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Vol III, Issue 13 – Layla (01 July 2018)

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Vol III, Issue 13 – Layla (01 July 2018)

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Name of song– Layla

Singer- Eric Clapton

Band – Derek and The Dominos

Album- Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

Writers– Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon

Release year– 1970

Similar Artists- Cream, The Allman Brothers Band, Ten Years After, Free

Peak chart positions

# 1 – Puerto Rican Singles Chart (1972)

# 2 – New Zealand Singles Chart (1972)

# 3 – Polish Singles Chart (1971)

# 4 – UK Singles Chart (1982)

# 4 – Irish Singles Chart (1982)

# 7 – UK Singles Chart (1972)

# 8 – Japanese Singles Chart (1971)

# 9 – Netherlands 40 Singles Chart (1971)

# 9 – Canadian RPM Singles Chart (1972)

# 10 – Irish Singles Chart (1972)

# 10 – Polish Singles Chart (1982)

# 10 – US Billboard Hot 100 (1972)

Special mention

#27 – Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

Layla

Reviewers- Bikash Shrestha/Nirab Kayastha

“Derek and The Dominos” may be a surprise name for many rock enthusiasts, but it would be even more surprising to know that the band was Eric Clapton’s brain child. The band was created in 1970 out of frustration of dissolution of super-groups “Cream” and “Blind Faith” by Eric Clapton. He needed a break and approached his old friends from “Delaney & Bonnie and Friends” and together with Bobby Whitlock (Keyboards, vocals, guitar), Carl Radle (Bass, percussion) and Jim Gordon (Drums, piano), “Derek and The Dominos” surfaced. The rumor has it that the band was actually named “Eric & The Dynamos,” however, during their first concert, it was mispronounced by the announcer as “Derek and The Dominos” and Clapton stuck to it, as he wanted the band image to it, rather than his superstardom. The band has an amazing history that they produced only one album “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs” which is considered as one of the most significant rock albums of all time. Perhaps there is no other band which reached the height of popularity of “Derek and The Dominos” with only one album!

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Vol III, Issue 12 – Help me (15 Jun 2018)

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Vol III, Issue 12 – Help me (15 June 2018)

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Name of song– Help me

Singer- Joni Mitchell

Album- Court and Spark

Writers– Joni Mitchell

Release year– 1974

Similar Artists- Laura Nyro, Carole King, James Taylor, Joan Baez, Carly Simon

Peak chart positions

# 7 – Billboard Hot 100

#1 – Easy Listening Chart

#1 – Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts

Special mention

#288 – Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

Help me

Reviewers- Bikash Shrestha/Nirab Kayastha

Joni Mitchell is known as one of the greatest songwriters ever. Born Roberta Joan “Joni” Mitchell in 1943 in Canada, she is a songwriter, composer, performer as well as a painter. Her songs are rooted in folk, rock, pop and jazz and convey feelings of joy, disillusionment, and romance as well as social and environmental issues. She typified the singer/songwriter movement of the 70’s and is perhaps one of the finest and most adventurous artists of her generation. Her songs of intense emotion, soft melody, with unique open tuned guitar, lovely piano and charismatic voice are just incredible. Her songs have been covered by numerous artists numerous times. “Woodstock”, “Big yellow taxi,” “Both sides now”, “Help me”, “Chinese café”, “River” are few of her songs which are history in themselves. She has been an inspiration for all the female artists. Many extraordinarily talented artists like Bob Dylan, Graham Nash, James Taylor, David Crosby etc quote her as inspiration. Many songs have been created around her and it is rumored that Led Zeppelin’s acoustic ballad “Going to California” is devoted to her as a result of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page’s infatuation with her. In Richard Cole’s book “Stairway to heaven”, it is mentioned that Jimmy Page’s one of the fantasies had been to listen to Joni Mitchell lying on his bed and strumming her guitar and singing to him! It is no wonder that many awards were bestowed upon her in Canada and she had received Grammy Awards nine times! She was nominated 72nd Rolling Stone’s “Greatest guitarists of all time”, 42nd on Rolling Stone’s “100 greatest singers” list and ninth on their list of “100 greatest songwriters of all time”.

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Vol III, Issue 11- Broken heart (01 June 2018)

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Vol III, Issue 11 – Broken heart (01 June 2018)

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Name of song– Broken heart

Band- White Lion

Album- Mane Attraction

Writers– Mike Tramp, Vitto Bratta

Release year– 1991

Similar Artists- Warrant, Dokken, Ratt, Cinderella, Poison

Peak chart positions

# 61 – Billboard 200

Broken heart

 

Reviewers- Bikash Shrestha/Nirab Kayastha

White Lion ruled the pop metal/glam metal scene of the late eighties and early nineties. Formed by Danish guitarist/vocalist Mike Tramp and American guitarist Vito Bratta in 1983, their classic line up also had James LoMenzo on bass guitars and  Greg D’Angelo on drums. Although they faded away quite quickly during early nineties, they are the band who would always be remembered for their innumerable hits and amazing numbers. “When the children cry” was their most successful number but their other songs like “Little fighter”, “Broken heart”, “Wait”,  “Tell me”,  “You’re all I need” etc are equally memorable.

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Vol III, Issue 10 – Edged in blue (15 May 2018)

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Vol III, Issue 10 – Edged in blue (15 May 2018)

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Name of song– Edged in blue

Band- Rory Gallagher

Album- Calling Card

Writer– Rory Gallagher

Release year– 1976

Similar Artists- Gary Moore, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Peter Green, Ten Years After

Edged in blue

Reviewers- Bikash Shrestha/Nirab Kayastha

Ireland has contributed a lot to the rock world. And amongst them all, Rory Gallagher is undoubtedly the finest guitarist Ireland has ever presented to the world. Sadly, his career was cut short by various illnesses and he succumbed after liver transplantation in 1995, at the age of 47 years. He has been an inspiration to many, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers to name a few and it is rumored that during his heydays, when Jimi Hendrix was asked how he felt to be the world’s greatest guitarist, he is reported to have said- “I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher.” A multi talented instrumentalist, a guitar wizard and blues rock maestro, Rory’s albums had been sold over 30 million copies despite not producing any single.

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Vol III, Issue 9 – I love the night (01 May 2018)

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Vol III, Issue 9 – I love the night (01 May 2018)

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Name of song– I love the night

Band- Blue Oyster Cult

Album- Spectres

Writer– Donald Bruce Roeser

Release year– 1977

Similar Artists- Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Foghat

 

I love the night

Reviewers- Bikash Shrestha/Nirab Kayastha

Blue Oyster Cult is an American hard rock band formed in 1967 in New York. Originally formed as Soft White Underbelly by Donald Roeser (Buck Dharma) (Lead guitars, vocals), Albert Bouchard (Drums), Allen Lanier (Keyboards), Les Braunstein (Vocals) and Andrew Winters (Bass), they subsequently transformed into Blue Oyster Cult after renaming themselves several times. They have had more than 24 million record sales worldwide and are going strong even today with various line-up changes. Their most famous numbers include “(Don’t fear) The reaper”, “Godzilla”, “Burnin’ for you” etc but their contribution to heavy metal is immense and irreplaceable. They have special contribution in the development of music video culture as their music video for “Burnin’ for you” in 1981 became very famous and received numerous plays. They were also pioneers of light shows during their live performances and are probably one of the first bands to use lasers in their live shows.

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