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5 Artists Who Basically Wrote the Same Song Twice: Neil Young, the White Stripes, and more

When it was discovered today that Pharrell starts all of his songs the same way, it got me thinking about other artists who pulled similar tricks in multiple songs. It's one thing to have a signature sound, but these five artists pretty much wrote the same song two times (one artist even did it on the same album).
6 Albums Recorded Without the Entire Band: The Beach Boys, Smashing Pumpkins

When you see an album by a solo artist like Michael Jackson or Tom Waits, nobody actually expects them to be the only musician performing on the album (unless they’re Prince). The same thing goes for some albums by bands. Just because the name of the band is on the front of the album, it doesn’t mean the entire band actually performed on the album. Here are six albums recorded without the entire band.
6 Bands Whose Bassist is the Most Famous Member: Pink Floyd, Fall Out Boy, and more

Not to diminish the talents and important role of bassists in any way, but how often is the bassist the most recognizable member of a band? The singer and guitarist get plenty of recognition, but the bassist is usually stuck right outside the spotlight. However, the bassists in these six bands break this trend by being the most famous member.
8 Songs Written About Other Musicians: Nirvana, Nick Cave, and more

A vast majority of musicians write about things that they either love or hate, whether it means certain places, politics, or even other musicians. Here are eight songs written about other musicians.
8 Albums That Close with Their Best Song: The Clash, Morrissey, and more

I've previously written articles about albums that open with their best song, as well as albums that close out pretty anti-climactically, so I thought it would only be fair to take a look at albums that have excellent closing tracks. Here are eight albums that saved their best songs for last.
7 Songs That Led Zeppelin Ripped Off

When it was revealed yesterday that Led Zeppelin was being sued by the band Spirit for stealing the famous intro to "Stairway to Heaven" from its song "Taurus," it came as no real surprise to anyone familiar with the history of Led Zeppelin, who has been accused of plagiarism many times before. Here are seven examples of songs that Led Zeppelin ripped off from other artists.
14 Initial Impressions of Die Antwoord's "Pitbull Terrier" Video

Today, South African rap duo Die Antwoord released the video for its song "Pitbull Terrier," from its upcoming album Donker Mag. Here are my initial impressions of the video and the song, after watching the video just once.
7 Musicians Who Have Rejoined Their Bands: Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more

Line-up changes are common within huge rock bands, but after someone leaves a band, it's very rare for them to ever rejoin. Here are seven musicians who rejoined their bands after leaving.
6 Famous Artists Who Have Self-Released Their Music: Joan Jett, Nine Inch Nails, and more

Countless underground artists choose to self-release their music not by choice, but by necessity, as interested record labels are difficult to come by. However, some huge, major label artists choose to self-release their own music as a way of circumventing the industry system. Here are six famous artists who have self-released their own music.
6 Bands Who Shouldn't Have Switched Producers: The Black Keys, R.E.M., and more

It's usually a good idea to try out new things, especially when it comes to music, but these six bands probably should have stuck with the producers who brought out their best sound.
7 Bands with Ex-Couples: Fleetwood Mac, No Doubt, and more

Break-ups are tough enough as it is, but they're even tougher when exes work together and are forced to still see them every day. These seven bands managed to overcome the tensions of two members splitting up.
7 Album Covers That Are Homages to Other Albums: The Clash, Weezer, and more

Musicians steal from each other all the times, whether it comes to lyrics, riffs, fashion, or in this case, album covers. Here are seven album covers that are homages (or rip-offs) to other albums.
6 Title Tracks That Were Left Off the Album: Led Zeppelin, Tom Waits, and more

Many albums get their titles from a specific song in the tracklisting, but there are rare occasions when these particular songs are cut from the album, but the album title remains the same. Here are seven title tracks that were left off of their albums.
10 Artists Whose Most Famous Song Isn't Their Best: Radiohead, Nirvana, and more

Success in the music business is unpredictable. Some untalented artists inexplicably stay at the top of the charts, just like some songs inexplicably become an artist's signature, even though they have more qualified songs for the position. Here are ten artists whose most famous song isn't their best.
6 Bands That Released Music Under Two Different Names: XTC, Yo La Tengo, and more

In a world where the Smashing Pumpkins can tour and release music with only one original member, it's unusual to see bands change their names with only the slightest shifts in line-up or style. Here are six bands that released music under two different names.
7 Album Cover Photos Without the Entire Band: Fleetwood Mac, R.E.M., and more

