Manhunter is 40. As such, one of the most underrated films of Michael Mann’s career is returning to U.S. theaters on July 24 in a new "Final Cut" which features a supervised 4K restoration and updated audio. Ask me if I’ll be there. My answer is an obvious “yes”. Cinema lives.
Anthony Bourdain died on this day eight years ago and him describing Waffle House is still the single-most important description of America that has ever been articulated.
Young Americans is the title track of David Bowie's eponymous album (1975), the album that marked his plastic soul phase.
Luther Vandross, who at the time was only a 24-year-old backing vocalist, was hired to do the background vocals and ended up arranging all the vocal harmonies of the track (including those repeated "young Americans" that look like a gospel choir). Bowie was so impressed with Luther's talent that he let him participate creatively and the two became great friends. The track features sax from David Sanborn, bass of Willie Weeks and was Bowie's first major hit in the US (it reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100). Years later, Luther said that working with Bowie was one of the highlights of his career before he was successful as a solo artist.
Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1971)
Topped the US Hot 100 & the Soul Chart. Written by Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr, the classic song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame & selected by the Library of Congress as an addition to the National Recording Registry.
En 1972 Lou Reed edita Transformer, mi disco favorito del genio neoyorquino.
Producido por sus amigos David Bowie y Mick Ronson. Este último toca también la guitarra, piano, arreglo de cuerdas.
En el disco está una de las mejores canciones de la historia👇🏻
Someday is from The Strokes debut album, Is This It (2001).
The video directed by Roman Coppola is iconic: The Strokes playing Family Feud against Guided By Voices, with host Richard Karn and even members of Guns N' Roses appearing.
Happy 78th Birthday to a true original, Stevie Nicks.
Born Stephanie Nicks, she could not pronounce Stephanie which came out as "tee-dee." Which evolved into Stevie.
Here she is in 1979, at Dodger Stadium, at the recording of Tusk.