Take a trip through Queen’s early career with this highlight video of Queen in the 1970’s. Featuring the legendary Top Of the Pops performance of Killer Queen, live versions from A Night At The Odeon and the Jazz tour and official promo videos for some of Queen’s biggest hits of the decade.
Mike “Beard Guy” Taylor of Walk Off The Earth has passed away
Walk Off The Earth has confirmed that band member Mike “Beard Guy” Taylor passed away from natural causes on Sunday, December 30th.
“Mike had a love for life that was unmatched and a willingness to give that went beyond ordinary means,” the band says. “Our deepest sympathies are with his two children, whom he adored more than anything else in the world.”
A founding member of the Juno Award-winning band, Walk Off The Earth, multi-instrumentalist Mike Taylor gained massive public attention alongside his bandmates when their interpretation of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” went viral on YouTube in 2012. Since then, they have released a string of successful original songs, sold out venues across the globe and collaborated with some of the biggest artists in the world.
When You Forget Your Headphones Are Plugged In
Gus Johnson shows what might happen when you forget that your headphones are still plugged in.
US Music Festival line up, Labor Day weekend, 1982.
Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple and creator of the Apple I and Apple II personal computers, believed that the 1970s were the “Me” generation. He intended the Us Festivals, with Bill Graham’s participation, to encourage the 1980s to be more community-oriented and combine technology with rock music.[2] The first was held Labor Day weekend in September 1982 and what a lineup!
Someone in the Office of Sheriff, in Monroe County, New York, has a good sense of humor.
Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies fans will get this.
Lucas the Spider Plays Every Instrument In His New Song
If Lucas can become the world’s most musical spider, then anything is possible!
Big Boi’s Favorite Verse: Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill”
Big Boi breaks down his favorite verse from Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill.
33 1/3 Author Joe Gross on Fugazi’s ‘In on the Kill Taker’
Reporter Joe Gross discusses Fugazi and his revelatory new 33-1/3 book about their 1993 album, In on the Kill Taker!
The Money Man Behind America’s Biggest Concerts
Ron Delsener is a working-class kid from Queens who rode his charm and his hustle all the way to the top of the music industry. He basically created the genre of the massive outdoor concert with his epic series of free Concerts in the Park. He landed everyone: Pavarotti, Streisand, even post-breakup Simon and Garfunkel. And Delsener is still firing on all cylinders: James Bay and Hozier are among the artists he maintains relationships with today. In his wonderfully profane and discursive conversation with Alec Baldwin, Delsener delivers a full dose of the old-school Queens personality that the New York Times says “radiates like a lighthouse beacon.” Delsener’s rockstar stories are great, his accent is great, and you’ll leave the interview finally understanding what a concert promoter actually does. (Hint: it’s so lucrative because it’s so high-risk.)
Commercial for the E.T. storybook album narrated by Michael Jackson, 1984
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is an audiobook and soundtrack album for the 1982 blockbuster film of the same name directed by Steven Spielberg. Narrated by American recording artist Michael Jackson and featuring music composed by John Williams, the album was produced by composer Quincy Jones and distributed by MCA Records. The production of the audiobook brought Jackson together with several former collaborators, such as Rod Temperton, Freddy DeMann, and Bruce Swedien.