Pop Music

My Exclusive Interview with Sir Tom Jones, in Which I Fail to Learn How to Be More Like Tom Jones

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chrissie Hynde, Pop Music, Janis Joplin, Sir Tom Jones, Tom Jones, Duffy, Mariah Carey, Mardan Palace, Iggy Pop, Kings of Leon, Sexy, Chelsea Piers, Seal, Style News

With enough schooling, who's to say that dudes such as myself can't learn to channel our inner Tom Jones and use that mojo to turn otherwise sane women into panty-flinging hysterics? I went to the source.

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The Untouchable Michael Jackson

Rebecca Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Icon, Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Musicians, The Artist's Life, Entertainment News

We use his death, as we used his life, as a mirror. There is no room for Michael. It is still, tragically, all about us.

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WATCH: Pop Music Quiz - Singer-Songwriters

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Blunt, Singer-Songwriter, Pop Music, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Rhett Miller, Pop Culture, Neil Young, Elton John, Entertainment News

I met with Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller to test this guy's Pop Culture I.Q. Here's the test I gave him -- five questions about singer-songwriters.

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Just A Thriller?

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Class Warfare, Racism, King of Pop, Pop Culture, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Prince, Entertainment News

One man embodies what I would term the deep power of pop culture/music as no other before him.

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I Won Tickets to the Michael Jackson Memorial Service

Anne Dunev | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Italian, John Lennon, Dodger Stadium, Central Park, Thriller, Staples Center, Music, Memorial, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Entertainment News

I personally know what it was like to receive the email that opened with "Congratulations" and invited me to retrieve a voucher good for two tickets to the Michael Jackson Memorial.

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A Eulogy for Michael Jackson's Childhood

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Jackson would have been better off if "I Want You Back" wasn't in our iTunes libraries. He would have been better off if Off The Wall had never come out. If no one had ever heard of Bad or Thriller.

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A Fellow Gary Native and Ex-Motown Recording Artist Remembers the King of Pop

Eric Deggans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Media, King of Pop, Gary Indiana, Hriller, Death, Entertainment News

My life and Michael Jackson's have run along somewhat parallel lines for years, back to our earliest days growing up in the shadow of steel mills in Gary.

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Lessons Learned from Michael Jackson

Jane Shure | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pop Music, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Michale Jackson, Healthy Living News

Michael's actions reflected an inner structure based on compartmentalization and dissociation. His external image spoke volumes of a person who needed to mask his true self.

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Michael Jackson... The Man Who Rocked The Desert

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Boycott, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Madonna, Popular Culture, Moonwalk, World News, Michael Jackson Dies, Entertainment News

In the 80's and 90's, Saudi record stores didn't sell -- in public -- Michael Jackson material, claiming his albums were banned. Yet, in secret, his music was sold and exchanged extensively.

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Can Anyone Restrain Themselves?

Evan Handler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Politics, Pop Music, Celine Dion, John Kennedy, Farrah Fawcett, Assissination, Robert Kennedy, Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dies, Elvis Presley, Entertainment News

Celine Dion said to Larry King about Michael Jackson's death, "It feels like when Kennedy died, when Elvis Presley died." How could this feel to her like something she never experienced?

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Bonnaroo Goes Green: Rocker Ben Sollee Bikes to Mega Festival

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pop Music, Biking, Jazz, Yo Yo Ma, Ben Sollee, Al Green, Green, Tennessee, Bonnaroo, Music, Blues, Rock and Roll, Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup, Green News

Recipient of the UK A Greener Festival award, Bonnaroo has always placed an emphasis on local and sustainable ways of making music.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nikola Tesla, Italian, Brian Jones, Catholicism, Josh Hunter, New Wave, Eric Segalstad, Dolby's Cube, Who, The Magic Show, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stevie Wonder, Lene Lovich, Dynasty, Margaret Thatcher, Burt Bacharach, Albert Einstein, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Dan Hicks, Peter Ham, The Kushans, Albert Schatz, Jesus, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Mario Puzo, Depeche Mode, Poughkeepsie, Rose Bowl, Prefab Sprout, Thompson Twins, Roger Waters, Foreigner, Entertainment News, Carol De Gierer, Doug Henning, Pink Floyd, Enchanted, Joni Mitchell, Chris Bell, India, Unplugged, Promises in the Dark, Thomas Dolby, Poughkeepsie Journal, Live Aid, Jim Morrison, The Wall, Ronald Reagan, Mephisto on Wing, Latin, Broadway, Neil Young, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Issa, The 27 Club, Janis Joplin, Grand Theft Auto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Antoinette Pannard, David Bowie, Mtv, MTV Unplugged, Amazon, Kathleen Beller, Bill Clinton, Angels & Demons, Pocahontas, Albert Schweitzer, Kurt Cobain, George Clinton, Bookexpo, Robert Johnson, Grammy Awards, Best Buy, Lois Drake, Pop Music, The Godfather, Jazz, Indiana Jones, Howard Jones, The Betsy, New Age, Def Leppard, Jimi Hendrix, Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Brown, Pippin, Godspell, Entertainment News

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

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Will Dailey Does Peter Lemongello

Michael Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pop Music, Willie Nelson, Music, Late Night Tv, Entertainment News

Remember Peter Lemongello, Zamfir, Boxcar Willie, Slim Whitman? They were all musical artists who were known in the 1970s and '80s for selling their ...

