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Cee Lo Green could be a great performer if he would just stop taking himself so damn seriously, couldn’t he? Cee Lo, pictured here, performed with his Glee stand-in, Gwyneth Paltrow, in a Grammy Awards that featured several defining themes:
* Songs that have been featured in the past season of Glee
* Rihanna duetting with someone
* …
In addition to spawning multiple spin-offs, the crime drama Law & Order is also known for its immediately recognizable “doink doink.” TIME takes a look at other unmistakable television sounds.
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TIME’s 2011 Person of the Year is The Protester. Here is a look at the artists who have best turned anger into song.
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When I heard the new theme song for Big Love this season, it was like a punch in the gut. In general, I’m not much of a fan of repurposing already-written songs as themes (with exceptions; it worked for The Wire). But I cannot possibly see what Earthly good one can expect it to do to …
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It’s December rerun season, which meant that last night was time for me to rediscover the fact that NBC programs TV shows on Monday night. Having fallen out of touch with Heroes—which from a casual viewing seems to have evolved into some kind of quasi-Carnivale with T-Bag from Prison Break—it’s probably not fair for me to judge; …
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Having a crappy day at the office? I can’t offer you a new episode of Glee tonight. (I can tease you that I’ve seen next week’s episode, in which the on-again, off-again show is on again.) But in the meantime, the next best thing, Glee: The Music, Volume 1, has just been released online and wherever it is that they actually sell CDs …
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Because you are no longer allowed to be a show on television without having Neil Patrick Harris sing, NPH recently made his musical debut as the villain The Music Meister on Cartoon Network’s Batman: The Brave and the Bold. While it’s not Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, the whimsical episode was a notch above the typical Batman: B&B …
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There was a collision at the intersection of Funny and Awesome last night as The Colbert Report hosted John Darnielle and his band The Mountain Goats. Darnielle’s music can be haunting, disturbing and beautiful, but the last thing I’d expect it to be is topical. And yet the band’s new album, The Life of the World to Come, whose songs are …
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More Jay Leno Show news: Jay-Z will perform on Leno’s first show Sept. 14, together with Kanye West and Rihanna.
Ironically, Leno has been saying the new show will probably have fewer musical guests and more comedy than The Tonight Show. Reason: musical guests get the studio audiences pumped up, but they don’t actually draw (or retain) …
The album may be dead, but it’s certainly not forgotten. TIME’s critics have chosen the 100 greatest and most influential musical compilations since 1954.
