Pages tagged “al green”

• • Decrease
  • Reset
  • Increase
  resize
• print
• send

Al Green Sales Increase After Obama Sings "Let's Stay Together"

Just ask Obama to plug you on national television. Then, when your request has been met, sit back with your American flag and watch the consumers roll in.  read more

Watch President Obama Sing Al Green

Today you can go ahead and add “singer” to the President’s list of duties. At a recent fundraiser, President Obama broke out into a few bars, and in case you can’t tell from the crowd’s reaction, it went over pretty well. And he just doesn’t just sing—he sings Al Green. I mean, come on. ...  read more

The 50 Best Beatles Covers of All Time

Few songwriters have been so thoroughly covered as Lennon/McCartney, and the diversity of Beatles covers is a tribute to the Fab Four's unmatched mark on pop music.  read more

The Soundtrack to Your Resolutions: 20 Songs for Fresh Starts, New Beginnings and Not Screwing Up This Time

New Year's Day - time to revel in the clarity of that hangover, take stock of the year that's just passed and hit the reset button for 2010. Here's a mix to help you do it...  read more

The 12 Best Concerts I Saw in 2009

We talk a lot about albums and songs at Paste, but nothing compares to hearing music performed live...  read more

Top 12 Bonnaroo Moments

Somehow, 2009 marked my first Bonnaroo. After years of hearing stories of the hot, dust-laden, never-ending days in Manchester--combined with years of attending festivals and being unimpressed by inferior sound, overcrowded grounds and annoying sound bleed--I was skeptical. But I enjoyed every moment of Bonnaroo. Great acts were a given (as they've been at most fests I've attended), but the festival was large enough to constantly hold my interest but, somehow, still manageable. Sound was great, crowds didn't interfere with seeing or hearing bands, bleed was minimal, and fest organization was impressive.There are many great moments I missed. I'm kicking...  read more

Bonnaroo 2009: Friday Photos ft. Al Green, Beastie Boys, Grizzly Bear, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and More

[Above: Tift Merritt]Photos taken by Amber Roussel at Bonnaroo 2009...  read more

My Friday at Bonnaroo Featured Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear and Beastie Boys, but Al Green Wins

In a day full of musical highlights from The Low Anthem, Animal Collective, Santigold, Grizzly Bear, Lucinda Williams, Beastie Boys and David Byrne, the most memorable came during Al Green's set on the big What Stage, when we broke into "Let's Stay Together." Hitting impossible high notes and sliding onto his knees, Rev. Al showed that his time in the pulpit has been just fine for the soul. He looked mighty dapper in his dark suit and tossed roses to pretty girls in the front the front rows....  read more

Paste's Guide to Bonnaroo 2009

When the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival debuted in 2002, it revived the massive music fest of the 1960s, but...  read more

Fat Possum gets Hi

Those bluesy fellas (and ladies) at Fat Possum Records are keeping nice and busy this Spring. Critics have pinned some gold stars to the label's lapels for Heartless Bastards' and Andrew Bird's latest releases. Appetite whetted, that chubby Possum is getting greedy, so it should come as little surprise that the Mississippi label will be swallowing (and licensing) the entire Hi Records Catalog....  read more