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...more unexplored agonies of celebrity life is the sheer repetitiveness of it all. Eric Clapton has to keep playing Layla; Julia Roberts has to keep smiling. And author DAVID SEDARIS has to keep singing the Oscar Mayer wiener song in the voice of Billie Holiday. (He did it on air once and has never lived it down.) So when Sedaris, the only person to rise to prominence by recounting on the radio his experiences as an elf at Macy's, took to the road to promote his fifth book, Me Talk Pretty One Day, he started charging. That...
Sometimes names are changed to protect the innocent, and sometimes names are changed just enough to ensure you know exactly who the "innocent" are. Following the rich tradition that flows from Charles Foster Kane to Layla, RUSSELL CROWE, in his guise as rock star, has written a song that may say everything, or nothing, about his relationship with Proof of Life co-star Meg Ryan. Wendy, written for Crowe's band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, contains the lyrics, "Wendy's got a little boy/Someone to keep in mind for the future/She's got no husband who cares...
...Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 2. Anything by the Allman Bros. 3. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSNY 4. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones 5. What's Love Got to Do With It? - Tina Turner 6. Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin 7. Cowgirl in the Sand - Neil Young 8. Love Shack - B-52's 9. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix 10. Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club
...Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues 2. White Wedding -Billy Idol 3. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 4. Smooth - Santana 5. Broken Wings - Mister Mister 6. Here Comes the Sun - Beatles 7. Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan 8. Long Cool Woman - Hollies 9. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 10. Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum...
...Soon after I discovered these guitar heroes, I realized that I wanted the powerful ability to play windmill guitar like Townshend on a turnthatracketdown classic like "My Generation," and I wanted the versatility to coax the most melodic notes out of my axe like Clapton on "Layla...