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DJ Rob wrote a new post 5 years, 6 months ago
(October 31, 2020). It’s Halloween in the year from hell. And even with all the fear and uncertainty that 2020 brought and continues to bring (as a deadly pandemic rages on and a contentious presidential elect […]
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DJ Rob wrote a new post 5 years, 10 months ago
(June 30, 2020). “She’s just 16 years old…leave her alone, they say.”
Those were the memorable – if not borderline statutory – lyrics that introduced “Into the Night,” one of the most iconic songs to pe […]
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Sorry chap, but you’re wrong on both fronts: 1) Falco was not a member of After the Fire, he recorded his own solo version of “Der Kommisar” before the group After the Fire covered it; and 2) Falco was not a one-hit wonder as a solo act, he followed up “Rock Me Amadeus” with another top-40 hit, “Vienna Calling,” the same year.
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DJ Rob wrote a new post 5 years, 11 months ago
(June 8, 2020). When you first heard the late Bonnie Pointer’s solo breakout hit, the disco remake of the Elgins’ “Heaven Must Have Sent You” in 1979, didn’t it just feel like the last great disco record, even […]
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It is indeed a beautiful piece of music that I still feel is underrated. Thanks for reading and for your comment.
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DJ Rob wrote a new post 6 years, 3 months ago
(February 9, 2020). Remember when you thought MC Hammer was old?
That was way back in 1990, and the Hammer was only a sage 28-year-old then.
But 28 was considered ancient back in hip-hop’s early day […]
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Correct. You’ve accessed an article written a year and a half ago.
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DJ Rob wrote a new post 6 years, 6 months ago
(November 17, 2019). The 2010s don’t officially end until December 31, 2019. But Billboard magazine – the industry’s authoritative trade publication – has already released several of its decade-end charts. […]
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Well since most hip-hop after 2000 sucks ass anyway, and most of these young cats only talk about ass, pussy and shooting shit, that wasn’t a hard bar to reach.
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DJ Rob wrote a new post 7 years ago
(May 13, 2019). Everyone who knows anything about the Beatles knows that they hold the record for having the most No. 1 songs in American chart history with 20.
Their most ardent fans – or Billboard chart […]
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Great insight, thanks. I guess Billboard giveth and Billboard taketh away. That change you mentioned, btw, is how “Come Together”/“Something” made it to No. 1 in 1969.
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DJ Rob wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago
R.I.P. Joe Jackson (1928 – 2018). An Iron-Clad Dad Who Changed Music Forever
(June 27, 2018). We knew of him as the tough, iron-fisted patriarch of the most famous family in all of music history.Read More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 9 years, 2 months ago
Black History: The 101 Greatest Songs by Male R&B Groups from the Last True Era of R&B: 1990-2001
(February 19, 2017) – This djrobblog Black History Month special tribute was inspired by the bands and singing groups of the 1990sRead More -
DJ Rob wrote a new post 9 years, 3 months ago
The Men of New Edition – Their 50 Greatest Jams…Apart and Together!
(January 27, 2017) – So, after all the love and hype that New Edition and its six members received this week by way of aRead More
Music Blogging for Serious Fans!
Yeah, Michael apparently had this unusual fascination with little girls as victims in his music, from “Little Suzie” to the “Smooth Criminal” video.