We explore the fascinating insights into arranging bass guitar parts the Beach Boys' 1966 track "Wouldn't It Be Nice" offers.
Both songs still merged doo-wop and surf music just as the band’s previous hits had ... even six months later, the Beach Boys would release their then-greatest album, The Beach Boys Today!, ...
In the final years of his life, the musical genius behind songs like “Go All the Way” and “All by Myself” was estranged from ...
THE Human Fear is unmistakably a Franz Ferdinand record – and they make no excuses for that. The Scottish band’s first studio album in seven years still has their distinctive and unique guitar ...
That duo had done their own version of the tune on their 1962 album Golden Hits, and indeed Billboard’s review of the Beach Boys’ update described the number as “this Jan and Dean classic.” ...
When Chicago founder Terry Kath accidentally killed himself, the world was robbed of one of its greatest guitarists ...
As a sonic time capsule of sun-soaked California dreams, The Beach Boys’ discography stands as one of popular music’s most ...
Alex Kapranos found it "liberating" to embrace Franz Ferdinand's classic sound on their new album, 'The Human Fear'.
Most of the greatest tunes of all time has the author pulling from a real experience, but these songs just needed some ...
For example, although Abbey Road is accepted to be a masterpiece, it was an album that Lennon later publically ... McCartney has repeatedly stated that he believes The Beach Boys’ ‘God Only Knows’ is ...
Think of all of the hits on that album that ... my talents to South Beach” on July 8, 2010. While James has faced some criticism for the announcement, it took place at a Boys and Girls Club ...
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