The Tailgate Society

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Tag: Music

  • Idlewild: 10 years later

    Idlewild: 10 years later

    One of my best friends burned me a copy of “Idlewild”, the sixth and (possibly) final album from Outkast in late 2006. It was my senior year of high school; at the beginning of my freshman year I had burned my sister’s copy of their record breaking album “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below”. It’s difficult to get […]

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  • The meaning of Prince

    The meaning of Prince

    My mother once told me that when John Lennon died, she couldn’t understand why so many people he didn’t know wanted to attended his funeral. Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono famously refused to hold a memorial service for the music icon after his tragic murder in 1980. Despite, or perhaps because of this, there was a […]

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  • Britney Spears’ Lifetime movie cast is garbage

    Britney Spears’ Lifetime movie cast is garbage

    It’s common knowledge by now that Britney Spears will be the focus of a 2017 Lifetime movie. However, Britney – or Brit Brit – as I like to call her, is not happy about it. Nor should she, since Natasha Bassett will star as Britney in Britney. You probably have the same reaction I had. […]

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  • Video Breakdown: “Glamorous”

    Welcome to the TGS Video Breakdown Series, where I take a look at the music videos of some of our favorite artists and point out the awesome, the absurd, and the inexplicable. This week we look at Fergie’s 2007 hit, “Glamorous”, featuring Ludacris. From the moment she joined the Black Eyed Peas and sang on […]

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  • A rockin’ education – Throw the horns and bang your head

    A few times a year, getting lost in the crowd at a metal show refills my senses of wonder and joy.

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  • Video Breakdown: “You make me wanna…”

    Video Breakdown: “You make me wanna…”

    Welcome to the inaugural edition of TGS’s Video Breakdown Series, where I take a look at the music videos of some of our favorite artists and point out the awesome, the absurd, and the inexplicable. To kick things off, we’re taking look at Usher’s breakthrough track about longing for a new love, “You Make Me […]

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  • SHOOK ONES: Ranking the “8 Mile” rap battles

    SHOOK ONES: Ranking the “8 Mile” rap battles

    Nuclear physicist. Computer programmer. Middle school teacher. Battle rapper. Historically, these are the most difficult professions known to man.

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  • What would Ted Flint do? – 9/5/16

    What would Ted Flint do? – 9/5/16

    **Editors Note: Ted wanted this to be unedited and untouched in any way. However, the editorial staff thought it was best to not subject our readers to such torture. So while some editing took place, we found a happy medium to give you ‘Drunk Ted’s’ words as accurately as we could while still being decipherable. […]

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  • ’90s songs that turned me into a lil feminist

    ’90s songs that turned me into a lil feminist

    I wasn’t born outraged. It just didn’t take me long to notice the structural bullshit that comes with being a little girl in America.

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