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Eden is Burning: The Prophetic Nightmare in Bob Dylan's "Street-Legal" (1978)
Bob Dylan's "Street-Legal" (1978) is a massively underrated album and in some cases, it got very negative reviews. Rolling Stone Magazine for example, gave an unfavourable review to the album with the magazine's album guide giving it a two out of five rating. Overall, the reviews weren't favourable and neither were they very right. With only smaller magazines like "Melody Maker" giving it a good review, this was possibly one of the biggest outrages I have found in my Dylan exploration. I feel personally, as if this album hasn't been heard amongst the noise made by the following Gospel Era and the previous folk-hero-gets-a-divorce albums like "Desire" and the all-favourite "Blood on the Tracks". This album seems to fall in between two colossal moments for Dylan and so, gets lost amongst them and forgotten from time to time.
Annie KapurPublished 4 years ago in Beat'scuse me while I kiss the sky
On June 4, 1967, shortly after the launch of the album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” Paul McCartney visited the Saville Theater in London to see and hear American singer-guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Dreams, Nostalgia, and Addiction
Music binds our emotions to rhythm and translates them through words we could never formulate. It provides a tangible version of thoughts we wish we could say. It explains events in a way that we each relate to. Whether the tune makes the listener remember their first love or their first heartbreak. A whirlwind of emotions sweeps over the consumer. Different notes and melodies curate mixed emotions, some positive, and some negative. They combine to form a bitter-sweet tincture.
An Ode to The Ballad That Supersedes Everything In My Life: "Dear Baby Yoda"
SPOILER ALERT for The Mandalorian and Avengers: End Game. I am unabashedly in love with Baby Yoda from Disney+'s juggernaut series The Mandalorian. I am unhealthily obsessed.
Ghezal AmiriPublished 4 years ago in Beat- Top Story - January 2020
To the Beat: January 2020
New year, new beats! We're excited to kick off 2020 with another round of all the songs you loved this month. To the Beat is back with everything from oldies that remind us of how much has changed during this past decade, to some Grammy winners who didn't fail to impress.
Vocal Curation TeamPublished 4 years ago in Beat From the Ash, We Will Rise.
During the summer of 2013, I was a complete mess, but let’s back it up to March. My boyfriend and I had been committed to each other for over three years. We knew each other’s families, friends, flaws and favourites. We talked frequently about marriage and kids, but our last year together proved troublesome and eventually I ended things, mere weeks after his birthday.
HYUKOH - ‘through love’ Review
HYUKOH have never been a band afraid to shake things up; after all, their non-conformist, gear-switching, honest sound has allowed them to gain millions upon millions of fans worldwide. But yet, on new EP through love, they seem to throw a rather unexpected curveball. Although it still has the occasional moment of manic sonic brilliance - namely the mid-point of “New born” - for the most part, this extended play is a calmer, more soothing endeavour. It is also the first release without the age of the members forming the centre-point of the title, and without dramatic, carefully crafted artwork (all we get here is an image of nature, one taken by Wolfgang Tillmans) dominating the cover-art, which could further indicate their change in style and feel.
Nathan SartainPublished 4 years ago in BeatThe Future might be Earl.
Though the subheading might confuse you ‘Earl. And the unknown genre’ may sound like a band but I assure you that it isn’t a band; that should have been made clear by the heading of this article ‘The Future might be Earldridge’.
Rowen MotleyPublished 4 years ago in BeatNo More Drama
She emerged from the shadows onto the stage dressed in a gold lame pantsuit and snakeskin boots. The familiar soap opera dirge famous for being the theme song of the Young and the Restless began to play, and we all knew what was about to happen. Mary J. Blige was performing on the Grammy stage. I was a little apprehensive because No More Drama was one of my favorite songs that year, but in my experience, singers like Mary J tended to hold back in the glare of television lights, and I desperately wanted her to SANG that song!
Machelle WilliamsPublished 4 years ago in Beat“Anyone”
It was time to watch the Grammys. I herd Demi was going to make a come back on the stage. Her first time after her battle with addiction. Two years since she’s been on stage. Standing there in her beautiful white gown with the pianist.
Sara BevinsPublished 4 years ago in BeatWhen My Mom and I Decided Shania Twain's 'From This Moment On' Would Be My Future Wedding Song
Growing up in Toronto, Ontario during the late '90s/early 2000s, there were a handful of recording artists that fellow Canadians worshiped at the altar of. There was Queen Céline Dion of course, Sarah McLachlan, Jann Arden, The Tragically Hip and Bryan Adams (I swear this man can feed the next twenty generations of Adams' with the royalties he's collected from his head banger "Everything I Do") just to name a few.
Ghezal AmiriPublished 4 years ago in BeatStudio Vibez
"Well I'm just sittin' in the studio just trying to get to you baby You know this song so fucking dope, girl it's hard for me not to play it,
Lyrical ValuePublished 4 years ago in Beat