Blondie Share New Lyric Video For Cover Of The Doors' 'Moonlight Drive'Blondie recently released a new lyric video for their cover of the Doors track "Moonlight Drive."
Blondie recently released a new lyric video for their cover of the Doors track "Moonlight Drive."
The song is the lead track from Blondie's upcoming expansive box set Against The Odds 1974-1982, due out on August 26.
The new clip shares the lyrics to the previously-unreleased version of the Doors track, which has powerful guitar and keyboards and an unmistakably charismatic performance by frontwoman Debbie Harry.
Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, and Robbie Krieger wrote "Moonlight Drive." According to Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman's 1980 biography of Morrison, "No One Here Gets Out Alive," Morrison wrote the song on a rooftop in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, in 1965.
"Moonlight Drive" includes such lyrics as "Let's swim to the moon, let's climb through the tide, penetrate the evenin' that the city sleeps to hide."
Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982 will be available in a Super Deluxe Collectors' Edition as well as Deluxe 4LP, Deluxe 8CD and 3CD. It contains all six of their studio albums for Chrysalis, expanded to include over four dozen demo recordings.
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Pink Floyd To Release Physical Versions Of Ukraine Benefit Single 'Hey Hey Rise Up'Pink Floyd will release on July 15 two physical versions of their first newly recorded music in over 25 years, "Hey Hey Rise Up."
Pink Floyd will release on July 15 two physical versions of their first newly recorded music in over 25 years, "Hey Hey Rise Up."
The single, which was initially released digitally in April in support of the people of Ukraine, was No. 1 in 27 countries..
It will be available on 7" and CD single. Both formats will also feature a newly reworked version of "A Great Day For Freedom" taken from the band's 1994 album, The Division Bell.
The single will be available in Japan on August 3 and in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Mexico on October 21.
David Gilmour and Nick Mason will be joined in the lead track by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox in the vocals. Long time Pink Floyd bass player Guy Pratt will be on bass and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards.
When the track was first recorded at the end of March, Andriy, who left his band's U.S. tour to return home and fight for his country, was in a hospital bed in Kyiv recovering from a shrapnel injury. Proceeds for the physical release and the ongoing digital proceeds will go to Ukraine humanitarian relief.
Talking about the inspiration for "Hey Hey Rise Up," Gilmour said, "Any war, but particularly a war that is started by a world superpower against an independent democratic nation, has got to raise enormous anger and frustration in one. It's an enormously difficult, frustrating, and anger-making thing that one human being could have the power to invade another independent democratic nation and set about killing the population. It's just obscene to an extent that is just beyond my belief".
The artwork for the track The Sunflower Look features a painting of the national flower of Ukraine with a twist by the Cuban artist Yosan Leon. The cover is a direct reference to the woman who was seen around the world giving sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers and telling them to carry them in their pockets, so that when they die sunflowers will grow.
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Paramount+ Announces Documentary About Don McLean's 'American Pie'Paramount+ has announced that a documentary revealing the secrets behind Don McLean's iconic song, "American Pie," will premiere exclusively on the streaming service on July 19.
Paramount+ has announced that a documentary revealing the secrets behind Don McLean's iconic song, "American Pie," will premiere exclusively on the streaming service on July 19.
Additionally, the documentary will have a special Academy qualifying run in New York City and Los Angeles starting on July 8 and will screen in Showcase Cinemas and associated theaters globally on July 14 and July 17
The day the music died: the story of Don Mclean's 'American pie' is produced by Spencer Proffer and executive produced by Bruce Gilmer.
McLean and Proffer tell the story of the song by using contemporary audio/visual storytelling techniques to artistically reimagine the music for a modern audience.
With a narrative running deeper than a catchy tune and cryptic verses, "American Pie" is a musical phenomenon woven deep into the history of American culture, entertaining audiences around the world for over 50 years.
The documentary highlights cultural moments in America's history that are as relevant now as they were in 1971, when the song was released. The film tells stories of the people who were a part of this moment from the beginning and shows the point of view of a new generation of artists who are motivated by the same values and ideas that inspired the song's creation.
"This documentary is something that will make people think, especially since so many throughout the years have asked me what certain lyrics meant or whom I was referring to, but now I finally can solve many of those mysteries," says McLean.
He added, "Everyone from Madonna to Garth Brooks to Weird Al Yankovic has recorded 'American Pie' and made it their own. So many people have their own interpretation of the song, and I love it."
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