Month: December 2013
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As the story goes, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong was a big fan of the country duo known as the Everly Brothers, particularly their 1958 album Songs Our Daddy Taught Us. He was so into the album, in fact, that he decided he wanted to cover it. But he wanted to do it as a…
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For the 8th year in a row, The Killers have released a new Christmas single. This absolutely lovely, acoustic song features Dawes and the slightly melancholic but amusing video stars Harry Dean Stanton, Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson. Basically, the song is about being in L.A. as a transplant from another State, trying to make…
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Although he’s always maintained a moderate level of popularity in Europe, James Blunt is still known as a one-hit wonder here in the States. His hit? 2004’s inescapable “You’re Beautiful,” a song which critics loathed but the masses adored. I always found it amusing that it became such a bit hit because on the album…
