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18 Most Commonly Misheard Song Lyrics
For 46 years now, Bruce Springsteen fans have disagreed over whether the opening lyric to 1975’s “Thunder Road” is “The screen door slams/ Mary’s dress sways” or “The screen door slams/ Mary’s dress waves.” On Springsteen’s official website and songbook, the word is “waves,” but as many have pointed out over the years, this doesn’t make much sense. (“Sways” rhymes better with “plays” than “waves,” and dresses don’t “wave in the wind,” they “sway in the wind.”) Either way, up until this point, the official record has mostly indicated that the dress waves. It would take nothing short of a thunderstorm to shake up the Springsteen status quo. Enter the Internet. After the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman tweeted a picture of an empty “Springsteen on Broadway” stage with the caption “The screen ...
Lily Cornell Talks Mental Health with Mom Susan Silver to Mark the Late Chris Cornell’s 57th Birthday
Lily Cornell Silver, the eldest daughter of Chris Cornell, welcomed her mother, Susan Silver, on her IGTV series Mind Wide Open on Tuesday (July 20th), which would’ve been the late Soundgarden singer’s 57th birthday. The conversation also marks the last episode in a series that launched a year ago today. Throughout the past year, Lily has interviewed such guests as Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan, Heart’s Ann Wilson, The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen, Jack Osbourne, and more. For the series finale, Lily chatted with her mom, Susan, who was not only Chris Cornell’s first wife, but also the manager of Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, and Alice in Chains (whom she still co-manages). Advertisement Related Video At one point, Susan spoke of her decision to have a child with ...
HBO’s The Last of Us Could Be One of the Most Expensive TV Shows in History
HBO is reportedly shelling out big bucks to put some extra pop in its apocalypse. The Last of Us, the upcoming TV adaptation of the blockbuster video game of the same name, purportedly “well exceeds the eight figure per episode mark,” which would make it among the most expensive TV shows ever made. There are a couple of ways to judge the most expensive shows, but no matter how you slice it, you’ll probably land on three names. For a total series, the current record is thought to be held by the 73 episodes of Game of Thrones, which started off around $10 per episode and by the final season was costing over $15 million per pop — a pretty penny, considering there are much cheaper ways to piss off your fans. If you want to know the most spent on a per episode basis, then look no...
Here’s Why Normani Thinks Cardi B ‘Manifested’ Her ‘Wild Side’ Feature
By the time she dropped her debut solo single “Motivation” on Aug. 16, 2019, almost one year to the date before the release of “WAP,” Normani revealed her debut album was in the works. She added that she’s looking for one more song to complete the 14-track project before she puts it out into the world, but admitted her strategy in the studio requires a lot of experimentation, which also requires a lot of time. “I needed time to play, I needed time to experiment,” she said. “I’m a blessing to work with, but I know that I’m also hard because I have a vision, and I’m always willing in the studio to go the extra mile.” “Wild Side” was finished around six months ago, during quarantine, Normani noted, but Cardi g...
Vote for the Best Latin Remix of 2021 (So Far): ‘911,’ ‘Kesi,’ ‘AM’ & More
As the world slowly but surely goes back to normal, Latin artists have not held back from teaming up and releasing new music. The results can be seen in the countless remixes that have dropped in 2021 alone. Wisin dropped remixes of his hits “Mi Niña” and “Fiel,” Maluma joined forces with Colombian newcomer Blessd, Bad Bunny jumped on two remixes as well (Nio Garcia’s “AM” and Mora’s “Volando”), and Shawn Mendes even sings in Spanish on Camilo’s “Kesi,” to name a few. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenu...
Britney Spears Says She’s ‘Not Even Close’ to Telling the Full Story About Conservatorship
Spears has spoken in the past two hearings in front of Los Angeles Superior Court judge Brenda Penny regarding the conservatorship that has controlled the pop star’s personal life and finances for 13-plus years. Spears made shocking claims in court, including that she’s unable to remove her implanted birth control and have more children and that she was once put on lithium against her will. She was granted the right last week to choose her own attorney after having only court-appointed counsel for the duration of the conservatorship so far. In addition to speaking out in court, Spears has also been newly vocal on social media, with a few scathing posts over the weekend that targeted those closest to her, including sister Jamie-Lynn Spears and dad Jamie Spears. “My so-call...