Album covers with a photo of the band is pretty much common practice, but some bands have put out albums that feature just one or two members of the band, for whatever reason. Here are seven album covers without the entire band.
6 Songs with studio banter: The Beatles, Radiohead, and more

There are probably thousands of hours of recording studio banter between musicians that have been thrown away by engineers, but sometimes, artists choose to leave these little bits of conversation in the album's finished version. Here are six songs that have studio banter in them.
6 Pairs of Artists Who Were Childhood Friends: Daft Punk & Phoenix, Ian MacKaye & Henry Rollins, and more

Musicians often become friends through their professional lives, whether they're recording together or playing together, but some famous musicians were actually friends back before they ever became famous. Here are six pairs of artists who were childhood friends.
7 Artists Whose Best Song Isn't On Their Best Album: The Cure, Neil Young, and more

When an artist has an album that's commonly accepted as their best, there's usually one song in there that's cited as their best as well ("God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys, "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen...). However, a lot of artists end up putting their best songs on an album that isn't actually their best. Here are seven artists who's best song isn't actually on their best album.
8 Classic Album Titles Taken from Song Lyrics: Nirvana, Pink Floyd, and more

Many of the greatest albums of all time have title tracks on them, or songs that the album is named after (London Calling, Highway 61 Revisited, etc.), but an even more interesting trend is naming the album after lyrics, rather than one of the songs. Here are eight classic albums that took their titles from the lyrics.
8 Musicians Who Switched Their Instruments: Paul McCartney, Joey Ramone, and more

It's not uncommon for members of a band to switch around the instruments they play every once in a while, but what is uncommon is for someone to permanently take up a different instrument than the one they originally played. Here are eight musicians who changed the instrument they played for their band.
Junk Mail: The Black Keys' 'Turn Blue' Reviewed Via Email

Music Times writers share an office area of roughly 45 sq. ft, which makes having face-to-face conversations totally impossible. Junk Mail is these millenials attempt to discuss and review the week's hottest album releases... without needing to look at each other.This week: Ryan Book, Caitlin Carter, Joey DeGroot, and Carolyn Menyes email back and forth about the Black Keys' "Turn Blue."
8 Incredible Alt-Rock Instrumental Songs: Radiohead, R.E.M., and more

Well-written lyrics can make a great song even better, but there are a ton of songs that work perfectly without any words at all, even from bands that don't normally write instrumentals. Here are eight incredible instrumental songs from alt-rock bands.
6 Artists With a Running Theme In Their Album Covers: The Smiths, Iron Maiden, and more

Though artists are constantly morphing and experimenting, many like to keep a consistent theme running through their music and visual aesthetic. These six artists took this idea of visual consistency to heart, creating album covers that immediately identify an album as one of theirs.
7 Amazing Alternative Musicians Who Are Mothers: Patti Smith, Liz Phair, and more

Happy Mother's Day! In honor of all of the awesome moms being celebrated today, here are seven moms who just so happen to be amazing alt-rock musicians as well.
8 Albums That Open with Their Best Song: Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, and more

The tracklisting for an album can make or break the listener's opinion of it. If an album doesn't open powerfully enough, the listener might not even make it through the rest of the songs. These eight albums got around this problem by placing the best song right at the top.
5 Artists with Unexpected Senses of Humor: Jeff Buckley, Nirvana, and more

Plenty of artists play types of music that allow room for humor and silliness. Because the Beatles wrote light, fun songs, it wasn't so surprising when they would joke around in interviews and make hilarious movies like A Hard Day's Night. However, some artists project such a solemn image through their music that it's hard to imagine them ever laughing about anything, such as these five artists.
6 Artists Whose Debut Songs Were Their Best: The B-52's, Black Flag, and more

It's not uncommon for an artist's debut album to be its best work, but some artists have debut singles that are so unequivocally excellent that they never again write anything that good. Here are six artists who's debut song was their best.
8 Bands to Check Out If You Love 'The Blue Album': The Promise Ring, the Apples in Stereo, and more

Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of Weezer's debut album, known as "The Blue Album" by pretty much everybody, and it remains Weezer's most successful and best-loved album. If you've heard "The Blue Album" and love it as much as I do (which is as much a person can love an album without marrying it), you'd probably enjoy these eight bands a whole lot, too.
6 Great Songs with Just One Chord: Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, and more

Coming up with a decent chord progression is a difficult task for some songwriters. Some take the easy way out and just use tired, clichéd progression that we've heard a thousand times before (I'm looking at you, every artist in this Wikipedia article I found), while others make the odd decision to do away with progressions entirely, playing one chord and nothing else. Here are six great songs written with just one chord.