Hello,
I finally had a chance to see the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight". I will tell you this movie is not as good as I thought it would be. However I think that might have been impossible. I stay as far away as possible from reviews and the hype until I have seen the movie. I did know that the reviews were generally positive, but I did not read any of them. Anyway this review adds to the positive praise and I strongly reccomend you go see it.
I'll start with all the good things about this movie first. What more can I say about Heath Ledger's performance that already hasn't been said. Quite simply his performance is masterful. His performance is every bit as good as Jack Nicholson's in the 1989 "Batman". However Heath Ledger's Joker is a completely different character than the one played by Nicholson. Ledger's Joker has no rules, he is all about chaos. He has no loyalty to anyone, only to chaos. I have not seen a better performance this year. If Ledger does not get a nomination for his role that is criminal. If he does get a nomination, I may actually watch the Oscars for the first time in years. I just wished he was alive to enjoy all the well deserved praise he is getting for this movie. R.I.P. Heath.
The story is great as well. It's one of those movies that you are into from the first second and not in a hurry to leave when the movie is over. "The Dark Knight" is an intense movie as well. Not only is Heath Ledger great in this movie. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman and Maggie Gylenhall are all outstanding as well. (For me any movie that has Morgan Freeman in it gets thumbs up from me. His part is also great in this movie.) The special effects are fantastic, expecially with the use of the sky hook at the start of the movie. Also the instrumental score is fantastic.
The main criticism I have heard most about this movie is that the story drags a bit. I definitely have to agree with that assessment. However that is the only flaw in the whole movie. Although at the end of "Batman Begins" it is obvious they are setting up for a sequel. I thought it was strange that there wasn't more effort put into giving us a hint of what's coming in the third Batman. There definitely will be a third installment, Christian Bale is already signed up for it. It's a great, great movie. Surprisingly on a Monday night, where the movie is playing on four screens, the theater was two-thirds full.
One more brief movie note, there were some cool previews as well. Previews included the new James Bond movie, "The Quantum of Solace" or some such gobbledy-gook title. Also there were previews for the the new "Watchmen" movie and the preview for the first of the "Twilight" movies. (The new "Twilight" movie looks sort of lame, I loved the book. The actor playing the main vampire is unimpressive. I hope the actual movie is much better than the preview indicate.) Finally there was the preview for the fourth Terminator, "Terminator Salvation". Christian Bale is in that movie he portrays rebel leader John Connor. It looks like we have quality movies coming soon.
I know that I promised a Motion City Soundtrack piece. I have not been able to work on that as much as I would like. I am working on that and hopefully I can post that in the next week. They are a great and underappreciated band. I previously mentioned the "Lost Boys 2" movie .It's officially titled "The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe". The preview is available on youtube.com. Not to be too pun-ishing but Haim's acting sucks. I am not sure why they brought him back. Apparantally Keifer Sutherland was busy, Haim wasn't. After seeing his lack of acting skills in this preview I am not surprised. (There is also a video showing Corey Haim and how drugged out he is.) It's a straight to DVD movie. That usually is a sign that the movie sucks. Although the preview is kind of cool.
Other music news: one of my favorite new websites, rcrdlbl.com has a 1987 video of the Smiths. They look positively young. In the video they are riding around on bikes. The video is for the song, "Stop Me If You Have Heard This One Before". That is just one of their many great songs. If you are having a relationship that you are considering ending, I have a great kiss off and piss off song for you. It's the Maroon 5 song "Not Coming Home" (Live). The live version is the best version. The lyrics are perfect and the singer sings it with feeling like he may have been through that experience before.
