Lagi seneng-senengnya belajar bikin ilustrasi ala pop art, untuk mempertajam insting menggambar gue yg udh lama ga kepake lagi, sebenernya rindu banget sama sketch book dan pensil. Inilah versi pop art gue, walaupun masih berantakan dimana – dimana, tapi gue tidak melihatnya harus simetris, karena “gaya” gue memang tidak simetris :p
It has been ten years since the Dum Dums first rocked their way onto UK airwaves and into our hearts, but one underrated album, a string of catchy singles and a breakup later; ex front man, Josh Doyle, still delivers the goods as an independent solo artist. Josh sheds some light on what it is like being an independent artist having come from a mainstream pop background.
It’s a decade since the Dum Dums first single was released, how do you think the industry has changed?
Completely. We were popular during a boom time, the biggest year ever for music. If we would have brought [our music] out today with our sales from then, we would have had all number ones! Back then it would have been impossible to be independent but now there are avenues opening up all over the place.
It is commonly thought that your record label dropped you (the band), what actually happened?
Hahaha! Sometimes people want the quickest story possible to tell their buddy but its not like they lost interest and said, “you didn’t sell enough records, you’re dumped”. You can watch our documentary at dumdums.com to see how it panned out.
How much pressure is there to conform to what is popular?…
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If you are a fan of the eccentric author Roald Dahl you might have come across his novel ‘Georges’ Marvellous Medicine’. Now if you have read it you might re-call that the story follows George as he tries to concoct a medicine to cure his Grandma of her horrible ways. To do this he uses all sorts of ingredients and time. What he doesn’t realise is that a simple cure for his grumpy Grandma is currently hidden away in London.
You see, Cha-Cha are the musical equivalent of valium. One beat of this band’s latest single ‘The Fellowship’ – a free download no less, is enough to zap any old hag out of their bad mood and into a dance frenzy.
Which, come to think of it seems to be regular occurrence when listening to Cha-Cha. ‘The Fellowship’ is funky, fun and quite exceptionally fabulous. That’s not mentioning how addictive it is (VERY). The guitar riffs in this song will have you bobbing up and down as if some trickster has super-glued a space hopper to your backside. And boy, do you have to love the singer’s voice which sounds like the musical equivalent of a strawberry smoothie.
It’s going to be very difficult to wait until May to hear the album.
In 2010, we all know that ABBA were master purveyors of quality pop, but that wasn’t always the case. Often derided as kitsch or somewhat outmoded, it’s really since the release of their final new material in 1982 that ABBA’s tenure as pop’s leading group for that decade before has achieved the acclaim it deserves.
The arrangements and production were top notch, the vocal harmonies often beautiful and surprisingly intricate (owing to a love of the Beach Boys), and the melodies were invariably sublime, infused with a wistful Scandinavian melancholy.
ABBA’s final studio album, 1981’s The Visitors, pretty much broke all the rules as far as the “ABBA formula” went. You could really only count the hit single “One of Us” as an ABBA single in the classic mould; the rest bears the influence of early ’80s synth-pop and a dark stage-musical quality (presaging Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus’ work on the Chess musical.) There are no “Dancing Queen”s or “Fernando”s here.
This is not happy, singalong stuff. Opener “The Visitors” is a creepy cold war anthem, all chilly synths and distorted vocals, with one of ABBA’s most inventive but somewhat unfriendly hooks. Minor hit “Head Over Heels” is quirky, offbeat synth-pop-meets-Euro-melodrama, with one of Agnetha’s finest vocals, while “When All Is Said and Done” is a panoramic, anthemic pop gem that finds Anni-Frid Lyngstad, rather oddly, proclaiming that she is “not too old for sex.”
Other oddities include the Bjorn-sung “Two for the Price of One,” which strays uncomfortably into the prospect of threesome territory; the wonderful, dramatic “I Let the Music Speak,” which features one of Frida’s best vocals and is one of ABBA’s finest examples of merging their classic pop sound with the stage-musical style they had flirted with for a number of years; and the haunting closer “Like an Angel Passing Through My Room,” where all the extraneous arrangements and production are completely stripped away. It’s decidedly un-ABBA, but pretty great. And I haven’t even mentioned the utterly superb “Soldiers” yet, an indisputed highlight with its atmospheric arrangement and beautiful, sad minor chord melody.
The CD editions of The Visitors bolster the original nine songs with some extra tracks from ABBA’s later recording sessions, the highlight of which is definitely “The Day Before You Came,” quite possibly the most miserable ABBA song of all time (with a brilliantly matter-of-fact vocal from Agnetha), but this is also one of the prime examples of ABBA doing that grey, lonely, isolated Scandinavian melancholy to perfection. The synths are cold and bleak, and it’s one of the jewels in the group’s catalogue. Needless to say, it wasn’t a hit.
The Visitors wasn’t exactly a huge leap from ABBA’s previous works; songs like Super Trouper’s “Me and I” had introduced a quirkier, synth-laden quality to the ABBA sound, and they had been playing with stage-musical melodrama from the mid-’70s on songs like “I Wonder (Departure)” and “Thank You for the Music,” but still, The Visitors was a surprisingly cold, bleak record borne out of the group’s personal turmoil (divorces galore.)
No ABBA record is really found in those ‘Best of All Time’ lists, which is a shame because they’re all great in their own way. I suppose they are seen more as a “hits” group than an album-driven one. Certainly, The Visitors features some curios that won’t be to everyone’s taste. But it’s actually one of ABBA’s best and most significant records. An odd, yet oddly fitting, note on which to end a glittering career.
Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, it’s always been a pretty big deal. I’ve donned something “South Side Irish” since I was born, I think. My earliest memory is a satin green jacket with my name embroidered on the upper right front…and South Side Irish on the back. So cool. No satin jackets anymore, but I do have a pretty sweet t-shirt and winter hat. I wore both to work today…even though it was about 55˚ outside today.
3:30 pm rolled around and the potato skin bar was unveiled. As were the kegs of green beer. One by the potatoes. The other was a rolling keg bar that was carted through the office for all to enjoy…complete with Irish music. I still had a lot of work to do, but since I wasn’t able to go OUT to celebrate this year, the work festivities were very welcomed.
M came over yesterday to hang with the kiddo. It was a nice night. And I think that we were able to work together to put a quick stop to a certain 2-year old trying to bargain, manipulate and work us before bedtime. It was one of the few times we’ve actually been in a place to do this. It was kind of nice to have the back-up. Even if only for a night.
The pugs got a bath and their nails done today. (Much needed) Isabella got a bath too. And while I’m B would have preferred it to be WITH the puggies, that was not the case.
Sounds like M went to the DBSA group this evening, which I think is great. He was talking about trying to apply for disability. And I think that there may be some good resources there of others who have gone down the path before him.
** I wanted to wish a belated birthday to one of my blog-reading-friends: ASP. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIEND! I see big things in the upcoming year for you…and couldn’t think of someone more deserving of big things and good times. **
Oh, and on a “me” note, I decided to try to give up pop. Nor for lent or any of those “I’m going to go to hell if I do XYZ on Fridays” kind of things. This is one thing that I’ve tried to do in the past, but just haven’t been able to shake it. This time I’m going with the switch to Crystal Light Tea in lieu of pop. And then I’ll slowly move to just water. I’m hoping that this is one move I can make to help get my health back on the right track. Then I need to figure out the whole “get my ass to the gym” thing. And “don’t eat french fries and shitty food” thing. Baby steps. Right?
The Detroit Music Award Nominees have been announced and we have your list of favorite Country Music nominated artists!
