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The 1960s band Pete Townshend said could play "fucking anything"

49+ min ago  (287+ words) While The Who were perhaps one of the most competent and bombastic rock groups of their era, they were much more the sort of band who used to fret over perfecting everything rather than comfortably improvising as they went along....

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The 1971 song Leonard Cohen was "never satisfied" with

56+ min ago  (385+ words) Every song written in English is comprised of the exact same words and the same 26 letters. From that, the range of emotions that have been explored within lyrics is enough to flood the hallways of all the world's museums and…...

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The 1993 role that changed Cate Blanchett's life

1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (293+ words) Cate Blanchett might have made her international breakthrough with roles like Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings or Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth, but the role that changed her life had come a few years before these even hit…...

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faroutmagazine. co. uk > liam-gallagher-england-fans-biblical-vibrations-wonderwall

Liam Gallagher urges England to keep singing 'Wonderwall': "Biblical"

2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (399+ words) Liam Gallagher has given his full support to England fans and players adopting Oasis" "Wonderwall" as their World Cup anthem. After the first victory of the tournament against Croatia in the group stages, "Wonderwall" was played over the stadium speaker,…...

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55 years of T Rex's glam-rock sexual revolution

1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (334+ words) Whether it's Elvis Presley's hip-shaking dance moves, the rather unambiguous lyrics of Hasil Adkins' "She Said', or Ray Charles' orgasmic call-and-response on "What'd I Say', sex has always been a selling point of'rock and roll.' In the wake of the…...

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faroutmagazine. co. uk > 1971-gloria-grahame-exploitation-movie-paved-the-way-slashers

The 1971 Gloria Grahame movie that paved the way for slashers

2+ hour, 44+ min ago  (280+ words) The slasher genre sliced through the pop cultural landscape of the 1970s, bringing a unique kind of terror to the horror genre. With the hippie movement of the "60s dying down and optimism seemingly fading, the genre bucked itself into the mainstream…...

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Deep Purple - "Splat!" album review

3+ hour, 27+ min ago  (348+ words) There's something inherently intriguing about hearing a new album by Deep Purple in the grand old year that is 2026. The Skinny: That's not just because I got somewhat of an inside scoop by interviewing the band's long-serving bassist, Roger Glover,…...

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Watch Hayley Williams cover Sin'ad O'Connor in Dublin

3+ hour, 16+ min ago  (292+ words) During her recent tour show in Dublin, Hayley Williams honoured the late Irish icon Sin'ad O'Connor with a special cover. Williams was in the Irish capital to bring her first European tour to a close with two shows at the…...

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The mistake Sting refused to remove from The Police's 1978 hit

3+ hour, 21+ min ago  (446+ words) In their near-decade of existence, The Police penned an extensive list of classics, ranging from the rock number "Message in a Bottle" to the mainstream smash-hit "Every Breath You Take". Whilst there are many moments of note in their oeuvre,…...

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The one singer Phil Collins always wanted to join Genesis

3+ hour, 49+ min ago  (398+ words) The journey that Phil Collins took to become one of the biggest singers in the world wasn't necessarily planned out the whole way through. The entire concept of him becoming a solo star was already a happy accident when Face…...