Actually, the complete title of this post is “The Old Rock Stars Don’t Die They Just Releases Lousy Albums That Get Five Stars From Syncophantic Rock Critics Test” but I didn’t have the room. It is really easy to play and fun for all the family. So let’s start…
The only things they know about politics have been pushed onto them by their guardians- their opinions are not their own. They’re spewing nonsense, and it’s pretty much pure humour. I hate how kids try and say that they’re going to make a difference when they can’t do jack.
Winner – American Idol – They got it right! More or less. The Nicki slash Mariah axis? Sure feels like doubling up on a bad idea BUT getting Keith Urban is maybe the smartest thing they’ve done so far. AI will become Country versus Urban pop, Hip Hop 2012 Vs R&B 1995… COOL!!
Jay-Z has his 8 night residency at Barclay’s Center and the question on everyone’s mind is, who will be the opening act? A plumb assignment for any band, not unlike the way Dylan or the Stones get first tier bands to open up for them. Here are some suggestions
“I love her. I love her. I do love her. Imitation is the highest form of flattery.And one day, very soon, we’re gonna be on stage together. Just you wait.”
John Mellencamp and Tracy Chapman are artists who have made their careers by writing and performing songs that relate to the struggles of the perceived lower classes of society and this has meant that their songs actually mean something as opposed to the bubble gum trendy pop.
And it is folk the way Palmer is because it is hidden folk based biography. Palmer and Dylan keep on looking at the world and seeing themselves.
“Mick, I just got a comment on a post that this really isn’t Mick Fleetwood. I don’t want to believe that because we’ve been Facebook friends for over a yea Please message me the truth. No message, I may believe the non-believers and at 60 that would really make me lose my faith.”
Is he gona start a new trend? Contests for cover album design, for band t-shirts design,… the possibilities are immense, and if artists decide to do it the Amanda Palmer way, they may just invite the winner on stage and even save this cash price.
The origins of this dance are all over the place. From the term for Italian ice cream men to the Canadian army dancing its a silly ‘feel good’ dance done by people who should sit down and little kids to learn left from right.
If you dig deeper,, she appears a little like a jerk to me: she was NOT asking for a million for recording her album on Kickstarter, if I remember correctly, she was asking for $100,000 and she got much, much more because of her fans’ generosity, but that was not her first demand at all!
‘Oh my God, I guess she’s right.’ I just try to write music that connects with people’s conscience and make music for awake people rather than sleepwalkers
The cutting edge is about engaging the fans with social media so that the music is sold as an experience. Is it any wonder that her next album ARTPOP will be sold as “an interactive experience” with an app?
For a child the change from non-existent to 12 year old girl is huge. Plus the 24 time span, the daily dayness is long, but it is also relentless, it doesn’t stop for a second and it doesn’t stop for anything so while a day is long days are short.
Throwing flour in some ones face is spectacle enough to bring attention to their cause and not as permanent as days gone by. In 1982 I was part of a very militant group who took it upon themselves to spray paint or otherwise stain fur coats we encountered in our day. Yes, I took part in this vigilante behavior and no I don’t really regret it.
Perhaps, finally we will have a computer generated voice of a generation who will outlive everyone forever… and we will go from “Oh well whatever nevermind” to “whatever”.
There are far too many voices these days, too many genre’s to much media too much everything for there to be a singular source for anything. There are groups for everyone and all of those groups together are a collective ‘choir of a generation’
There is so much ‘live blogging’ going on about this show that its rather funny. One site is time stamping comments- who could possibly care that much?
There is confidence and there is oblivion. Children of fame often have fabulous tell all biography deals when theyre adults, and some of thse should be as wonderful as Mommy Dearest.
Was Avril the trailblazer for the Clarksons, and the Lovato’s? Some would say yes others may disagree. I think she’s been more influence than shes been giving credit for and I do know that she shouldn’t marry that Maroon 5 guy, its just gross.
That seems to me something that old dudes who are out of touch say: “Nothing new is going on these days.” It often happens with people who are from a punk rock background, where punk rock was really a very orthodox rock ‘n’ roll movement.
Over a quarter of jazz and blues listeners have been in accidents due to being “really into the music; getting swept up”. On the opposite end of the spectrum, those who put on Chopin or Bach or other classical virtuosos, are the least likely to have an issue.
‘The Killers are one group I enjoy,’ he said. But wait a minute, that guy from the Killers, Brandon Flowers, is big time Mormon, right? What a nice coincidence!
This made Ted Leo tweet the following: ‘THIN LIZZY WALK ON MUSIC FOR PAUL RYAN???!??!!?111!? I will find the music coordinator and ruin him or her. #HowDareYou’, yes indeed, why are republicans so obsessed by using music they shouldn’t do?
Things have been worse ever since then I have no clue, zero, why the greatest hip hop star in the world wants to be a celebrity. The entire Kim Kardashian stuff is ridiculous, what does Kanye needs this for?
I need variety and I don’t want some hack kids ‘’playlist’ or some ‘mood enhanced’ song scroll. I want to turn the thing on and I want a genre non stop til I tell it otherwise. I need radio.
