Alan Light
Alan Light
Alan Light is an American journalist who has been a rock critic for Rolling Stone and the editor-in-chief for both Vibe and Spin...
country song rocks
In country and R&B, there's much more of that division between writers and performers, and that's where you see more of those [crossover] songs, but you don't get a lot of that coming out of the more pop and rock side of things.
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And though people think about Lennon and McCartney as sort of the A-list of Beatles and George as filling in a spot, he was remarkable guitar player, tremendous songwriter, and he really shaped a lot of the direction of where the band went,
awards four keys three win
I think when it comes down to actually, who's actually going to win on Wednesday, I think Alicia Keys will win probably three or four awards or so.
brought george indian interest music rock single
I think the single thing that George brought was his interest in and introduction of Indian music into rock and roll,
engagement gone level
The level of engagement wouldn't have gone away. If he was going to be an activist, he would have been all the way an activist. If he was going to be a father, he would have been all the way a father.
rocks mysterious-things differences
A rock band is a mysterious thing. Somehow, every once in a while, a few individuals bump into one another, and they look exactly right together and share a focus and an aspiration and the right balance of musical similarities and differences.
labels majority needs
You don't need a major label and they sure don't need you.
song mean idols
It's easy to say that reducing a song to 90 seconds on "American Idol" strips off so many things, and how it's the 21st century and music doesn't mean the same things to people and that it's so disposable.
writing rapper fake
After the Beatles and Dylan, there's this assumption that you are a singer-songwriter, or that if someone else is writing your rhymes, you're a fake rapper.