Def Leppard and Lionel Richie record same song ‘Long Long Way To Go’
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Def Leppard has always been a favourite band of mine since I first heard Hysteria and Pyromania back in the day.
In 2002, they released their 8th studio album called ‘X’. There is a ballad on there called ‘Long Long Way To Go‘ which I always thought was a great sentimental pop song which deserved to be a hit.
I have since discovered Lionel Richie also did a version of the very same song!
I still prefer the Def Leppard version but I like hearing the slighly different interpretation from Mr Richie.
Check it out and see what you think!
Def Leppard – Long Long Way To Go
Lionel Richie – Long Long Way To Go
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John Mellencamp’s thoughts on the current music industry
John Mellencamp’s perspective on the current climate of the music industry is very interesting to say the least. He recently made a blog post over at the Huffington Post where he goes into great detail on how the music industry has progressively dug itself into the current state.
As an artist for 35 years, he’s seen the music industry go from nurturing artists to being completely being about the bottom dollar that can be made.
He states “If we have any hope for survival of the music that we all love, compassion must replace name-calling, fairness must replace greed and we need to come together as a musical community and try to understand each other’s problems.”
Read On My Mind: The State of the Music Business by John Mellencamp
Heated music industry debate between Gene Simmons and Bob Lefsetz
Here is a very interesting video of a recent music industry debate where rock star Gene Simmons of KISS fame takes on online music industry critic Bob Lefsetz.
Old school music promotion thinking versus new school? You decide.
Quick Musical Thought To Ponder
As musicians, we strive to make a career from music, to earn money from our art form and to live off what we love doing.
So what happens if a musician then performs strictly motivated by the money?
Hmmmmm.
James Hetfield interview on christian science
When I was in Wellington recently, I came across this building with the following across the front, ‘Christian Science Church’.
I thought about how that could possibly be since in my mind, Christianity and science contradict one another!
I’m glad I got shown the following video interview. In it, James Hetfield from Metallica explains how his family brought him up as a christian scientist.
‘The God That Failed’ from Metallica’s Black Album is all about his childhood experience with christian science and the difficulties that went with it.
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