Finally songs rocking my iPod. I added a whole bunch of Madonna to my iPod today so expect to see more of her in upcoming blogs. 1) "Rocket Queen" Guns n' Roses 2) "Let It Roll"- Velvet Revolver According to ew.com, VR are considering hiring the lead singer of Spacehog to become their new singer. Stay tuned.) 3) "Bleeding Love"- Leona Lewis 4&5)"Rollin" and "Love Train" by Big and Rich 6) "Sheep Go To Heaven"- Cake 7) "Still of the Night"- Whitesnake 8) "Material Girl"- Madonna 9) "Bungle in the Jungle"- Jethro Tull 10) "Today"- Smashing Pumpkins 11) "Ringfinger"- Nine Inch Nails 12) "When You Come Back to Me"- Garth Brooks 13) "When The Show Is Over"- The Donnas 14) "Modern Swinger"- The Pink Spiders 15) "Here With Me"- Dido 16) "The Kid Is Hot Tonight"- Loverboy 17) "Young Lust"-Pink Floyd and 18) "Geek Stink Breath"- Green Day.
If I am not back tomorrow I will be back on Sunday. Have a good weekend, themusicaddict
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Hello,
Unfortunately today I have a short blog as there is a lot going on in my life now. First of all I have some incredibly good news. "American Idol" Season Six Superstar Melinda Doolittle finally has a recording contract. (Don't even get me started on how David Archuletta got a contract before Doolittle. Does she have too good of a voice?) This article was on ew.com, one of the websites I check on a daily basis. According to ew.com Doolittle "will join the roster at independent label Hi Fi Recordings". They have had success with musicians such as Avril Lavigne and Spacehog. "Doolittle's debut is expected to be released this fall, but an official street date has yet to be determined." Also according to one of the comments attached to that article, she has a website with up to date information about Doolittle at MDstreetTeam.com. As soon as I find out the actual release date, I will pass it on to you. I am very excited about this CD as long as they have some good songs for her to work with. I wouldn't mind a couple of songs from her "AI" run to be on the CD. For those that don't know although Doolittle probably having the best voice on Season Six "AI", she only finished in third place. She finished behind winner Jordin Sparks who I am okay with. But she also finished behind second place Blake Lewis who is riding the train to obscurity now.
Speaking of "American Idol", they are holding auditions in Salt Lake City today. Of course overhyped David Archuletta came from a suburb of Salt Lake City, Murray. I am sorry America we will try not to do that to you again.
Also AC/DC announced they are going on a 18 month tour starting in October. This fall their new CD is expected to come out. There is no specific release date yet. According to rs.com "expect the first single to be out some time next month". This was announced at a press conference yesterday. In that same press conference, some other major acts were announced that would be touring soon. These artists include Green Day, although no word yet on whether they will be supporting an official Green Day release. Other artists mentioned include Mariah Carey, Depeche Mode, Stevie Wonder, Weezer, The Killers and Journey. Save your money up for some hot concerts. (Thanks to rs.com for the above information.)
I am going to try and post again on Thursday and then hopefully things will settle down after that. Have a great day and good luck to people in line for "AI". themusicaddict
Unfortunately today I have a short blog as there is a lot going on in my life now. First of all I have some incredibly good news. "American Idol" Season Six Superstar Melinda Doolittle finally has a recording contract. (Don't even get me started on how David Archuletta got a contract before Doolittle. Does she have too good of a voice?) This article was on ew.com, one of the websites I check on a daily basis. According to ew.com Doolittle "will join the roster at independent label Hi Fi Recordings". They have had success with musicians such as Avril Lavigne and Spacehog. "Doolittle's debut is expected to be released this fall, but an official street date has yet to be determined." Also according to one of the comments attached to that article, she has a website with up to date information about Doolittle at MDstreetTeam.com. As soon as I find out the actual release date, I will pass it on to you. I am very excited about this CD as long as they have some good songs for her to work with. I wouldn't mind a couple of songs from her "AI" run to be on the CD. For those that don't know although Doolittle probably having the best voice on Season Six "AI", she only finished in third place. She finished behind winner Jordin Sparks who I am okay with. But she also finished behind second place Blake Lewis who is riding the train to obscurity now.
Speaking of "American Idol", they are holding auditions in Salt Lake City today. Of course overhyped David Archuletta came from a suburb of Salt Lake City, Murray. I am sorry America we will try not to do that to you again.
