Tag: Rolling Stone
Here Come The Beatles (Almost)
By Bob Berry
51 years later, it’s astounding.
A recording by the greatest group of all-time, with perhaps the most recognizable chorus of all-time, that ultimately went to Number One and was #64 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.
And their record label didn’t want it, radio barely played it and it sold about 1,000 copies!
Such was the fate of The Beatles’ “She Loves You“, released-not by Capitol Records, but by Philly’s Swan Records (Palisades Park) 51 years ago today, September 16, 1963!
Astounding?
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
Born To Run 40 Years On
By Bob Berry
“We were considered not a success at that particular moment, and so ‘Born to Run’ was pretty critical…”. Bruce Springsteen.
An awful lot of what we do at Keener 13.com is about the station and the music we loved, and the times we lived. So this blog might seem out of the norm.
But as I thought about the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run album, I realized it absolutely is part of what is the Keener legacy.
Young guy trying to break out, follow his dream, make it to the top? Of course the Keener would have supported Bruce and The E Street Band, just like The Shy Guys, SRC, The Rationals, Bob Seger and the rest. Hey! Scotty and Uncle Russ would have lead the charge!
So with that in mind, take a moment to read this never-published interview by Rolling Stone Magazine from 2005. Bruce talks about the need to have a hit, the tensions it created, and above all, the songs that ended up on one of the great albums of all time. Not just the title song, but live performance staples like “Badlands”, “Thunder Road” and “10th Avenue Freeze-out”.
August 25, 1975. 8 songs, 35 minutes of music. 40 years later, it’s still amazing rock and roll.
