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Music Monday – Trouble

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Music-JacobCorneliszVanOostsanenOnce upon a time, I had a dream of putting together a tribute band to do metal and hard rock covers of classic reggae tunes, heavy on the Bob Marley. And, then, I had another dream of putting together a tribute band to do reggae covers of metal and hard rock tunes. I was particularly intrigued about doing a bouncy islands remake of Metallica’s Enter Sandman.

Neither of those dreams came to its fruition (Police reference!) but below is an example of how I would redo a Marley classic for a rock audience. Enjoy!

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Five Songs That Should Be Made Into Movies

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PitchI know most of my fan-base are literature fans, but there are plenty of lit fans who are also fans of Hollywood (when films are done right) and pop music.

There are some great stories in music that, I believe, deserve unrolling onto the silver screen.  In that spirit, here are five songs that should be made into films.  Sure, some of these songs have back-stories of their own, but they also stand as great jumping-off points for movies.

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