Also AC/DC announced they are going on a 18 month tour starting in October. This fall their new CD is expected to come out. There is no specific release date yet. According to rs.com "expect the first single to be out some time next month". This was announced at a press conference yesterday. In that same press conference, some other major acts were announced that would be touring soon. These artists include Green Day, although no word yet on whether they will be supporting an official Green Day release. Other artists mentioned include Mariah Carey, Depeche Mode, Stevie Wonder, Weezer, The Killers and Journey. Save your money up for some hot concerts. (Thanks to rs.com for the above information.)
I am going to try and post again on Thursday and then hopefully things will settle down after that. Have a great day and good luck to people in line for "AI". themusicaddict
Sunday, July 27, 2008
"Who is the Master, Who is the Slave?"
Hello,
Madonna's "Hard Candy" 12 Songs, 56 minutes long
1) "Voices"
2) "Dance 2 Night"
3) "Incredible"
4) "She's Not Me"
5) "Heartbeat"
6) "Give It 2 Me"
7) "4 Minutes" (featuring Justin Timberlake)
8) "Candy Shop"
9) "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You"
10) "Spanish Lesson"
11) "Miles Away"
12) "Beat Goes On" (featuring Kanye West)
I am changing up my CD review format a bit. I won't be listing each song and then reviewing them individually. I'll be reviewing the CD as a whole and highlighting some of the better songs. I will include lyrics tha are appropriate to the review.
"Who is the master, who is the slave?" If you think that is a weird question, it isn't as I am reviewing Madonna's new S&M CD "Hard Candy". That's the first line off the first song I listened to on this CD. Madonna is inviting you to the dancefloor, that is only before she leads you to the bedroom. Yes she is leading because in her world and on this CD she is the "Master" and you are the "Slave". Don't forget it either. This CD is about sex obviously. It feels a bit forced like she's trying to recapture her mid 80's highpoint. (I apologize Madonna I don't think you have another "Like A Virgin" in you. Frankly at 49 you are too old. At least you are not wishy washy like Brett Favre. Madonna knows exactly what she wants.)
Most of the songs have a slow dance groove. Several songs sound like dance music but it is not something you would dance to. (Yeah I know that makes no sense, after you listen to the CD I think you will understand.) I think the music is more rhythm for other activities. The first 6 songs I listed all have that same vibe. These songs are in no man's land conflicted whether they are dance jams or mellow, relaxing music. I am not sure what Madonna and all of her producers were trying to accomplish here.
While most of these songs are happy, dancy type songs there are some songs that break away from that design. In "Miles Away" she sings to a lover (one would assume Guy Ritchie, but maybe others would assume Alex Rodriguez). This lover is "miles away" a lot of the time. She sings to him, "You always have the biggest heart when we are 6000 miles apart".
But the dominant theme of this CD is sex, sex and more sex. (This would be the perfect soundtrack for the "Sex" book she made back in the 80's.) She uses a lot of thinly veiled metaphors, but mostly she is singing exactly what she wants. Especially in songs like "Give It To Me", "Candy Shop", "Voices" and "Incredible".
I changed my CD ratings system again. My new ratings system is a 1-5 rating with 5 being the best. I rate this CD with 4 stars. Four songs from this CD did make it to my iPod. They are 1) "She's Not Me", 2) "Give It To Me" 3) "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" and 4) "Beat Goes On" featuring Kanye West. Now as regular readers of my column know, I am not a big rap fan. A lot of time time rappers are on songs, they seem extraneous. West's rap on this does feel a bit extraneous but it is not as obnoxious as I expected. For the most part I wish musicians would get away from this practice. Having Kanye West or any other rapper on a song doesn't usually add anything. It's mostly a marketing ploy. Enough of my soapbox.
One of my favorite country bands is back with a new CD. Sugarland is back with "Love On The Inside". They released a deluxe fan version on July 22nd, According to amazon.com a regular version is coming out this Tuesday. Speaking of Sugarland, there is an interview with them at www.attblueroom.com/home/index.php This is a pretty cool website. Along with that interview, they are having a contest with a chance of actually meeting Sugarland. As soon as I can I am going to be reviewing their new CD.
