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Triple Servings: “Wicked Games” — Served by Chris Isaak, Washed Out and the Koala Bears
Country and soothing adult contemporary joined perfectly for Chris Isaak’s 1989 hit song, “Wicked Game.” The hazy melody coupled with Isaak’s dreamy baritone made for the ultimate, slow-burning chart topper. And let’s...
Triple Servings: “He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)” — Served by The Crystals, Courtney Love and Grizzly Bear
If you threw a rock into the early 1960s music scene, you would hardly go a yard without hitting dozens of dreamy girl groups. That was the heyday of bands with Phil Spector-pioneered groups like The Blossoms and the Ronettes, ...
“Ring of Fire” — Served by Johnny Cash, Appetite and Stacie Buhler
Few singers have left indelible marks on whole genres of music like Johnny Cash. The Man in Black released his first album, “Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar” in 1957 and went on to deliver almost 100 more albums, a...
Triple Servings: “I Wanna be Your Dog” Served by The Stooges, We Are Like the Spider and Portable Morla
What riff is more snarling and explosive than The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog?” Released in 1969 on the band’s eponymous debut album, the track is one of the best examples of the Stooges’ punk meets psychedelic aest...
Triple Servings: “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” Served by the Ramones, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the London Punkharmonic Orchestra
Sit down any major rock star and they’ll tell you that one of the coolest and most influential rock bands of all time was the Ramones. With their black on black uniform of skinny jeans, leather jackets and wild hair, the Ramo...
Triple Servings: “There is a Light that Never Goes Out” Served by The Smiths, Dum Dum Girls and Amarante
ne of the pivotal scenes in the romantic, yet self-professed ‘not a love story’ indie film “500 Days of Summer” is when Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character falls head over heels in love with Zooey Deschanel’s ma...
Triple Servings: “Seven Nation Army” Served by the White Stripes, the Flaming Lips and Ben l’Oncle Soul
It’s hard to imagine modern rock‘n’roll without Jack White. The guy is a guitar wizard and one half of the White Stripes, an influential band responsible for taking bare-bones, blue-eyed soul to the masses. And he didn...
LISTEN: Arctic Monkeys — “R U Mine?”
Almost ready to embark on a whirlwind tour opening for U.S. rock ‘n’ roll juggernauts the Black Keys, the Arctic Monkeys released a rip-roaring jam this week titled “R U Mine?” The song also comes with a black and whi...
Triple Servings: “I Will Always Love You” — Served by Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston and Jennifer Hudson
Served by Dolly Parton Served by Whitney Houston Served by Jennifer Hudson Many people will forever associate the song “I Will Always Love You” with the late, great Whitney Houston. And how can you not? Her voice reaches im...
