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Ding Ding Round 7 and the sparring between artists continues with Lydia Murdock versus Michael Jackson. ‘Billie Jean’, the second single from Michael Jackson’s Grammy Award-winning album, Thriller, is iconic for not only its craftsmanship but the accompanying music video. Released in 1983 the song is said to be about groupies who used to hang […]
Taking on Ben E King wasn’t the first time Damita Jo had gone head to head with a popular song. Her first bout was with The Drifters who sang ‘Save the Last Dance For Me’ in 1960 – another hugely popular song which has gone on to be covered by Ike & Tina Turner, Cliff […]
Following his departure from the Drifters in 1960, singer Ben E King wrote and released ‘Stand By Me’. One of the greatest love songs of the 20th century, which inspired the 80’s film of the same title featuring the late River Phoenix, ‘Stand By Me’ went on to be recorded by Muhammad Ali, John Lennon […]
Teddy Pendergrass the documentary will premiere in the UK at the BFI, London on 19th February, before a national release at selected UK cinemas on 21st February. Film director Olivia Lichtenstein will host a Q&A session directly after the BFI screening alongside Teddy’s former drummer, James Carter and his keyboard player, Cecil Du Valle. A compelling tale with […]
Back in the 90’s with Girl Power on the rise, female singers had ordinary ladies singing about respect, owning their lives and taking no rubbish when it came to men. Enter American girl group TLC with their 3rd album Fanmail (1999) and single ‘No Scrubs’. The song of female dominance, not having anything to do […]
Over the last few days Musicvein has been looking back over the songs that created a rumbling in the charts between artists. We’ve heard of Frankee vs Eamon and Bo Diddley vs Muddy Waters – today on Cupid’s day we look at the yearning of Neil Sedaka on ‘Oh Carol’. Said to be written about […]
Over the next 9 days Musicvein will be delving into song controversy -looking back at the artists who responded to the songs of other musicians and how it all went down. Long before Frankee and Eamon started trading blows on the same piece of music, artists in the 50’s were also spraying spittle on each […]
The most notorious song fued which spilled over from the page to the press was Eamon vs Frankee back in the early naughties. In 2003 Eamon released his highly charged debut single ‘Fuck It’. A rant about a cheating ex lover, with Eamon spit-firing the charts with the F-bomb – a first for many artists. […]
BAFTA-winning artist, composer, musician and producer Ólafur Arnalds released the new music video for his latest single ‘ekki hugsa’ on Friday 8th February. Filmed in his native Iceland, the title of the new release translates as ‘don’t think’, and features uplifting synthesized melodies combined with acoustic cello hooks, resulting in Ólafur’s distinctive, multi-layered sound. “The video is about not overthinking and getting […]