The attblueroon.com website has other cool features. They have songs from current artists like 3 Doors Down, Sheryl Crow and Taylor Swift. The proceeds from these songs go to the USA Olympics team. (BTW, the Olympics starts on August 8th). One more cool feature is that attblueroom.com will be having a live webcast of Lollapalooza from August 1st-3rd. Finally, former "American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard recently got married. Congrats!
Songs rocking my iPod. 1) "Crawling In The Dark"- Hoobastank 2) "Double Vision"- Foreigner 3) "Pretty Tied Up" (Live)- Guns N' Roses 4) "Fell In Love With You"- Motion City Soundtrack 5) "If Looks Could Kill"- Heart 6) "Barracuda" (Live on "AI")- Heart and Fergie 7) "Crazy On You" (Live On "AI)- Carly Smithson (Where have you gone Carly, I hope she is working on a CD. How did lame David Archuletta finish higher than her again? 8) "Could've Been"- TIffany 9) "Don't Stop Believin'" (Live in Houston)- Journey 10) "Sweet Emotion"- Aerosmith 11) "On The Beat"- Electrocute 12) "I'm Henry The 8th, I Am"- Herman's Hermits 13) "Selling The Drama"- Live 14) "Rebel Music" (3'O Clock Road Block)" (Live) 15) "Revolver"- The Donnas
I will be back on Tuesday with more information about one of the best of the relatively newer bands, Motion City Soundtrack. Have a great Sunday, themusicaddict
Madonna's "Hard Candy" 12 Songs, 56 minutes long
1) "Voices"
2) "Dance 2 Night"
3) "Incredible"
4) "She's Not Me"
5) "Heartbeat"
6) "Give It 2 Me"
7) "4 Minutes" (featuring Justin Timberlake)
8) "Candy Shop"
9) "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You"
10) "Spanish Lesson"
11) "Miles Away"
12) "Beat Goes On" (featuring Kanye West)
I am changing up my CD review format a bit. I won't be listing each song and then reviewing them individually. I'll be reviewing the CD as a whole and highlighting some of the better songs. I will include lyrics tha are appropriate to the review.
"Who is the master, who is the slave?" If you think that is a weird question, it isn't as I am reviewing Madonna's new S&M CD "Hard Candy". That's the first line off the first song I listened to on this CD. Madonna is inviting you to the dancefloor, that is only before she leads you to the bedroom. Yes she is leading because in her world and on this CD she is the "Master" and you are the "Slave". Don't forget it either. This CD is about sex obviously. It feels a bit forced like she's trying to recapture her mid 80's highpoint. (I apologize Madonna I don't think you have another "Like A Virgin" in you. Frankly at 49 you are too old. At least you are not wishy washy like Brett Favre. Madonna knows exactly what she wants.)
Most of the songs have a slow dance groove. Several songs sound like dance music but it is not something you would dance to. (Yeah I know that makes no sense, after you listen to the CD I think you will understand.) I think the music is more rhythm for other activities. The first 6 songs I listed all have that same vibe. These songs are in no man's land conflicted whether they are dance jams or mellow, relaxing music. I am not sure what Madonna and all of her producers were trying to accomplish here.
While most of these songs are happy, dancy type songs there are some songs that break away from that design. In "Miles Away" she sings to a lover (one would assume Guy Ritchie, but maybe others would assume Alex Rodriguez). This lover is "miles away" a lot of the time. She sings to him, "You always have the biggest heart when we are 6000 miles apart".
But the dominant theme of this CD is sex, sex and more sex. (This would be the perfect soundtrack for the "Sex" book she made back in the 80's.) She uses a lot of thinly veiled metaphors, but mostly she is singing exactly what she wants. Especially in songs like "Give It To Me", "Candy Shop", "Voices" and "Incredible".
