{"id":13186,"date":"2020-06-01T18:36:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=13186"},"modified":"2020-06-01T18:36:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:36:32","slug":"modern-rock-icon-matthew-sweet-joins-classic-rock-legends-badfinger-for-a-new-version-of-baby-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2020\/06\/01\/modern-rock-icon-matthew-sweet-joins-classic-rock-legends-badfinger-for-a-new-version-of-baby-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Rock Icon MATTHEW SWEET Joins Classic Rock Legends BADFINGER For A New Version Of \u201cBaby Blue!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the rock world\u2019s biggest stars is set to appear on a brand new 2020 update of the timeless classic \u201cBaby Blue.\u201d Matthew Sweet, best known for his 1991 smash hit album and single \u201cGirlfriend,\u201d joined the members of Welsh rock band Badfinger for a thrilling new take on the 1971 Pete Ham-penned tune that originally appeared on Badfinger\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Straight Up<\/em>&nbsp;album. The band\u2019s guitarist and vocalist at the time, Joey Molland, continues as the only surviving member of the original line-up today! \u201cBaby Blue\u201d was a huge hit at the time of its release but has since skyrocketed in popularity again thanks to its use in the series finale of&nbsp;<em>Breaking Bad<\/em>. This new version finds Sweet adding his bold creative energy which fuses nicely with Molland &amp; Co.\u2019s experienced musicianship. Fans are in for a real treat with this fantastic recording!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stream the single:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/badfinger_matthew_sweet_baby_blue\">https:\/\/orcd.co\/badfinger_matthew_sweet_baby_blue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the rock world\u2019s biggest stars is set to appear on a brand new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[1075],"class_list":["post-13186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-matthew-sweet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13188,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13186\/revisions\/13188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}