Bruce pulled out a card from the audience which had written on it “Play One For Levon” and proceeded to cover “The Weight”. Pretty awesome, plus both “No Surrender ” and “Rosalita”. But stil, way too much from Wrecking Ball. And anway, they didn’t get “Johnny 99” -easily the best song at MSG. And I can’t see anything on this setlist good enough to replace it. Not even personal fave “Bishop Dance”.
In the 1970s, Barry had five top ten albums -AT THE SAME TIME, so, yeah, he has a huge catalog and except for holding back “Mandy”, “Copacabana” and “I write The Songs” to the end he is very generous with it.
The first time he was caught because cops received complaints about marijuana smoke at a local Holiday Inn in Nashville, and the police probably searched his tour bus for the same reason this time!
We tend to forget that once you have a kid your life is done. Everything you do for the rest of your life is for them- its a horrible thing, which is why they invented birth control
Truth is I love Deathcab, yeah Gibbard is a freak but so what? He was a hip nerd as long as Weezer, like the original crew of latte’ suckers. But to shun the top right corner is a sin unforgiving.
Is it me or does Gotye look like a young Barry Manilow. And sound like a seriously depressed tomcat. Funny how little movement compared to the BB200, but I got a feeling Payphone is gonna hang around… though not as long as Jagger.
Congrats to White though a # 1 isn’t what it used to be. The two rough neck country boy toys? Lee isn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard.
Daughters – Nas – Written for his 17 year old kid, I dismissed this song as nothing special but it is at least somewhat special: as he writes about “his precious little girl”, Nas seems to invade her privacy and the song isn’t good enough to withstand the inappropriateness. On the plus side, the chorus is catchy and there is something so charming in an old time rapper being such a strong parent figure. In the end, the latter is more important than most anything else. grade: A
The two covers are from Dylan and the Everly Brothers, the absolute standards as far as a very clean clear version are “Run Of The Mill” and “My Sweet Lord”. the Naked redux is “All Things Must Pass” and the new song, “Woman Don’t You Cry”, isn’t up to much.
The campy Bananarama cover of ‘Venus’ which is a cult classic YouTube video by Shocking Blue which is based off of the Americana tune ‘Oh! Susannah’ and its riffs. ‘Venus’ was written by Robbie van Leeuwen and originally recorded by Shocking Blue for their 1969 album, ‘At Home’.’
Jason Seigel and Emily Blunt meet AWESOME “Sweet thing” is playing in the background) in San Francisco, get engaged, and move to Michigan when Emily gets a post-doctorate,. Jason, a Sous Chef, is stuck making sandwiches at a Deli while Emily starts a fliration with her boss.
The guys have taken their fresh faced tunes and really aged them horribly. More like dusty drag queens then a fresh faced boy band. The ladies love them though, but men? Can I get a male Duran Duran fan to raise their hand?
‘You cannot set up these shots’ he declared to the LA Weekly, ‘These shots are given to you. It’s like winning the lottery. They’re beautiful. It’s a trippy thing. You have to be there to capture that moment.’
Bad Religion is always a good band to listen to when you’re in a punky mood, and this song is perfect for it. It’s a big middle finger to society and being judged, which is the epitome of teenage angst.
Two weeks ago, a phenomenan aoccured and while I noted it, I failed to mention it. Both Bonnie Raitt and Hoodie Allen were on the Billboard Top 10 album charts and both albums were self released.
AOL is really owning this movement with their ‘Listening Party’ series. They take a few LPs and let them loose for all to hear. This latest round caught my eye simply based on the diversity of the artists.
Yup, lets send out holograms of living and dead stars. We can do a hologram ‘We Are The World”, we can become a sci fi movie with this stuff, think about it. You can hire a hologram to perform in your backyard- really all you need is speakers and a projector.
you can retreat into drugs, alcohol, whatever, or you can retreat into a past that passed you by. Taylor is back in High School -even Junior High, where music saved her from her Ugly Duckling friendlessness
Madonna has written a pop album that isn’t popular, Bruce has written a rock album that doesn’t trannslate well to the stage. Whoops.
When people die we honor their absence by accepting their absence, it can’t be filled by anything but memories and the reality of passage is in the passing away. By using hologroms, by denying the self-evident, we perpetuate a sort of mindless pain
So in all these years, what new tricks has MM learnt? Delayed gratification is its own reward and the sizzling ooos and 11111s enhanced intro is the modern equivalent of an acoustic intro to a hard rocker. And then it is a hard rocker – Grade: B+
:Chit Chat” off her 2010 album is a good song and she does it proud and the penultimate song with a refrain that goes “take a deep breath and don’t it it bring you down” is a joyous noise with Hannah on Ukelele
Not handsome, too long winded to be smart, no good at catechesis’s, and a lousy poet to boot -all of that is true, still Mercer knows when to start a song with “lalallalalaaaa”
The New York date for the Sweet Relief Musician Fund Benefit is to raise money for the cause. They support musicians who are struggling with age-related problem, disabilities, or illness if they’re struggling financially. It’s an incredible cause that has helped out countless musicians…
Once you hit day nine, you start accessing some really crazy shit. You have no stimulation, so your subconscious starts filling in the blanks. I started to feel like I was channeling spirits
I always wonder what is people’s intention when they follow this inexorable trend, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain,… their sales have tremendously increased after their deaths, but why exactly? Is it because people want to find a closure?
