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POPSDion sang 'worst ever cover song' Will Young was fourth with his cover of The Doors' Light My Fire, which reached number one in the UK top 40 charts in 2002, and The Mike Flowers Pops rounded off the top five with their cover of Oasis' Wonderwall. In the list of best covers, The Beatles' rendition of Twist and Shout, first recorded by the Top Notes, was in second place, followed by the Guns N' Roses version of the Wings' song Live and Let Die. Nirvana's cover of The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie, and Muse's Feeling Good, made famous by Nina Simone, also appeared in the top five.
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POPSTop 25 Guitar Riffs 1-13 Just seven songs penned in the last two decades have made it on to a list of the greatest guitar riffs of all time. British rock band Deep Purple top the list with their 1973 hit Smoke on the Water. Among the more recent riffs is Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991), in second place, and Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine (1992) in 16th. The Red Hot Chilli Peppers have two entries, Under The Bridge (1992) at 9 and Give it Away (1991) at 21. However, not one song written since 2003 made the short list. Songs by American writers claimed the majority of places in the top 25, but seven of the songs on the list were written by British artists.
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POPS"Dog the Bounty Hunter" Reality Show Suspended after racial slur
Production of the Hawaii-based reality show "Dog the Bounty Hunter" has been suspended after the show's star, Duane "Dog" Chapman, made repeated racial slurs in a tape-recorded phone conversation. The A&E television network said it stopped production while it investigates the comments by Chapman, who runs Da Kine Bail Bonds in downtown Honolulu and whose appeal as a folk hero has been heightened by the three-year-old show. The tape was obtained by the National Enquirer and published on its Web site on Wednesday. On the tape, an enraged Chapman uses profanities and a racial slur while talking about his son's girlfriend, who is African American. The Enquirer did not say how it obtained the tape and it was not clear who Chapman was talking to. In a statement released late Wednesday, Chapman didn't dispute the authenticity of the tape and apologized for his use of what he called "a hateful term." "My sincerest, heartfelt apologies go out to every person I have offended for my r
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POPSHappy halloween Greetings and Flash ecards from 123greetings.com it's time to send your Halloween wishes! Treat your friends/family/loved ones with our Happy Halloween ecards. Wish them lots of spooky surprises and frightful fun on Boo Day with these warm and wand-erful cards. Send them your greetings for a Halloween that's filled with hauntingly happy times and make their night a memorable one.
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POPSVanessa Hudgens has split with Boyfriend Zac Efron The mag said Hudgens was seen with another man at a Hollywood Hills party while Efron was in Australia to promote the movie Hairspray.Eyewitesses told OK! magazine that Hudgens was "all over" her older date, and when someone asked her about Efron she "threw a fit". Meanwhile, the Starpulse entertainment blog reported Hudgens is considering posing for a men's magazine - but has ruled out a spread in Playboy. "I think being a woman and being able to show a sexy side is empowering," Starpulse reported Hudgens as saying. "Being able to show we are comfortable in our skin is a good thing. I totally would pose for a sexy magazine. But not Playboy."
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POPSNew Dial-a-Tour Service For DC Tourist At the Mobiletours Web site, users can also opt to download the tours as a podcast. This isn't the first tourguide-via-cellphone service out there, but Zielinski thinks that his is the first free one out there. The competition, called Talking Street, charges $5.95 for tours delivered via cell phone.Their Boston tour is read by Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. Talking Street's DC tour host: Larry King.