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American Idol Vote Controversy Proves Fox Should Release Totals After Competition is Done

Eric Deggans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Idol Voting, Pop Music, AT&T, Amerrican Idol Music, Adam Lambert, New York Times, Media, American Idol, Music, Kris Allen, Voting, Entertainment News

It's been reported that staffers at AT&T -- a big Idol sponsor -- provided free text-messaging services at two parties supporting Allen in Arkansas.

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Blame It on Dick Cheney, Blame It on Obama: Pop Music Gets Political

David Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Songs, George W. Bush, Jamie Foxx, Lady GaGa, Beyonce, Iran, Kelly Clarkson, Music, T.I., 2008 Election, Kid Cudi, Hair, Barack Obama, Akon, Pop Music, Politics, Bailout, Protest, T-Pain, Jay-Z, Timothy Geithner, Comedy, Young Jeezy, Dick Cheney, Comedy News

"My Life Would Suck Without You," Kelly Clarkson. Centrists love this song because Harry Reid used it to convince Arlen Specter to become a Democrat.

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If Adam Lambert Loses American Idol, It May Be Because the Show Wants Him to Win so Badly

Eric Deggans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Television, Pop Music, Entertainment Weekly, Dial Idol, Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Kanye Wesy, Fox, American Idol, Relaity Tv, Music, Simon Cowell, Danny Gokey, Entertainment News

We'll see tonight if all the praise and support pays off for Lambert, or fuels a backlash that cuts his Idol dreams short.

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American Idol -- Top 3 Showdown

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality TV, Simon Cowell, Pop Music, Ryan Seacrsest, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Adam Lambert, Kara DioGuardi, American Idol, Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, Entertainment News

So is this the finale? Is Simon right when he says Adam Lambert is fated to win? Or could Kris Allen or Danny Gokey surprise everyone the way David Cook did last year?

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Pirates Stealing Music in China...US...Pretty Much Everywhere.

Mira Veda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music, Music Industry, Pop Music, Ascap, Baiducom, Google, Piracy, Google Music, China, Web-Piracy, Naras, Erika Nuri, Entertainment News

Until there is some regulation, the world may never see the potential of so many songwriters, singers or artists that just can't afford to make music.

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American Idol -- Top 4 Slashed By Rock; Only Adam Escapes Unscathed

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Allison Iraheta, Simon Cowell, Pop Music, Ryan Seacrest, Paula Abdul, Adam Lambert, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi, American Idol, Kris Allen, Rock and Roll, Danny Gokey, Entertainment News

After everyone delivered a solid performance on Big Band Night last week, the Top 4 tackled rock 'n roll Tuesday...and came up short.

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Tinted Windows Vs. The Beatles: Which Is Bigger Than Jesus?

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul McCartney, Taylor Hanson, Tinted Windows, Jesus, The Beatles, Pop Music, Music, Entertainment News

It is those lovable moptops the Beatles who remain eternally Bigger Than Jesus. Tinted Windows are perhaps comparable in size to Jesus, but no larger or wider.

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Onra: A Hip-Hop Renaissance Resides in France

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, J Dilla, France, Economy, U.S., Music, MySpace Music, Outkast, Pop Music, Classical Music, Hip Hop, Vietnam, Music Industry, Japan, Myspace, Onra, Entertainment News

Using the history of his father's homeland and soaking in the spirit of his mother's French roots, Onra has established himself as a harmonious maestro who can adapt to any type of music.

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American Idol -- Top 7: Judges Silenced

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Simon Cowell, Reality TV, Pop Music, Lil Rounds, Paula Abdul, Adam Lambert, Randy Jackson, American Idol, Kris Allen, Ryan Seacrest, Entertainment News

Only Idol would label Movie Theme night "historic" because they had decided to only let teams of two judges comment on the performances in order to cut down on the time. Historic? No. Stupid? Yes.

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American Idol -- Top 8: Allison Gets (Some) Respect

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Simon Cowell, Allison Iraheta, Pop Music, Ryan Seacrest, Lil Rounds, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Adam Lambert, Kara DioGuardi, Tears for Fears, American Idol, Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, Entertainment News

On a day when photos circulated on the internet showing Adam Lambert apparently kissing a guy or two, the big news in the parallel world of TV Idol was Anoop's defensive attitude coming across too much last week.

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American Idol -- Top 9: Kris Allen Shines

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Simon Cowell, Reality TV, Pop Music, Ryan Seacrest, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, American Idol, Kris Allen, Kara DioGuari, American Idol Recap, Entertainment News

Who belongs in the bottom three? Allison was treated so dismissively that I worry it'll be her. Matt Giraud was treated so roughly and seems so unhappy, it could easily be him.

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April 1st: Where Were You When Marvin Gaye Died? 25th Anniversary

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: R& B, Sexual Healing, What's Going On, Aids, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Soul, Pop Music, Music, Entertainment News

We assumed there would be no more sexual healing after Marvin Gaye's death in 1984. The April Fool's Day murder left us speechless, as if our dreams ...

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