How many of these ’60s songs can you name based on just the lyrics?
Most of the time, the part of a song’s lyrics that you remember best are the same ones that appear in the song title. So if someone tries to stump you by asking, “What song […]
How many of these bands can you name based on just one, obscure fact?
Which famous rock star earned eight dollars an hour by smoking cigarettes for a UCLA science experiment? If you said Axl Rose, then you know your obscure rock trivia. Congratulations. Needless to say, Rose isn’t […]
How many of these ’80s songs can you name based on just the lyrics?
Music from the 1980s is at a distinct disadvantage as compared to music from a previous decade, such as the 1960s. Music from that period is beloved by Boomers and has had extra decades to […]
How many of these guitars can you name based on just the body?
News flash! A lot of people like to pore over the curves and contours of certain bodies, but those bodies don’t belong to their fellow human beings. Rather, those bodies belong to guitars. Many people […]
The most commonly misheard song lyrics of the 1970s
Of all the perils threatening humankind, one that’s been successfully neutralized is the need to sing along to a song whose lyrics you don’t know. In the Spotify age, you can see all of a […]
The all-time most popular musicians in America (no, Taylor Swift isn’t on the list — yet)
Who are the 100 most popular musicians of all time? We wanted to find out, so we consulted with the research data and analytics group YouGov. YouGov gave us the artist rankings, the number […]
Vanilla Fudge & 9 other bands you’ve probably totally forgotten
In a long-forgotten past, there were establishments known as “record stores,” where people would go to purchase discs that, when inserted into a CD player, would generate music. Two of the sections in these stores […]
The totally unexpected ways Mungo Jerry and 9 other ’60s bands got their names
Since the dawn of time, rock bands have been giving themselves really stupid names. This was especially true in the 1960s when anyone with 20 hits of acid and a thesaurus could name a band […]
America’s most popular musicians of all time (and no, Taylor Swift didn’t make the list, yet)
Who are the 100 most popular musicians of all time? We wanted to find out, so we consulted with the research data and analytics group YouGov. YouGov gave us the artist rankings, the number […]
America’s most popular musicians of all time (and no, Taylor Swift didn’t make the list, yet)
Who are the 100 most popular musicians of all time? We wanted to find out, so we consulted with the research data and analytics group YouGov. YouGov gave us the artist rankings, the number […]
Gen X: Please stop saying these things. You sound old!
Well, you aren’t anymore; you’re firmly in middle age, and while you can still find your favorite old TV shows on Prime Video and your favorite Echo & the Bunnymen albums on Spotify, that stuff […]
Low-budget movies that raked in millions
One of the greatest tragedies of 2023 was the box office failure of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which did not make enough money to recoup its production and publicity costs. Those costs […]
The 10 most underrated musicians in country music
There are a lot of country artists so famous, even people who can’t stand the music know who they are. These include such obvious folk as Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and dozens of […]
Musicians who are old AF and still rockin’ it
For years, they’ve been saying that 60 is the new 40. To hear many famous musicians tell it, 80 may be the new 20. Many decades ago, the idea of a rock star still moving […]
10 of the greatest songs from the ’80s that you never heard on the radio
If you were an avid radio listener during the 1980s, there were some songs you heard over and over again ad nauseam. These included – but were not limited to – “I Just Called to […]
10 American brands only Boomers will remember (& you can still buy them…somewhere)
Few things are sadder than the realization that time has passed you by. Perhaps nothing brings that reality home like the observation that some ubiquitous, beloved brand you grew up with is no longer being […]
The 10 greatest songs of the ’70s that never got any radio play
When it comes to decades that were fertile environments for great tunes, the 1970s are hard to beat. The “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack alone was the source of many chart-topping hits, and that’s just talking […]
10 totally overrated country musicians
When people talk about the great country music artists, they often refer to them by their first names only. Dolly. Willie. Waylon. And so forth. Today, many alleged country artists may be angling for […]
The worst (or best?) Tom Hanks movies of his career
The absolute worst Tom Hanks films Ever since he first burst onto the scene, Tom Hanks has built a career as a good-natured everyman, a man with basic decency who is impossible to dislike. He’s […]
The worst (or best?) Tom Hanks movies of his career
The absolute worst Tom Hanks films Ever since he first burst onto the scene, Tom Hanks has built a career as a good-natured everyman, a man with basic decency who is impossible to dislike. He’s […]
Toni Basil is 80 & 9 other mind-blowing facts about the ’80s
The 1980s was the era of new wave music, diagonal zippers, and zebra print tube tops. It all felt edgy and fashion-forward then, but all that stuff is over 40 years old today. Indeed, those […]
Hauntings & other spooky stories that are supposedly true
It’s October, which means Halloween is fast approaching. In addition to bringing trick-or-treaters to your doorstep in search of candy, it will bring many a sudden belief in the supernatural, even for those who […]
The worst (or best?) Tom Hanks movies of his career
The absolute worst Tom Hanks films Ever since he first burst onto the scene, Tom Hanks has built a career as a good-natured everyman, a man with basic decency who is impossible to dislike. He’s […]
The worst (or best?) Tom Hanks movies of his career
The absolute worst Tom Hanks films Ever since he first burst onto the scene, Tom Hanks has built a career as a good-natured everyman, a man with basic decency who is impossible to dislike. He’s […]
The worst (or best?) Tom Hanks movies of his career
The absolute worst Tom Hanks films Ever since he first burst onto the scene, Tom Hanks has built a career as a good-natured everyman, a man with basic decency who is impossible to dislike. He’s […]
The greatest final albums of all time
Frequently, many musicians are engaged in the law of diminishing returns. Their first couple of albums will be full of fire, inspiration, and the need to prove something to the music-buying public. After about eight […]
Everyday things we took for granted 30 years ago that are total luxuries today
Times change, and sometimes, they change faster than we can keep up with them. In the year of our lord 1993, certain things were ubiquitous, and those of us who were around at the time […]
10 reasons no one cares about Gen X
The Greatest Generation won World War II, and the Baby Boomers brought about revolutionary social transformation. But what did Generation X do? Based on the news coverage and academic treatises about those born between […]
The worst (or best?) Tom Hanks movies of his career
The absolute worst Tom Hanks films Ever since he first burst onto the scene, Tom Hanks has built a career as a good-natured everyman, a man with basic decency who is impossible to dislike. He’s […]
A dozen of the most influential guitarists of the 1950s
When people talk about guitar heroes, they usually invoke names like Jimi Hendrix or Eddie Van Halen. While these were trailblazing musicians whose pyrotechnics inspired millions of teenage kids to pick up an instrument, they’re […]