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This article first appeared in the February 1995 issue of Mix
Yeah, yeah, I know: “Light My Fire” is the obvious choice for this column. But as a 14-year-old kid listening over and over to The Doors’ first album when it came out in 1967, it was the moody, 11-minute, open-ended, raga-rock opus “The End” that really sold me on The Doors and immediately made the...
This article first appeared in the November 2001 issue of Mix.
As fate would have it, the first band I ever saw perform live (outside of at local dances) was the Staple Singers, opening for The Doors at Madison Square Garden in January 1969. I’d never heard a note by them before that night, and even though the mostly teenage audience was largely inattentive d...
This article first appeared in the October 2001 issue of Mix.
In the late 1960s, it seemed as though every corner of the pop music playing field was covered. On any given day, an AM station might send out a bit of confection like The Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar,” follow it with the Fifth Dimension’s version of “The Age of Aquarius” from the Broadway show H...
This article first appeared in the April 2001 issue of Mix.
“Night Moves” was a good move for Bob Seger. The song — both the Number One single and the title track of the Capitol Records album released in October 1976 — solidified his place as one of the premier “heartland” rockers, along with Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp, creating what was essentiall...
This article first appeared in the April 2002 issue of Mix.
When director Stanley Kubrick made his landmark film 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968, he not only revolutionized the art of space special effects, laying the foundation for the Star Wars trilogy in the late ’70s, but he also changed the nature of popular film soundtracks by serving up...