http://popdoctor.com Just another WorldBlogosphere.com blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:05:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://popdoctor.com/266/pop-culture/elo-and-jeff-lynne-personifying-pop-music/ http://popdoctor.com/266/pop-culture/elo-and-jeff-lynne-personifying-pop-music/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:57:37 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=266 What do you get when you combine cellos, violins, woodwinds, horns and classical overtones to a stirring rock agenda? Modern Opera? Well kinda. ELO – or for the puritans – The Electric Light Orchestra. Hugely contemporary with unabashed lashings of everything from baroque to renaissance – Jeff Lynne and his wandering band of mistrals defied [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/266/pop-culture/elo-and-jeff-lynne-personifying-pop-music/feed/ 0 http://popdoctor.com/261/pop-culture/kiss-more-than-just-lip-service-to-rock/ http://popdoctor.com/261/pop-culture/kiss-more-than-just-lip-service-to-rock/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 10:07:00 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=261 Regarded as one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all-time KISS holds honors as one of America’s top gold record champions, recording 36 albums over 32 years selling over 75 million albums worldwide. Performing at everything from the Super Bowl to the 2002 Winter Olympics , the KISS legacy continues to grow, [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/261/pop-culture/kiss-more-than-just-lip-service-to-rock/feed/ 0 http://popdoctor.com/198/pop-culture/meatloaf-and-one-hell-of-an-album/ http://popdoctor.com/198/pop-culture/meatloaf-and-one-hell-of-an-album/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:38:53 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=198 ‘The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling Way down in the valley tonight . . . ‘ Could it be that the unmistakable melodic prose of Jim Steinman mixed with the bombastic style of one Marvin Lee Aday – better known to us all as ‘Meatloaf’ – afforded the world one of the [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/198/pop-culture/meatloaf-and-one-hell-of-an-album/feed/ 0 http://popdoctor.com/157/pop-culture/which-decade-was-cooler-60s-vs-the-70s/ http://popdoctor.com/157/pop-culture/which-decade-was-cooler-60s-vs-the-70s/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:51:12 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=157 Damn – that’s a tough one! Conversation turned to this at a party held in the confines of the Doctor’s palatial residence recently – and the jury was still out 2 hours after the topic was raised. Jimmy Hendrix vs Elton John, The Beatles v the Bee Gees, the Moon Landing vs Star Wars – the lists [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/157/pop-culture/which-decade-was-cooler-60s-vs-the-70s/feed/ 2 http://popdoctor.com/151/pop-culture/air-guitar-fans-unite/ http://popdoctor.com/151/pop-culture/air-guitar-fans-unite/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:34:24 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=151 What is it about 70’s music that evokes seemingly mature men to spontaneously adopt a Fender air guitar stance amidst normally civil (yet like-minded) individuals – and women to shun their inhabitations and regail in either the Nut-Bush or encouraging their girlfriends to join them on the dance floor – simply because “I love this [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/151/pop-culture/air-guitar-fans-unite/feed/ 0 http://popdoctor.com/132/pop-culture/the-monkees/ http://popdoctor.com/132/pop-culture/the-monkees/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 00:01:22 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=132 The Monkees were the quinessential ‘manufacturerd’ pop quartet, assembled in LA during the mid 60’s – purportedly to combat the scourge of the British invasion by bands such as The Beatles. Marketed to the pre-teen and teen audience – the group is probably best known for its hit TV series – known (strangley enough) as [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/132/pop-culture/the-monkees/feed/ 2 http://popdoctor.com/128/lists/girls-night-out-songs/ http://popdoctor.com/128/lists/girls-night-out-songs/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 02:35:40 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=128 We all know that no matter what time of the year it is – Girls Just Wanna Hun! So when the Pop Doctor’s better half was asked along to a ‘Girls Night Out’ last week – thought it presented an opportunity to list a few Girl Songs – to help get the party started. I’ve [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/128/lists/girls-night-out-songs/feed/ 0 http://popdoctor.com/111/pop-culture/whats-your-embarrassing-musical-secret/ http://popdoctor.com/111/pop-culture/whats-your-embarrassing-musical-secret/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 01:40:28 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=111 We all have em’ Tunes we secretly love – but are too embarrassed to admit to in mixed company. Hidden amongst the shelves of our album or CD collections they remain musical recluses to anyone other than you – finding freedom only occassionally – and then no doubt through the sanctity of the ipod. Sandwiched [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/111/pop-culture/whats-your-embarrassing-musical-secret/feed/ 7 http://popdoctor.com/55/music/pop/worlds-greatest-guitar-riffs/ http://popdoctor.com/55/music/pop/worlds-greatest-guitar-riffs/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:29:41 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=55   OK – so with such a tightly packed field vying for the title of Greatest Guitar Riff of All Time – it comes down to being subjective and (in many cases) the era you hold closest as far as creative palance is concerned. The contenders are a virtual who’s who of the musical world [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/55/music/pop/worlds-greatest-guitar-riffs/feed/ 0 http://popdoctor.com/44/music/pop/break-up-songs/ http://popdoctor.com/44/music/pop/break-up-songs/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:58:36 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=44 Ever had one of those sorryful moments in your life when the radio and your own self absorbed mind found solice in a particular tune? Perhaps Kelly Clarkson and Since U Been Gone struck a chord or Gloria Gaynor’s – I Will Survive – maybe even The Eagles – Heartache Tonight is a contender for [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/44/music/pop/break-up-songs/feed/ 3