Overlooked at its release, the Killers’ signature hit has become one of the most inescapable rock songs of its time.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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Taylor Swift Is Time’s Person of the Year
The magazine chose the pop star over finalists that included the Hollywood strikers, Barbie and King Charles III.
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Best Songs of 2023
Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken.
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Humberto Leon’s Making of a Girl Group
Humberto Leon was a “cool kid” of fashion. Then he decided he wanted more.
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Alicia Keys’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ to Open on Broadway This Spring
The musical, now midway through a sold-out Off Broadway run at the Public Theater, will transfer to the Shubert Theater in March.
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Brenda Lee’s ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ Hits No. 1
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” beat out Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” as the first holiday song to top Billboard’s Hot 100 chart this season.
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Geordie Walker, Guitarist for Killing Joke, Dies at 64
He helped define the look as well as the sound of the enduring British post-punk band, which influenced Nirvana, Metallica and others.
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Michael Stipe Is Writing His Next Act. Slowly.
How do you reinvent yourself after being a global superstar? The former R.E.M. frontman is still figuring that out.
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Why Beyoncé Should Be Considered an Auteur
She is essentially one on the new film, but she has also demonstrated throughout her career just who is in charge of her art.
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10 Works and Performances That Helped Me Make Sense of 2023
Global conflict and personal loss encouraged our critic to seek out art that gave her a better understanding of grief and healing.
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How Shane MacGowan Made ‘Fairytale of New York’
The duet between the Pogues frontman and the singer Kirsty MacColl portrays lovers who turn viciously against one another on Christmas Eve.