Warner Music Gets Upgrade From S&P on Strength of Streaming
Because of these and other factors, S&P lowered its risk assessment for WMG from fair to satisfactory and raised its credit rating from BB to BB+. BB is speculative grade, a notch below investment grade, meaning the company is “less vulnerable in the near-term but faces major ongoing uncertainties to adverse business, financial and economic conditions.” WMG’s share price rose 4.4% to $36.85 on Tuesday, valuing the company at $21.4 billion. Some of Tuesday’s gain can be attributed to the markets’ rebound from Monday’s pessimism about the surge in COVID-19 infections: the Nasdaq and Dow each rose 1.6%. After WMG’s May 2020 IPO, its share price peaked at $39.61 on Feb. 2, 2021. Even as music rights acquisitions remain a hot market with increased competition and companies paying higher mul...
Swizz Beatz To Honor DMX With Historic Tribute at HOT 97’s Summer Jam Festival
HOT 97 Summer Jam will return to its usual live format this summer, enlisting world-renowned producer Swizz Beatz to lead a historic tribute to the late hip-hop legend DMX. The star-studded lineup also features DaBaby, Polo G, A Boogie, Migos, Meek Mill, Saweetie, MoneyBagg Yo, The Heavy Hitters Presents CJ and Friends featuring Farruko and El Alfa, DJ Megan Ryte and Friends, Saweetie, Rowdy Rebel and Bobby Shmurda, each of whom will take to the stadium stage to perform. A separate festival lineup, which includes Coi Leray, Yung Bleu, Morray and more, will perform on an outdoor stage. “HOT 97 SUMMER JAM, is traditionally the official start of Summer but this year it’s the official return of Hip Hop,” said Ebro Darden, host of Ebro in the Morning, in a release. “We’re excited to present his...
Esteemed Grunge Band Deserved Fame
As mainstays in Seattle’s music scene, Mudhoney are used to looking back on their career. Whether it’s giving their take on the days of grunge or reminiscing about time spent with the late Kurt Cobain, Mudhoney aren’t opposed to revisiting the past. The band’s most recent project is one that finds them returning to the glory days of 1991, the year grunge officially broke. Mudhoney’s second album, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, celebrates its 30th anniversary with an expanded, deluxe reissue courtesy of their long-time label Sub Pop – but only because the guys in the band asked. “They weren’t paying attention so I had to raise my hand,” says vocalist/guitarist Mark Arm, who also works in the label’s warehouse. “I was thinking about the next round number for one of our Sub Pop releases becau...
Childish Gambino Remixes Brittany Howard’s “Stay High” in Falsetto
Childish Gambino has shared a synth-controlled cover of Brittany Howard‘s Grammy-winning track “Stay High.” The song will land on the latter vocalist’s Jaime Reimagined, a remix compilation of tracks from her 2019 album Jaime, out Friday, July 23. In collaboration with producer James Francies, Gambino, otherwise known as Donald Glover, revitalized the soul-heavy single with an electro-tinged beat atop an orchestral foundation. “There comes a time, there comes a time,” Gambino sings in falsetto. “At night, where we get to play/And we smile and laugh and jump and clap/And yell and holler and just feel great/I just want to stay high with you.” Howard shared the remix to Twitter, writing, “I hope the message of this song will inspire people to stay positive and not give up hope during the...
Blast Rites: Midwife’s ‘Heaven Metal’ Is the Emotional Apocalypse You Need
We’re gonna play fast and loose with the term “metal” here this month. Midwife, the solo project of Madeline Johnston — now based in New Mexico after relocating from Denver during the pandemic — plays what she calls “heaven metal,” a self-coined term that’s a hazy yet quite charged take on solo downer pop. It’s a term where the contrast between lightness and crushing weight, between the unreachable and the all too real, might seem cheeky at first. How sonically metal it is? Up for debate. And frankly, the last thing we need is another debate on what is or isn’t metal. How heavy on the spirit it is? Zero question. Ungodly heavy. It’s an emotional apocalypse. Last year, Johnston released Forever, a gripping look at how grief manifests, built on glimmering ambient and fuzzy guitar outbursts. ...
Michael B. Jordan Speaks On Whether Killmonger Will Return For ‘Black Panther 2’
Michael B. Jordan recently sat down on a podcast with Jemele Hill to discuss his latest film ventures and most notably his role as Killmonger in Black Panther. Jordan joins Spotify podcast Jemele Hill is Unbothered, first to discuss his most recent role in Without Remorse, an Amazon Prime exclusive remake of the classic film, The Thomas Crown Affair. The two dive into a discussion about what it was like for Jordan, a Black actor to play parts that are typically cast as White roles. Jordan made it very clear that he tries his best to avoid being typecasted and to say no to roles that do not advance his long-term vision for his career. Jordan was later asked whether or not Marvel fans will be able to see Killmonger return to the screens for Black Panther 2. The actor appears to not know...
