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In the summer of 1970, film director Monte Hellman saw a Los Angeles billboard with James Taylor‘s face on it, and he believed he’d found a star. After the jump, read about Taylor’s road movie, Two-Lane Blacktop.
The Cover Image From "The Concert for Bangla Desh"
In the summer of 1971, George Harrison and Ravi Shankar organized the Concert for Bangla Desh to benefit refugees in the newly-independent country of Bangla Desh (formerly East Pakistan), which was ravaged by war and natural disasters. The logistics were simple: they invited some friends to come and play. Ringo Starr was in the stage band. Bob Dylan made his first concert appearance in two years; Eric Clapton played, too, deep in heroin addiction. Leon Russell led the stage band. Paul McCartney declined to appear. John Lennon decided not to, after originally agreeing to Harrison’s condition that Yoko Ono stay away.
Nilsson - "Without You" (RCA, 1972)
In the fog of one too many beers, Harry Nilsson picked out his only #1 hit, “Without You.”
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Music fans seem to be getting some early Christmas presents this year, as mid-December sees new tracks released from some of music’s biggest hitters. While it was Radiohead yesterday, today sees the turn of Paul McCartney giving listeners a treat. “My Valentine” features Eric Clapton, and will be part of McCartney’s as-yet-untitled album due February 6.
Today Last.fm Trends sees how the legendary songwriter’s tracks have been scrobbled of late.McCartney’s Valentine
Clash members Paul Simonon (L) and Joe Strummer (R) in 1984 (Getty Images/STR/AFP)
While it is unclear whether or not The Clash‘s 1982 hit, “Rock the Casbah” was written specifically about the Ayatollah Khomeini’s ban of rock music in Iran, it makes a good story, and is so often told that it bears repeating here.
While the song doesn’t mention Iran or any other Islamic nation, specifically, it tells the story of a Middle Eastern nation where rock music is banned, then goes into a fantastic account of how the people defy the order and rise up to dance in the streets. The military is sent out to stop them, but instead join in the revolt, fighter pilots playing rock music in their cockpit radios.
From the Cover of "In the Christmas Spirit" by Booker T and the MGs
By 1966, Booker T. and the MG’s were well-established as one of the greatest groups in history, laying down the groove for superstar acts at Stax Records in Memphis and scoring hits on their own. And in that year, they decided to get down with Santa Claus, too.
David Bowie's Marlene Dietrich-Inspired Cover Shot for "Hunky Dory"
Perhaps we could have seen what was coming from the album’s very first song, “Changes”: how David Bowie would reinvent himself repeatedly, taking on new personas and then discarding them. Hunky Dory, released 40 years ago this month, was a change from what had come before it, and marks the beginning of a run of classic Bowie albums.
ELO's Jeff Lynne (Getty Images/Kevin Winter)
Forty years ago this month, a new band from Britain released its first album. The album’s release in the States led to one of the most hilarious misunderstandings in rock history.
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