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 'Lost' Beatles 
 Song Finally 
 Finished 

Forgotten George Harrison lyrics turned into tune

Nov 3, 09 4:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Forty years after the Beatles split and eight after George Harrison died, a new Beatles song has been completed. Harrison gave the first ten lines of Silence (Is Its Own Reply) to a biographer in 1969, but they were put aside and forgotten until recently, the Telegraph reports. A BBC... More »

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John Lennon • song • Beatles • George Harrison • rock bands • songwriter

 Tea-Party Protesters Hit 
 'Pro-Obama' Jersey School 

Demonstrators sing 'God Bless America' to protest song about prez

Oct 13, 09 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A band of tea-party protesters descended on a New Jersey elementary school yesterday, complaining that a class song hailing President Obama was "indoctrinating" kids. Some 70 protesters sang God Bless America and The Battle Hymn of the Republic outside the B. Bernice Young School in a suburb 15 miles... More »

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Barack Obama • music • New Jersey • conservative • protests • song • elementary school • protesters • President Obama • Tea Party

UPDATED

Jackson Single Not New, and Was Co-Written by Paul Anka

Penned in 1983, artist Safire released it in '90

Oct 12, 09 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s underwhelming new single, This Is It, isn’t new, and isn’t all his. The King of Pop’s lawyers tell TMZ that singer-songwriter Paul Anka’s claim that he and Jackson co-wrote the song in 1983 is true; moreover, Latin artist Safire released the song, with... More »

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entertainment • song • Michael Jackson • Paul Anka • Safire

Pissed Airline Passenger Back on YouTube

Glossier United Breaks Guitars: Song 2 is follow-up to viral hit

Aug 19, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dave Carroll, who so memorably commemorated his terrible experience with United Airlines in the YouTube sensation United Breaks Guitars is at it again, Consumerist reports. The singer/songwriter/guitar-rights activist has released a more ambitious video cleverly titled United Breaks Guitars: Song 2, with a slightly more conciliatory tone. And don’t... More »

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YouTube • United Airlines • luggage • song • guitar • air travel • Dave Carroll

(Newser) - Shakira’s new song “She Wolf” is “either the most insanely brilliant (or brilliantly insane) song you'll hear in 2009,” James Montgomery writes for MTV.com. It sounds like 1970s Italian disco and features the word “lycanthropy,” but the song’s true strangeness can’t... More »

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music • song • singer • music videos • Shakira

(Newser) - A feisty former American Idol contestant who boldly lashed out at Simon Cowell has been killed in a hit-and-run accident in a Jersey seaside resort, reports the New York Daily News. Alexis Cohen, known to TV viewers as "Glitter Girl" because of the glitter she wore during an Idol ... More »

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American Idol • New Jersey • Simon Cowell • accident • song • singer • hit-and-run • Glitter Girl • Alexis Cohen

(Newser) - Michael Jackson supposedly has heaps of unreleased songs out there, and the first has surfaced. TMZ today posted an audio recording of "A Place With No Name." It's not clear when Jackson recorded the song, which is similar to the 1971 hit by America called "A Horse... More »

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song • Michael Jackson • icons

 Please Stop Covering 
 'Hallelujah': Leonard Cohen 

After 181 recorded versions, singer-songwriter thinks its time for a break

Jul 10, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leonard Cohen is tired of people covering “Hallelujah.” “I was reading a review of a movie called Watchmen that uses it, and the reviewer said, ‘Can we please have a moratorium on ‘Hallelujah’ in movies and television shows?’ and I kind of feel the same... More »

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music • song • Leonard Cohen • Scrubs • The West Wing • cover song • Watchmen

(Newser) - Record labels and the online radio industry have reached a deal on royalties that insiders think will allow the medium to survive, the New York Times reports. Larger sites like Pandora will pay the labels 25% of revenue or up to 14 cents for every song they stream—whichever... More »

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music • Internet • song • webcast • broadcasting • recording industry • internet royalties • Internet radio • record label

 Journey's 'Don't Stop' 
 an Unlikely Phenom 

Song achieves icon status, nearly 30 years later

Jul 6, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - By songwriting standards, Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” should never have made it past No. 9, which is where it stalled on the charts when it was released in 1981. But since then, the song—which doesn’t get to its anthemic chorus until 3 minutes and... More »

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music • Chicago White Sox • The Sopranos • Broadway • song • Journey • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird" is 35 years old now, and in the course of its life, the song "has been an anthem, a demand, an ode to personal independence, the lamest heckle in the history of rock," writes Christopher Borelli in the Chicago Tribune. "But what it... More »

