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[26 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 161 views]

So, after my last post Cover Versions… some do it right!, obviously I had to post the worst cover versions I’ve ever heard of. I’ve also received a number of emails from people giving me ideas, and I appreciate that. Thank you very much. Well, after studying a long long list, I managed to shorten it down to four songs, I couldn’t make it to three songs, sorry.  And here they are;
4th Place: Limp Bizkit – Behind Blue Eyes
Behind Blue Eyes was released by The Who, …

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[31 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 116 views]

You knew that one of the world’s best, unique and custom made guitar was the cheapest one ever built?  It was made out of scrap; parts from a motorbike, piece of oak from a table, some wood from a 100 year old fireplace etc.
It’s Brian May’s Red Special guitar, which he built with his father when he was still a teenager.  In the below interesting video, Queen’s guitarist Brian May states that he is not sure whether they were clever or lucky, but it worked out for them.  The Red Special …

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[31 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 750 views]

Queen was a British rock band that gave us hits like Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga, I want to Break Free, Show must go on, the two stadium anthems, We Will Rock You and We are the Champions and much more.
But what about their debut self titled Studio album back in 1973?  Was it an instant hit?  Unfortunately success is only measured by number of album copies sold, or by air time on radio stations. Therefore, technically speaking this album surely was not a commercial success. Though as …