"Your Love" by Brandon Heath
I felt it first when I was younger
A strange connection to the light
A strange connection to the light
Submitted by: Isac
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May 6
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Singers Who Act -> Latest Entries
Phil Collins appeared in: A Hard Day's Night
Phil Collins was around 14 years old when he starred in this film. He was known locally as a child theater actor and his role in the play "Oliver" was greatly acclaimed. In this Beatles thriller Phil is just a face in a crowd, another guy in the audience watching the Beatles play live in an auditorium.
Submitted By: Beatle Baby
Phil Collins appeared in: Frauds
Phil stars in this dark comedy set in Australia as Roland, a fraudulent insurance agent hired by a couple who want to file a false claim. Roland is an absolute pest, he's greedy, always hounding his clients and loves to do acts of mischief just for the hell of it. He loves to pull pranks on others and laugh, IOW he likes to "fuck shit up".
Submitted By: Sussudio is My Girlfriend
Celebrities Who Sing -> Latest Entries
Jerry Lewis performed: Rock-a-bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
Jerry sang a whole LP of old chestnuts for Decca in the late 50's; it sounds pretty much like a 33 rpm Al Jolson record played at 45. HEY, LAAAAAA-DEEEEE!!
Submitted By: JeffM
Bronson Arroyo performed: various covers of songs like Slide, Hunger Strike and Dirty Water
Arroyo was a member of the 2004 Boston Red Sox team that won the World Series and recorded the album "Covering the Bases" in 2005. Arroyo had teammates Kevin Millar, Johnny Damon and Kevin Youkilis record background vocals on his cover of "Dirty Water". Arroyo had Michael Landau and Mike Inez record on the album.
Submitted By: harderman
Better Off Solo -> Latest Entries
Dallas Smith from Default
Smith earned success after going solo as a country music artist. He recorded his first album "Jumped Right In" in 2012, which spawned the hits "Somebody, Somewhere", "Jumped Right In" and "What Kinda Love". Smith still performs with Default, not abandoning the band altogether.
Submitted By: harderman
Verlon Thompson from Restless Heart
Thompson was the original lead vocalist for Restless Heart, but quit the band prior to the start of recording their debut album. Thompson was replaced with Larry Stewart who remained with the group until 1992. Thompson returned to being a studio musician following his departure from the group.
Submitted By: harderman
Former Occupations of Performers -> Latest Entries
Chubby Checker from Chubby Checker: Poultry plucker at local slaughter house
Submitted By: Keeley
Performer's New Career Entries -> Latest Entries
Glen Larson from The Four Preps: Motion picture and television writer and producer
Glen Larson used his involvement with the Four Preps to gain access to motion pictures and television, in which he became a highly successful writer and producer. "Battlestar 'Galactica'" (the original version, not that wretched re-imagining that was shown more recently) and "Knight Rider" are two of his best-known works.
Submitted By: Parker Gabriel
Jennifer Kinley from The Kinleys: Veteranarian
The Kinleys were twins who were best known for their single "Please" in the late 1990's.
Submitted By: harderman61
Songs That Are Banned -> Latest Entries
"Greased Lightning," John Travolta - Submitted By: Genesis Biker
"Army Of Two," Olly Murs - Submitted By: Scott Knight
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Super Long Pop Songs -> Latest Entries
"Sweet Bird Of Youth," The Flaming Lips Length:24:00:00 - Submitted By: ME
"Holding On," Steve Winwood Length:6:15 - Submitted By: harderman
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Super Short Pop Songs -> Latest Entries
"The Secret Parade," The Afters Length:1:40 - Submitted By: JeReMy
"Dangerous & Moving (Intro)," t.A.T.u. Length:0:50 - Submitted By: Mitchell
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Song Lawsuits -> Latest Entries
"I Feel Like Dying," Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne used a sample of Karma's "Once" without permission even though it was never on any profitted release. - Submitted By: Mitchell
"Snoopy vs. The Red Baron," The Royal Guardsmen
Though Charles Schulz of "Peanuts" fame let The Royal Guardsmen make more songs about Snoopy, he and United Features Syndicate actually sued The Royal Guardsmen for using Snoopy without permission. Though Charlie Brown loses baseball games...he can sure win a Lawsuit! - Submitted By: Paul Warren
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Crime Records -> Latest Entries
John Taylor (Duran Duran): "Speeding" - Submitted By: Celeste
Justin Beiber: "Speeding" - Submitted By: Celeste
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Performers with Handicaps -> Latest Entries
David Bowie: Permanently dilated pupil - Submitted By: Isac
Terry Kelly: Blind - Submitted By: harderman61
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Lighter Side of Serious Bands -> Latest Entries
"4 (album)," Foreigner - Submitted By: This Entry is Brought to You By the Number 4
"CaliFORE Tour ," Huey Lewis and the News - Submitted By: I Chase California Girls!