The Detroit Music Awards are similar to the Grammy Awards presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Award winners are determined by local musicians and music industry professionals in southeast Michigan, and presented in ten music genres; Folk/Acoustic, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Country, Classical, Rock/Pop, R&B/Hip-Hop, Electronic and World. The Detroit Music Awards are the only local music awards in the nation to be presented by a not-for -profit organization. Voting is accomplished entirely via the internet. Here’s how to vote! The Awards will be held on April 16th at The Fillmore.
2010 COUNTRY NOMINEES
Outstanding Country Artist / Group
Doop & the Inside Outlaws
Justine Blazer
The Orbitsuns
Whitey Morgan & the 78’s
Redhill
Billy Brandt’s Mission Band
Outstanding Country Instrumentalist
Sir Tim DuValier ( guitar,steel guitar )
Whitey Morgan ( guitar )
Sarana VerLin ( violin )
Justine Blazer ( guitar, harmonica )
Drew Howard ( guitar, pedal steel )
Jim Paluzzi ( drums )
Chip Kipps ( guitar )
Outstanding Country Recording
Doop & the Inside Outlaws ” Everett Belcher “
Justine Blazer “New Country Beat “
Julianne ” It Ain’t Over “
Redhill “ Brand New Blues Skies”
Dave Edwards ” It’s Written All Over Your Face “
Outstanding Country Songwriter
Don Doop Duprie
Vinnie Dombroski
Whitey Morgan
Justine Blazer
Billy Brandt
Outstanding Country Vocalist
Whitey Morgan
Don Doop Duprie
Julianne
Vinnie Dombroski
Justine Blazer
Jen Cass
Click here for a complete list of 2010 Detroit Music Award Nominees.
DJ Brana K – Club Mix – Dance Electronic Pop Music – International from Croatia
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Charice surely has paid her dues. After starting her music career by joining a contest held by one of the Philippines’ major media outlets, she turned into an internet sensation thanks to YouTube. Charice’s career received a highly publicized push when current American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres gave Charice the opportunity to showcase her talent to a larger audience. Since then, she has done lots of TV appearances, concert appearances, and the like. Recently, she has released her second single, Pyramid, a collaborated effort with Virgin Islander Iyaz.
Pyramid sounds, without a doubt, better than Charice’s first single Note To God. Charice’s mad vocals are the song’s biggest asset. Iyaz does not overpower Charice’s vocals in the track as well. As an additional note, Iyaz is not an annoying presence in this one. Iyaz’ presence can be compared to how Flo Rida contributed to Alexandra Burke song Bad Boys – something helpful for the betterment of the track.
Pyramid is definitely well-structured. The beat present in the track surely induces lots of positive vibes into the song. The chorus is arguably great. The lines are something that one could repeat from time and time again. If there are any gripes about the song that this writer could have, it would be the abuse on the Auto-Tune technology. Sure, Charice’s vocals may be mad for most of the song but she sounds like JoJo at times. As my colleague Aid mentioned, Iyaz sounds ‘fixed’ in the track. Still, I would like to say that Pyramid is very likable and very infectious despite the vocal manipulation done on the track.
Ultimately, Pyramid somehow managed to temporarily stop the dislike that I have for Charice. She totally nailed it with the track. Pyramid is something catchy and does not sound too cheesy. The track does not go over-the-top and simply hit the notes very finely. Pyramid surely tells why people have fallen in love with the Filipina. I am definitely proud of the things that she has accomplished, that is for sure.
Saturday The Hillbilly Gypsies (12:00 am)
Todd Burge (12:00 am)
7thSonWV (2:00 pm)
Brandon Green (6:00 pm)
Kanawha Valley Jamboree (6:00 pm)
Chuck Mathena Center (7:00 pm)
The Wheeling Jamoboree (8:00 pm)
Torment Garden (8:00 pm)
The Emperors (8:00 pm)
Jeff Taulton (8:00 pm)
FOOTMAD (8:00 pm)
Wood’s Walnut Pub (8:00 pm)
Generations Pub (8:00 pm)
George Shingleton Band (8:00 pm)
Purple Fiddle (8:30 pm)
East Run Band (9:00 pm)
Big Phat Delicious (9:00 pm)
The J Factor (9:00 pm)
Stan McDaniel Band (9:00 pm)
Thunderstruck (9:00 pm)
Lost Parrot (9:30 pm)
Cazhmiere (10:00 pm)
The Remnants (10:00 pm)
Mr. X (10:00 pm)
Neutral (10:00 pm)
Golden Butter Band (10:00 pm)
Sacra Via (10:00 pm)
Jinx’d (10:00 pm)
Dante’s Bar (10:00 pm)
Librarians (10:00 pm)
Sixpence Pub (10:00 pm)
Whiskey Outlaws Band (10:30 pm)
Crystal Lounge (10:30 pm)
Appalachian Celtic Consort (11:00 pm)
Sunday Jenny Wilson Trio / Tupelo Honey (11:00 am)
The Trainjumpers (4:00 pm)
City of Ruins (6:00 pm)
The Gentlemen (6:00 pm)
Stonestreet Band (9:00 pm)
The Inferno (10:00 pm)
Deadbeats and Barkers (10:00 pm)
Monday Anne Cline (9:00 pm)
Joe Prichard (10:00 pm)
Tuesday Uncle Eddie & Robin (6:00 pm)
Heart Holds True (7:30 pm)
Blue Moon Saloon (9:00 pm)
Wednesday De Lazy Lizard (12:00 am)
Jenny Wilson Trio / Tupelo Honey (6:00 pm)
The Brickhouse (6:00 pm)
El Gran Sabor (7:00 pm)
Shamrocks Irish Pub (8:00 pm)
Deerbourne (8:00 pm)
Mongo’s Barn (8:00 pm)
Twice As Nice (8:00 pm)
Lynn Routzahn (8:00 pm)
V Club (8:00 pm)
Staggering Cardoons (8:00 pm)
Davisson Brothers Band (9:00 pm)
Rezan’s (9:00 pm)
Kelsey’s Comedy Night (9:00 pm)
Lost Parrot (9:00 pm)
Anne Cline (9:30 pm)
123 Pleasant Street (10:00 pm)
Joe Prichard (10:00 pm)
Thursday Black Bear (6:30 pm)
The Funny Bone (7:30 pm)
George Shingleton Band (8:00 pm)
Purple Fiddle (8:00 pm)
6′6 240 (10:00 pm)
123 Pleasant Street (10:00 pm)
Live Band Karaoke (10:00 pm)
01 – Dounia
02 – Djanfa
03 – Zen
04 – Aimer
05 – Kounandi
06 – Koronoko
07 – Tounka
08 – Tchamanché
09 – A Oui Ni Sou
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Seguimos con las clases de geografía (?), Rokia Traoré es una cantante nacida en Malí, país africano. Ella interpreta temas con sonidos étnicos y autóctonos de su tierra, y le agrega cosas de jazz, un poco de pop oscuro y melancólico acompañados por su suave voz. El tema Dounia tranquilamente podría haber sido parte de Tool.
Wah, mungkin SNSD masih bersinar di korea nih. Yak, SNSD dengan hebatnya telah mampu mendapat 4 nominasi sekaligus di 7th korean mucis awards.
Hari ini, tanggal 9, penyeleksi nominasi akan mengatakan jumpa pers dimana mereka akan mengumumkan 25 nominasi untuk 7th korean music awards tadi. Kebetulan untuk tahun ini kebanyakan girlband yang masuk nominasi jadi itu merupakan sebuah kehormatan besar.
SNSD masuk dalam 4 nominasi untuk kategori song of the year (gee), best pop song (genie), best dance/electronic song (gee) dan netizens’ choice of best female artist of the year.
Sementara itu, girlband favorite author, Brown eyed girls juga masuk dalam 4 nominasi sih. Dengan lagu abracadabra mereka, mereka akan menyulap semua nominasi untuk song of the year, best dance/electronic song, etc. -wah, sourcenya pelit-
Dan Kara, dinominasikan untuk best pop song (mister) dan best dance/electronic song (honey). kalau 2ne1 untuk Rookie of the year.
