The AnswerBank Articles

The greatest hits

By Andy Hughes Why do artists release 'Greatest Hits' albums Some cynics would say it's just a way of cashing in and getting people to buy material they've already got, but there is a legitimate00:00 Mon 26th Feb 2001

It's not just Napster causing musical waves

By Andy Hughes ANYONE who buys recorded music will tell you - CD's cost too much. It's been a familiar lament among music collectors for as long as recorded music has been commercially available. 00:00 Mon 19th Feb 2001

When is a band not a band

By Andy Hughes ROXY Music are re-forming for one last tour. Strictly speaking, Roxy Music never actually broke up, but the point is, will the concert-going public actually be seeing the band Roxy00:00 Mon 19th Feb 2001

You asked about Dido and her Eminem links: we fill you in

By Andy Hughes Mum121 asked: 'Which singer is sampled by Eminem on his single Stan and what was the song Eminem borrowed ' The short answer is Dido. Here is the longer explanation. Dido was born00:00 Mon 19th Feb 2001

What are those one hit wonders

By Andy Hughes What is a one hit wonder "That was me!" is a phrase that several dozen musicians can yell at their TV. sets whenever retro pop shows show their three minutes of fame. They are the00:00 Mon 19th Feb 2001

Start as you mean to go on

By Andy Hughes ANY composer will tell you the introduction is everything. Miss out on the intro and your listener is already off looking, and listening for something else. This isn't something00:00 Mon 12th Feb 2001

Fade out

By Andy Hughes TAMLA Motown Records know a thing or two about making hits stick to a simple rule. With less than half a dozen exceptions, Motown singles fade out at the end of the song. ABC, on00:00 Mon 12th Feb 2001

Too old to rock and roll

By Andy Hughes Press Association Roger Daltrey'HOPE I die before I get old!' advised Roger Daltrey in 1965. Bearing in mind that Mr Daltrey is 57 this year, you have to presume his statement was00:00 Mon 12th Feb 2001

Questions and answers of note

By Andy Hughes THIS week, barryclifton raised an interesting query about country DVD's. As the answer shows, if you want your country DVD's to play, you need to be sure which country you get your00:00 Mon 05th Feb 2001

Famous for not being famous

By Andy Hughes EVERYONE knows who Pete Best is, even if they wouldn't recognise him quite as easily as the man who replaced him. Pete Best was the drummer in The Beatles, until Brian Epstein eased00:00 Mon 05th Feb 2001

The future is in a club near you

By Andy Hughes ANY band or pop act that plays Docklands Arena, or Madison Square Gardens had to start somewhere, and that 'somewhere' may well be the live music club in your town. If your town is00:00 Mon 05th Feb 2001

Note these great musical questions and answers

By Andy Hughes 'WHY do we never get an answer, when we're knocking at the door, with a thousand million questions ...' sang someone in a song, and now someone will post a question here asking whom00:00 Mon 29th Jan 2001

Pop's biggest and best

By Andy Hughes If you are looking for a supernova career in pop here are some records you can aim to beat: Press AssociationRod Stewart is a long way past the days when he had to perform free of00:00 Mon 22nd Jan 2001

Eurovision winners (and losers)

By Andy Hughes AAHHHH, the Eurovision Song Contest, the perennial jamboree of middle-of-the-road pop combined with extreme political voting, a sure route to fame and fortune. Or is it Analysis00:00 Mon 22nd Jan 2001

The song really does remain the same

By Andy Hughes HEAVY rock legends Led Zeppelin were right when they advised the listening world that 'the song remains the same.' It does, just the singers change from time to time. Crazy usesA00:00 Mon 22nd Jan 2001

My real name is actually ...

By Andy Hughes FANCY being a pop star A makeover is essential. Lose that hairstyle, change your clothes, find some hip friends, oh, and don't forget to change your name. Some drop the family00:00 Mon 22nd Jan 2001

Trouble at the Grammys

By Andy Hughes NOMINATIONS for this year's Grammys went into meltdown when bad boy rap artist Eminem was nominated for Best Album for his Marshall Mathers record. The phone lines and e-mail systems00:00 Thu 11th Jan 2001

Festival fiasco

By Andy Hughes FANS of the annual Glastonbury Music Festival were devastated to hear of this year's cancellation, by Festival founder Michael Eavis. The reasons for this year's cancellation00:00 Mon 15th Jan 2001

Get into the Grove

By Andy Hughes MUSIC enthusiasts across the globe are desperate to get their hands on the latest edition of the New Grove Dictionary Of Music and Musicians, Second Edition. They have been waiting00:00 Sat 15th Jan 2000

Can you Imagine a better Number One

The people have spoken (well, if you count Channel Four viewers and Observer readers), and Imagine by John Lennon has been voted the greatest No 1 single of all time. The single, which didn't00:00 Sat 06th Jan 2001