I changed my CD ratings system again. My new ratings system is a 1-5 rating with 5 being the best. I rate this CD with 4 stars. Four songs from this CD did make it to my iPod. They are 1) "She's Not Me", 2) "Give It To Me" 3) "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" and 4) "Beat Goes On" featuring Kanye West. Now as regular readers of my column know, I am not a big rap fan. A lot of time time rappers are on songs, they seem extraneous. West's rap on this does feel a bit extraneous but it is not as obnoxious as I expected. For the most part I wish musicians would get away from this practice. Having Kanye West or any other rapper on a song doesn't usually add anything. It's mostly a marketing ploy. Enough of my soapbox.
One of my favorite country bands is back with a new CD. Sugarland is back with "Love On The Inside". They released a deluxe fan version on July 22nd, According to amazon.com a regular version is coming out this Tuesday. Speaking of Sugarland, there is an interview with them at www.attblueroom.com/home/index.php This is a pretty cool website. Along with that interview, they are having a contest with a chance of actually meeting Sugarland. As soon as I can I am going to be reviewing their new CD.
The attblueroon.com website has other cool features. They have songs from current artists like 3 Doors Down, Sheryl Crow and Taylor Swift. The proceeds from these songs go to the USA Olympics team. (BTW, the Olympics starts on August 8th). One more cool feature is that attblueroom.com will be having a live webcast of Lollapalooza from August 1st-3rd. Finally, former "American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard recently got married. Congrats!
Songs rocking my iPod. 1) "Crawling In The Dark"- Hoobastank 2) "Double Vision"- Foreigner 3) "Pretty Tied Up" (Live)- Guns N' Roses 4) "Fell In Love With You"- Motion City Soundtrack 5) "If Looks Could Kill"- Heart 6) "Barracuda" (Live on "AI")- Heart and Fergie 7) "Crazy On You" (Live On "AI)- Carly Smithson (Where have you gone Carly, I hope she is working on a CD. How did lame David Archuletta finish higher than her again? 8) "Could've Been"- TIffany 9) "Don't Stop Believin'" (Live in Houston)- Journey 10) "Sweet Emotion"- Aerosmith 11) "On The Beat"- Electrocute 12) "I'm Henry The 8th, I Am"- Herman's Hermits 13) "Selling The Drama"- Live 14) "Rebel Music" (3'O Clock Road Block)" (Live) 15) "Revolver"- The Donnas
I will be back on Tuesday with more information about one of the best of the relatively newer bands, Motion City Soundtrack. Have a great Sunday, themusicaddict
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Hello,
Some movie news first. My last blog I wrote about the first 3 "Robocop" movies, the ones that were released back in the 80's. Now comes word that "Robocop" is going to be remade, that should be interesting. Another 80's movie getting a new life is "The Lost Boys". The original starred Keifer Sutherland and Corey Haim. From what I remember that was a pretty cool movie. Speaking of 80's movies, I watched about the first 10 minutes of "Woman Wanted" last night. This movie stars Holly Hunter and Keifer Sutherland. This movie is directed by Keifer Sutherland and he is a terrible director. With him as a director he is a terrible actor as well.
As I have mentioned before goombah.com highlights 15 of its about 9,000 free MP3's each Friday. One of the songs they highlighted this week that is worth downloading is "U Can't Control Me" by Jo De La Rosa. This is a great poppy dance song. It is worth checking out. Again all songs you get at goombah.com are free. Although I do have one reservation about De La Rosa she lists Britney Spears as "an influence". That is pretty interesting.
Here's a review of Zack de la Rocha's new side band One Day As A Lion. He formed this band with a guy from The Mars Volta. (For the record I love Rage Against The Machine but I think The Mars Volta is one of the worst bands of all-time.) This is a 5 song ep. It is available at iTunes but I am sure it is available elsewhere as well. It is okay but nothing compared to Rage Against The Machine. The lyrics are political (of course) but there aren't any Tom Morello guitar flourishes. They are trying not to sound like Rage, but their are a lot of similarites. I would only reccomend this for big Zack de la Rocha or Mars Volta fans.