Sssst…tapi ada sesuatu lho, kalian tahu SHINee? Yak, mereka akan menjadi satu-satunya idol boys yang akan masuk nominasi untuk pop song of the year dengan Ring Ding Dong mereka.
Tertarik untuk menonton? Jangan lupa tanggal 30.
That, a line from “Cherry Soda”, comes really goddamn close to summing up the entire album. In fact, another line from the same song (“Sugar-coated cherry soda pukin’ on the lawn/it’s six A.M. the party’s over everybody’s gone) basically provides the rest of the equation. I had high hopes for this shit. Johnny Whitney was my favorite part of the Blood Brothers (I promise this is not a Blood Brothers blog), with his unabashedly flamboyant, toy-aisle-tantrum hair-curling yowl-fest voice. Luckily, the voice still plays, but Jesus. This album is so over the top it’s like auditory neon. Granted, I got into that Past Lives record first, but even that can’t make the lack of subtlety any less glaring.
Jaguar Love’s first album, Take Me to the Sea, played things a little safer, going for a standard guitar/drums/Johnny Whitney/maybe some keyboards formula. It was pretty sweet. They had J. Clark, the drummer from Pretty Girls Make Graves, which was pretty sweet, and it was a little less abrasive than Young Machetes without being totally fucking lame, which was pretty sweet, and then they came out with Hologram Jams last week, which, in theory, was pretty sweet. “I Started a Fire”, the first track, is pretty sweet, and in fact EXTREMELY catchy, in a similar way that Andrew W.K.’s “Party Hard” was extremely catchy. But by the time the second song hits, you can already tell that there isn’t going to be a lot of depth here. For one thing, it’s called “Polaroids and Red Wine”. Come on. That’s like the Fisher-Price My-First-Hipster kit. Still, it’s catchy as hell and has this dance/face-melt thing going on. And then comes “Cherry Soda” which plays more to the face-melt than it does to the dance, which is awesome…
And then you’re basically out of good songs. The rest of them are the same day-glo punch in the face, with Whitney screeching exuberance at you (see “Everything is Awesome”) and sounding like he’s about seventeen years old. You start to miss the drummer, real bad, because the drum machine cranks out machine-gun obviousness. And he was from Pretty Girls Make Graves.
Maybe it isn’t fair that I listened to the Past Lives record first. To be honest, I fully expected to be obsessed with this one, but I can’t deny the fact that Past Lives have matured (but not in a boring, growing-up, impotent way) and Jaguar Love have regressed, with the Blood Brothers being the reference point. Tapestry of Webs seriously took me on a ride the first time, and it was fucking awesome, and I’ve been going back for more ever since. Hologram Jams showed the goods on the first round, and shot its wad in the process.
That’s basically all I’ve got. There are only two more things that need to be noted:
1. I will move on from talking/writing about the Blood Brothers now.
2. The last song on the album is a FUCKING JANIS JOPLIN COVER. At first, it was worth a lot of points in the category of HAHAHAHAHA WHAT THE FUCK?! After 3 seconds, it was completely unlistenable, misguided, regrettable, embarrassing, and abrasive (in a bad way).
British Indie rockers Bloc Party went on an indefinite hiatus after they wrapped up they 2009 fall tour tentatively called ‘Bloctober‘. But as of right now the hiatus doesn’t appear to be as indefinite as it had first appeared, Bloc Party’s guitarist Russel Lissack stated in an interview with NME that “We’re probably going to pick up again with Bloc Party later this year” and that “We’re definitely not splitting up, there’s a lot more creative life left in it yet“. Apparently the band wrote a lot of songs during their last tour and that those songs may still be realized in the studio.
Until that happens we still have Russel’s solo project Pin Me Down to look forward to, and he says it is his chance to “celebrate pop music“. Bloc Party’s lead singer Kele Okereke is also working on a solo project that’s to be produced by Hudson and Bloc Party bassist/back up vocalist Gordon Moakes is currently working with Paul Mullen of The Automatic and La Roux’s drummer William Bowerman on a side project titled ‘Young Legionnaire‘.
So there’s still a lot to look forward to for all of us Bloc Party fans.
We have a magnetic field around us
I find myself closing in on you
We are adhesive like
This glue sticking to my fingers
Don’t keep my head under the water cause I can’t breathe
But I really don’t care unless you’re holding me
I am a girl falling in love
Sinking below sea level
I had a paper bag over my head
I’m just learning to pedal
[Chorus]
I can’t help it but I love the way you move, the way to say my name
My heart’s a ballerina, dancing from room to room
It doesn’t get tired, when I’m on fire
Oh yeah, I am addicted to you
Like bees to honey, honey to bees
Honey, I’m addicted to you
I am a girl who drinks from glass jars
I am a kind that drives those classic cars
Yeah, I got a leather jacket
Climbing mountains tops to reach fireflies
You got my heart in your pocket
You are a sweet, unexpected invasion
So bring on your wind that carries your troubles
I’m waiting, waiting in anticipation
[Chorus]
Bats in the sky
They have no direction
They go where they like
Masked from expectations
What blind ride
I want to go where I like
Do you want to join my side?
I am addicted, addicted, addicted, addicted to you
I can’t help it, you’re everything I’ve ever wanted
I am addicted, addicted, addicted, addicted to you
I can’t help it, you’re everything I’ve ever wanted
Piesa “Quiet Times” apare pe al treilea album al lui Dido şi este o melodie dedicată tatălui cântăreţei, decedat în 2006. Albumul e puţin diferit de precedentele două, stilul lui Dido rămâne, dar nu mi-a plăcut la fel de mult. Din câte am citit pe site-ul ei oficial acum ceva vreme, ni se pregăteşte şi un al patrulea album. Să sperăm că va fi gata cât mai curând.
Lyrics / Dido – Quiet Times
Ask me where i go tonight i go back to today last year.
Me and you had to make each other happier, now theres hope with everything.
Its hard enough to feel the world as it is and hold on anything.
Without these quiet times you’ve brought round here.
Im Gonna have to run away, im sure that i belong some other place.
I’ve seen another side of all i’ve seen it keeps me wondering where my family is.
Its hard enough to see the world as it is, and hold on anything.
Without these quiet times coming round here.
Now i miss you…
Now i want you…
But i can’t have you…
Even when your here…
Suppose i have to take you with me, broken mind i’d rather leave you here. To forget everything you’ve seen and known erase every idea.
And you walk up in the street, and hold my hand and smile.
Well i won’t be taken in, cus i know how it turns out.
And it takes me back to these quiet times coming round here.
Now i miss you…
Now i want you…
Your not coming back…
And i need you…
But i can’t have you…
Even when your here…
Now i miss you…
Now i want you…
Your not coming back…
And i need you…
But i can’t have you…
Even when your here…
Picture wise it was a toss-up between posting a paint splattered, artistic picture of Primary 1 or a black/white, classic shot of Nina Persson from The Cardigans.
In the end – Nina – won for being far prettier than Primary 1 will ever be – no matter how talented he is!
You’d really have to be either massively tone-deaf or equipped with twenty thumbs to mess-up a production with Nina Persson on board.
As a producer – who wouldn’t want to open your studio door for her ? I’m pretty sure my production partner agree on this point!
Primary 1 works magic with Persson on – “The Blues” – which is a classy frontrunner for his forthcoming debut album, and with an imminent release on super-limited vinyl.
The end-result comes across like an electrocuted version of The Cardigans, and thankfully all bangers’n'mash are left far behind.
To me – Nina Persson’s voice is “air” and “fragility” embodied, and nothing quite sums up her incredible talent as the added bonus of her – “03.45: No Sleep” – with The Cardigans - the closing track from “Long Gone Before Daylight”.
