. He needs Liam to sing his classics because, like I said, he can’t really do it himself. I saw Noel perform a solo acoustic gig at the Beastie Boys Tibetan charity gig at Randall’s Island and he sucked at it.
I didn’t know it at the time (because I was nine), but P!ATD’s record A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out makes numerous references to quite a few of Palahniuk’s novels. Considering I love both the band and the authour, I decided to reread some of Chuck’s books, and listen to AFYCSO again and find all of the connections I could
Music is a great outlet for anger and at this moment I am so furious that I would like to duct tape myself to a chair to prevent bloodshed. We have covered music and emotion numerous times hell we have covered allot of things numerous times.
Hopefully, people will eventually realize that what they’re listening to is nothing more than a weak attempt at making billions of dollars, and that music is there to inspire you- not just make you want to dance.
Think about it, the Satellite is the place which has hosted the debuts of bands such as The Decemberists, Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, Arctic Monkeys, My Morning Jacket, the Killers, the Shins, Arcade Fire and the Black Keys! At this time, it was still called Spaceland and it has been the starting point of many famous indie acts
Watching Fiona Apple on Sunday, got me to think of how much she has changed since her titanic flameout at Roseland where in 2000 a mix of nerves and sound fuck ups had a devastated Fiona begging the journalists there not to write about it and then storming off the stage a coupla songs into her set!
If the powers that be can bring this in at under the $200 mark and release one or two a year, they would be the ultimate last word on every single Beatles album and the last word for a beatles fan. See what Columbia has done with Davis… it is time to centralize things and to complete them. It is time for the BEATLES BOX SET!!!
I was surprised to notice two bands I knew very little about but with one thing in common playing at Governor’s Ball. They were bands I disliked solely because of their bands names!
As the formats have caused both contractions (ITunes is perfect for single song purchases) and expansions (Streaming is great for huge amounts of music listened to cheaply), it hasn’t really beaten the 40 minute album.
Written in the key of E flat with a throbbing R&B inspired bass line, it was the perfect backdrop for Hollis’s soaring vocals and the springboard that launched the band to popularity.
They’re happy to tour with their friends. They’re grateful for Glee for their positive message. They don’t mind waking up at 5:15 to be on talk shows, they’re so grateful and happy and thrilled and honored and happy and having………………..fun
Music’s power lies in its ability to function in the back and the foreground simultaneously. You can manipulate its presence by the power of your mind: if you’ve ever been listening to a song and gotten a phone call, you will see what I mean: the song instantly changes position in the levels of your brain.
Up until now I’ve used my Sony turntable, but it too has the old RCA plugs. It would only work on our desktop computer and was a bit of a hassle to set up, so I didn’t use it as much as I wanted to. Then I spotted the Ion Quick Flash in Barnes and Noble and snapped it up.
, Juliana Hatfield namechecked the fuck outta Westerberg in her memoir and my good buddy Bill holdship wrote the liner notes to the reissues. And whenever I get around to listening to em, I don’t dislike them. But don’t color me impressed either.
it is about the musicalness of words put together. Pauses, beats, repetitions, it is a rhythmic art form and because of that, because you are waiting to hear the words again, it bears repeating over and over.
am not a country girl- I freakin hate nature, but for some reason this same visual conjures up every late June. As a kid there were trips to the beach or the country but this image seems more like Kansas or something- no clue
We rock critics, bad ass bloggers, whatever the fuck we are, are part of a dying breed. You can’t make money making fun of pompous ass rock stars and you sure can’t make friends being on the side of the angels
‘Certainly, indie rock is at its most banal right now. Nothing against Arcade Fire because they are an unbelievable band, but how many terrible bands that thrive on that sound are we going to have to put up with?”
Ok, we survived the ‘album art’ announcement the ridiculous ‘track listing’ announcement the ‘studio video outtake’ announcement, and the fake ass ‘leak’…but no, no that wasn’t good enough
From hip-hop to house and all the way to dubstep Skrillex seems to quietly, probably the wrong word for the job, work his way into most sets. Whether your favorite DJ is steady like Deadmau5 or as mind melting as Excision, you probably have the stylings of Skrillex somewhere on your Ipod.
Here in the States, we consider it a mix of smart and silly, we can afford not to care after handing King George his hat back in the day. Will Elizabeth Rex ever retire? Morrissey is considering it yeah, but Lizzy? I sincerely doubt we will ever see her leaving any way except thru Westminster Abby.
Bob Dylan’s mom died in 2000, and Dylan, who seldom responds so clearly to a loss, wrote “set my dial on the radio, wish my mother was still alive” in 2001 on “Lonesome Boy Blues”.
My rule of thumb is never pick on people smaller than you are and NEVER write to please any one at all, and NEVER EVER EVER get too friendly with your subject matter.
When Wu Tang Clan headlined Hot 97 years ago and were pissed at the station, Ol’ Dirty Bastard called them out from the stage, saying he didn’t see why they were there at all since the radio station never played their music. They then proceeded to blow the Continental (now the Izod) down. I know this for sure, I was there.That’s how you respond to a slight (and Wu’s was real, not Minaj’s bullshit whingeing).
