#Popular Music

[rhapsodynew]

Rare photos

May 23, 1957. The Liverpool band Eric Clayton's Skiffle Band performs. This is the first shot of Ringo playing the drums (far left).

The photo on July 6, 1957 (the day John met Paul), where Lennon sings standing on an open truck, has become a textbook and is found in many books and websites. And this picture, taken a little later in the day, is not well known to many people.

The bassist and an important member of the early line-up of the band was Stuart Sutcliffe, who unfortunately passed away early. In all his short life, only one color shot of him was taken, this one, where he is captured with singer Tony Sheridan. Stewart is on the right.

Most likely, you don't know who it is. Meanwhile, this man turned the history of world music around. This is Kurt Raymond Jones, the same customer who came into the store and asked for the Beatles record My Bonnie, which is why Brian Epstein first heard about the band, began looking for them and eventually turned into a manager. For a long time it was believed that there was no Raymond Jones. Like, it's just a character invented for the convenience of telling a story. However, here he is!

The only shot where you can see drummer Pete Best, who will later be fired, and Ringo Starr, who will take his place, together.

The Beatles are on the verge of fame performing in Liverpool. As you can see, they have someone else's drum kit, left on stage after the previous band.

Have you ever seen John's mother-in-law? Here she is, the mother of his first wife, Cynthia, next to him.

The only picture where Brian Epstein holds a musical instrument in his hands and seems to extract sounds from it.

This is a giant shoe from the movie "Help!", which was needed to shoot a scene where the Floor shrank in size. As the photo shows, this piece of props later became a decoration in the garden near Lennon's house.

The Beatles in a hippie look ride in an ordinary subway car, and no one recognizes them? How can this be? This is 1967, the picture was taken in Greece, where a harsh political regime reigned at that time and the group was not so well known.

#beatlemania #rare photos #the beatles #liverpool #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #popular music #ringo starr #brian epstein #Pete Best #stuart sutcliffe #music story #history music #vintage photography #music #my music #music love #musica #rock music #pop #rock photography #rock

[stone-cold-groove]

Ringos.

#ringo #the beatles #ringo starr #yellow submarine #beatles #vintage illustration #the 60s #the 1960s #rock music #popular music #vintage animation

[stormy-skyzzzzzz]

Imagine Jason Todd listening to “I Bet On Losing Dogs.” Poor baby would love Mitski.

#jason todd #comics #batman #red hood #batfam #dc comics #dc robin #the red hood #batfamily #bruce wayne #alfred pennyworth #tim drake #dick grayson #damian wayne #damian al ghul #i bet on losing dogs #mitski #music #he just needs a hug #i would die for him #i swear #he’s just a little guy #just a baby #puberty 2 #mitski is life #he needs more love #popular music #jason todd imagine #jason todd scenarios #jason todd headcanon

[schibborasso]

Peter Gabriel photo by Clive Arrowsmith, 1978

#popular music #70s

[citizenscreen]

On March 14, 1958, the RIAA awarded its first official Gold Record to Perry Como for his smash-hit single “Catch A Falling Star.”

#perry como #1950s #popular music

[anxietyfrappuccino]

why are there so many sex songs on the radio

#my post #asexual #but what does that have to do with anything #i just think it's weird #also if you don’t think kids (some/many) recognize the difference i'm sorry you're ignorant #popular music #songs on the radio #idk #listen to it on your own time

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

The Filthy Fifteen

One of the actions taken by the PMRC was compiling a list of fifteen songs in popular music, at the time, that they found the most objectionable. This list is known as the "Filthy Fifteen" and consists of the following songs along with the lyrical content category for which each song was considered objectionable

#The Filthy Fifteen #objectionable #Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) #PMRC #fifteen songs #popular music #80s #heavy metal #80's #judas priest #black sabbath #def leppard #ac/dc #w.a.s.p. #motley crue #mercyful fate #censorship #my gif #gifs #my edit #gif #hard rock #hard n heavy #classic rock #pop #pop rock #cindy lauper #madonna #prince #venom

[music-is-my-life-man]

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Bob Dylan hanging out at Mick Jagger’s 29th birthday party, 1972

#mick jagger #keith richards #the rolling stones #bob dylan #rock #blues #rock music #blues music #popular music #folk #folk music #rock blues #blues rock #rock and roll #rock n roll #rock'n'roll #rock 'n' roll #1972 #1970s #1970s music #1970s rock #1970's #70s #70s rock #70s music #70's #70's rock #70's style #70's music #1970s style

[lysergicfunk]

Rest In Peace Burt... 

