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Lyricapsule: The Righteous Brothers’ ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ Hits Charts; December 12, 1964

Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield (left) and Phil Spector (right) at Gold Star Studios in 1965; Photo: Getty 5,000 more pairs of boots were sent to Vietnam while MLK was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for […]

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Amazon Drops Alexa Data on Top Lyric Requests Shouted at It

A modified Tap an engineer equipped with a skull so Alexa could be more personable; Photo: YouTube As Amazon prepares to take over the world, the co-opting tech giant has tossed the lyric world some […]

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Lyricapsule: John Lennon is Taken From Us; December 8, 1980

Some misfit human of which we’ll leave unnamed shot and killed John Lennon 36 years ago today, changing the course of music and culture forever in amounts we’re still trying to comprehend. By now the story is […]

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Lyricapsule: Soundtracking Tax Day; April 15, Forever

Though it was aimed at British policy, George Harrison‘s Revolver opener, “Taxman,” is arguably the best tax day jam every written. If you haven’t dedicated a moment of your April 15 past or present to cowbell […]

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Group Creates Braille Karaoke Database for the Blind

Karaoke Japan ground zero has produced machines in the past that have sought to bring the blind community into the jukebox hero party before, with tech largely only existing still within Japan’s boundaries, but now for the first […]

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Lyricapsule: The Monkees Crack Billboard Charts; September 24, 1966

Dropped just shy of a month prior, television’s favorite fake band that clearly wanted to be The Beatles, The Monkees ripped a hole in the pop-culture continuum with their very real Billboard-charting hit on this […]

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Lyricapsule: The Beatles Broadcast ‘All You Need is Love’ on ‘Our World’; June 25, 1967

The foundation of the Abbey Road philosophy on love two years later, that “in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make,” The Beatles‘ “All You Need is Love” broadcast […]

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Lyricapsule: Inspiration from The Beatles’ ’A Day in the Life’ Dies; December 18, 1966

Some of the best narratives are mined from newspaper and magazine headlines, whether fictionalized or not. From the twisted seriousness of Nirvana’s “Polly” about the rape of a 14-year-old in Tacoma, Washington, Cobain threading a […]

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Lyricapsule: George Harrison Drops ‘All Things Must Pass’; November 27, 1970

Aside Ringo – poor Ringo – Harrison got the shaft for a long time the way of Beatle respect, shadowed by the iconic Lennon–McCartney songwriting credit. Even when the band disbanded and solo records started […]

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Pornhub Erects Times Square Billboard, Sullies John Lennon’s Most Famous Lyric

Pornhub is making a serious push to be king of the NSFW intranets, first with the launch of a record label and theme-song contest – yes, enterprising bands, you can be the voice of the […]

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