Music Quiz: Finish The Beatles lyrics
Congratulations to Rich (), who scored the only 100% in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz requires you to complete famous lines from Beatles’ songs. I scored 28/28 – can you join me on 100%?
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Guess I’m Dumb by Glen Campbell
In late 1964, Brian Wilson quit touring with The Beach Boys so that he could focus on composing and arranging their records. His replacement for the first few months, covering his bass and falsetto, was the talented Glen Campbell. Campbell…
Ella Guru by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
One of my favourite books is The Rolling Stone Rock ‘n’ Roll Reader, a collection of Rolling Stone articles and interviews from the late 1960s and early 1970s. It captures a point when the magazine, and rock music as a…
The Moody Blues Core Seven Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best
Between 1967 and 1972, Birmingham’s The Moody Blues released seven studio albums, commonly referred to as the core seven. They stayed in step with the times, transitioning from richly orchestrated psychedelic pop to more stripped-down albums in the 1970s. At…
The Moody Blues Album Reviews
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Beatles Album Battle: Revolver vs Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Blog Dylan: Live in 1966
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King Crimson: Five Best Albums
King Crimson aren’t so much a band as a series of bands, all featuring idiosyncratic guitarist Robert Fripp. With a demeanour that resembles a University professor more than a rock star, Fripp’s plotted an erratic course for his band. The…
The Band: Albums Ranked from Worst to Best
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Just A Little Lovin’ – Dusty Springfield
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Rating The Beatles’ Albums
Obviously The Beatles are the most celebrated and analysed pop band in the history of music, and I don’t have anything especial to add to the conversation. The main reasons that I’m covering them is that I like them –…
1950s and 1960s Miscellany
Album reviews of 1950s and 1960s artists who don’t qualify for their own page. Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison 1968, 6/10Johnny Cash always had a bulletproof reputation, as a respected elder statesman of country music and anti-authoritarian hero. His baritone…