I think most of us have – at one point or another – been awake in the dead of night wanting to call someone because they are special to you. “03.45: No Sleep” hammers the message home in big bold letters, and it’s so achingly beautiful it cuts in your heart!
Hear this on your iPod, after a long night, when you’re human pulp, and someone will come and sweep you off the floor later!
MP3: Primary 1 featuring Nina Persson – The Blues (Original Mix)
Reverendo Brown: Live Music Review Razzamatazz 3, Feb 2010, Barcelona, Spain
I have to say I quite like Reverendo Brown. This Barcelona Pop/ Rock quintet take from quite a few influences from different musical styles and directions.
The end result is very pleasant, their songs uplifting with an occult lower sadness that really needs to come out. I’ll come on to this in a bit. The band has already proved their mettle, getting through to the semi-finals of Barcelona’s prestigious Emergenzia’s Battle of the Bands.
Reverendo Brown Concert Highlights
The second song of the evening, “Luciernagas” kicked off with a great keyboard intro and waded into Radiohead style guitar work. Coupled off with a confident and energy vocal delivery this song didn’t disappoint the audience.
“Pupilas” , I enjoyed a lot. This song carries with it Rafa [the guitarist] leads with a indie, brit rock riffs while Christian on bass delivers solid rock edgy emotion beautifully. Estíbaliz gave some Siouxsie Souix, vocal delivery[of Siouxsie and the Banshees fame] that got me a dancing baby! Great tune!
I think this is one of their stronger set songs. I think the song would be even stronger with some male octave or tonal vocal harmonies.
“El Lado fresquito de la Almohada”, I personally think they ought to enter this song for Eurovision for the song for Spain. One of their strongest Spanish feeling indie / rock numbers that the crowd instantly moves, nods and dances to! The keyboard melodies race ahead without abating, driving the hands in the air of the audience. Rúben behind the drums puts his heart into strong percussive hi-hat and snare delivery. The song is near perfect.
For me, maybe they could do with some more phrasal spacing in the builds. I’d love to hear a hard house version of this song. RB, send it to Paul Oakenfold.… I think it’ll be a winner!
Reverendo Brown, covered “Creep“, the infamous Radiohead number. This showed a more serious nature to the band. The best thing is they carried it off perfectly, the edginess of the song showed a more delicate and emotional edge to the band. They were in tune with the song. The drum lines were perfectly delivered by Rúben giving the song a familiar pace and feel.
This shows the band has a lot more promise to carry off emotive songs through their delivery! I want to see more of this please!
“Vampiros” is where I think the keyboard melodies are very Killers orientated with strong Oreja de Van Gogh style vocals. With the pace set the band loved us and left us with I believe one of their strongest songs, “Malo Final“. This song for me topped, “El Lado fresquito de la Almohada”, but only just.
I’d say if you’re in a tough spot Reverendo Brown, I’d play “Malo Final“, first to get the crowd going and don’t give up! Nice one boys and girls!
Concert low lights
There’s not much to fault this band on. As I said, I think they could start to show a bit more indie edginess that’ll set them apart from being perceived as just another Spanish pop/rock band.
Reverendo Brown deserve more. With 2 of their stronger songs, plus their cover, ‘Creep’, has shown more musical depth to touch and convey emotion that the band put into their numbers.
Sadly, the key influences drift towards the pop angle, which is okay. However, it is not enough to get them really noticed as something different from the plethora of other great Spanish pop/rock bands out there.
I’d say their brit indie guitar lines from Rafa, I enjoyed a lot. Together with a great fusion of brit/iberican pop/rock [look at the newer direction of Vertusa Morla] seems to have some life, and something to set them apart.
Estíbaliz lead singer needs to be a lot more versatile on-stage and get away from the stand alone mike. She interacts great with the band but she’s mainly static on stage and isn’t enough to kick you in the balls during the choruses [which are very strong] .
Estíbaliz please get up close to the crowd, play around with the band more. During the concert there was some interaction but it could be better with some of their slower numbers and male vocal harmonies that’d bring a dimension of band cohesion.
About Reverendo Brown, their influences and members
The female vocal lead band take a great chunk of their influence from Spanish Rock / Pop gods of music. Notably their sound is very Oreja de Van Gogh, with The Killers, REM and Radiohead thrown in for good measure.
Suprisingly the vocals, guided by the bands sound at times sounds very Souisie & the Banshees. A nice touch!
Behind the keyboards resides Alfredo, the band’s chief composer adding in great rhythmic and ambient chords, giving the band a great anthemic feel. It’s hard to place exactly where his influence is. The nearest would be compared to Brandon Flowers of The Killers fame.
Set List:
Carmen San Diego
Luciernagas
Pupilas
El Lado fresquito de la Almohada
Lagartos
Creep
Vampiros
Malo Final
Without even playing a note of music, Sting is able to put the dude in the middle to sleep by exuding a heady air of inherent boringness and cloying smugness
You may remember a few weeks back when this blog broke (after The Guardian and several other media outlets) the shocking story of Beyonce accepting a couple of million dollars to perform at Muammar al-Gaddafi’s son’s New Year’s party on the island of St. Barts. The latest pop star to cash in on the despotic-blood-money gravy train appears to be none other than self-congratulatory “do-gooder” Sting, who, The Guardian reports, accepted more than £1m to play for Uzbekistan dictator Islam Karimov’s daughter Gulnara Karimova.
Islam Karimov’s spirited antics include boiling people to death and conscripting children into forced labour. As you might expect, The United Nations has declared the guy a total fucking douchemonger. Sting, despite his associations with Amnesty International and various other humanitarian causes and his estimated £150m fortune, seemed to be right chuffed to get some of that bloody dictator money. Whatever you might say about Beyonce’s despot-furnished payday, at least she has never pretended to be some sort of spokesperson for the oppressed and downtrodden.
When the lid was blown off of Sting’s dirty little Uzbek secret, he was forced to issue a statement that read “I played in Uzbekistan a few months ago. The concert was organized by the president’s daughter and I believe sponsored by Unicef.”
According to Unicef, however, there is no truth to Sting’s claims about their involvement, which leads me to believe that the concert was actually sponsored by Uzbekicef and any funds raised went towards boiling people and enslaving children. Obviously, given the similarity in names between the two organizations, it’s quite likely that Sting simply made an error and his participation in the event, though unfortunate, was undertaken in good faith. Either that or he’s just a hypocritical, greedy shitbag.
Nazareth and Deborah Bonham Newcastle Academy 20 Feb 2010
My first Nazareth encounter was at the Lincoln Great Western Festval in 1972. They came on early on the Saturday morning to a crowd just waking up. At that time they had just released their second album Exercises. I can’t honestly remember a lot about their set that day, except that they seemed pretty good and played a great version of Morning Dew. I saw them around a dozen times in the 70s, witnessing some great shows at Sunderland Locarno, Newcastle Mayfair and City Hall (supporting Deep Purple on one occasion and headlining a few times) and at the Buxton festival in 1973. My last Naz gig of that era was 1981. I lost track of them for around 20 years, and saw them again a few years ago at Newcastle Arena. That recent gig revived my interest in the band; they still rocked just as much as they did all those years ago.
So tonight I’m back with my mates Will and Norm to see Naz again; some 38 (ouch!) years since standing in that field somewhere in Lincolnshire. Tongights venue is the Necastle Academy, and the support is the Deborah Bonham Band (sister of John). When we arrive Deborah and her band are already on stage. They have some pretty good rock songs, and her vocals are excellent, she reminds me of Maggie Bell. We get a great suprise for the last couple of songs when she is joined on stage by her nephew Jason Bonham who takes the drum stool; they treat us to a great version of Rock n Roll as their last song.