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Hidden Tracks -> Latest Entries
"Tuesday," Dandelion. On the album "I Think I'm Gonna Be Sick" after what seems like a long fadeout at the end of "Weight of the World," there's a much faster track called "Tuesday," which is listed as being untitled, but the name was identified by bass player Mike Murporgo. I can't think of too much else to say about it, I'm afraid. - Submitted By: The Skuz
"Too Late (Instrumental)," No Doubt. On "Return Of Saturn", after Dark Blue wait a few minutes, and an orchestral rendition of "Too Late" will play. It is vaguely mentioned in the booklet and from my best understanding, is called "Too Late (Instrumental)", although it's not the actual instrumental. - Submitted By: Mitchell
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Hidden Messages -> Latest Entries
"The Power of Equality," Red Hot Chili Peppers: "In the beginning of the song, you can hear Anthony Kiedis say "Hey batter batter" a few times, followed by him saying "Swing", leading into the first verse." - Submitted By: JeReMy
"Fireproof," Pillar: "In the beginning of the Pillar song "Fireproof", you can hear Rob Beckley say "A, E, I, O, U, sometimes Y"" - Submitted By: JeReMy
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Backwards Messages -> Latest Entries
"Snowblind," Styx: "At 1:08 (backwords), there is the start of what sounds like a backwards message, Incomprehendable (possible other language?) until 1:18 (backwards). It says "Satan is mercy,Save me Satan,Save Me now" Creepy,eh?" - Submitted By: Quake Storm
"Get Low," Lil' John: ""Yeah! Worth somethin' baby, worth something' baby" when reversed sounds like "Pop! Give me a mushroom, give me a mushroom! Yeaahh!"" - Submitted By: Erika
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What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music) -> Latest Entries
Rock in Space - Chuck Berry
The Voyager 1 and 2 each have a special gold LP disk record that has on the exterior pictures of a nude male + female couple and several other references to humanity, planet Earth and where it is, the location of our solar system, etc. Play the LP on the spacecraft's player and aliens coming upon these probes will hear recorded messages, greetings in several languages, sounds of nature and more incl. music. "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry is one of the songs featured, - Submitted By: Interstellar Overdrive
Changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol - Prince
In 1993, Prince changed his name to what's known as the Love Symbol and started to be referred to as "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince". Reportedly, he did it as a way of getting out of his contract with Warner Bros because they owned the rights to his name. (How does that happen?) - Submitted By: Brian Kelly
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Music With a Warning Label -> Latest Entries
"Broken," Nine Inch Nails
In the liner notes, there is a warning reading, "Caution: Not for use with mono devices." The reason for this being is that Trent stated the songs do not sound right when being played through mono devices.
eg: Mike Smith
"Amnesiac," Radiohead
The back cover says "Radiohead. Amnesiac. Store away from direct sunlight, preferably in a dark drawer with your secrets. See inside for details."
Lee
"Live Era '87-'93," Guns N' Roses
Look very closely at the cover, just below the 2nd poster on the top row. It says "Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Hollywood Rose Is Bad For Your Health (but worth the risk)". You might need a big LP to see it because the writing is very small.
Lee
"Primitive Enema," Butt Trumpet
This is what the lyric sheet says concerning the lyrics to "The Grindcore Song": We've decided not to give you the lyrics to this song because we are sure they would entice you to do nasty things to yourself and to others and we don't wish to be held responsible for it. Hail Satan.
F*ck the PMRC
"Tin Machine II," Tin Machine
The second album from David Bowie's hard rock band Tin Machine was released in 1991. The cover art has 4 ancient Greek statues, of NUDE men (oh no). The morals of our Grand Republic were saved and for the U.S. release the genetilia of the statues were "airbrushed" off. They did a lousy job - it looks more the statues had their ding dongs torn off. Oh but the morality police saved the day again (NOT).
Ain't That America? Home Of the Free
"Muscle of Love," Alice Cooper
The cover says "Attention: This Carton Contains (1) Alice Cooper Muscle of Love" and also says "Fragile".
Lee
"Appetite for Destruction," Guns N' Roses
On the back cover of the CD version - it says "The music on this compact digital disc was originally recorded on analog equipment. We have attempted to perserve, as closely as possible, the sound of the original recording. Because of it's high resolution, however, the compact disc can reveal limitations of the source tape."