I don't have much today but I will be back tomorrow. themusicaddict
Some movie news first. My last blog I wrote about the first 3 "Robocop" movies, the ones that were released back in the 80's. Now comes word that "Robocop" is going to be remade, that should be interesting. Another 80's movie getting a new life is "The Lost Boys". The original starred Keifer Sutherland and Corey Haim. From what I remember that was a pretty cool movie. Speaking of 80's movies, I watched about the first 10 minutes of "Woman Wanted" last night. This movie stars Holly Hunter and Keifer Sutherland. This movie is directed by Keifer Sutherland and he is a terrible director. With him as a director he is a terrible actor as well.
As I have mentioned before goombah.com highlights 15 of its about 9,000 free MP3's each Friday. One of the songs they highlighted this week that is worth downloading is "U Can't Control Me" by Jo De La Rosa. This is a great poppy dance song. It is worth checking out. Again all songs you get at goombah.com are free. Although I do have one reservation about De La Rosa she lists Britney Spears as "an influence". That is pretty interesting.
Here's a review of Zack de la Rocha's new side band One Day As A Lion. He formed this band with a guy from The Mars Volta. (For the record I love Rage Against The Machine but I think The Mars Volta is one of the worst bands of all-time.) This is a 5 song ep. It is available at iTunes but I am sure it is available elsewhere as well. It is okay but nothing compared to Rage Against The Machine. The lyrics are political (of course) but there aren't any Tom Morello guitar flourishes. They are trying not to sound like Rage, but their are a lot of similarites. I would only reccomend this for big Zack de la Rocha or Mars Volta fans.
I don't have much today but I will be back tomorrow. themusicaddict
Thursday, July 24, 2008
All Three "Robocop" Movie's reviewed
Hello,
Thanks to the luxury of Comcast On Demand, I've been able to see all three "Robocop" movies over the last three days. The first one starring Peter Weller is pretty good.(What happened to Peter Weller anyway?) The special effects are from the 80's, but that's not their fault. But along with great action and a actual story it is a pretty good movie. The story is equally poignant, funny and action packed.
Seperate paragraph for the next two movies to keep the crap away from the quality. "Robocop 2" is a steaming pile of dog poop. Remarkably Peter Weller came back for this movie. The storyline is stupid as is everything else. "Robocop 3" is pretty awful as well. Peter Weller was smart enough not to be in this movie. They do use his likeness for when we see the real face of Robocop. Of the three this is the worst story, absolutely nothing redeeming in it at all. This movie shows all the lowlights of movies made in the 80's. The best part of this movie is seeing future famous actors who a few years later would be appearing in much more entertaining fare. First of all there is Jill Hennessey who went on to be in "Law and Order" and "Crossing Jordan". Also there is Bradley Whitford who went on to success in "The West Wing" and "Studio 60". There are a couple of other people as well that went on to do much more entertaining movies and TV series.
However the worst part of "Robocop 3", besides the extreme corniness, is the fact that in this movie that "Robocop 3" can now fly. OCP, the fictional company behind building Robocop, built a special attachment for him. It is so stupid. He can fly so smoothly but when walking it is anything but smooth. At the end of the movie Robocop says something to the effect of "My friends call me Murph, but you have to call me Robocop" which he says to a bad guy.
CD of the day: "4" by Led Zeppelin. This CD has the following songs on it, "Black Dog", "Rock N Roll", "When The Levee Breaks", "Stairway To Heaven", "Misty Mountain Hop", "Four Sticks", "Going To California". Those are just some of the songs on the CD. If this isn't the greatest CD of all time, I don't know what is. Song of the Day: "Sorry, Sorry" by Rooney. This song like The New Pornographers "Myriad Harbor" are perfect pop songs.
