Showing posts with label 1988. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1988. Show all posts

2010/01/03

Fleetwood Mac - As Long as You Follow

1988

Written by: Christine McVie (who also performs the lead vocals on the song) and her then-husband Eddy Quintela

youtube.com/watch?v=ROGEHq1WZqU&fmt=18

2009/11/23

KOKOMO

The truth behind that annoying hit song ''Kokomo'' -- Why people still love the Beach Boys tune that ruled that airwaves the summer of 1988

May 28, 2004 Scott Brown, Michael Endelman
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,640541,00.html

2009/10/26

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 25TH ANNIVERSARY 3-DISC DVD SET OUT NOV 3RD

This Fall, Time Life commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame with an unprecedented, comprehensive collection of performances compiled from a quarter century of induction celebrations.

DVD 1 BONUS MATERIAL
INDUCTION SPEECHES
1) Paul McCartney Inducts John Lennon 1994
2) Bruce Springsteen Inducts Jackson Browne 2004
3) Elton John Inducts The Beach Boys 1988*
4) Jann Wenner Inducts Sex Pistols 2006
5) Pete Townshend Inducts The Rolling Stones 1989

(*Blog remark: I don't know if this will include Mike Love's reactions)

October 21, 2009 - Bryan Kremkau
http://www.readjunk.com/news/music/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-25th-anniversary-3-disc-dvd-set-out-nov-3rd/


+ 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Benefit Concerts
http://www.thegarden.com/events/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-1009.html

October 29 lineup:
Crosby Stills and Nash Jackson Browne Bonnie Raitt James Taylor
Paul Simon - Simon & Garfunkel Dion Little Anthony & the Imperials
Stevie Wonder John Legend Sting Smokey Robinson Jeff Beck ("Superstition")
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Darlene Love Sam Moore

October 30 lineup:
Aretha Franklin Annie Lennox Lenny Kravitz
Metallica Lou Reed Ozzy Osbourne
Eric Clapton Jeff Beck
U2 TBA

2009/08/19

Q&A WITH BRIAN WILSON

BRIAN WILSON
Los Angeles, California 1988

Sleigh bells in the summer. Darkness in the sun.
These dichotomies have been at the heart of Brian Wilson’s music since the start of the sixties when he, his brothers, a cousin and a neighbor started a band that would become an American institution: the Beach Boys.

By Paul Zollo on July 17th, 2009
http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/07/the-paul-zollo-blog-qa-with-brian-wilson/