Tag: songs

Novelty Songs of Summer 2023, Ranked

[ad_1] Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: BMG, Chrissi Poland, Flyana Boss, Getty, Kyle Gordon, Warner Bros. Pictures In an era of rending horrors, nothing smooths those pesky wrinkles out of your brain like a nonsense bop. One of the biggest hits of World War II was the soundtrack to a Donald Duck cartoon. In the 1980s, novelty… Continue reading Novelty Songs of Summer 2023, Ranked

Robbie Robertson and the Greatest Songs Never Finished

[ad_1] The wounded sense of what might have been that’s hovered over the story of the Band since Robbie Robertson walked away from the group in 1976 swelled miserably this month with the surprising news that Robertson had died, at age eighty. It was a sombre moment even for those who had long since come… Continue reading Robbie Robertson and the Greatest Songs Never Finished

Ballads, Broadway and goofy fun all have a place in these songs

[ad_1] Three of the year’s top songs written for the small screen actually have a Broadway flair, each composed for a musical theater set piece. Two songs written for “Ted Lasso” are earnest ballads, and on the other end of the spectrum is the class clown of this year’s Emmy nominees — Weird Al Yankovic.… Continue reading Ballads, Broadway and goofy fun all have a place in these songs

Lorde’s New Songs at Boardmasters Aren’t From a New Album

[ad_1] Lorde, pictured not releasing music. Photo: Matt Keeble/Shutterstock These are what they call hard feelings. Lorde performed two new songs at the Boardmasters Festival in the U.K. on August 11: “Silver Moon” and “Invisible Ink.” Given that neither featured the low-key, guitar-based instrumentals of her third album, Solar Power, fans celebrated an apparent return… Continue reading Lorde’s New Songs at Boardmasters Aren’t From a New Album

15 essential Robbie Robertson songs

[ad_1] Robbie Robertson, the leader of the pioneering Americana group the Band, entered the pantheon of great rock songwriters early in his career. By the time the group released its self-titled second album in 1969, it was clear that the Canadian-born singer and guitarist was a masterful storyteller with an exceptional sense of time and… Continue reading 15 essential Robbie Robertson songs

Montgomery Brawl Gets Songs From Sheryl Lee Ralph, Gmac Cash

[ad_1] Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images The breakout star of the Montgomery brawl is a white folding chair. I know this because her name is in Sheryl Lee Ralph’s mouth. “I have one thing to say,” the Emmy-winning Abbott Elementary actor began her remarks on the altercation that saw multiple Black bystanders come to the defense… Continue reading Montgomery Brawl Gets Songs From Sheryl Lee Ralph, Gmac Cash

Bethany Cosentino’s Songs of Self-Actualization

[ad_1] These days, it’s not uncommon to hear moviegoers, exhausted by new releases based on toys, comic books, or films they’ve already seen, lament the disappearance of a middle ground between blockbuster and avant-garde: stories that are character-driven but not too opaque or ponderous, that are neither blind to suffering nor drowning in pathos, that… Continue reading Bethany Cosentino’s Songs of Self-Actualization

Sinéad O’Connor’s 10 best songs

[ad_1] A singer-songwriter of uncommon ferocity and tenderness, Sinéad O’Connor may have been fated to have a short-lived career as a pop star. Her disposition was too mercurial and too empathetic to survive the sustained glare of the spotlight that came her way once her version of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” became an international… Continue reading Sinéad O’Connor’s 10 best songs