I think what really bothers me about this moronic video is the fact that there’s seriously nothing going on. It’s just them dancing and rapping in a few hotel rooms
It’s easy to make fun of Jack White, you know, the sophisticated attire, the funny lunatic stunts he does (i.e. the balloons carrying his records), the lies (Meg wasn’t his sister!), the mannerisms and the pretentiousness, and @Discographies,
Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way that You Feel About Me – Justin Townes Earle – Just about perfect singer-songwriter malais, a trip to nowhere and back in search of peace of mind.
Let’s be honest here, hiatus means done. Name me one band other than the Eagles who have used the word ‘hiatus’ and returned. Wait, maybe there are a few but not enough to make being on hiatus just a break.
You Won’t regret It – Ceu – Sensational lovers rock, ranking pop sensation. It is gonna be hard to topple this Brazilian beauty, though until she sings in English on a consistent basis, Shakira won’t be worrying.
I am no ‘God Bless America” type gal Trust me, I’m pretty much just living my life, laying low and trying not to cause too much harm. I find it amusing that the Commanders at Fort Knox pretty much think he is a tool, as I do! Finally I have something in common with the US military!
Hang about, why shouldn’t the Stones send holograms into every home in the county??? You pay for your ticket and a hologram of your favorite Stones period shows up and serenades you!!!
1920s flapper? Sure and so much more. A near perfect swing gal with just enough personality to make what are now standards once her own. And little enough to record under different names for different styles. Ps? Best use of the word “necessity” in a song.
A blunderbuss is somebody “unsubtle or clumsy” -so let’s call it a minor self portrait and it will point you to what is wrong, or at least not quite right, with Blunderbuss: it is a minor work. a tinted mirror of White backing in on itself, and self-referential, self-absorbed, it doesn’t invite the listener in.
His style of electronic chamber music is quite unique, but sounds automatically familiar as, according to his facebook biblio, he has scored 31 episodes for television, composed music for the ceremonies at the 2008 summer Olympic Games in Beijing, his songs have been featured on the CBS shows
I was pleased to not get any songs by Justin Bieber. None of these songs are on the top of the charts, so who is it exactly who determines what’s popular and number 1? It seems as though the people I associate with are still exploring the music that we were raised on, and we stray from the path.
His superb biography of Lennon, retelling the tale of the worling class/middle class boy from Liverpool who lead the greatest music group of all down until he was pointlessly murdered at the age of 40 and cemented his position of the greatest of them all.
a lot of people with restlessness in them have been pulled to the anonymizing fellowship with other insomniacs, artists, prostitutes, businessmen and vibrant immigrant food and culture, ah, the sounds the smells the tastes
A way to socialize more and find a group to belong to? There are too many propositions, but scientists also ask a different question: Did we, humans, invent music? After all, birds and whales have beautiful chants!
This was a pay back for Marilyn’s gratis performance at Depp’s son’s birthday party earlier in the month. The whole lot of them are weirdos- but then again its all an act. While on this topic if we put Jack White, Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson in a blender, no one would notice
Each Thursday, Decoded is going to rock their residency at the AMPLYFi with other local bands for a great cause, ‘Rock For A Difference Los Angeles’, which will feature a different non-profit each time
No, THIS ISN’T ABOUT WHITE SLAVES, IT ISN’T ABOUT KIDS, IT IS ABOUT MISAPPLIED WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND PRURIENT CONSERVATIVE HATRED OF RECREATIONAL SEX. It is amazing to me how the States learnt nothing from Prohibition.
But, as mentioned the soundtrack is actually spiffy. It will contain a new song by Scott Weiland titled ‘Breathe’, how interesting… Scott, as we all know has lost his marbles and lives in a tiny world of his own.
I loved their performance at the Secret Policemans Ball. So full of energy and fun. But they see to be a hit or miss operation. Love them or hate them they are a mega pop band and should be treated as such. I’m kidding…
We don’t care if a man is homo or heterosexual. That is there business. And so when people have whispered claims that Elton John is homosexual we ignored them. It is Elton’s business and not ours.
But, really, Elton gay? I doubt it.
An exciting day! New Santigold, Marilyn, Elvis, Rufus (MY GIRL THINKS i’M GAY FOR HIM), B.o,B. , Beach Boys (and it is really good)… and the Harrison demo shows King exactly what it means to release demos.
Somethings Gotta Give – Frank Sinatra – Johnny Mercer wrote over 380 songs and had more hits than either Irving Berlin or George Gershwin. Here, Sinatra shows why. Grade: A
A quiet, but quietly delicious moment, to cool down her feverish brow: like Maureen O’Hara, Kathleen is either dashing through the hills of Ireland chased by John Wayne, or packing her bags and going home to her brother, or playing patty ingers in the holy water.
The mood of the show was totally informal and relaxed, and he was alternating between standards, instrumentals, covers of famous songs and his own compositions like ‘Ruin My Day’, ‘Same Mistakes’, ‘Knock Yourself Out’, while sipping his coca-cola in a large glass
