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While musicians can be sued if they plagiarize lyrics or melodies, song titles are pretty much fair game, resulting in a ton of songs with the same name. I’ve decided to stack up some of the best songs that share titles and see which is better. These might seem like arbitrary comparisons based on a coincidence, but so are “Best of the Year” lists, and those are cool. -
Seven Songs That Sound Totally Different Live: Lou Reed, Springsteen, and more
Unless you have the misfortune of seeing an artist lip-synch along to a backing track, the live version of a song is always going to sound at least a little bit different from the version you’re used to hearing. While most artists try their best to recreate the studio version, others view live performance as an opportunity to re-imagine (or correct) the song’s studio version. Here are seven songs that sound very different when performed in concert. -
Seven Great Songs That Are Homages to Other Bands: The Clash, Talking Heads, and more
There are plenty of artists who love to wear their influences of their sleeves, but instead of covering songs by artists they love, sometimes they’ll write a song by blatantly taking another band’s sound and putting their own spin on it. Here are seven great songs that were homage to other bands. -
Nine Artists Who Re-Recorded Their Own Songs: Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and more
Musicians love doing their own interpretations of songs written by other people, but sometimes they make the unusual choice of recording new versions of their own songs. Sometimes this is done to improve on the original, but other times they simply want to take one of their old songs and try it in a different style. Here are nine artists who did just that. -
'Orange is the New Black' releasing official soundtrack May 13
Orange is the New Black will return to Netflix on June 6, but music from the show is being readied for release, Billboard reports. Due out May 13 via Universal Music Enterprises, Music From the Original Series Orange Is the New Black includes the Grammy-nominated theme song, "You've Got Time," by Regina Spektor, as well as songs from Kelis, The Velvet Underground, Nico, tUnE-yArds and more. -
Lou Reed documentary to feature Velvet Underground Members, Thurston Moore, Boy George and more
On December 15, BBC Four will be honoring the late Lou Reed in documentary called Lou Reed Remembered. As NME reports, the show will air at 9 p.m. and will include contributions from Reed's former Velvet Underground bandmates Mo Tucker and Doug Yule, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, Boy George and Debbie Harry. -
The Velvet Underground drop unreleased song 'I’m Not a Young Man Anymore' [LISTEN]
To commemorate the 45th anniversary of The Velvet Underground's sophomore album, White Light/White Heat, they are releasing a three-disc reissue, co-curated by the Lou Reed and John Cale. Today, they shared a previously unreleased live recording of "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore" from the Gymnasium in New York on April 30, 1967, which is rumored to have been the band's only performance of the song. -
Wes Anderson tribute album, 'I Saved Latin!' in the works for spring 2014
Director Wes Anderson is getting his own tribute album this coming spring. American Laundromat Records has assembled six bundle packages that feature a double-CD called I Saved Latin!, which will honor Anderson's music-filled movies including Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Life Aquatic, Bottle Rocket, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Darjeeling Limited.
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