Penn's Pick: The Ramones Pinhead
Artist: The Ramones Song/Album: Pinhead / Leave Home Writers: The Ramones Year Released: 1977 Genre/Sub Genre: Rock / Punk Why it’s a “Penn’s Pick”: Clever, simplistic, infectious, repetitious, memorable, genre defining and of course ATTITUDE! These are just some of…
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Penn's Pick: Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness
Artist: Otis Redding Song Try A Little Tenderness Writers: Campbell, Connelly, Woods Year Released: 1966 (Otis Redding Version) Genre: R&B/Soul Why it’s a “Penn’s Pick”: Originally written back in the early 1930’s and recorded by a wide range of artists…
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Wake Me Up
Some singles perform well, some perform exceptionally well, and some, in rare cases, become global hit phenomena. Wake Me Up is one of those rare songs. Released as the lead single from his debut album, True, Avicii took a huge…
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Penn's Pick: The Moody Blues Gypsy
Artist: The Moody Blues Song/Album: Gypsy / To Our Children’s Children’s Children Writer: Hayward Year Released: 1969 Genre/Sub Genre: Rock, Pop, Art, Prog Why it’s a “Penn’s Pick”: In honor of the recent Moody Blues (almost) career spanning Timeless…
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Come and Get It
Released as the lead single from her first solo album, Stars Dance, Come & Get It finds Selena Gomez teaming up with 3 of today’s hottest hitmakers, including Tor Hermansen & Mikkel Eriksen (both of Stargate), and Ester Dean, with…
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Radioactive
If you want to see an example of a song that is meticulously well crafted on all fronts, then look no further than Imagine Dragons current hit, Radioactive. This is a song that has it all – infectious, engaging and…
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Stay
Released as the second single from her latest album, Unapologetic, Stay finds Rihanna teaming up with Mikky Ekko on this emotional tour de force of a ballad that to-date has hit #1 in 7 countries and landed in the top…
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Ho Hey
When most people describe the current Rock and Pop mainstream, the one term that usually doesn’t come to mind is “human element.” Ho Hey, on the other hand stands out from the pack by exuding raw human emotion on all…
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Scream & Shout
Futuristic, egotistic, repetitive, dark, evocative, generic, clever, cliché, unique, familiar, ultra-infectious, fun and of course, “Britney bitch!” These are just some of the terms that describe Will.i.am’s collaboration with Britney Spears on the third single from his forthcoming album, #willpower.…
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