Music
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Flashback: Top Ten from this week 20 years ago
Twenty years ago this week, The Top 10 was a mix of upbeat pop songs, hip-hop and syrupy pop ballads… but has it’s hard to...
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Flush with Cash
''I wrote a song about a gay couple,'' says Rosanne Cash. ''It's called 'Jim and George.''' The song was a donation to the gay Church...
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50 Years of The Beatles: Ranking their Albums from 13 to 1
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — names forever etched into the world’s collective consciousness. They are the best-selling band in history...
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George Michael Returns with New Video, “Let Her Down Easy”
Pop icon George Michael is back with “Let Her Down Easy,” a cover of a Terence Trent D’arby track from his outstanding 1993 album “Symphony...
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20 Great Stoner Albums
Since Metro Weekly’s most recent print edition was “The Pot Issue,” it seems a perfectly opportune time to explore some great albums to play while...
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Classic album revisited: The Fixx “Phantoms”
The Fixx has always been a bit outside the lines. They never fit neatly into any particular genre, falling somewhere between new wave, post-punk and...
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Hell Bent for Leather: a musical primer for Mid Atlantic Leather
Later this week leather afficianados from all over the world will descend upon Washington, DC for the annual Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend. Old friendships will be...
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Flashback: Top 10 Singles This Week 30 Years Ago – Jan. 1984
10. “Running With the Night” – Lionel Richie At #10 thirty years ago this week, on the Billboard Hot 100 issued on January 14, 1984,...
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Flashback: 5 classic albums released 30 years ago this month – January 1984
Van Halen – “1984” With the lead-off smash “Jump” and its instantly recognizable synthesizer riff (that so outraged many of their older fans) soaring to...
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Happy Birthday David Bowie! – Ranking his Albums worst to first
On January 8, 2014 rock legend David Bowie turns 67. A year ago on this date he shocked his fans and the music industry by...
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A Wintry Mix
As the temperatures plummet, snow falls around the Washington D.C. area and we ease into the heart of winter, it’s time to think about some...
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Flashback: Ten 80s Classics that missed the Top 40
As we’ve seen over the years, chart position isn’t everything. There are songs that scale the upper reaches of the pop charts that don’t make...
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Giorgio Moroder: 10 of his classic productions
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of Giorgio Moroder to pop and dance music in the late ’70s and throughout the ’80s and beyond. His...
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Annie Lennox turns 59 – – we explore 10 of her best hidden gems
Annie Lennox, with her partner Dave Stewart in Eurythmics and The Tourists, and as a solo artist, has enjoyed tremendous success over the past 30+...
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Pop Off Final – Betty Who vs. Ellie Goulding
Betty Who – Somebody Loves You vs. Ellie Goulding – Burn With most major pop acts putting out less than ideal albums this year it...
