denver, Kickstarter, Led Zeppelin, Moonhead, moonwalk, Nixon, Nucleus, Odd Sox, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Queen, Randy Newman, Sally From Syracuse, Stu Nunnery, The Beatles, therapy, Tranquility Base, Viet Nam, Warren Zevon on August 1, 2015 by segarini
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There’s a Renaissance of sorts happening in the music business right now by which music we’ve lost track of, or have ignored outright, due to the current ubiquity of pop music is crawling out from the primordial ooze and is being reborn as something new. New masters, new packaging and/or new formats are moving in to replace the gaping hole left by marginilized MP3 files and the impending death of CDs.
Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock And Roll – Hall Of Fame
Posted in Opinion with tags Albert King, Cameron Carpenter, Chic, DBAWIS, Deep Purple, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donna Summer, Heart, Joan Jett, Kraftwerk, music, N.W.A., Paul Butterfield, Procol Harum, Public Enemy, R&R Hall of Fame, Randy Newman, Rush, Shanghai Cowgirl, The Marvelettes, The Meters on October 11, 2012 by segarini
It’s that time of year again; let the debates begin as the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ready their class of 2013. There is no pleasing everyone and the HOF is no different. Now even calling it the “Rock And Roll” Hall of Fame is a bit of a stretch. My definition of rock is pretty narrow and would not include 90% of hip-hop, 99% of disco (I will give a pass to “I Was Made For Loving You” by Kiss), very little funk and almost no folk. Their definition seems to be constantly fluid and I can only agree or disagree with their choices by means of my own internal rock’n’roll barometer.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 