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ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY: 3.2.21


By Keefer
Mar 2, 2021
Lou Reed was born today in 1942. Founding member of the Velvet Underground, who did not sell a lot of records, but were enormously influential. Reed’s post-Velvets career, though erratic, saw him emerge as a star performer in his own right, albeit an unconventional one, as the chronicler of the misbegotten who trolled New York City’s sleazy after-hours bars, alleys, and drug dens. Reed’s best songs did not judge or exploit his misfit characters; instead, he infused them with a rare dignity, and his lyrics pulsed with literary ambition. Mick Jagger once called him the Johnny Cash of New York. ....

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Sparks Ignited When Motown Met Bob Dylan on Four Tops' Compassion Anthem 'Reach Out I'll Be There'


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Sparks Ignited When Motown Met Bob Dylan on Four Tops Compassion Anthem Reach Out I ll Be There
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What the world needs now is love, sweet love and compassion. In 1966, Four Tops, Motown’s second-greatest male vocal group, after the Temptations, delivered both with their signature hit, “Reach Out I’ll Be There.” As the U.S. was suffering from the heightened trauma of a deadly global pandemic and racial reckoning last year (conditions that continue to plague the country in 2021), then-Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden chose it for his campaign soundtrack. If you pay attention to the lyrics, it’s easy to see why he found it such an appropriate song for the times. ....

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