After a short wait Nazareth take the stage. The current version of the band features two original members: Dan McCafferty on vocals and Peter Agnew on bass. The drum stool is now taken by Peter’s son Lee Agnew who replaced original drummer Darrel Sweet, who sadly passed away a few years ago; and the guitar slot is more than ably filled by Jimmy Murrison who has been with the band since 1994. Nazareth are one band who seem even better these days than they used to. The sound is clear and loud, and Dan McCafferty’s vocals are as strong as they were in the 70s; which is pretty amazing given the way in which he screams the words out in an effortless manner. Pete Agnew commands the right hand side of the stage, with the same grin on his face, and Jimmy’s guitar playing is excellent. The set is a mixture of old and new (they latest album came out in 2008 and is called Newz), and features favourites such as Bad Bad Boy, My White Bicycle, Shanghai’d In Shanghai, Hair Of The Dog, and Love Hurts. They finish with Broken Down Angel which gets everyone singing along. For a few minutes I thougt that we weren’t going to get an encore as its after the 10pm curfew that the Academy has on a Saturday night, but they come back and do a three song encore including the great Razamanaz and This Flight Tonight. We all agree that they can still cut the mustard; great stuff and time for the chip shop.
setlist: Telegram, Turn On Your Receiver, Miss Misery, Bad Bad Boy, The Gathering, My White Bicycle, Hearts Grown Cold, Shanghai’d In Shanghai, Hair Of The Dog, Holiday, Love Hurts,nBroken Down Angel
encores: See Me, Razamanaz, This Flight Tonight
once again i was so happy to find some fresh meat in the industry! behind the vatle designs, stands a very ambitious girl from norway. i love it when people have full pockets of dreams and have guts to fulfill them! and this girl is doing really fine! i came across these pictures from the recent fashion week that took place in those sights and i fell in love with how the show was done.
a very mistique, but very fun, pop and creative. love the light! whole thing looked like some sort of freakshow, which is amazing!
And now, what made me choke on wow. surely fashion needs victims and pain, and not being able to drive a car, or be in the low ceiling room. but why should we care if the outfit is gorgeous! girls and boys, look at this perfect dress! again electric colors, shouting ‘long live the pop’, and freaaaakshow. totaly in love!
being amazed about vatle, Juicy Dry decided to make some further investigation. designs seem to be influenced by pop, indeed. and i love that girly look they have, girly yet extravagant, which maked a very fine combo.
Donkeyboy makes it all the way this week as “Ambitions” claims the top spot on the Swedish singles chart. The track climbs 3-1 and pushes former chart-topper Owl City to No.3. Meanwhile, the album Caught in a Life races 16-6. Play returns to the charts this week with “Famous.” The group broke in the early 2000’s, and climbed the US charts with “Us Against the World.” Today, it has reformed thanks to the docu-soap Made in Sweden. A new career has been forged by demon producers Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson, and this week “Famous” is the highest new entry at No.5.
“We Are the World 25: For Haiti” debuts at No.17 this week, still ahead of Simon Cowell’s charity project Helping Haiti which moves 36-25 this week. Sade shoots to No.1 on the album chart with Soldier of Love.
The Funk Brothers is another name for the Motown Record Company house band from Detroit, Michigan. Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, the Funk Brothers provided an understated, swinging backing for the many famous singing artists who gained fame with Motown. The list is long, and the Funk Brothers may be featured on more 1960s hit songs than any other band.
The Funk Brothers on Wikipedia
There are few household names in the band, though bassist James Jamerson has gained a great deal of posthumous respect. There’s a great documentary about the band called Standing In The Shadows Of Motown. I highly recommend it. Here are two videos from this great movie:
Here’s Joan Osborne one more time with “(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave”. Wow she sings this well!
Originally I had twelve Funk Brothers instrumentals from the soundtracks, but whittled it down to six. Here they are:
For Once In My Life, The Funk Brothers ✭✭✭
I Was Made To Love Her, The Funk Brothers ✭✭✭
It’s A Shame, The Funk Brothers ✭✭✭
Don’t Mess With Bill (Live), The Funk Brothers ✭✭✭
Bernadette, The Funk Brothers ✭✭
My Girl, The Funk Brothers ✭✭
Related songs:
For Once In My Life, Stevie Wonder ✭✭✭✭✭
I Was Made To Love Her, Stevie Wonder ✭✭✭✭
It’s A Shame, The Spinners ✭✭✭
Don’t Mess With Bill, The Marvelettes ✭✭✭
Bernadette, The Four Tops ✭✭
My Girl, The Temptations ✭✭✭✭
And of course, almost all of the great Motown songs between 1959 and 1972.
I shit thee not. In related news the pope is coming to britain and tax payers are footing the bill. Meanwhile bankers are still getting phat bonuses whilst I have to survive on half-empty bags of coffee grounds found in skips behind the local starbucks.
Nah, i’m kidding. There’s no starbucks in this fucking town. Small mercies, huh?
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The Vatican has previously denounced rock music as the devil’s work but in a surprise change of tune on Sunday the Holy See’s official newspaper, L’ Osservatore Romano, published what it called “a semiserious guide” to the top ten rock and pop albums of all time.
The list included The Beatles’ “Revolver,” which was given the top slot, Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of The Moon”, Oasis’ 1995 bestseller “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” and Michael Jackson’s blockbuster “Thriller.”
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Other records that made the top ten include U2’s “Achtung Baby”, Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours”, Donald Fagen’s “The Nightfly,” Carlos Santana’s “Supernatural,” Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and David Crosby’s “If I Could Only Remember My Name.”
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No Dylan though.
The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and U2 Make Vatican Newspaper’s List of Best Albums; Bob Dylan Snubbed – Speakeasy – WSJ.
Title: สิ่งมีชีวิตที่เรียกว่าหัวใจ / Sing Mee Cheewit Tee Riak Wah Hua Jai (The Living Thing Called the Heart)
Artist: ETC
Album: Bring It Back
Year: 2008
เธอ เธอจำได้รึเปล่า
Tur Tur jum dai reu pblao You, do you remember?
จำวันคืนที่เรามีให้กันได้ไหม เราผ่านอะไรมากมาย
Jum wun keun tee rao mee hai gun dai mai rao pahn arai mahk mai Do you remember the days we had for each other? We’ve been through so much
ทุกๆสิ่งดีร้ายล้วนมีความสำคัญ
Took took sing dee rai luan mee kwahm sumkun Everything good and bad are all important
วันคืนที่เราเรียนรู้กัน ส่งให้เธอกับฉันก้าวมาขั้นสุดท้าย
Wun keun tee rao rian roo gun sing hai tur gup chun gao mah chun soot tai The days and nights we’ll experience, I send to you by stepping to the next level
(*)ก็มันเป็นรักที่เกิดจากความใกล้ชิด
Gor mun pben ruk tee gert jahk kwahm glai chit It’s love that happened from our getting so close
ผ่านสิ่งที่มีชีวิตที่เรียกว่าหัวใจ
Pahn sing tee mee cheewit tee riak wah hua jai Through this living thing called the heart
ก็แค่เราสานต่อแบบไม่ต้องหยุดพักบ่อย
Gor kae rao sahn dtor baep mai dtong yoot puk boy Just taking control, we don’t have to rest often
สิ่งที่เรียกว่ารักก้าวไป ต่อไป อย่างที่ใจต้องการ
Sing tee riak wah ruk gao pbai dtor pbai yahng tee jai dtong gahn This thing called love continues on and on like the heart wants
เธออาจจะลืมสังเกต
Tur aht ja leum sung get You might forget to notice
มีอารมณ์พิเศษเกิดกับเธอและฉัน เกินกว่าจะเป็นเพื่อนกัน
Mee arom piset gert gup tur lae chun gern gwah ja pben peuan gun The special feelings that happened between you and me, more than being friends
เพราะคำตอบเหล่านั้นฉันรู้มันด้วยใจ
Pror kum dtop lao nun chun roo mun duay jai Because those answers I know from my heart
มีคนดีๆอีกนับร้อยพัน แต่อย่างเธอกับฉันจะไปหาที่ไหน
Mee kon dee dee eek nup roy pun dtae yahng tur gup chun ja pbai hah tee nai There’s so many other hundreds of good people, but like you and me, where else can you look?
