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The Beatles: White Album - Super Deluxe Edition review The Beatles' White Album: celebrated, reimagined, reborn Read More

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon voted best rock album ever Read More

Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Lyrics I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps. I don't know why nobody told you How to unfold your love I don't know how someone controlled you They bought and sold you. I look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake we must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps. I don't know how you were diverted You were perverted too I don't know how you were inverted No one alerted you. I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps Look at you all Still my guitar gently weeps. Songwriters: George Harrison / John Lennon / Paul McCartney While My Guitar Gently Weeps lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, The Bicycle Music Company

Stairway to Heaven’ Recording Console Heads to Auction HeliosCentric console used to record Led Zeppelin’s  IV , Bob Marley’s  Catch a Fire  and Eric Clapton’s “After Midnight” Read More

According to legend, the bluesman Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for otherworldly musical prowess — guitar playing, singing and songwriting that would make him an idol, still studied and revered almost 80 years after his death. Zeke Schein came to a crossroads, too, when he bought an old photo that he believes is only the third known image of Johnson. Johnson’s family, a prominent forensic expert and musicians who’ve been transformed by the bluesman’s recordings agreed with Mr. Schein. Read More

" Freedom " is a song by  Jimi Hendrix  first released in 1971 on the album  The Cry of Love . The song was written by Hendrix and recorded at Electric Lady Studios on June 25th, 1970. Also released as a single, it was only one of two posthumous Hendrix singles to appear on the  Billboard  Hot 100 , where it reached number 59.  It is now one of the more popular songs in the Hendrix collection, and is a staple in many compilation works. It was later featured on the 1997 album  First Rays of the New Rising Sun . Lyrics You got my pride Hangin' out of my bed You messing with my life So I bought my lead You even messin' with my children And you're screaming at my wife, baby Get off of my back If you wanna get outta here alive (Freedom) Freedom! (give it to me) That's what I want now (Freedom) Freedom! (give it to me) That's what I need now (Freedom) Freedom! (give it to me) To live (Freedom) Freedom! (give it to me) So I can give You got my heart Spittin' ...

Valleys of Neptune  is a posthumous compilation album  by American rock musician  Jimi Hendrix . Released in the United States on March 9, 2010, the album boasts "12 previously unreleased studio recordings,  including the  title track , "one of the most sought after of all of Hendrix's commercially unavailable recordings. Lyrics Yeah! Lord, I feel the ocean swaying me Washing away all my pain See where I used to be wounded Remember the scars, now you can't see a thing And I don't feel no pain oh no Hey! Singing about the Valley of Sunrise Green and blue canyons too I'm singing about Atlantis love songs Valleys of Neptune is rising, rising, rising Music video by Jimi Hendrix performing Valleys Of Neptune. (C) 2009 Experience Hendrix L.L.C., under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama - 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium Lyrics Big wheels keep on turning Carry me home to see my kin Singing songs about the south-land I miss 'ole' 'bamy once again and I think it's a sin Well I heard Mister Young sing about her Well I heard ole Neil put her down Well, I hope Neil Young will remember A southern man don't need him around anyhow Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue Sweet home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor, boo-hoo-hoo Now we all did what we could do Now Watergate does not bother me Does your conscience bother you, tell the truth Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue Sweet home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you, here I come Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes they do) Lord they get me off so much They pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how bout you? Sweet home Alabama Where the ...

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven - Madison Square Garden, New York City 1973 L yrics There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven When she gets there she knows If the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for Oh oh oh oh and she's buying a stairway to heaven There's a sign on the wall But she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings In a tree by the brook There's a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiving Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, it makes me wonder There's a feeling I get When I look to the west And my spirit is crying for leaving In my thoughts I have seen Rings of smoke through the trees And the voices of those who standing looking Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, it really makes me wonder And it's whispered that soon, If we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason And a new day will dawn For those who stand long And th...

Stairway to Heaven was one of the biggest rock songs of the 1970s - loved, imitated and sometimes parodied. Now Led Zeppelin's classic track is back on the turntable, on a re-mastered version of the band's fourth album. 43 years after its release, the song continues to hold a place in many music fans' hearts. Guitarist Jimmy Page gives a personal account of how a rock anthem came together. Lyrics There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven When she gets there she knows If the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for Oh oh oh oh and she's buying a stairway to heaven There's a sign on the wall But she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings In a tree by the brook There's a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiving Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, it makes me wonder There's a feeling I get When I look to the west And my spirit is cryi...

Pink Floyd - Time - Royal Albert Hall 2006 Lyrics Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way. Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun. So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older, Shorter of breath and one day closer to death. Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone, the song is over, Thought I'd something more to say. Home Home again I like to be here...