Burt Bacharach (May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023)

#Burt Bacharach #RIP #Musical Genius #Easy Listening #Popular Music #Isaac Hayes

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Some disc jockey had the audacity to play Taylor Swift on the oldies station and I wanted to swerve my car into oncoming traffic. Do words not mean anything anymore? I guess every single sond is "technically" an oldy because they were all recorded in the past; there aren't too many songs from the future, and every time a song is released in the present it's suddenly from the past! What has society come to when they follow up King of Wishful Thinking (1990) with Shake It Off (2014) and pretend they're both oldies?

Context: Johnny B. Goode was released in 1958 and was considered an oldy 27 years later in 1985, so I'm more than comfortable calling a 33 year old song an oldy, sure, but a 9 year old song? NINE?!? Nine years is considered old now?

Put in the tags whether you make a distinction between "oldy" and "classic." I could be swayed towards calling Shake It Off a classic, MAYBE, if the argument was convincing and it came from someone whose opinion I respect, but I refuse to call it an oldy until at least 2030, and even that's pushing it.

#poll #polls #music #popular music #oldies #oldies station #radio #radio station #taylor swift #oldy #2014 #1990 #1985 #1958 #time #classic music #classics #shake it off #king of wishful thinking #go west #golden oldies

[hisonetrueloveee]

the only information we have about 4*town’s unreleased songs is that they’re tagged as pop.

#pop songs #pop music #popular music #pop band #pop song #genius #unreleased songs #unreleased music #4 town x reader #4town jesse #4*town #4townie #4town robaire #turning red #4town aaron z #pixar turning red #4town aaron t #4town #4 town #4town taeyoung #4 town aaron z #4 town tae young #4 town robaire #4 town jesse #jesse 4town #aaron t 4town #aaron t turning red #aaron t x reader #aaron z #aaron z x reader

[totallynotjae13]

#music #spotify #tumblr polls #indie pop rock #rock music #r&b music #classical music #indie pop #popular music #pop music #funk #dubstep

[grandboute]

Roland Becker

#musique bretonne #roland becker #traditionnal music #celtic music #brittany #breizh #bzh #popular music #musique #art #music #bretagne

[batboyblog]

this is 100% real by the way, if you needed another reason to vote next year.

#ticketmaster #taylor swift #Joe Biden #concert #music #popular music #Live Nation

[citizenscreen]

On March 18, 1911, composer Irving Berlin copyrights “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” the biggest pop song of the early 20th century. #OnThisDay

#irving berlin #popular music

[vasquez-rocks]

Theories about the chorus to "Whistle"

Was recently listening to the part of "Whistle" where Flo Rida promises to "show you how to do it" and "start real slow" and I came up with some theories

a) flo rida can suck his own dick. this would be impressive! but is unlikely, because that is not a physically possible thing.

b) the person flo rida is having sex with has a dick. this one is intriguing, and quite possible! we know nothing about flo rida’s sex life except for the whole apple bottom jeans thing. could he be having sex with a trans woman, or a man? quite possibly! BUT this would rely on the person he wants to give him a blow job not knowing what a blow job is despite having a penis themself, which perhaps stretches credulity. maybe they are just very sheltered!

c) flo rida will demonstrate blowjob technique on a dildo or banana or something. i want this to be true, but it’s probably not. i do not believe that flo rida has a dildo available at his house. perhaps one of his butlers has left bananas in the fruit bowl downstairs, but it seems this song is happening in the heat of the moment, and i doubt he would want to leave the boudoir.

d) flo rida will demonstrate how blowjobs work on a member of his entourage. this is, to my mind, the most likely option

#whistle #josh hutcherson #popular music