Posts with tag "bob dylan"

Bob Dylan Interview Tapes Reveal Singer's Heroin Addiction

Posted May 24th 2011 at 12:10 AM by Spinner Editors

Bob Dylan had to overcome a heroin habit in the early '60s, a previously unheard interview with the singer has revealed. Dylan, who turns 70 on Tuesday, May 24, speaks candidly about becoming addicted to heroin whilst living in New York, BBC News reports. The singer confesses to his journalist friend Robert Shelton, "I kicked a heroin habit in New York City. I got very, very strung out for a ...

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Bob Dylan's 'Freewheelin' Muse Susan Rotolo Dead

Posted Feb 28th 2011 at 10:55 AM by PopEater Staff

Susan "Suze" Rotolo, who inspired several of Bob Dylan's love songs, died Friday night at home in her New York City loft following a long illness. She was 67. When Rotolo was a teenager, she met Dylan backstage after one of his concerts. He described her in his book 'Chronicles' as "the most erotic thing I'd ever seen." The two began dating between 1961 and 1964. She is most known as the woman ...

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Folk Fight! Joni Mitchell Calls Bob Dylan a 'Fake'

Posted Apr 23rd 2010 at 09:37 AM by Marc Schneider

Joni Mitchell rarely gives interviews, but when she does, watch out rock legends! The singer-songwriter launched into an unprovoked 31-word take-down of fellow icon Bob Dylan in the LA Times this week, calling him the insult of all insults among songwriters: plagiarist. The interview was well underway when Dylan's name came up during talk about the creation of personas in music. The banter set ...

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China Bans Bob Dylan, Confusing Him for '60s Radical

Posted Apr 5th 2010 at 10:46 AM by PopEater Staff

It seems China has mistaken today's essentially harmless Bob Dylan with the counterculture hero of the 1960s -- the nation's ministry of culture deemed the icon unfit for concerts in Shanghai and Beijing this spring. As a result, Dylan has canceled the rest of his east Asian tour. "It was not possible for him just to play concerts in Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan," says Jeffrey Wu, of the ...

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Ke$ha Loves Partying, Drag Queens and Country

Posted Feb 11th 2010 at 05:01 PM by Shelley White

Now is definitely Ke$ha's moment. Her party anthem 'Tik Tok' sold more downloads in a single week than any female artist in history, hitting number one in five countries. Her album 'Animal' debuted atop the US Billboard chart. And she's already got a notorious backstory that would make Madonna jealous. Kesha Rose Sebert grew up in Nashville as the daughter of songwriter and single mom Pebe ...

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Hark! We Herald Some Seriously Quirky Christmas Albums

Posted Nov 27th 2009 at 11:00 AM by Laura Ferreiro

Bob Dylan isn't the likeliest of candidates to put out a Christmas album, but the legendary troubadour has declared to the world that he has 'Christmas in the Heart,' releasing an album of the same name. With everyone from Dylan to David Archuleta getting into the holiday spirit, we at PopEater decided to take a look at some seriously unexpected and downright bizarre holiday albums to help you do ...

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John Mayer: 'I'm Not Exactly Bob Dylan'

Posted Nov 24th 2009 at 12:01 AM by PopEater Staff

John Mayer opens up to Details about his music and why people hate him. The singer-songwriter and guitarist -- who has famously dated many of Hollywood's most beautiful women including Jennifer Aniston, Heidi Klum, Minka Kelly and more -- defends making pop music. "I don't know if you know, but I'm not exactly Bob Dylan -- I'm already a pop musician...I want to reach as many people as ...

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'Glee' Cast Dish on Musical Influences, Satan's Gift to Earth

Posted Nov 10th 2009 at 07:35 PM by Michael D. Ayers

With the arrival of 'Glee: The Music, Volume 1' last week, fans got a chance to get their hands on the entire cast recordings of the hit series music in one handy dandy place. And by iTunes sales alone, we know that their rendition of Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin',' 'Defying Gravity' from the Wicked Score and Queen's 'Somebody to Love' are resonating quite well with Gleek Nation. But what are ...

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'Glee' Wish List: What Music the Club Should Cover Next

Posted Oct 22nd 2009 at 01:05 PM by Melissa Daniels

Each week, the 'Glee' club of McKinley High put on amazing productions as they rehearse, perform and prepare for their sectional competitions. With genres ranging from musical theater to country to hip-hop, the group has had as much success with energetic, classic rock songs as they have with sweet and soulful ballads. Here's 10 picks we think make great choices for Will Schuester to assign to ...

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TMI? LeAnn Rimes and Music's Top 10 Oversharers

Posted Oct 16th 2009 at 04:08 PM by Jo Piazza

Country crooner LeAnn Rimes has had tongues wagging this year over her steamy affair with her married co-star Eddie Cibrian and subsequent split from hubby Dean Shemeret. Now she is spilling her side of the story on her new album due out in the spring. "Most of the stuff I've written [myself], so it's definitely my life," Rimes, 27, told People magazine. "Part of my therapy is to write," she ...