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June 1, 2011

Music

Top 10 Rock Bands that Succumbed to Disco Fever
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In 1978 disco was thriving and cocky. In that same year it had a hit contract out on it. The proverbial assassins? Rock traditionalists who weren’t comfortable with the sexual ambiguousness and song-oriented... Read more
— by Ryan Thomas

Recent comment by Atheist

How can you make this list without U2's song called Discotheque?

Sun

May 15, 2011

Music

Top 10 Summer Music Festivals
274 Comments
The mainstream music industry doesn’t often smile upon the independent music community. The radio does very little to support steadfast musical idealists and seems to have little tolerance for actual instruments... Read more
— by Ryan Thomas

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You can definitely see your enthusiasm within the work you write. The world hopes for more passionate writers like you...

Fri

May 6, 2011

Music

11 Iconic Guitar Combinations
121 Comments
It's said 'a poor musician blames his instrument'. But what about good musicians? Do they claim their accomplishments are solely the result of their own efforts? Not really. Most of them thank co-writers, band mates... Read more
— by Jay Karlson

Recent comment by petet2112

Michael Schenker / Gibson L-6, Flying V guitar

Thu

April 7, 2011

Music

Top 10 Best Known Classical Melodies
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If you think Classical music is boring, or that you don't know enough about it to ever get your foot in the door, think again. Here are the 10 most well known melodies in Classical music history, and we guarantee that... Read more
— by FlameHorse

Recent comment by John Sinthe

Should have swapped Minuet In G for Beethoven's Fur Elise.

Sat

March 26, 2011

Music

Another 10 Rock Songs Longer than 10 Minutes
118 Comments
This is the third and last list of long rock songs. I urge you to view the first and second list if you haven't to be aware of their entries. As is consistent with the first two lists, the minimum duration for a song... Read more
— by Nic Swaner

Recent comment by peter2112

Well, here is my list of rock songs over 10 minutes. Here Goes : ...

Wed

March 23, 2011

Music

Top 10 Unlikely Top 10 Hits
89 Comments
Top 10 hits have always included instant classics and crossover hits from soul, country, and more recently rap and hip-hop. But every now and then a song is released and becomes a huge hit that was totally unexpected... Read more
— by Brian A. Davis

Recent comment by In Space

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Sun

February 13, 2011

Music

10 Great Composers Who Died Young
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Rock stars die young. It seems to be part of the job. By contrast many people think classical composers are old farts with long, grey beards, who write dreary music for even older farts. It does take a while to master... Read more
— by MarcelF

Recent comment by colin lees

Henry Purcell? Mozart?

Mon

January 31, 2011

Music

Top 10 Instrumental Songs from the ’60s
163 Comments
There is little argument that no other decade gave rise to so many different genres and musical acts as the 1960's. From the music that helped fuel the counter culture revolution to the influence of the British... Read more
— by Salvador Barajas

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Fri

January 21, 2011

Music

10 Beautiful Songs About Prostitution
228 Comments
They call it the world’s oldest profession. If that’s true then we might imagine the earliest human songwriters singing about what has since endured as a bastion of musical inspiration: prostitution. There... Read more
— by magoopaintrock

Recent comment by OneMoreThing

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