A Retrospective
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Keith Richards, Mick Jagger talk 'Some Girls' anniversary: Punk rock was 'a kick up our a**'
As for the disco backlash surrounding "Miss You," Jagger says, "It’s a bit like Bob Dylan going electric. ... Now you look back and think, 'How stupid was that?'"
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Michael Jackson video director recalls smashing MTV's color barrier with 'Billie Jean': "I thought, 'When people see this, the world is going to change'"
"I just felt this absolutely wasn't right," says director Steve Barron. "What do they mean, it 'isn't their audience'? Obviously, I was filled with suspicion about the real motives behind the nonacceptance of the video."
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De-mystified: The stories behind 6 Michael Hutchence-inspired songs
The INXS frontman, who died 25 years ago, inspired several songs by those who knew and loved him best: Smashing Pumpkins, Berlin, U2, Duran Duran, the Church, and his former girlfriend, Kylie Minogue.
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Remembering Elton John's 'Candle in the Wind 1997,' the megahit that grew out of a friendship
Elton hasn’t performed “Candle in the Wind 1997” since Diana’s funeral service — not even at the all-star Concert for Diana, a benefit concert at Wembley Stadium in 2007.
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"'Doctor Zhivago' on a shoestring": When Lisa Vanderpump ruled in new wave band ABC's cult movie 'Mantrap'
This surreal '80s spy caper is an “underground classic,” but thanks to the internet and Vanderpump’s marquee name, it's reaching new audiences 40 years after its release.
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Duran Duran on 'Rio,' 40 years later: The 'exotic, erotic' album that 'put us on the map — and kept us there'
Was there ever any album that embodied all things grand and glamorous about the escapist, excessive, exotic, erotic, aspirational ’80s more than Duran Duran’s 'Rio'?
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An oral history of Live Aid: The ones who made a brighter day, 35 years ago
Live Aid alumni reflect on the surreal star sightings, the nerves, the backstage shenanigans, the onstage mishaps, the misplaced money, and more.
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