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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: The song Sweet Home Alabama was originally sung by which group?

An easy one it’s true, but I’m just warming you up. Now, can you name all the films that feature this song? Check out this link to see if you can… By the way, the song Sweet Home Alabama was … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Sweet Home Alabama, and other films based on song titles

The classic 1974 song Sweet Home Alabama was a controversial response by the band Lynyrd Skynyrd to Southern Man and Alabama – two songs from the 1970s by Neil Young that express anti-southern sentiments. Read more about that here. Don’t expect any … Continue reading

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The Buddy Holly Story and other days the music died

Couch Potato Pickings On BBC4 tonight at 10.05pm Tonight’s biopic of 1950s rock ‘n’ roll legend Buddy Holly is not only entertaining and exciting but it features  brilliant performances from Gary Busey, Don Stroud and Charles Martin Smith as Holly … Continue reading

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