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หากว่าฉันต้องการคู่คิดสักคน
Hahk wah chun dtong gahn koo kit suk kon If I need one soulmate
ผ่านชีวิตร้อนหนาว ผ่านน้ำและฝน ก็อยากให้เธออยุ่กับฉัน…
Pahn cheewit rong nao pahn num lae fon gor yahk hai tur yoo gup chun… To spend life, through hot and cold, through water and rain, I want you to be with me
Bennicassim, Barcelona Festival. Huge names, for a 3 day festival.
15th – 18th July, 2010
Beach festivals in Barcelona, I love ‘em! At Bennicassim there’s some HUGE bands playing for this festival, [just see the list below] . It’s no surprise as Vince Power, of ex Mean Fiddler fame is behind the organising!
The prices are not so great when you convert it to euros, but, there’s a very impressive line up at the Benicassim Festival.
It’s cheaper for us locals mind, but the 4 day ticket includes camping for the week… so how better to chill out, near a beach, sangria, sun and tapas!
It looks huge with camping they say for 35,000 people.
Here’s the damage: four-day ticket (16th-19th July): £160; one-day ticket (Thursday or Friday): £67.50. Camping not included.
Book online here:
The Benicassim Festival Line Up!
The Killers
Maxïmo Park
Kings of Leon
Elbow
Oasis
Franz Ferdinand
Lily Allen
Paul Weller
Lykke Li
The Psychedelic Furs
TV on the Radio
White Lies
Aldo Linares
Anni B Sweet
The Bishops
The Coronas
Glasvegas
Mystery Jets
Naive New Beaters
No Reply
The Walkmen
We Are Standard
Boys Noize
Fight Like Apes
The Horrors
Joe Crepúsculo
Magazine
Nacho Vegas
Nudozurdo
Yuksek
Aeroplane
Bell X1
Gui Boratto
Josele Santiago
The Mighty Stef
Peaches
Ratolines
Steve Aoki
Tadeo
CatPeople
Friendly Fires
Klaus & Kinski
Late Of The Pier
Laurent Garnier
He finally did it! After reaching #3 with “We Are Golden”, then #2 with “Blame It On The Girls”, British vocalist Mika goes all the way with the joyous “Rain”. It should easily stay atop the chart into March while other songs make headway.
“Rain” knocks Simon Curtis’ “Delusional” to #2 after 4 charts (8 weeks) at the top. Once Simon’s mixtape 8Bit Heart is released though when he gets to 8,000 followers on Twitter – he’s now over 7,500 – watch for an influx of new Simon songs on the chart! The free download of “Delusional” is still available right here (as well as in my chart).
Lifehouse’s “Halfway Gone” moves up to #3, while Pet Shop Boys have their biggest hit on this chart in its 11 1/2 year history – of course the chart would have been generously filled with PSB songs in the 80’s and 90’s – with their cover of “Viva La Vida” mixed with dashes of “Domino Dancing” at #4. Lady GaGa’s set to have her biggest hit on this chart with “Speechless” moving from 10-5, as “Bad Romance” tumbles to #7. Nelson Clemente’s slick and mysterious “90 Days” and Crystal Method/Emily Haines’ “Come Back Clean” each enter the Top 10 for the first time.
Despite mixed public reaction to the Fixin’ To Thrill CD, the blogverse is steadily promoting the CD as Canadian band Dragonette’s latest single “Pick Up The Phone” is picking up believers. The song is the Fastest Riser on the chart this week, up 23-15. Other songs bowing in the last few weeks are no slouches either, such as those by Lady GaGa (check out the bottom heavy King5kat remix of “Teeth”), Blake Lewis (check out the LA Riots radio edit of ”Heartbreak on Vinyl”, Justin Timberlake/Matt Morris/Charlie Sexton, John Mayer (oh despite the self-induced bad publicity, his songs will get him through), and Jason Derulo.
I’m not going to re-blog about the many pleasures of Dan Black’s Weird Science mixtape – “Pass That Head Noize” charts at #23 – or Evan Taubenfeld’s “Starbucks Girl” (debuting at #25). After a six year absence from my chart, it’s great to have producer/songwriter extraordinaire BT back on the scene. After a few years of critical acclaim with more experimental offerings such as This Binary Universe, BT is back in 2010 in more accessible dance territory with songs from his latest CD These Hopeful Machines. His first single, including vocals by The Bleach Works singer Christian Burns (also ex-BBMak – you heard Christian a few years back on Tiesto’s “In The Dark”), is “Suddenly”. As much as we like to get caught up in fun, lightweight dance music of the moment, the immaculately detailed layers in BT’s production and the vibrancy of the melody make “Suddenly” more than worthy of your attention.
View the full chart using the link under ***BILL’S PERSONAL CHART*** to the right, or click right here.
This is the first of the Valentine Playlists that I would be posting today! This playlist was done by Gem. You may have seen her Glee: The Music Volume 2 review (Click the link to read it: HERE) already in the blog. This time around, she contributes by sending in her Valentine Playlist.
1. Daughters – John Mayer
They say girls tend to like guys who are like their fathers. Deep and poignant, this John Mayer ballad tells us why this is so, and how parental love is the foundation of a person’s concept of the emotion.
2. Haven’t Met You Yet – Michael Buble
For the man who works hard to find the girl of his dreams, this song is for you. Plus it’s really fun and catchy.
3. The Bird and the Worm – Owl City
Owl City songs are so cutesy and metaphorical that listeners tend to get lost in the song, but singer-songwriter Adam Young managed to make a great mix of melody and content to become this really gleeful song about the exhilaration of being with your special someone.
4. The Only Exception – Paramore
This song stands out in Paramore latest album, Brand New Eyes, because of its relatively slower tempo, but that’s not all that makes this song good. It has a great story and most anyone who experienced the healing power of love will attest to that.
5. Love Today – Mika
Someone should make this the official theme song of Valentine’s Day, nuff said.
6. Naman Kasi – Nicole Hyala
OPM love songs tend to go towards the cheesy side, but this song…well, it’s just so ridiculously cheesy that it’s tons of fun to listen to. Come on, who aren’t guilty of loving such lines as “Bangin ka ba kasi nahuhulog na ako sa yo?”.
7. Out of My League – Stephen Speaks
There’s something about this song that’s so enchanting. Perhaps it’s because it’s every girl’s fantasy to have a guy like her as much as this guy in the song does; for guys, fall in love with a girl that’s totes out of reach. Beautiful.
8. I’ll Cover You – Rent
A sweet and simple duet that went on to become one of the most memorable Broadway love songs.
9. What A Good Boy – The Barenaked Ladies
A really cool song about the triumph of love over pressure and problems in life.
10. You and I Both – Jason Mraz
I just love happy breakup songs, and Jason Mraz makes the best ones. If only all guys were as un-bitter as this one.
11. My Junk – Spring Awakening
Because “Crush” just doesn’t cut it anymore these days.
12. Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
With its feel good tone and Adam’s pretty lovable voice, this song is a perfect accompaniment to a walk in the park with your loved ones or a karaoke party with your friends.
13. 1234 – Feist
Love can get very strange and unpredictable and it can’t work out for the best for everyone. The childlike quirkiness of this song share that feeling in the the most lighthearted way possible. And the music video is so cool.
