Carrie Underwood’s “Cowboy Cassanova” warns the ladies against a troublesome cowboy, but she’s definitely not the first girl (or cowgirl) to fall in love and get burned. Here are some other tales of love gone wrong from some formidable female singers… 1. Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight.” This classic heartbreaker about a woman who spends [...]
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A little of the Sun Records tour in Memphis, TN*
This is an excerpt from the excellent tour we went on at Sun Records in Memphis, TN, during the big road trip. The tour guide used his best radio voice the whole time, and he really seemed to enjoy giving the tour. It’s so strange to think that when Elvis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry [...]
Mad Men on AMC: Creating a Mood with Music
In the most recent episode (review with spoilers here) of AMC’s hit show Mad Men, they re-created the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and it may be the most chilling and evocative dramatization of the event I’ve ever seen. It was definitely the first time I found myself realizing that for the people who lived [...]
Here come the new Christmas Albums…
If you look at the MetroLyrics home page today, you might notice Barry Manilow’s new Christmas Album listed in the upcoming albums on the right-hand side of the screen. Is it already that time of year? With Halloween decorations everywhere, and the temperature dropping, it’s definitely getting to be the holiday season, so we thought [...]
One Track from a Famous Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark”
Bruce Springsteen is a rock ‘n’ roll legend. The New Jersey native has been in the public eye for nearly 40 years, and in addition to giving us hundreds of amazing songs (we’ve got more than 400 of his songs in the MetroLyrics.com lyrics database), he also contributed significantly to launching the career of Courteney [...]