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 Love Bites: 
 Songs for the Dumped 

Top songs to nurse rage this Valentine's Day

Feb 11, 09 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Roses and chocolates be damned. The pink-and-red holiday can be especially harsh on the recently dumped. MTV suggests tunes to nurse your inner rage:
  1. Ain't It Funny: Who knows breakups better than J-Lo?
  2. Shut Up and Let Me Go: Enough said in this tune by the Ting Tings.
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list • love • breakup • song • dating • romance • Valentine's Day

Mating Calls Bare More
Than Desire

Courtship 'song' of desert creatures
conveys complex info

Jan 18, 09 4:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Like human songs, animal calls are said to spur courtship, but what exactly does each wail and snort signify? To find out, a pair of Tel Aviv zoologists studied the mating songs of furry little rock hyraxes in the Judean desert. The researchers found that male hyrax courtship "songs"... More »

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animal behavior • song • courtship • mating rituals • zoologists • mating • hyrax

(Newser) - William Zantzinger, the white Maryland tobacco farmer immortalized in a Bob Dylan song for the 1963 killing of a black Baltimore barmaid, has died. Zantzinger, inebriated from a night on the town, struck Hattie Carroll with a cane when she was slow bringing him a bourbon. Carroll, a 51-year-old mother... More »

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Maryland • Bob Dylan • racism • Baltimore • song • civil rights • manslaughter • William Zantzinger • Hattie Carroll

Born in the USA Tops 
Gitmo Torture Charts

Boss' anthem among tunes favored by US interrogators for disorienting prisoners

Dec 11, 08 2:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The music played at high volume for hours on end by US interrogators to torture prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay spanned all genres. But the military overseers did have a few favorite songs, including:
  • Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen
  • American Pie, by Don McLean
  • Staying Alive, by
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music • military • torture • Guantanamo Bay • song • Bruce Springsteen • Guantanamo prisoners • Bee Gees • Don McLean

 Boss Pens Halloween Screamer 


Oct 31, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just in time for Halloween, Bruce Springsteen has released a song chronicling the life of the infamous Jersey Devil, the Star-Ledger reports. It's a free download on his website. In the accompanying video, Springsteen plays the part of the cloven-hoofed denizen of the Jersey Pine Barrens. “Sixteen witches... More »

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music downloads • New Jersey • song • Bruce Springsteen • Halloween • Jersey Devil • Pine Barrens

Alanis Ex Cops to Making Mess, Inspiring Song

Full House star confirms rumors that he 'oughta know'

Aug 15, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comedian Dave Coulier says he is indeed the target of Alanis Morissette's angry 1990s hit "You Oughta Know." The two had a nasty breakup at the time, but Coulier denied the rumors that he was the creator "of the mess that you made when you went away"... More »

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pop music • admission • breakup • song • comedian • Alanis Morissette • Dave Coulier

Songwriters Collaborate by File-Sharing

Telephono helps musicians send tunes around the world

Jul 21, 08 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Telephono works like a musical chain letter: One musician e-mails a tune to another, who adds to it and passes it on. The next musician does the same. Eventually, a song is created. The idea is "inspired by the classic children’s game 'Telephone,'" says creator David Matysiak.... More »

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music • Internet • song • telephono

Steaming Coldplay Denies Stealing Song

Brooklyn band claims Brit rockers lifted
Viva la Vida tune

Jun 19, 08 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Coldplay is hotly denying allegations of plagiarism from a Brooklyn-based indie band, the Independent reports. Members of the Creaky Boards say the melody of the British band's new album's title track Viva la Vida was lifted from a tune of theirs called The Songs I Didn't Write. Coldplay members insist... More »

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plagiarism • song • Coldplay • rock music • bands • Chris Martin

Canada Sings the Blues:
Beloved Hockey Theme Iced

Legal dispute means show must change

Jun 7, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hockey Night in Canada is changing its theme song, and if that doesn’t seem like a big deal to you, you’re probably not Canadian. The 40-year-old ditty has become almost a second national anthem for the hockey-obsessed nation. But thanks to a legal challenge from composer Dolores Claman,... More »

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NHL • Canada • hockey • song

Fox Boots 'Idol' Favorite's Dad From Backstage

Despite warnings, Archuleta's papa altered Tuesday song

May 11, 08 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Archuleta may be the fan favorite on "American Idol," but his dad is now Fox's persona non grata backstage. The network has banned Jeff Archuleta, who had been intensely involved in prepping his son, after his call Tuesday to change the lyrics of “Stand By Me,... More »

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television • reality TV • American Idol • pop music • competition • song • David Archuleta

 Protest Songs Get Tuned Out 

Downloading, disconnection leaving generation without a soundtrack

Mar 29, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - So where are all the anti-war anthems? Opposition to the Vietnam War spawned a genre of classic counterculture songs, but not so the Iraqi war, despite widespread opposition. The main reason, Politico notes, is the narrowed scope of the music industry today. Singers still sing protests songs, but only their... More »

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music • protests • song • Eddie Vedder • soundtrack • Neil Young • rock music • Iraq war • Tomas Young

 Top 10 Musical Movie Moments 

The perfect sound clip can make a scene unforgettable

Mar 25, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget soundtracks. CNN zeros in on fleeting scenes that use image and sound to send a shiver down your spine. The top 10 marriages of audio and video:
  1. “Born to Be Wild” blasting while Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride down the highway in Easy Rider (1969)
... More »

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music • Hollywood • film • Quentin Tarantino • list • song • soundtrack • Martin Scorsese • The Doors • Francis Ford Coppola • ABBA • movies

'Silent' Song
Tops Kiwi Charts

Single only canines
can hear sells so well
that it may go global

Feb 19, 08 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A song that only dogs can hear has hit the top of the charts in New Zealand and may be headed for the US, Reuters reports. "A Very Silent Night," a charity single to benefit the country's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was recorded at... More »

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music • New Zealand • song • dog • animal

'70s Rocker to Mike: Hands Off My Song, Dude

'More Than a Feeling' writer finds Huckabee less than appealing

Feb 16, 08 8:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The founder of '70s rock band Boston is sick of Mike Huckabee using his hit song "More Than a Feeling" without permission, the AP reports. "By using my song, and my band's name Boston, you have taken something of mine and used it to promote ideas to which... More »

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Mike Huckabee • song • rock bands • campaign trail • rallies • rock music

Top 10 Most Irritating Songs of All Time

Remember the Macarena?
British listeners found nine
tunes even more jarring

Jun 26, 07 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. James Blunt, You're Beautiful: The smarmy, cloying falsetto that made 2005 suck
  2. Axel F, Crazy Frog: A German pastiche of club remixes that was less than the sum of its parts
  3. Hanson, Mmm Bop: The least annoying #1 hit by androgynous blonde teenagers
  4. Mr Blobby, Mr Blobby: Do
... More »

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music • song • irritating • James Blunt • Hanson • Macarena

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