#musicalphabet

1970 was a big year for Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR). Their album "Cosmo's Factory" made a huge success and they became one of the most popular American groups in the World. But then...

Gimme All Your Lovin' is the first single from ZZ Top's the commercially most successful album "Eliminator". One of the most famous Texas blues/southern rock bands released this album and the

This one was easy, since it is one of my favorites! Written by Johnny Cash in 1953, while he served in the US army in West Germany. It is a story about a prisoner who killed a man "just to watch him

There were quite a few super groups in the history of popular music and one of the most impressive, both from the members and the music they created, is probably Travelling Wilburys. Think about the amount

Although Nick Cave is a highly appreciated musician, songwriter and writer, he only occasionally flirted with the mainstream. Even when he did it, like in the duet with Kylie Minogue "Where the Wild

When I heard for the first time "Crush" by Dave Matthews Band, I was blown away. The song starts with a cool bass line and builds up to fantastic jam-like part with saxophone, violin, guitar,

In 80's so called Hair Metal ruled. Bands like Mötley Crüe, Ratt and many others created musically visually a lot of material that today, in the politically correct era, would be considered as sexists,

As I promised earlier, I will write about the foundations of my music, i.e. the music that influenced me. You may be surprised by the variety of genres. My music taste expanded with years and it includes

@verhp11 did a post listing songs he liked for every letter of the alphabet. Here's my attempt. I've basically opened my music app (Rhythmbox) and sorted all 11000+ songs in order. I'm picking out some

In my previous post I came up with the idea to post a musical alphabet. Each letter represented a musician or band with a specific song. This time I have choosen songs with staerting with the letter of