"The Harptones never had a top forty pop hit, or even a record on the national R&B charts, yet they are still considered one of the most influential doo-wop groups".I've read that the first time they played the Appolo Theater, they were booed off the stage for sounding too "Dark". In recent years, they've gained noterity from Scorsese's use of their song "Life is but a Dream" in his film, "Good...
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The Harptones. Life IS but a dream.
Music and Movies. Act 1
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Artist:Federico Fellini, Bob Dylan
Behind the scenes of the movie "Satyricon"; Max Born plays a little Dylan. If your a fan of Fellini and Dylan, this might hit you with a wee bit of nostalgia.
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Arrest of DJ Drama, (trouble in Atlanta)
DJ Drama, a recording executive, is waist deep in it because he was selling unlicensed "mixtapes". A lot of them.Questions, Concerns? Please, refer to the NY Times.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/arts/music/18dram.html?_r=1&oref=sloginthank you, drive thru
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Nasty Tones
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see Vysotsky sing
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Album:blue ever-greens
Recently, I've been listening a lot to Vladimir Vysotsky. He was a Russian musician, actor, and poet. His style was typcial of that of Russian Bards, although he considered himself to be more of post modern artist. He has often been billed as the "Russian Elvis".If your into darker sounding, gutteral folk music, in a colored, down tune then check his work out.He also has an extensive filmograph...
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