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"The Best Music History Writing Online!"-Classic Rock, Prog, Pop, & Punk, 1960s to the Present!
Music exploration, commentary, analysis & memories! Home of Tune Tag + popular Audio Autopsy and Inside Tracks + Stephen Michael Schwartz Stories!
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🎶When the Boys Cover Whitney Houston
More fellas covered the legendary singer known as "The Voice" than you might imagine! Gone too soon at 48, just a dozen years ago, some guys were bold…
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Tune Tag #59 with Rich Headland of "Record Shop Stories": The Specials, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu, Massive Attack, Jellyfish, Young Gun…
Today, meet a band heavily influenced by XTC, an Austrian named Peter the Human Boy, and a couple entries in the '70s glut of jazz fusion that once…
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Tune Tag #49 with Ian Sharp of "LP": Beatles, Rupert Holmes, Steve Hillage, XTC, Knickerbockers, Todd Rundgren, James McCartney, The Rutles
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🐰Audio Autopsy, 1970: Before Dr. Demento, He Was Warner Bros. Records PR Writer, Barry Hansen
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The Beatles Diaries: Celebrating 60 Years and The Feb 9, 1964 Appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
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Tune Tag #53 with Hugh Jones of "The Record Store Years": Led Zeppelin, Steeleye Span, Pete Droge, Stillwater, Peter Frampton, Grand Funk…
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Tune Tag #50 with Mark Edward Randall: Nick Lowe, Airwaves, Diodes, Nick Gilder, Bay City Rollers, Simon & Garfunkel, Rosetta Stone
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Tune Tag #51 with Robert C. Gilbert of "Listening Sessions": Elvis Presley, Doors, Mink DeVille, Minnie Riperton, Smothers Brothers, Todd…
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GROW BIGGER EARS #22: "Lady Love"💖Same Title, 4 Different Songs!🎶Lou Rawls, Robin Trower, Jon Lucien, Dino, Desi & Billy (and Brian…
Doling out accurate royalty payments can be a logistical nightmare even in the best of circumstances! Toss in popular song titles that are identical…
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Tune Tag #58 with Tommy Blanchard of "Cognitive Wonderland": Bad Religion, Tool, Yardbirds, Joe Boerne, Genesis, F(x), Meredith Bull, Jake…
A mix of the classic and the punk, and a few things in between! Would you believe we've uncovered members of two bands who attended the same L.A. high…
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Audio Autopsy, 1968: The Flirtations, "Nothing But a Heartache"💔Songwriters Wayne Bickerton & Tony Waddington
They wrote one song that floundered, so they re-purposed one of its hooks, and re-cast their musical net into the high Cs (and B-sharps) & came up with…
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Tune Tag #57 with Ryan Stubbs aka Miter, Pt. 2: Daft Punk, George Duke, Frank Zappa, Don Williams, Barry Manilow, Guided By Voices, Puhdys
For the first time in Tune Tag history, we offer the addition of newly-recorded cover versions of many of this edition's songs...all played and sung by…
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Torture Device or Child's Toy? Rubik's Cube Hits 50! What Hath Erno Wrought?
Confounding a couple generations, the vexing, multi-colored hexahedron celebrates its golden anniversary. While some celebrate wildly, others stifle…
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Tune Tag #56 with Bryan Padrick of "The Bus": Frank Zappa, Diana Ross, Steely Dan, Tom Waits, Joe Cocker, Richard Thompson
I took a rather simple road in choosing my tagged songs. Bryan somehow managed to find links from one song to the next I'd not even considered! Standing…
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🏫The Ramones "Rock'n'Roll High School" Turns 45:🎉Front Row & Backstage Parties!🍾🎈
🌟We suddenly care about history, 'cause this is where we wanna be! What almost became Disco High somehow had Van Halen & Todd Rundgren attached! What…
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Tune Tag #55 with Chase Roper of "Kiss Me, Son of Blog": They Might Be Giants, Scorpions, Royal Canoe, Miriam Makeba, Manhattan Transfer
They might be Scorpions, Royal Canoe, or Miriam Makeba! They might even be Manhattan Transfer! But, to suggest they might actually be Giants? It'll take…
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Inside Tracks #41: "Then Came You"-Sherman Marshall & Phil Pugh: The Spinners & Dionne Warwick, 1974, w/Covers by Gordon feat. Karin…
Around two dozen covers have been made of this song in its 5 decades of life, as both duets and solo arrangements! I'd have guessed twice as many! Span…
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