Albert Collins - Iceman - Live at Montreux 1992 DVD Lyrics I'm your iceman, baby, ain't here to cool you down Yes I'm your iceman, ladies, you'll always know when I'm around I left Leona, Texas, to heat this coolest place in town Gonna play this old guitar, mix up some fire with my ice Yes, I'm gonna play this old guitar, light your fire with my ice Sometimes it sounds so good to me, I just might play it twice I'm your iceman, baby, call me Al, if you please I'm your iceman, baby, I'm so hot I'll probably freeze I'm gonna whip up a twister, turn tornadoes to a breeze Yes, I'm your iceman, baby Yes, I'm your iceman, people, fixin' fire with my ice I'm your iceman, ladies, I make it hot an' chill it right If you follow my instructions, my ice will last all night Songwriters: David Morris / Christopher Charles Lloyd / David Darnell Brown / Brad Jordan / Premro Vonzellaire Smith Iceman lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song - Live 1972 - (Official Video) Lyrics Ah-ah, ah! Ah-ah, ah! We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow The hammer of the gods W'ell drive our ships to new lands To fight the horde, and sing and cry Valhalla, I am coming! On we sweep with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore Ah-ah, ah! Ah-ah, ah! We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow How soft your fields so green Can whisper tales of gore Of how we calmed the tides of war We are your overlords On we sweep with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Songwriters: Jimmy Page / Robert Plant

A Clapton Christmas: Go behind the scenes with Slowhand on his festive release Read More

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone, All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity; Dust in the wind, All they are is dust in the wind. Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea, All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind. Oh, ho, ho Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky, It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy. Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind, Dust in the wind.

  ZZ Top announce UK and Europe dates for 50th anniversary tour Read More

In 1977, the rock band Ram Jam—which included former Starstruck and Lemon Pipers guitarist Bill Bartlett—re-released an edit of the Starstruck recording of the song with producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz under Epic Records. The song became an instant hit with listeners, as it reached number 18 on the singles charts in the United States and the top ten in the UK and Australia.  Lyrics Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam Black Betty had a child, bam-ba-lam The damn thing gone wild, bam-ba-lam Said it weren't none of mine, bam-ba-lam The damn thing gone blind, bam-ba-lam I said oh, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam She really gets me high, bam-ba-lam You know that's no lie, bam-ba-lam She's so rock steady, bam-ba-lam And she's always ready, bam-ba-lam Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-la...

" We're an American Band " written by Don Brewer and produced by Todd Rundgren. It was sung by drummer Don Brewer who began doing more lead vocals for the band. Check out the  full article here : Grand Funk’s ‘We’re an American Band’ Backstory          

" Angie " is a song by the  rock  band  The Rolling Stones , featured on their 1973 album  Goats Head Soup .  The song is credited, as most Rolling Stones songs are, to both  Mick Jagger  and  Keith Richards , but it is acknowledged to be almost completely written by Richards. "Angie" was recorded in November and December 1972 and is an acoustic-guitar-driven ballad characterizing the end of a romance. The song's distinctive piano accompaniment, written by Richards, was played on the album by  Nicky Hopkins , a Rolling Stones recording-session regular.  Lyrics Angie, Angie When will those dark clouds all disappear Angie, Angie Where will it lead us from here With no lovin' in our souls And no money in our coats You can't say we're satisfied Angie, Angie You can't say we never tried Angie, you're beautiful But ain't it time we say goodbye Angie, I still love you Remember all those nights we cried All the dreams were held so close Seemed t...

Queen is back on the throne.  The British rock band's "Bohemian Rhapsody," which was written by frontman Freddie Mercury for the group's 1975 album, "A Night at the Opera," has officially returned to the Hot 100 at number 33, according to Nielsen Music. It also has 13.3 million US streams. Read More

Jethro Tull's frontman and songwriter Ian Anderson was surprised when critics called the band's previous album,  Aqualung  (1971), a "concept album". He rejected this, thinking it was simply a collection of songs, so in response decided to "come up with something that really is the mother of all concept albums".   Taking the surreal English humor of Monty Python as an influence, he began to write a piece that would combine complex music with a sense of humour, with the idea it would poke light-hearted fun at the band, the audience, and the music critics.   He also intended to satirise the progressive rock genre that was popular at the time. Read More

He assured his fans he was 'doing well' earlier in the week following his collapse while playing at a Billy Joel concert on Saturday night. And now it's been reported that Joe Perry of Aerosmith has been released from the hospital and is recovering back home.    Read More                          

" People Get Ready " is a 1965 single by  the Impressions , and the title track from the  People Get Ready  album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the  Billboard R&B Chart  and number 14 on the  Billboard Pop Chart . The  gospel -influenced track was a  Curtis Mayfield  composition that displayed the growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing. Various artists have covered the song, including  Bob Marley & the Wailers  in 1965 and 1977 and  Rod Stewart  &  Jeff Beck  in 1985. Lyrics People, get ready There's a train a-coming You don't need no ticket You just get on board All you need is faith To hear the diesels humming Don't need no ticket You just thank the Lord People get ready For the train to Jordan Picking up passengers From coast to coast Faith is the key Open the doors and board them There's room for all Amongst the loved the most There ain...

Thick as a Brick  is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in March 1972. The album contains a continuous piece of music, split over two sides of an LP record, and was deliberately designed to parody the concept album genre. The original packaging, designed like a newspaper, claims the album to be a musical adaptation of an epic poem by the fictional 8-year-old genius Gerald Bostock, though the lyrics were actually written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson. The album was recorded in late 1971, featuring music composed by Anderson and arranged with the contribution of all band members.     Lyrics Really don't mind if you sit this one out My word's but a whisper your deafness a shout I may make you feel but I can't make you think Your sperm's in the gutter your love's in the sink So you ride yourselves over the fields And you make all your animal deals And your wise men don't know how it f...