14. These Words – Natasha Bedingfield
“I love you”, sometimes there are just no others words to say it. This song is a testament to the strange phenomenon of the power of those three words.
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These songs were contributed by Gem Carpio aka VitaminGem. Gem is 16 years old and currently a BS Electronics and Communications Engineering freshman in the University of the Philippines – Diliman. She enjoys music more than anything and if engineering doesn’t work out for her, she’d really like to be a performer. Her favorite song is Yellow and her favorite color is orange. She enjoys listening to fun songs from fun artists like Mika, Lady GaGa, Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, Lily Allen, Kate Nash, and The Beatles. She also really likes Broadway musicals and ball games that involve knocking things over.
The design of the Editor in this abridgement of a popular tale was, to form a work expressly adapted for the perusal of youth. The feelings of the heart uncontaminated by vice, the docility and industry of two children abandoned to themselves at an early age, and subsequently the lessons of a watchful and enlightened preceptor, appeared to her subjects proper to interest the affections and excite the emulations of youth; but, as many of the characters and scenes in the narrative could afford neither pleasure nor advantage to the young reader, she was obliged to make considerable alterations, the necessity of which must be obvious to everyone acquainted with the original work. She has studiously endeavoured to preserve its interest, and to imitate its simplicity. If she has failed in these points, she has the satisfaction to reflect, that the work, in its present state, may with safety be submitted to the perusal of Juvenile Readers, and offers them a model of innocence supported throughout its trials by courage and perseverence...
Ambrose and Eleanor: or, The adventures of two children deserted on an uninhabited island, Ducray-Diminil, Peacock
(Meet me in the Garden of Eden
Bring a friend
We will have ourselves a time)
Ideas are not that hard to come by? A/mus(e)/(s)ing.
Hey its been awhile so i start off wit this new blog entry i almost forgot about this song after hearing it yesterday on some web site cant remember and it hit me like i never heard it before the base line speak to me so thats the reason for the tittle cuz i been playing it all day so i just wanted to share my new old discovery wit all my bloggers and fans of this blog ight stay up stay cool.
Rarely review any bands/musicians that is in Europe besides the usual British acts.
One being The Radio Dept. from Sweden.
They are getting some buzz for their long awaited third album called Clinging To A Scheme.
This album will drop on April 21, 2010
Know how anticipated it is, there is no chance they will make a stop in Ottawa for a show.
This is my first time listening to this album (Thanks to the people at The Musebox.net)
Doing some research on this band:
The name was taken from a gas station/radio repairer in Lund (Sweden) which had a large sign with the name
“Radioavdelningen” (The Radio Department in Swedish) hanging outside their shop.
That making the third album was four year in the making.
Very surprised on listening to this album.
Its filled with great European indie pop and dream pop.
It has that British 80s music influence from Joy Division, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Jesus and Mary Chain and The Smiths.
For those big fans of them, you just have to wait for the March or April release date.
So I was watching the Grammys a little while ago and I heard this song performed by Lady Antebellum. When they got to the chorus, I swore that I had heard that exact same melody on a hit 80’s song. I mean it was so clear that I could play the melody that I remembered off the top of my head on the guitar. But for the life of me, I could not remember the name of the song or the artist. I just had the melody. Thanks to google, I was able to find the song I was thinking of right here.
Kelly notes – “HELLO?!! Their song “Need you now” SOUNDS like it comes from the 80’s because it does! It is a rip-off of the Alan Parsons Project song “Eye in the Sky.” Compare the Chorus’!”
You be the judge. Listen to the chorus of the first song and compare it to the chorus of the second song (starts at 1:32). Is this a case of The Stones ripping off K.D. Lang or Coldplay ripping off Joe Satriani? How long before the Alan Parsons Project sues Lady Antebellum? Darn catchy 80’s melodies! You never know when they will subliminally make it into one of your songs.
Well, As you probably know PopCap’s hottest game right now on the PC is ‘Plants vs Zombies’. What you might not have known is that they have been making it for the iPhone, but have had several delays. PopCap is now saying it will be released on February 15. I hope they do this time, because this game is very fun, and I recommend it to you for the PC, and sense they have been delaying it will most likely be a great iPhone app worthy of more than $0.99. Here is a trailer for the game (iPhone platform)
Kina Grannis is someone I discovered some years ago on the site Digg.com when the site creator Kevin Rose spoke about her on the video podcast Diggnation. She made a rather cringe-worthy song dedicated to the site which got a lot of diggs (votes) providing her with plenty of exposure. A couple of years later and another story was posted on Digg about a new single and video announced from her called “Valentine” (released at an appropriate time) which is one of those tracks that I feel compelled to share. This song is an incredibly infectious little ditty, and has echoes of the demo version of Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” which I posted some time ago, with its incredibly laid back and stripped down sound. The previews of the other tracks I heard from the album on her homepage sound beautifully produced and with a really organic sound, reminisent of the album Coco from Colbie Caillat I’ve blogged profusely about previously. This song flows easily over the air with it’s summery, mellow sound and if this track is any indication of what the rest of the album may sound like, I’m intently waiting on hearing it.
Kina Grannis – Valentine (Zipped Download from Official Site)
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If you asked me which decade was the worst decade for America, I would state “The Nineteen Seventies.” Not the Civil war decade, not the Depression, nor even the last ten years. And I have seven reasons.
Note that none of these reasons have anything to do with what was done overseas, or with arts and entertainment. These are political actions that many people cheered on because they took an immediate benefit from these decisions. It’s only with hindsight (and a willingness to look beyond one’s nose) that we see what it was that made the seventies the pile of ugliness that it was.
So…here’s the list, with my reasons:
Nixon Changes How Farm Subsidies Worked. Used to be farmers would farm enough to put stuff to market, and the government would pay farmers to let fields lie fallow for a year or two. Clover or other plants which had relatively little worth on the market but plenty of abililty to revive soil would be planted and the only major cost would be a hit on the pride of the farmer. Now they’re paid to overproduce certain crops, and we get depleted farm land, a dead Gulf of Mexico and High Fructose Corn Syrup to mess with our bodies (more than real sugar, may I add).
McGovern takes over the Democratic Party. Before the people behind George McGovern took over the Democratic Party, it was run by city bosses and other people who knew how to run a government and hold office. After him, the party became a group of minorities who had grevances and needed people who were able to hold them together (read: hold their hand and tell them “Everything was all right, now be patient and vote for us; after all, you want to vote for THEM?”). This has led to the pussification of the Democratic Party Leaders at a time when they need to be real men, and the rise of Bullies in the Republican Party (because they can, and it works).
Roe v Wade, Doe v Bolton. Granted, this was more-or-less imposed by the Supreme Court. However, one thinks that we would have come to a compromise that would have been accepted by everyone but the extremists; however only the extremists are allowed to speak up. Not only that, but this was one of the changes that allowed the “Me Generation” to arise, as the ruling declared nationwide the freedom of women from the dictates of pregnancy, children raising and the consequences of voluntary actions and ugly twists of fate…and it allowed women to stay in the workplace longer, essentially doubling the work force (and allowing for the possibility of wages to be forced downward). This, of course, is the most contested of decisions, and has had certain adjustments done to it over the years.
Bankruptcy Laws loosened. I fully understand why the Bankruptcy laws were loosened by congress – once people were over their heads, it just gets worse and worse. However, we’re now talking about the freedom from the strictures of financial responsibility. On the personal scale, this meant people could spend like crazy and force the system to absolve their debts every so often, in the corporate world this meant the ability to expand like crazy, pay their CEOs obscene amounts, and toss aside unions when they felt the workers were given more rights than they deserved (none, with all the responsibilities the companies could pile on them). Which explains why the business world has suddenly gotten more choppy, with companies coming and going at will (outside of Wal-Mart, which in much of Rural America IS the government).
