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Lady Gaga’s Sister Makes Cameo
Posted in Lady Gaga, Music, Video on the March 17, 2010
The Princess of Pop is keeping things in the family as it turns out that Lady Gaga’s 17-year old sister Natali Germanotta makes a cameo appearance in the epic that is more commonly known as the music video for ‘Telephone’. Designer Brian Lichtenberg revealed “When she [Gaga] is on the phone in jail, there’s a girl behind her that’s in the frame that looks a lot like Gaga. That’s her sister.” Go check out the video again and wait for the 2:37 mark. I wonder if she’s going to be a regular face to see now or if she’s going to forge her own path one day soon.
American Idol Top 12 Perform
Posted in American Idol, Performance, Rolling Stones on the March 17, 2010
American Idol’s top 12 aspiring singers took the stage yesterday. The contestants belted out music by The Rolling Stones. Big Mike was first with ‘Miss You’ but I don’t really car for his R&B take on it. Didi sang ‘Play with Fire’ and I think this was her best yet. Casey James was next with ‘It’s All Over Now’ with that country vibe that he shines in. Lacey Brown failed to deliver with ‘Ruby Tuesday’ but the judges gave her good critique despite having off key moments. Andrew Garcia finally got redeemed with ‘Gimme Shelter’. Katie Stevens sang a solid ‘Wild Horses’ up until the chorus where she had some pitch problems. Tim Urban sang reggae with ‘Under My Thumb’ that just didn’t work out. Siobhan Magnus has to have the best performance of the night with ‘Paint it Black’. Lee did a great job with ‘Beast of Burden’. Finally, Paige Miles proved she can sing by showing off a powerful voice. Aaron sang ‘Angie’ fine but something is just missing. Crystal is still my favorite with ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’. Who was your fave?
New Music from TI
Posted in Rapper, T.I. on the March 12, 2010
He may still be working his way through a halfway house but rapper TI knows that he wants to get right back into the music business as soon as all of his prison and criminal stuff finally gets sorted out and done with. The rapper and convicted felon recently released a new single, aptly called ‘I’m Back’. If you’ve already heard of it, what do you think? Is TI back or does he need to get his stuff sorted out just a little more before he attempts to make new music again? I give kudos to him for giving it a good try though.
Robert Pattinson Talks Music
Posted in Movies, Music, Robert Pattinson, Soundtrack on the March 9, 2010
Robert Pattinson is talking about how he is now too famous to just go to open mic nights. The actor says “I used to write a lot more music by just doing gigs, just turning up to open mics and stuff with two lines of the song and then the pressure would force me to make something up on the spot. And I can’t really do that anymore, which was my main process for writing songs. When I sit down to write some lyrics it just sounds like rubbish. All the songs I’ve done before were based on as much of a stream of consciousness as you can get. I’ve been talking to people (producers) about stuff for ages, where I play a musician. I’d really like to, but it’s quite difficult to do. I think it’s a bit risky as well. I think I’m doing another movie after the movie I’m doing now but I think I’ll try and write some music, hopefully by the end of the year.” I actually like him as a singer. He was pretty good with the two songs that he had on the ‘Twilight’ soundtrack.
Lady Gaga Talks About Being a Role Model
Posted in Lady Gaga, MTV, Music on the March 8, 2010
Lady Gaga recently talked to MTV where the princess of pop talked about being a role model. The singer said “I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another.” That doesn’t sound strange to me at all. What’s better than to have a role model that’s been topping charts, winning Grammys left and right and has revived the music industry back to its golden glory? Nothing could be better than that!
No New Britney Spears Album in June
Posted in Album Release, Britney Spears, album on the March 5, 2010
There has been speculation going around that 28-year old pop princess Britney Spears will be releasing a new album this coming June. However, there’s just no truth in the rumors. The singer’s label rep says “There is no scheduled release date for a Britney album at all. There has been zero discussion about it.” While Britney is in the process of creating new music, don’t expect her to be releasing her next album by June. Maybe her label is still trying to gauge if everything she’s going to do will be up to par before they discuss any release dates.
Rihanna Talks Music
Posted in MTV, Rihanna, album on the March 3, 2010
Rihanna recently talked to MTV Korea about the sound of the new music she will soon be creating. The Barbadian beauty of a singer said “[My latest album] ‘Rated R’ — I love the sound of it, in terms of the bass. I really like the bottom, the grime of it. But if I were to combine that with more energetic, up tempo pop records, then I think that will be a happy marriage. And that’s where we’ll probably go next.” I wonder when she’s planning on making that new record. I sure hope that it would be a departure from ‘Rated R’. To be honest, I wasn’t too fond of it.
Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson memorabilia highlights of music auction
Posted in BOB DYLAN, Bono, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Michael Jackson on the March 2, 2010
Never before seen 3D slides of an Elvis Presley concert are set to sell for an amazing $50,000 at auction.
The pictures from a 1971 Presley concert in Las Vegas headline an amazing sale of celebrity music memorabilia.
Also up for sale is a string of Michael Jackson collectables.
They include the manuscript for ‘Billie Jean’ hand written in black marker on six sheets of paper, which could fetch up to $40,000.
There are also complete handwritten lyrics to 1985’s ‘We Are The World’ written by Jackson on a promotional poster for the Bad album. It is also expected to sell for up to $40,000.
A shiny orange jumpsuit worn by Jackson during the 1984 Victory Tour, the final ever tour by The Jacksons, could sell for up to $25,000.
There is also a large white hotel napkin that Jackson signed “I love this city very much, all my Love to all of you, I’m going to sleep now, I love you, Michael Jackson.” He threw it down to fans from his balcony at London’s Dorchester Hotel in May 2000.
All bids can be made at gottahaverockandroll.com until March 10.
New MIA
Posted in Album Release, MIA, Rapper, album, new album on the March 2, 2010
Get ready because we may be hearing new music from MIA sooner than expected. The female rapper posted some sort of cryptic messages on her Twitter last week regarding a new album. MIA wrote “BANNED FROM LEAVING THE U.S, FAMILY BANNED FROM COMING TO U.S TO SEE ME , BABY, RECORDING LP, SIGNING THE DOPEST ACTS THATS HITTIN 2010. JUNE 2010. I THINK IM READY.” I know that she had a baby boy and was doing all that fun stuff but I think it’s about time that she return to the music scene. It’s been almost three years! I’m so excited for this one!
Timbaland Talks Madonna
Posted in Grammy Awards, Timbaland on the February 26, 2010
Timbaland recently had an interview where he talked about respect in the music industry. The rapper/producer even talked about singer Madonna. He said of the Queen of Pop “People do not respect music anymore… They go by what’s hot… If you’re hot, you deserve 4 or 5 Grammys. Madonna is a genius and she only has 2 or 3 Grammys… What is that about?” Timbaland absolutely has a point. Madonna is a musical genius and she hasn’t gotten much recognition for everything that she’s done. People just go with what’s hot these days and don’t really care much about music.
Ke$ha Talks Adam Lambert
Posted in Adam Lambert, American Idol, Kesha on the February 22, 2010
Ke$ha recently put together a 34 song playlist at Songza.com to share what music she’s been grooving to. The 22-year old singer even left comments about each song that she put on the list. One of the songs in the playlist was Adam Lambert’s ‘Whataya Want from Me’. Ke$ha said about the song “My new boyfriend, Adam Lambert! I’m not trying to start any rumors; I just love him. We met a few days ago, and both of us had so much glitter on our faces that planets almost collided. I just think he’s fantastic, and I do have a crush!” Don’t worry dear. I doubt that you’re the American Idol alum’s type.
Lady Gaga Headlines Lollapalooza
Posted in Green Day, Lady Gaga on the February 19, 2010
It is being reported by industry sources that Lady Gaga may be headlining Chicago’s three day music festival Lollapalooza alongside Green Day and Sound Garden. However, this wouldn’t be the princess of pop’s first time performing at the music fest. The singer rocked the show before her ‘Fame Monster’ days back when she was still a brunette in 2007. I hope the news is true that Lady Gaga will be a headliner on the fest. That would be one amazing show! And it should be quite an experience for those people who saw her back in 2007 and then be able to see her this year.
No Doubt Makes Progress
Posted in Gwen Stefani, No Doubt on the February 18, 2010
While at Fashion Week debuting some of her new designs for LAMB, Gwen Stefani shared that her band No Doubt is making some real headway in the studio. The singer explains that they are having a lot of fun working on new material, working with stuff that the guys had written while she was on her solo tour as well as incorporating some heavy influence from music of the 80s. Gwen said “The last few weeks, we’ve been listening to the worst of the ’80s, in the sense of bad but good. Pop songs, one-hit wonders, nifty songs, things like that. You just go back and find things that you love, and try to figure out how they made them. We just listen to good songs, and then writing our own stuff, we try to pull it out wherever we can.”
