The Beach Boys’ 50 Greatest Songs Ranked! - Mojo
WEBJun 2, 2024 · THE BEACH BOYS redefined the possibilities of pop music, creating harmonies and experimenting with production in ways that had never been heard before and have rarely been rivalled since. Accordingly, their catalogue is one of the richest and most labyrinthine in popular music, encompassing flat-out rock’n’rollers and golden-age pop, bittersweet ruminations, and experimental harmonic ...
Led Zeppelin: Their 50 Greatest Songs Ranked - Mojo
WEBNov 16, 2023 · 49 Gallows Pole. (Led Zeppelin III, 1970) Based on Leadbelly’s Gallis Pole, in Zeppelin’s hands it became a an ancient-sounding fusion of folk, rock and blues with a nifty banjo solo from Page. 48 For Your Life. (Presence, 1976) A deep cut from 1976, For Your Life captures the sound of a band on the brink.
The Who: Their 50 Greatest Songs Ranked - Mojo
WEB46. Amazing Journey (from Tommy, 1969) The title has become shorthand for The Who’s own topsy-turvy narrative (it’s shared with Murray Lerner and Paul Crowder’s film doc of 2007) but the trek alluded to in the Tommy opera’s spiritual centrepiece is decidedly inner, as our sensually challenged hero encounters a bearded, godlike figure: “He is your leader/And he is your guide”.
Jimi Hendrix’s Best Albums Ranked! - Mojo
WEBDec 15, 2023 · Best of all is Look Over Yonder, Hendrix’s first, forceful step on the road to that elusive fourth album. 7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience. BBC Sessions. EXPERIENCE HENDRIX/MCA 1998. For the raw, live Experience sound taped under studio conditions, this perfectly complements the first two LPs.
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WEBJun 13, 2024 · MOJO 335 – October 2021: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss. Magazine | 19 04 2022. Get your Latest Issues fix with Mojo. Keep up to date with all the latest Magazine news, with exclusive features, stories, videos, and opinion pieces.
Pearl Jam: All The Albums Ranked - Mojo
WEBThe mid-career self-titling flagged ‘Avocado’’s fresh start even before a note was heard – then Life Wasted tore out of the grooves like a caged rat, the urgency maintained throughout, be it the raw AC/DC growl of World Wide Suicide or the surf garage romp Big Wave.With several lyrics inspired by the US political landscape, Pearl Jam clearly felt the imperative for direct audience ...
The Rolling Stones: Why Mick Taylor Had To Go. - Mojo
WEBJan 19, 2024 · VETERAN ROLLING STONES engineer and producer Glyn Johns witnessed a dramatic change in the group’s guitarist Mick Taylor (above, second from left), who replaced Brian Jones in 1969, after the hedonistic Exile On Main Street sessions in the South of France in 1971. “He turned from from being a …
David Bowie: His 100 Greatest Songs Ranked! - Mojo
WEBJan 8, 2024 · Photo: Brian Ward. David Bowie's untimely death on January 10, 2016 brought into focus his immeasurable contribution to music and culture.For five decades, he had been a true visionary, whether wowing audiences in the early '70s with his otherworldly Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane personas, retreating to bleak, pre-unification Berlin to record innovatory electronic music with Brian Eno ...
Jeff Beck’s 20 Greatest Songs - Mojo
WEBBeck’s opening four notes alone are enough to make the hairs on the back of the neck stand up. 3. The Yardbirds. Heart Full Of Soul. Single, 1965. Within weeks of joining The Yardbirds, Beck had transformed them from blues purists to avant-pop outliers to rival The Beatles and The Stones.
The 50 Greatest Reggae Albums Ever Ranked! - Mojo
WEBMar 6, 2024 · Photo: Kate Simon. FOR A SMALL CARIBBEAN ISLAND, Jamaica has had an extraordinary influence on music. Its supreme invention – reggae – emerged after the country gained independence from Britain in 1962, when bands started giving the jazz, swing, pop and rock’n’roll tunes they performed to US tourists in resort hotels a quirky local twist – notably a jerking off-beat guitar rhythm and ...