OK, I’ve had it with co-editor Helen Bach and Chief Writer Alyson Camus. Enough of their guff. In separate posts here today, Helen and Alyson took my soft spots to task and THEY WERE BOTH WRONG!
This was the birth of recorded music and everything we learnt about recording music stemmed from it. And while obviously much has changed, whatever has been gained from these two innovations.
We had to react to either a heartfelt love song, or a vulgar sex ballad. It was a song of our choice, to reflect our musical tastes. Upon first hearing of the assignment, I went straight to “I Want To Know Your Plans” by Say Anything. I felt as though it was too obviously a love song, so I went with something a bit more thought provoking and realistic- Bright Eyes’ “Lua”.
don’t know how you can have a song, or a playlist, represent your life. The song that meant the most? That reflects your very being? A state of mind or (hopefully) transition. A farewell and Amen, or a celebration?
Beck’s styles are as diverse as Baskin-Robbins’ flavors and nevertheless all of them are totally his, you cannot miss a Beck song when you hear one, they all have his kid-in-a-candy-store’s magic touch, who can effortless sample, rearrange, and fool around with sounds
Most of her songs were about love or sex and this one time she tried to venture a little deeper she basically fell off a cliff. What was she ainging about anyway?
liars lie and playas play and at least there is this: No Jay-Z for awhile and after that pathetic track for his daughter, good riddance. I commend the sin, hate the sinner but love the sin if you will! Indeed, here is a list of artists we hope will follow in his footsteps…
”I was probably 12. He was super cool. You’re 12 years old and he’s the world’s most famous overgrown kid, who’s running around your friend’s apartment with you. It was pretty wild.”
Of course, it would not matter that much if her age was not so much part of her dramatic story, lying about her age was a way to make her life even more compelling, although 16 is still such a young age to get married!
Everyone in the Wainwright family became fair game for Loudon’s often acerbic music. Martha received a parental divorce notification in “Your Mother and I” and a birthday song for “Five Years Old.” His breast feeding son was the subject of “Rufus Is a Tit Man.”
The songs on this LP were recorded from 1966 to 1969, so basically during my life span of birth to three. Yet as a young Hel I can vividly remember hearing ‘Cheer Up Sleepy Jean” through the wall as my sister and her friends squealed.
Emily is Lennon to Charlottes McCartney (and Ann’s Harrison) Charlotte wrote “Jane Eyre” -only in a world with Emily as her sister would she be the second sister.
The floodgates are open and if you thought we had no attention span in the 1980s, you have no idea what it can be like in the 21st century: the immediacy of sound, choice, or life, is sci-fi like. If you stop and think about it, book and record stores died on us! We don’t have the time because we don’t need to give up the time.
In New York City, 148 people die every day. It is impossible to care unless they effect you. Oh, perhaps a baby is hit by a stray bullet in the Bronx, and you feel empathy and sympathy, but really really… life is for living
Its the arrogance that makes me want to kick him in the cup. As if he is doing us a favor by being so cool. The interview shows the more idiotic side of Manson as he whines about how the record company interfered with his art
I mean how can Chris Martin play this song this way whereas it was supposed to be a joke filled with rap gimmicks, rowdiness, disrespect and cream pies in everyone’s face? It’s an ode to having fun for the sake of it, it’s a paaaaarty song and Martin wants to make you cry with it?
Readying myself for Saturday’s Red Hot Chili Pepper’s concert at Prudential, I was listening to their music and found my self at “Give It Away”. For RHCP life occured in two parts, before and after “Give It Away”. This is probably true of many, although not all, succesful bands
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
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
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.
Now Steven is pitching chicken. Yup, Burger King chicken strips has a brand new guy. You thought that the King was scary looking? Check out the commercial! I suppose the money is good and the exposure is outstanding but I’m really stunned to see such a legend selling fast food.
I’m just more drawn to things that are more in that range. I love dance music, too, and I think it’s cool. But as a songwriter and producer I’m more drawn to those more live elements.’
By all recipe I should hate this crap. Hand clapping? Girl group back up vocals? yuck. Keyboard tripping solo’s? Jesus in any other forum I would be screaming for mercy. Instead I am screaming for more.
Perhaps I could stomach these terrible, terrible, ridiculously over-rated albums, if these pinnacles of pop perfection weren’t so chuffed. What the hell are they chuffed about? Are they deaf? Can’t they read the sales figures.
Betting on rock and roll death is a suckers game, for one thing ask not for whom the bell tolls, etc. etc, and for another, life is way too random and for a third… well, for a third I would’ve bet that Robin Gibb was gone before Levon Helm.
Sure, the masses will gossip about the actions of the great and nobody is claiming that there is any reason why Bono shouldn’t be gay if he wants to. I mean, he has a dick, he is a dick so why not suck a dick. right?
