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What’s big on direct Tv in Georgia isn’t necessarily what’s big in New York and likewise for Urban Radio. If you’ve been wondering what the top songs are NATIONWIDE right now, we’ve got a list for you:
Britney Spears “I Wanna Go” – No one doubts Britney’s rise back to the top of the charts but it’s funny how her incline is taking place all over the country, from urban markets all Read more…

Music has always been a huge influence for setting the mood during a film and it is no surprise that many songs featured in popular films have helped to propel record sales.

Many of the most popular movie soundtracks of all time feature songs that, even years after their release, remain among the most well known and easily recognizable songs around the world. Films such as the ‘Rocky’ film franchise feature scores and soundtracks that are world renowned. ‘The Karate Kid’ featured a soundtrack that performed well Read more…

The Band ‘Ash’ released the album Evil Eye. The lead singer, Tim Wheeler admitted that the songs had backwards messages but they weren’t too bad. The B-52′s album Detour Through Your Mind, has backwards or messages that poke fun at the very controversy or putting secret messages encrypted in songs at different speeds. The song ‘Loser’ by ‘Beck’ has other messages in it, if played backwards. The Eurythmics song ‘The City that never sleeps’ has several backward messages in it. The band ‘Grim Reaper’ Read more…

Music is a wonderful tool that artists have so that they can express themselves to the people in the world. Unfortunately those expressions often get misunderstood and confused with certain personas that the genres may call for. For example, some artists in the hard core rap genre get misunderstood because of their graphic depictions of violence and sex. These artists are often accused of glorifying these things, when some of them are simply telling stories of what occurred in their lives.

Another group of artists that is often misunderstood is heavy metal artists and gothic artists. Because of the Read more…

Songs speak to our hearts and open our minds with their words and lyrics. Some songs are written to tell a clear story, leaving little to interpretation. Many songs, however, are written in a somewhat abstract fashion. Often leaving the listener little hints about its origin, but allowing them to draw their own conclusions and assemble their own interpretations. One of music’s most popular bands drew upon the power that lyrics can have over a person’s perceptions, and Read more…

Everyone has heard and most of us love the Police hit, Every Breath You Take. However, not everyone is aware of the hidden meaning behind some of the lyrics. There many people who think that Sting wrote one of the most beautiful love songs of all time but they would be wrong. What Sting did was write a song about voyeurism, surrounded by a beautiful melody.

The song came out in 1983 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 8 weeks. The Police won the Grammy for Read more…

Did you think Elton John was singing a love song to Tony Danza (“Tiny Dancer”)? Or Jay-Z was spending cheese (“Big Pimpin’”)? Or Jimi Hendrix wants to kiss this guy (“Purple Haze”)? You’re not alone. Thousands of songs are misheard daily, usually to comic effect.

Whether through too-fast singing, odd methods of pronunciation, or other verbal tics, artists are often misunderstood. Plus, sometimes the real lyrics just don’t make sense–for example, just about any song by the Red Read more…

Some of the greatest songs of all time have lyrics that we just can’t quite get right. In some parts of the song the listener is wondering what was just sung. I guess that is one of the mysteries of music. It seems as if the lyrics of some songs are impossible to get right either because of speed or lack of pronunciation. There is quite a long list of the most commonly misheard lyrics but this is a few of them:

Robert Palmer: Addicted Read more…