No-Fault Divorce Spread Nationwide. This seems to be more a pet peeve of mine, as this law seems sacred still to many people.
Deregulation of the trucking industry. Here’s the first of three reasons why I think Ted Kennedy killed Mary Jo Kopechne. For the sake of cheaper rates the Trucking laws were loosened, and the Truckers, already suffering from five-plus years of reduced earnings (Dropping the speed limit from 70 to 55 was a more than 20% reduction in their earning power, any wonder they grew to hate the DOA?) were thrown under the bus for the sake of a few fewer cents cost for the consumers (or, more likely a few more cents profits per item for the companies selling what the trucks brought). Is it any wonder they’ve become the most reactionary of constituencies – you too would hate the people who gave you the middle finger, gave the people immediately above you carte blanche to do what they pleased and told you to worship the people fucking you over.
Deregulation of Airlines. The second of three reasons I believe Ted Kennedy killed Mary Jo Kopechne (the third being his treatment of Carter in the 1980 primaries). It’s this item that drove PATCO into the arms of Reagan in 1980, which led to their (and the working class’s) betrayal in August 5, 1981. EVERYTHING (and I mean everything) since then can be traced to this date; I’ve heard of parties at corporate headquarters on this date for years.
Probably the biggest thing to notice is how libertarian the list is. Liberalization of Divorce, Freedom to delay motherhood through extreme measures, cheaper prices for food, travel and other stuff, ability to escape one’s financial problems: whatever could be wrong with that stuff?
Well, it’s been thirty years since 1980, and we’re seeing it. Two generations unwilling to marry because they’ve seen the scars of divorce. A nation that seems psychotically split between city/college and country/suburb. Bankruptcy from Government to people. A job “market” that no longer uses what’s out there. Working and Middle class on the cusp of final defeat (no unions, no organized body to fight against The Man ™). People so willing to believe in the system that they’ll cut their own throat to affirm that belief (aka Tea-Baggers); meanwhile everyone else has grown passive waiting for the Messiah (whomever that person may be) to save them from their inaction and passivity (Read: the Tea-Baggers may get “their way” by default, as they’re the only people willing to back their demands by actions and guns – Like Abraham at the mount, they’ll figure out that my throat will readily substitue for their own.).
I could have done without Disco (which comes from Roe and Doe), not needed Punk (which eventually became a reaction to points 6 and 7) and maybe been willing to suffer under twenty more years of Hair-Metal and Country/Country Rock transcendent for better times. Instead we got what we now have.
some great quality live footage of mr hudson & co. performing at the grand opening of the renaissance new york hotel 57. above is “young forever”, hit the cut for “stiff upper lip”, “too late too late”, “knew we were trouble”, “supernova”, “lift your head”, and “white lies”. that’s a lot of amazing in one post. i can’t imagine how cool it must’ve been to be part of that small crowd getting to watch hudson perform on top of a hotel. too good.
I know, I know. I am posting a song from Natalie Bassingthwaigthe, don’t worry I haven’t gone round the bend.
For the same-sex law reform campaign, Wear It With Pride, Nat recently teamed up with the LGBT Health Alliance to celebrate the 85 new same-sex law reforms.
They made a video, filled with celebrity cameos to her track Love Like This. It’s camp as all get up, but thats the point.
Some of the arrangements in the song are also quite good, its one of Nat’s better ones.
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La super estrella internacional Shakira actuará para una presentación única en el Juego de las Estrellas de la NBA 2010 (2010 NBA All-Star Game) el próximo domingo 14 de Febrero. El Juego de las Estrellas será televisado en vivo a las 8 p.m. en TNT, Score Canada, ESPN Radio y en más de 200 países y 40 lenguas.
Shakira interpretará su sencillo “Give It Up To Me”, de la producción de Timbaland, además del hit “She Wolf” de su más reciente álbum. Alicia Keys que se unirá a ella en el show cantando su clásico “No One” y los hits “Empire State of Mind” y “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart”. Usher también participará en el evento cantando dos de sus éxitos durante la introducción del juego.
La 59 edición del Juego de las Estrellas de la NBA 2010 (NBA All-Star Game 2010) unirá a algunos de los más talentosos jugadores de baloncesto en la historia de la liga. El evento se llevará a cabo el domingo 14 de Febrero en el Cowboys Stadium en Arlington, Texas ante un público de más de 80,000 personas – la audiencia más grande que alguna vez haya asistido a un juego de baloncesto.
A friend recently introduced to me this site which features the newest and most up and coming tracks and artists of the moment. It isn’t limited to one style, (although it is obviously dominated by ever-so-popular pop-indie tracks) and contains well established artists as well as people and bands new to the scene. Whether you like RnB or indie this “fresh” list will have music for everyone. Check it out because We are Hunted…
http://wearehunted.com/
This could easily become your music bible and make you a bit more savvy when it comes to your playlists on spotify…maybe you can even predict who will make the charts?
Can’t by ALL CAPS a.k.a Luke Conard – Kristina Horner – dance pop electro rock
Lyrics by Alan Lastufka
Music by ALL CAPS
Original music by Tom Milsom (hexachordal)
Here is another new band, first time featured on my entertainment site.
cool dance mix sounds, love the vocals, bass beats and music.
Great job guys!
thanks for sending to idea girl consulting youtube channel
Is it just me or has soda gone hillbilly? C’mon, even if you don’t drink soda it’s hard not to notice how they’ve returned to their roots. Cane sugar. Hatfield and McCoy logos. Really? Is an old look on a new product going to make it sell? Well, Denny’s tried it and more white poeple than ever showed up for a sock hop.
All this over a rotten Grand Slam and Little Cow Polk.
When everyone gave up on Denny’s, they stormed off to the gas station to boycott Coke and Pepsi’s return to logos that make their drinks look they cost 25 cents.
Like Coors, this shit trickles down from the mountains, too.
They’ve even gone so far as to change the look of their vending machines!
This one was recently converted from an outhouse. 25 cents will get you a Coke. 50 cents will get you a pack of Camels.
It’s hard not to buy into the soda makers mad marketing schemes. After all, remember when Coke was all about cocaine and Pepsi was all about alcohol?
The Perfect Mixer….with Captain and Coke!
So now I wonder what product will go back to its roots next. Will Maxi-Pads revert to Mini-Pads? Will Jolt Cola make a comeback? Will Budweiser…oh yeah, never mind.
Man's thoughts: "I'll get her drunk, then rape her in the woods." Woman's thoughts: "Budweiser? How ghetto. Just like this branch for a fishing pole."
Maknae Minji posted an image of her self on her Me2day, usually Dara posts all the pictures. So it’s nice to see Minji do it for a change. The caption that went with the picture was..
“빅쇼이제딱하루남았어요-!!!콘서트끝나고운동중ㅋㅋ열분도강한체력으로고고고!!!!”
“The BIG SHOW only has one more day-!!! The concert endsㅋㅋ Ten people crossed the river with their strength go go go!!!!”
Maknae is working hard for the Big Show, I see. A long with 2kg weights, she is wearing a Sakun mask. As we all might know Top is known for this mask.
I’m so excited about this…super collab between James Mercer (from The Shins) and Danger Mouse (from Gnarls Barkley and producer of The Grey Album). This is seriously one of the greatest combinations i’ve dreamed would never happen. The album is due to come out March 9, 2010. Be ready for a storm. Broken Bells wiki
Here’s the first single “The High Road” (download after the jump)…
Peace, and broken love… Broken Bells – The High Road
The Alexandria Quartet
The Dark Side Of The Blues
I Need Someone To Love
Into The Light
Somewhere
Get Lost In The City
You Could Be My Mirror
Montauk
Ace Upon The Sleeve
Justine
Leave You With The Music
A Monster’s Lullaby