Sade on Top
Posted in Records Sale on the February 16, 2010
Sade may have been missing in action for close to a decade but her fans sure know where to find her. According to one-day sales reports, the singer’s new album ‘Soldier of Love’ will debut at the top spot this week. Her sales for a single day have reportedly totaled between 400,000 to 425,000. That number could have easily gone up after the snow storms have backed off on the east coast and given that Valentine’s weekend just passed. I couldn’t have thought of a better gift for any music lover than Sade’s new record. Here’s to hoping she doesn’t disappear again.
Rihanna Talks New Video
Posted in Rihanna, Video on the February 16, 2010
Rihanna has a new music video out for her song ‘Rude Boy’. The highly stylized video was directed by Melina Matsoukas who also helmed the video for ‘Hard’. When the Barbadian singer was asked about her latest release, she said “[The video] completely different from any other video I’ve shot before. A lot of my videos are really dark and edgy and tough. ‘Rude Boy’ is more playing along the lines from my roots… We used a lot of color, but also the costumes were very Jamaican dance-hall queen type.” It’s definitely a departure from the last couple of videos that she’s put out.
Bonnaroo Line Up Announced
Posted in JAY-Z, Live, Music, Music Festivals, Music People on the February 12, 2010
The line up to the Bonnaroo music festival is slowly being leaked out and there are some pretty big names on the list that was just announced. Heading to Tennessee this June will be the likes of Jay-Z, Weezer, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, the Flaming Lips and Steve Martin. Those are pretty big draws. I wonder who else will be joining the music and arts festival. It seems pretty interesting so far but I’m still debating on whether I want to watch it. I think they need to add a couple more artists to the line up that would appeal to more people.
Rihanna Performs at Fan Jam
Posted in Justin Bieber, Rihanna on the February 8, 2010
Rihanna performed on stage at the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam on Thursday on Miami Beach, Florida. the 21-year old Barbadian beauty of a singer went through a playlist including ‘Wait Your Turn’, ‘Disturbia’, ‘Russian Roulette’ and ‘Hard’. Rapper Young Jeezy performed the last song alongside Rihanna. Justin Bieber, Timbaland, JoJo and Keri Hilson also performed at the Super Bowl music event while Nick Cannon and former Access Hollywood host Nancy O’Dell took over the hosting duties. A big shout out goes to the New Orleans Saints! Congratulations on winning the Super Bowl yesterday! Peyton Manning totally gave that game away.
Diddy Launches Business Academy
Posted in Diddy, MTV on the February 5, 2010
Sean Combs, aka Diddy, has become a multi-millionaire since his days of interning at a record company. The music mogul is now the CEO of Bad Boys Records and Sean John Clothing, the force behind MTV’s Making the Band, owner of restaurant chain Justin’s and has a development deal with Ciroc vodka. Now, the rapper wants to share his knowledge with others by launching his own business academy in NYC. Diddy said “I want to have an academy that’s known for building leaders. I feel that’s one of the things I can have an impact on. I want to take on more responsibility. I’m still honestly in search of how I can have the most positive effect that I can have.”
Ryan Tedder Talks Leona Lewis
Posted in Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Leona Lewis, OneRepublic on the January 29, 2010
OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder has been responsible for a lot of hits these days but for some unknown reason, the single he co-wrote for Leona Lewis called ‘Happy’ never broke in America. The singer says that he knows why it didn’t perform as well in the US saying “In the US, unless you’re Justin Timberlake or Beyoncé, you cannot put out a song and not be in the country when it comes out. Leona was gone for six weeks when ‘Happy’ came out because she was promoting the record in other countries - it wasn’t her fault; she just couldn’t be two places in once. I had radio stations telling me that they thought ‘Happy’ was the single biggest ballad they’d come across in ten years, but that if Leona didn’t come over here and promote it, it was going to fall. On top of that, America’s consumed with Lady GaGa and dance music right now, so it’s not the best time for ballads anyway. When everything on the radio is blasting out at 120 bpm, a song like ‘Happy’ almost sounds out-of-place.” He has a point.
Jessica Simpson Not Dating Billy Corgan
Posted in Dating, Jessica Simpson on the January 20, 2010
A source close to Jessica Simpson says that despite the reports, the singer is not actually dating Billy Corgan. The source said “Jessica loved spending so much time in and out of the studio with Billy. She’s in awe of his musical prowess, and it adds to her feelings for him, but they are not dating. Dating Jessica publicly can be intense. Billy maintains a quiet, private music-focused life and the taste of publicity he got while being with Jessica was an eye opener. Billy likes Jessica, but he will work to keep their relationship as it is and focus on the music. They are not getting serious, but Jessica has had so much fun with him.”