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Yahoo
6 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Hear Muse Blend EDM and Metal on Melodramatic ‘Unravelling'
Muse love doing everything all at once, and on 'Unravelling,' their first new music since 2022's Will of the People album, they combine EDM synths, melodramatic rock opera vocals, and shit-kicking prog-metal riffs. And somehow it all works in a way that sounds conspicuously like Muse. The most transcendent moment comes near the end when frontman Matt Bellamy sings, 'Feeling the glow die inside of our bones/This is a hymn for our love with no God and no throne,' in an exultant way right before his guitar digs into a nasty metal breakdown that sounds more like Slipknot than Muse. The group has not yet revealed if the song, produced by Dan Lancaster (Bring Me the Horizon, Blink-182), is foreshadowing a larger project. More from Rolling Stone Zedd Wants to Reintroduce Himself, And He Brought Along Some Pretty Surprising Guests to Help The Killers, Muse, the Lumineers Lead Atlanta's 2023 Shaky Knees Fest Muse's Matt Bellamy Recalls Attending One of Lady Gaga's Early Career Shows: 'I Have Always Been a Little Monster' Muse, which have dates in Europe through July, test-drove the song live at a tour warmup gig at Helsinki's House of Culture last week. They gave it a bigger premiere on June 14, though, when they performed it at Finland's Rockfest for an audience of more than 50,000 people. The song's producer, Lancaster, plays keys and additional live guitar at Muse's live performances. A few years ago, when they were still promoting Will of the People, Muse showed fans just how deeply they could blend genres when they flipped Paul McCartney's 'Live and Let Die' into the ultra-metallic original song, 'Kill or Be Killed.' ''Kill or Be Killed' is Muse at their heaviest,' Bellamy said then. 'We wanted to update our hard rock sound on this album, and with 'Kill or Be Killed' we found a modern metal sound featuring double-bass drum action and even a death growl. Lyrically the song takes influence from my favorite Paul McCartney song 'Live and Let Die,' a dark take on how life's adversity can sometimes bring out the worst human instincts to survival at any costs.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
Yahoo
14 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Bruce Springsteen Says Goodbye to Brian Wilson & His ‘Otherworldly Ear' for Music: ‘Farewell, Maestro'
Bruce Springsteen has shared a thoughtful tribute to Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys legend who died this week at the age of 82. Posted on Instagram Thursday (June 12) — one day after Wilson's family announced that he had passed away following a difficult battle with dementia — The Boss' tribute began by calling the late singer-songwriter 'the most musically inventive voice in all of pop, with an otherworldly ear for harmony.' More from Billboard Bob Dylan, Gracie Abrams, Paul McCartney & More Remember Brian Wilson: 'Hero In Every Sense of the Word' Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Head to Florida for Stanley Cup Final Twenty One Pilots Drop New Single, 'The Contract,' Detail North American Tour Dates 'He was also the visionary leader of America's greatest band, The Beach Boys,' Springsteen continued. 'If there'd been no Beach Boys, there would have been no 'Racing In The Street.' Listen to 'Summer's Gone' from The Beach Boys' last album That's Why God Made The Radio and weep.' 'Farewell, Maestro,' added the rocker. 'Nothing but love and a lovely lasting debt from all of us over here on E Street.' Springsteen is just one of many living legends who has shared remarks following Wilson's death. Elton John, Bob Dylan and Carole King have also posted tributes, while several younger stars — Clairo, Gracie Abrams and Maggie Rogers, to name a few — have also paid respects. Paul McCartney, who inducted Wilson into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000, wrote on Instagram, 'Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special … I loved him, and was privileged to be around his bright shining light for a little while.' Springsteen has long maintained his appreciation for Wilson's work. 'There's no greater world created in rock and roll than the Beach Boys,' the guitarist said in 2021 documentary Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, according to Far Out. 'The level of musicianship, I don't think anybody's touched it yet.' In 2015, Springsteen made a surprise appearance at Wilson's concert in New Jersey, joining the icon on stage. Two year's later, Wilson's official Facebook account shared a photo of the two men together, with the caption: 'Bruce Springsteen makes it a point to see Brian when he's in New Jersey. Here's Brian and Bruce before tonight's show at the Count Basie Theatre.' See Springsteen's post below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Yahoo
15 hours ago
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Beyoncé Thanks Sir Paul McCartney for ‘One of the Best Songs Ever Made'