Four quick CD's that you may have some interest in. 1) "iTunes Live From Soho" by the Counting Crows 2) "Live In Paris 1987"- U2 and 3) Zach de la Rocha's new side project. The name of this band is One Day As A Lion. They have an ep available at iTunes for $4.95. For those of you who don't know de la Rocha is also the lead singer of Rage Against The Machine. I will listen to it and give you a review on Saturday. Finally amazon.com has new music from Paul Westerberg available for 49c. He use to be the singer of The Replacements. I will be giving a preview of that soon. It should be worth 49c though.
I will not be back until Saturday. themusicaddict
Thanks to the luxury of Comcast On Demand, I've been able to see all three "Robocop" movies over the last three days. The first one starring Peter Weller is pretty good.(What happened to Peter Weller anyway?) The special effects are from the 80's, but that's not their fault. But along with great action and a actual story it is a pretty good movie. The story is equally poignant, funny and action packed.
Seperate paragraph for the next two movies to keep the crap away from the quality. "Robocop 2" is a steaming pile of dog poop. Remarkably Peter Weller came back for this movie. The storyline is stupid as is everything else. "Robocop 3" is pretty awful as well. Peter Weller was smart enough not to be in this movie. They do use his likeness for when we see the real face of Robocop. Of the three this is the worst story, absolutely nothing redeeming in it at all. This movie shows all the lowlights of movies made in the 80's. The best part of this movie is seeing future famous actors who a few years later would be appearing in much more entertaining fare. First of all there is Jill Hennessey who went on to be in "Law and Order" and "Crossing Jordan". Also there is Bradley Whitford who went on to success in "The West Wing" and "Studio 60". There are a couple of other people as well that went on to do much more entertaining movies and TV series.
However the worst part of "Robocop 3", besides the extreme corniness, is the fact that in this movie that "Robocop 3" can now fly. OCP, the fictional company behind building Robocop, built a special attachment for him. It is so stupid. He can fly so smoothly but when walking it is anything but smooth. At the end of the movie Robocop says something to the effect of "My friends call me Murph, but you have to call me Robocop" which he says to a bad guy.
CD of the day: "4" by Led Zeppelin. This CD has the following songs on it, "Black Dog", "Rock N Roll", "When The Levee Breaks", "Stairway To Heaven", "Misty Mountain Hop", "Four Sticks", "Going To California". Those are just some of the songs on the CD. If this isn't the greatest CD of all time, I don't know what is. Song of the Day: "Sorry, Sorry" by Rooney. This song like The New Pornographers "Myriad Harbor" are perfect pop songs.
Four quick CD's that you may have some interest in. 1) "iTunes Live From Soho" by the Counting Crows 2) "Live In Paris 1987"- U2 and 3) Zach de la Rocha's new side project. The name of this band is One Day As A Lion. They have an ep available at iTunes for $4.95. For those of you who don't know de la Rocha is also the lead singer of Rage Against The Machine. I will listen to it and give you a review on Saturday. Finally amazon.com has new music from Paul Westerberg available for 49c. He use to be the singer of The Replacements. I will be giving a preview of that soon. It should be worth 49c though.
I will not be back until Saturday. themusicaddict
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The #1 all-time favorite artist is revealed.
Hello,
themusicaddict here where I watch all three "Robo Cop" movies so you don't have to. I will give a quick review of all three tomorrow.
Here are some hints of who my favorite band is. Their manager was a legend in his own right, Peter Grant. According to legend three of the four members went to the crossroads and sold their souls to the devil for fame and glory. The one that didn't is the least famous and least wealthy of the four. That's bassist John Paul Jones. After drummer John Bonham died, that effectively ended this band in 1980. He was a drummer of great artistry and power. After the band ended they released one final CD in 1982 called "Coda". This CD is mostly filler and leftovers. In their after band groups only lead singer Robert Plant acheived any measure of success. He had a solid solo career and also had the hit "Ship of Fools" with the band The Honeydrippers. Recently as he entered his 59th year of life he released one of his most successful of this after band CD's. That CD is his collaboration with bluegrass royalty Allison Krauss, "Raising Sand". In fact it was announced yesterday that he has been nominated for one of the Uk's Mercury prize for "Raising Sand".