Mods, Rockers, Metal Heads, Disco Diva’s, Hippies we all wore a uniform of allegiance to a trend. This is America. Hell even country has its boots. I look around now and the lines are more blurred.
When was the last time you heard of Freddie Gibb, let alone Public Enemy? PE’s latest album, though a masterpiece of sorts that improves with listening, was roundly ignored in a baffling act of cultural ignorance. Modern hip hop is a mess where people are so desperate they rave about Rick Ross. It is a machine, but some of the parts are faulty.
The authors examined over 1,000 Top 40 recordings from five decades, and found different things such as an increase of female artists and songs longer in duration, but also a progressive increase of songs have using minor chords (associated with sad feeling) and slower tempos.
Lil Wayne has released two lousy albums in a row, IV and Rebirth, neither competed with his past work either musically or commercially and how that has anything to do with New York State.
The killings terrify us because they are so completely meaningless but for the people surrounding the victims, for the civilians, there is a semblance of cause and effect. Compare it to civilians being meaninglessly murdered by US Drone Aircrafts.
Today with all the digital and streaming we never really know if the band is thanking God, or the caterer or me for their success. Well, no band is thanking me for their success but it is a glimpse into the inner workings of bands that I certainly miss.
Of course this new generation is going to pick Muse over the Clash, because they have never seen the Clash,.. or Pink Floyd, or Jimi Hendrix, or Led Zeppelin or even Nirvana and Queen!…. And what does exciting mean anyway? If we are talking about what bands can bring around their music, then the Flaming Lips should certainly win and they are not even in the list.
As cool as these things are, what sucks is when you go to their concerts, you can only buy the band’s shirts and the band’s accessories. At least at old FOB shows there would be a shirt or two, and at some BMTH shows they have other merch.
‘Manson’s memory, or delivery, wasn’t nearly as sharp. On the contrary, where Bad Religion connected, Manson alienated. The singer’s platinum albums in the ’90s helped define goth rock, but on Saturday he seemed like a vampire awakened during daylight: groggy and out of it.’
By 1962 humans had ventured orbited the earth, the moon race was on and within a few years Captain Kirk would confirm space as our final frontier. It was in July of ‘62 that the promise of world-wide communication via satellite was born with the launch of Telstar.
Look, Blur, until you get your lazy butts to nyc who cares? Gorillaz greatest moment was at MSG, why not bring the other band over. And not at fucking Roseland. Rent out Radio City for 5 nights. Fuck Hyde Park, that’s how you say goodbye.
Both VV and NYP have terrible music sections. And the paper of record is not the paper of record when it comes to reviewing local concerts any more. On the web, Brooklynvegan do what they do, but really what they do is listings for indie bands. It is fine, and I love it, but it isn’t a recording of live local concerts.
‘The activities of illegal ticket sellers threaten public safety by interfering with traffic and diverting valuable police resources from crimes of violence. These scalpers also rip-off unsuspecting fans, hurt legitimate businesses, and fail to pay taxes owed to the city — which ultimately harms all city residents.’
rock isn’t dead because that isn’t what rock is: rock is the spirit of youth personified and renewing itself endlessly, in perpetuity, through sound.
Leaving aside the obvious comment: how could Jonah NOT find a quote from Dylan to suit his purposes, rock nyc has just discovered a new way to get interviews with people we can’t get interviews with: we WILL MAKE THEM UP
Music isn’t about the art anymore. It’s no longer about what you feel, and what you hear. It’s all about what you see and if it’s catchy. No one wants to take the time to listen to older bands because they’re “irrelevant” or they all “sound the same” when in reality, every Bieber tune is exactly the same.
The US may well be heading for a great depression, may never be the force it was, it might be too much of a job to police the world and who wants it anywhere? Unless the US brings back slave labor they can never compete with Russian and Chinese industry. But in the world of music, North America OWNS IT/
When supporting the status quo (the President) feels like an act of insurrection, excuse us while we can’t make heads or tails of our lives. While the best thing we can do is manage a yawn. And if Frank Ocean has the album of the summer (at least aesthetically), pop maybe has a problem
Give the minor acts from ten to fifteen minutes, and half an hour for the leads. There is nothing that says the Killers has to bore us for two hours. Let them make their point and get off the fucking stage
The truth is, mortality is not the same as irrelevance, and people have souls even if they are not immortal. Science can’t tell us why can we stir cream into coffee but we can’t stir it out, it sure can’t tell us why a six year old girl is dead in Colorado.
We will always be divided around stories like these ones. Most fans find a way to totally separate the artist from the music, other ones have some difficulties, but if you are not a fan in the first place, it becomes almost impossible to accept such a behavior from an artist
Say what you want about Billy Corgan, and to be honest he has mismanged his career to an amazing career, from firing his band and failing to replace them to making some of the lousiest music known to man… hang on, I forgot where I was going there…. Oh yeah, Billy has done it his way. And really has been there and back
It makes me think, if there is a concert and I don’t go does it really exist. Or perhaps the other way around. What will happen when I die? Will there be no more rock shows?
My first time at Warped I think I wore jeans and a t-shirt brought $20. a lipstick and my license. What? A 10 hour concert in direct sunlight… figure that out. By hour 3 I was sweating like a pig, filthy, starving and sunburned.
