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Bryan Adams – This Side of Paradise
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Bryan Adams – This Side of Paradise

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Bryan Adams This Side of Paradise by Deborah Wagner Copyright ©2005 PopEntertainment.com.   All rights reserved.  Posted: August 10, 2005. Since 1980, a voice has consistently come blasting across the airways.  The voice is strong, raspy and unmistakably Bryan Adams. This Canadian born singer/songwriter has proven time and again that he can rock and roll with … Continue reading →

Michael McDonald – The Ultimate Collection (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Michael McDonald – The Ultimate Collection (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Michael McDonald – The Ultimate Collection (Warner Brothers/Rhino) It makes perfect sense, somehow, that the cover of this album has a near black and white closeup of Michael McDonald. The only color that really grabs you in the shockingly limpid blue pool of the singer’s eyes (and I type that with a staunch record of heterosexuality, to … Continue reading →

Eagles – Farewell I Tour: Live in Melbourne (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Eagles – Farewell I Tour: Live in Melbourne (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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EAGLES – FAREWELL I TOUR: LIVE IN MELBOURNE (2005) Starring Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Steuart Smith, Will Hollis, Greg Smith, Billy Armstrong, Chris Mosert, Al Garth, Scott Crago, Michael Thompson and David Wild. Directed by Carol Dodd. Distributed by Warner Strategic Marketing.   minutes.  Not Rated. It seems like the Eagles … Continue reading →

Peter Gabriel: Play – The Videos (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Peter Gabriel: Play – The Videos (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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PETER GABRIEL – PLAY: THE VIDEOS (2004) Starring Peter Gabriel. Distributed by Warner Strategic Marketing. 141 minutes. Not Rated. Pretty much all of the superstar acts of the 1980s took advantage of video and the explosion of MTV (back in the days when Music Television still played music…). However, very few artists expanded the medium … Continue reading →

Live Aid (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Live Aid (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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Live Aid (Warner Strategic Marketing-2004) It’s been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. There is no better example of this than the agonizingly sixteen-hour-long Live Aid broadcast on July 13, 1985 (now available on DVD). The official excuse for the concert was to raise money to feed the starving people … Continue reading →

Lifehouse – Hanging on the Charts
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Lifehouse – Hanging on the Charts

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LIFEHOUSE HANGING ON THE CHARTS BY JAY S. JACOBS Do you know what was the most played radio song of the year in 2002? It’s not “Jenny on the Block.” Not “A Thousand Miles.” Not “Hot in Herre.” Not “Complicated.” Not “Without Me.” Not “With Arms Wide Open.” No, the song that logged more airtime … Continue reading →

Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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BRIAN WILSON PRESENTS SMiLE  (2005) Starring Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, George Martin, Elvis Costello, Roger Daltrey, Rob Reiner, Jeff Bridges, Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, Michael Vosse and Paul McCartney. Written by David Leaf. Directed by David Leaf. Distributed by Rhino Home Video.  240 minutes.  Not Rated. The word “genius” is thrown around so often … Continue reading →

Rob Thomas – This is How a Solo Album Breaks
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Rob Thomas – This is How a Solo Album Breaks

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rob thomas this is how a solo album breaks by jay s. jacobs Rob Thomas is still kind of surprised that he is a rock star.  Somewhere in the back of his mind, he’s still an Army brat who grew up in such thriving metropolises as Turbeville, Lake City and Columbia, South Carolina.  As a … Continue reading →