Beyoncé closed out the final night of her Cowboy Carter tour's six-show run at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday (June 16) with a heartfelt message to fans and a tribute to one of England's most iconic songwriters. 'Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney, for writing one of the best songs ever made. Every time I sing it, I feel so honored. And it is a full circle moment to wear your beautiful daughter's design,' Beyoncé wrote in an Instagram post, referencing her Cowboy Carter rendition of the Beatles' 1968 classic 'Blackbird.' More from Billboard Addison Rae Announces Dates For Debut 2025 Headlining World Tour How Brandon Lake Is Leading A Whole New Flock To 'What's Real And What's True' In Christian Music Where Are the Blockbuster Soundtracks? The Screen Has Gone Dark for Hit Movie Albums Since 'Wicked' & 'Twisters' 'Thank you, London, for creating unforgettable memories for me and my family,' she continued. 'Holla at 'ya when I come on tour again!' Her version of the song, stylized as 'Blackbiird,' reimagines the original with string flourishes and vocal contributions from four rising Black female country artists: Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Tiera Kennedy. The cover is one of two reinterpretations featured on Cowboy Carter, alongside her take on Dolly Parton's 'Jolene.' McCartney praised Beyoncé's version earlier this year, calling it a 'magnificent' interpretation that reinforces the civil rights message that inspired him to write it. 'I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out,' he wrote on Instagram. 'You are going to love it.' The Beatles' 'Blackbird' was originally written in response to the Little Rock Nine, a group of Black students who faced violent resistance while integrating an Arkansas high school in 1957. McCartney has said the song was written as a message of hope and encouragement to Black women facing injustice. McCartney, whose original master recording is used in Beyoncé's version, according to Variety, also revealed that he had the chance to speak with the pop icon about her take on 'Blackbird.' 'I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it,' wrote McCartney, who attended Beyoncé's record-breaking Renaissance World Tour last year. 'I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song. When I saw the footage on the television in the early 60s of the black girls being turned away from school, I found it shocking and I can't believe that still in these days there are places where this kind of thing is happening right now. Anything my song and Beyoncé's fabulous version can do to ease racial tension would be a great thing and makes me very proud.' Released in March 2024, Cowboy Carter debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and made Beyoncé the first Black woman to top the Top Country Albums chart. The project also won her the Grammy for album of the year and best country album earlier this year. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Evening Standard
a day ago
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- Evening Standard
Artists have to face the truth about AI: it will probably improve even their best work
According to legend, Paul McCartney rolled out of bed in 1964, having dreamt up a new melody. Originally convinced he had plagiarised it, he waited a few weeks before laying down some new lyrics and giving his new tune a better title. Scrambled Eggs became Yesterday, one of the biggest hits of all time.
Telegraph
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Why Paul McCartney's girlfriend hid from him in a bathroom
Sir Paul McCartney caused his then-girlfriend to storm out of a 1960s dinner by telling guests he would only marry 'if the right girl came along'. Jane Asher ran out and locked herself in a bathroom, it has been revealed. The couple started dating after they met backstage in 1963 at a Beatles concert in the Royal Albert Hall, which Asher had been sent to cover for the Radio Times. She was 17 and he was 20. Later in their relationship, the pair went out for dinner with Richard Armitage, the talent agent, and a number of other famous faces of the 1960s. Armitage's son, Alex, told Danny Baker about the clumsy exchange that followed, during Baker's one-man show in Somerset last week. A female guest had been quizzing McCartney over his marriage plans, pointing out that two of his bandmates, John Lennon and Ringo Starr, had already tied the knot. Alex told Baker's audience: 'And then she said: 'And what about you Paul? Are you the marrying kind? Are you going to settle down?' 'So McCartney, while sitting next to Jane Asher, said, 'Er, yeah. I think I would if the right girl came along, I'm sure'.' The frank admission caused Asher to slam down her cutlery and run into the lavatory, which she would not leave. Despite the rocky start to their relationship, the couple became engaged in 1967. In a later interview, McCartney told how living at Asher's house with her parents for a spell was 'homey' and 'kind of perfect'. The singer-songwriter is said to have written We Can Work It Out about their relationship to try and prove they could get things back on track. He also wrote And I Love Her in Asher's parents' house. Their engagement came to an end when Asher announced their break-up on live TV in July 1968, in news that surprised McCartney himself. She said although their relationship was 'finished', she suggested they could perhaps be 'childhood sweethearts and meet again and get married when we're 70'. However, McCartney went on to wed Linda Eastman in 1969, with whom he formed Wings. After Eastman's death in 1998, McCartney had a shorter marriage to Heather Mills before meeting Nancy Shevell, his current wife. Asher, who is an actress and author, married Gerald Scarfe, the cartoonist, in 1981 and had three children. She has said she finds it 'insulting' to be asked about her relationship with the Beatle.
