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...unconquerable Jewish conductor whose formation of a secret orchestra in a Nazi concentration camp inspired the acclaimed 1995 documentary Never Give Up; in Santa Monica, California. While interned at Dachau, Zipper led his fellow musicians on makeshift instruments--a defiance echoed in his co-composition of the resistance anthem Dachau Song...
...wanted "to hear music, not to be preached to." Is it a gross understatement to say that most music carries with it a message of some sort? Kurt Cobain had his anthem of angst and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony carries the message of hope, brotherhood and unity of mankind. Mike Macintosh, the lead singer, had an important message, something important to integrate into his band's music...
Biggie's songs used to the lifeblood of any hip-hop gathering. From the party anthem "Big Poppa" to the menacing "Who Shot Ya?" his music was always a crowd pleaser. But listening to Biggie's catchy rhymes about violence, money, blunts, women and designer clothes frequently leads to gloomy retrospection. Listening to so-called gangsta rap music now not only evokes memories of the recent slayings of rappers but also provokes a more significant contemplation of the thousands of young black men who are cut down in their prime every year...
...Larry Roller, president of Save Our State Song, commenting on Virginia's anthem about a freed slave who longs to be reunited with his "massa and missis...
DIED. RICHARD BERRY, 61, singer and composer; in his sleep; in Los Angeles. He wrote Louie Louie, the raucous, unintelligible rock-'n'-roll anthem that inspired many risque versions and attracted the attention of the FBI, which launched a two-year investigation of the lyrics. In 1956 the Louisiana-born Berry sold rights to his works for $750 but finally regained royalties in 1986 of some $2 million...