***Due to my obsessive nature I am editing this article with Amazon.com sales rankings included because I’m obsessed with them right now for some sick reason.*** According to the users of the website RateYourMusic.com, these are the top 10 pop/rock albums of the 1960s: #01 The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969) – #82 on Amazon [...]

On Saturday I wrote this article about the Susan Boyle phenomenon and how it shows how superficial the average CD buyer is. Now that the album sales numbers are in (and they’re even higher than people projected they’d be) I thought a good way to showcase the ridiculousness of it all would be to show [...]

John Cale was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK on March 9th of 1942. He’s a musician, songwriter, singer, and producer who was among the founding members of the legendary 1960s rock band The Velvet Underground. He left the band after their first two albums: 1967′s The Velvet Underground and Nico and 1968′s White Light/White [...]

Ah yes. The “Groovy Songs” series takes a turn into the “Summer of Love.” Earlier entries: 1977, 1995, 1996. The Beatles – “I Am The Walrus” Magical Mystery Tour The Pink Floyd – “Bike” The Piper at the Gates of Dawn The Velvet Underground – “European Son” The Velvet Underground & Nico Jimi Hendrix – [...]

*as ranked by the users of rateyourmusic.com #1 The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969) Actually only my 4th favorite Beatles album. It’s great for sure but it doesn’t bring quite the excitement and experimentation of my three favorite Beatles albums (which are all make the top 10 along with this one.) Side 1 has some [...]

A selection of bands whose best album was their first album. Includes Weezer, Van Halen, The Velvet Underground, & The Stone Roses.