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music • song • rock and roll • concert • Lynyrd Skynyrd • Freebird

 Michael, Kids 
 Formed 'Jackson 4' 

Song they wrote could be released to raise money

Jun 29, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson had a dream that died with him: to become the “Jackson Four” with his three children and include the debut of their first song at his London concerts, the Sun reports. The song, “River Ripple,” includes the lyrics, “Ripples in my River; Flow on,... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • song • Michael Jackson • Prince Michael • Paris Michael • Blanket • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • Blanket Jackson

New Rule: No Good Songs, No Best Song Oscar

Category may be skipped if year's contenders aren't deemed worthy

Jun 26, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Future Academy Awards may not include an Oscar for best original song, the New York Times reports. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has changed the rules for the category: Only songs that score reach 8.25 or better in its scoring system will be nominated. If only... More »

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entertainment • music • Academy Awards • film • song • soundtrack • Oscars • best original song

(Newser) - In a somewhat baffling move, Mary J. Blige has recorded a duet with alleged Rihanna-beater Chris Brown, Jezebel reports. Blige has been outspoken about her suffering at the hands of a former boyfriend and the terrors of growing up around domestic violence. To make matters more uncomfortable, it appears that... More »

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entertainment • domestic violence • Internet leak • song • Rihanna • Mary J. Blige • Chris Brown • duet

(Newser) - Susan Boyle has checked out of a mental health hospital where she was treated for nervous exhaustion and is "much happier," her brother tells the Telegraph. "She seems a lot more like herself. Things are becoming clearer for her now," he said. "She's now... More »

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entertainment • London • mental health • Simon Cowell • singing • song • Britain • exhaustion • nervous breakdowns • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

COMMENTARY



 Sinatra's Way
 Would Have Been 
 No 'My Way'

Singer preferred romantic ballads to the later classic

Jun 2, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Frank Sinatra may have his hit "My Way" to thank for much of his success, but as the song reaches its 40th anniversary, Will Friedwald looks at the truth in the Wall Street Journal: Sinatra hated it. Even as audiences called for "My Way" in concert... More »

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song • Frank Sinatra • Sammy Davis Jr. • Jay-ZTV • My Way

 Dylan's 
 Favorite 
 Songwriters 

What do Warren Zevon, Jimmy Buffet and Gordon Lightfoot all have in common?

Apr 16, 09 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Dylan is one of the most widely influential living songwriters—but who has influenced him? Bill Flanagan got Dylan to dish on some of his favorite songwriters for the Huffington Post. The winners? Jimmy Buffett, Gordon Lightfoot, Randy Newman, John Prine, and Guy Clark all got nods. Though Dylan’... More »

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music • Bob Dylan • song • guitar • folk • musician • Randy Newman • Jimmy Buffet • Gordon Lightfoot • John Prine • Guy Clark

 Hubby's Love Child 
 Inspires Wino Song 

Heartbroken Amy pens new tune reminiscent of "Rehab"

Apr 14, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - News of ex Blake Fielder-Civil’s affair—and alleged love child—left Amy Winehouse “destroyed,” but also inspired, a source tells the Sun. The troubled singer wrote “The Ultimate Betrayal,” which even borrows a line from her biggest hit. “She keeps repeating the line: ‘... More »

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celebrity • song • Amy Winehouse • Blake Fielder Civil • love child

Anti-Chris Brown Song Gets Radio Play

Singer's actions 'a thousand percent wrong' says member of Smoke Jumpers

Apr 3, 09 3:42 PM CDT
(AP) - A song criticizing Chris Brown is getting radio airplay in Chicago, LA, and New York, among other markets. "My Flow So Tight," by a little-known dance group called Smoke Jumpers, features the repeated line: "Chris Brown should get his ass kicked," the AP reports. A website... More »

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United States • song • rap music • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown • criminal charges

Aerosmith to GOP:
Hands Off Our Song

House GOP's Back in the Saddle video yanked after copyright claim

Feb 18, 09 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Minority Whip Eric Cantor's effort to rally the House GOP with a video using Aerosmith's Back in the Saddle was swiftly bucked by the band, reports TPM. The company holding the song’s copyright requested that the video—which crowed about the House GOP's unified opposition to the stimulus package—... More »

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Congress • copyright • song • rock bands • classic rock • House Republicans • Aerosmith • Eric Cantor

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