Lee
"Gizmode," Zombie Nation
There is a sticker on it that says- "Okay! Get into gizmode! Be a filter jerk! Or a zombie nerd! This record has a lifetime warranty."
Camerabob
"Devils and Dust," Bruce Springsteen
There's the track "Reno" which is a story about someone who visits a flophouse in Reno. The hooker names her prices for certain sex acts ( you pay more to put it "up the *ss"). Then there's a reference to fellatio (maybe). In either case there's no "Parental Advisory" emblem on the CD but on the back cover there is a brief warning statement that says there's "adult content".
They Call Him Bruce
"Elephant Shoe," Arab Strap
Not exactly a warning label, though I am sure this fits here. Arab Strap left Chemikal Underground in 1999 to go to Go Beat! At the time, there were small forms in all UK music releases for mailing list purposes. Normally it was are you Male/Female? The Strap decided to change it to- Do You Have A Cock/A Fanny? (British meaning). The new record company were not amused and pulled the form before release. There is a photocopy and this reference within the sleeve notes for 'Ten Years of Tears', released by Chemikal Underground around 2008.
Kenny McDonald
"Sweet Time (single)," REO Speedwagon
During the autumn of 1982 the economy was still suffering big time from the post-Vietnam War era recession, which was the worst economic situation since the Great Depression (sound familiar?). November had Congressional elections and Reaganomics hadn't really made an effect yet. Pres. Reagan's GOP cohorts in Congress generally took a "midterm" election trouncing because of this (deja vu ?). Other people deviced ways to beat the inflationary doldrums. One method was for record labels to issue 1-sided 45s. The single would cost about 1/2 that of the normal 2-sided variety. The B-side (flip) simply said "Do not play this side". Only a handful of 1-sided 45s were even issued. One of them was a Go-Gos hit and another notorious "recession buster" was "Sweet Time" by REO Speedwagon which peaked at #26. As the economy improved in 1983 this brief trend was squelched.
Everything That Comes Around Goes Around...
"Monster Movie," Can
On some LP pressings, the front cover bore the words "Made in a castle with better equipment."
Glenn Rousseau
"Stop Drop and Roll!!!," Foxboro Hot Tubs
On the actual CD it says "Side A, Warning Do Not Play Side B" - this is because the album is made to look like a vinyl record and if you play side b all the paint might come of the so-called 'Side A'.
Lee
"Amarok," Mike Oldfield
On the back there is a label saying " HEALTH WARNING - This record could be hazardous to the health of cloth-eared nincompoops. If you suffer from this condition, consult your Doctor immediately ".
A Stranger
"Procrastinators Of The Apocalypse," Cirque Du So What?
[Note to editor: Am resubmitting this due to a typo in the original!] "Parental Advisory: Contains lots of the usual raunchy words, and we even made up a few new ones." This is a new supergroup composed of ShoEboX (of Worm Quartet), Chris Mezzolesta (of Power Salad), Devo Spice (formerly Sudden Death) and The Great Luke Ski. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM8e8uCsqac
Jonathan S.
"Procrastinators Of The Apocalypse," Cirque Du So What?
"Parental Advisory: Contains lots of the usual raunchy words, and we even made up few new ones." This is a new supergroup composed of ShoEboX (of Worm Quartet), Chris Mezzolesta (of Power Salad), Devo Spice and The Great Luke Ski. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM8e8uCsqac
Jonathan S.
"So Far So Good," Bryan Adams
The "warning" is really on the CD itself. It's a picture disc made up to resemble a truck tire in appearance (a monster tire is on the cover too). There's the artist and album names, the track list and copyright info, written in a circumscribe format. After the record label credits and warning (copying prohibited, ...) there's a simple sentence: Do not inflate above 50 p.s.i. This "warning" is an example of humor more than anything else.
Anyday I'm Gonna Make Her Mine!
"Uh-Huh," John Mellencamp
Some fuddie-duddies complained about the cover art because it shows the rough-and-tumble longhaired rebel type Hoosier surrounded by angelic beings with satanic features (pointed tails and devil horns). Are they angels or demons? Hey fellas, just listen to the music.
Buckeye Skywalker
"Pornograffiti," Extreme
Extreme's most successful album originally had a "Parental Advisory" sticker on the cover until "More Than Words" became a hit. Then it was removed from future printings. Actually, the only thing obscene about the album was its title.
Rocky
"Pornograffiti," Extreme
Extreme's most successful album originally had a "Parental Advisory" sticker on the cover until "More Than Words" became a hit. Then it was removed from future printings. Actually, the only thing obscene about the album was the its title.
Rocky
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