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music groups who ruined playbacks on purpose, they prefer live

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  Forcing a real band to play backing vocals is like forcing a kid to eat spinach: he doesn't like it.  And, in the same way, that a kid in front of his plate of spinach will do anything to annoy you, the music groups that are forced to play lip service sometimes pay the heads of TV shows, record companies, and producers who got them in this situation.  The result is often great. Quand Nirvana a massacré "Smell Like Teen Spirit" dans l'émission Top Of The Pops From 1964 to the early 2000s, the British show Top of the Pops was a must for artists at the top, an almost obligatory point of passage.  Only, it had a tricky rule: the groups that performed there had to play backing tracks.  In 1991, it was Nirvana who had to oblige, with one exception: Kurt Cobain had the right to sing live, only the instruments being playback.  The Aberdeen guys didn't like having to "play" in these conditions, so they ruined their visit.  Kurt Cobain sang like an idiot, half...

featurings aborted for stupid reasons

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  Music is super cool.  When there are two great artists who come together to make music, it's even cooler.  Sometimes, we even have  totally improbable collaborations that end up being good .   However, sometimes some collaborations have to be canceled for various reasons.  And sometimes, when artists need a reason to cancel their features, they choose bogus excuses, a bit like the "My dog ​​ate my homework" technique. Madonna who tej David Guetta because he is a Scorpio David Guetta and Madonna are two of the most recognized artists in the world.  In 2009, she called David and asked him to produce her next album.  He accepts and the two meet in a café to discuss the album, Madonna being very enthusiastic… All that, until she asks him his astrological sign.  Upon learning that David Guetta was a Scorpio, she considered that it would ultimately not be possible and left the table.  Yet another  proof that astrology is a cult. Mister ...