As BFD readers are no doubt aware, I often caution against paying attention to the blatherskite of celebrities. Mostly because most of them are as dumb as a box of rocks, and groupthinkers who live by Homer Simpson’s “Code of the Schoolyard”: Never say anything unless you’re sure
The notion of “separating the art from the artist” is a long-running debate. Most of the time, frankly, we should. I first learned this lesson in the ’80s, when I began doing freelance music journalism. I discovered very quickly that some people whose work I admired were utter dickheads. Others,
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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Niki Hoeky” is a
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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Burn” is a song
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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Country Comfort” is a
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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Only Women Bleed” is
At the risk of sounding like a cross between a Monty Python Yorkshireman and one of the dreary boomers still banging on about bloody Woodstock, kids today just don’t understand what it was like being an indie music fan in the ’80s. Back then, for one, ‘independent’ music really
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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Born On The Bayou”
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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Knock On Wood” is
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