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10/12/2009
You might recognize these songs from your favorite Pearl Jam concert or album, but trust us: you need to hear 'em the way the band first did. From the mod-squad rave-up of "The Kids Are Alright" …
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10/9/2009
Rock 'n' roll was on the move and the likes of David Bowie, Roxy Music and the Cure set the standard. Return to the '80s, when passion and originality ruled.
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10/9/2009
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10/7/2009
What? You mean these songs aren't Sinatra's own originals? Believe it or not, Frank was just as gifted a listener as he was a singer, and he cast his net wider than you might expect to ha …
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10/7/2009
Considering how Frank was in so many ways unlike everybody who preceded him, you might think he just sprang out of Hoboken into full-fledged superstardom without any idols of his own. And you wo …
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10/6/2009
Born in the mid-'70s in a Chinese restaurant in Athens, Georgia, the B-52's mixed kookie alternative pop with brazen amateurism in a day-glo new wave package that took them from college cult to global …
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10/6/2009
Counting off their three-minute, three-chord sonic explosions with a "one, two, three, four!" the Ramones launched into the likes of "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "Beat On the Brat" like they were charging enem …
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10/6/2009
Big hair, go-go boots, and a my-way-or-the-highway stance inherited directly from her famous father, Frank - these were the most obvious aspects of Nancy Sinatra, pop star, and they go hand-in-hand wit …
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10/6/2009
Aretha's dad was the perfect teacher - a singing preacher who schooled his daughter in the blessed trinity of black music: gospel, blues, jazz. Aretha mastered all three. And it starts with the soaring …
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