The lead guitarist Jimmy Page hasn't been terribly successful with his post band career. He was guitarist for the lame band The Firm and he recorded a CD with David Coverdale. That was so creatively called Coverdale/Page. While some people liked their CD, I thought it was a bunch of noise. His most successful work was probably in with former band member Robert Plant in Plant and Page. Their work was hit and miss. John Paul Jones had his most successful work with the acts he is producing. This legendary band played a concert in memory of Ahmet Ertugun last December. The deceased drummers son, Jason, filled in for his Dad at this concert. That led to rumors of a possible reunion including tour plans. However nothing has come of fruition yet, Plant seems to be happy touring with Krauss. They do sing three or four songs from his former band each night though. Included in those songs is the song "The Battle Of Evermore" which his original band never performed in concert. If you want to read a great book about their career, read Stephen Davis' "Hammer of the Gods".
Without further adieu my favorite all-time artist is Led Zeppelin. Who else could it be? I don't think Led Zeppelin really has that many obscure songs, especially if you listen to rock radio a lot. So here are 16 of their more obscure but still great songs. 1) "Your Time Is Going To Come" 2) "You Shook Me" 3) "When The Levee Breaks" 4) "What Is and What Should Never Be" 5) "Traveling Riverside Blues" 6) "Trampled Underfoot" 7) "That's The Way" 8) "Out On The Tiles" 9) "The Ocean" 10) "Nobody's Fault But Mine" 11) "In The Evening" 12) "I Can't Quit You Baby" 13) "How Many More Times" 14) "Celebration Day" 15) "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" and 16) "Bring It On Home". These are all five star rated songs in my opinion.
A couple of other small pieces of news. After I praise Rolling Stone magazine, what do they go and do? They select the Jonas Brothers as their newest issue's cover. It was bad enough when they put Zac Efron on the cover. Also previously I had mentioned about the Jack radio format. Sometimes I forget that we are in the internet era. ou don't have to listen to them on the radio. They are streaming on 1031jack.com if you are interested.
Finally songs rocking my iPod: 1) "Greatest Love Of All"- Whitney Houston 2) "Super Hero"- Stereo Fuse 3) "Strange Feeling"- Michael Burks. This is a great blast of blues. 4) "I Owe"- The Living Things A funny and rocking song. 5) "This Ain't A Love Song"- Motley Crue 6) "Black Dog"- Led Zeppelin 7) "Rainbow In The Dark"- Dio 8) "Harden My Heart"- Quarterflash 9) "Drive"- R.E.M. 10) "Think About You"- Guns n' Roses 11) "That's What The Little Girls Do" (Live)- The Knack 12) When The Levee Breaks"- Led Zeppelin 13) "Highway One"- Dead Rock West 14) "Living After Midnight" 15) "War/No More Trouble" (Live)- Bob Marley and the Wailers 16) "Crawling In The Dark"- Hoobastank.
I will be back tomorrow with a lot of news and starting a list of my 50 least favorite artists. (The #1 worst artist would probably be Insane Clown Posse or Eminem.) Just kidding, themusicaddict
themusicaddict here where I watch all three "Robo Cop" movies so you don't have to. I will give a quick review of all three tomorrow.
Here are some hints of who my favorite band is. Their manager was a legend in his own right, Peter Grant. According to legend three of the four members went to the crossroads and sold their souls to the devil for fame and glory. The one that didn't is the least famous and least wealthy of the four. That's bassist John Paul Jones. After drummer John Bonham died, that effectively ended this band in 1980. He was a drummer of great artistry and power. After the band ended they released one final CD in 1982 called "Coda". This CD is mostly filler and leftovers. In their after band groups only lead singer Robert Plant acheived any measure of success. He had a solid solo career and also had the hit "Ship of Fools" with the band The Honeydrippers. Recently as he entered his 59th year of life he released one of his most successful of this after band CD's. That CD is his collaboration with bluegrass royalty Allison Krauss, "Raising Sand". In fact it was announced yesterday that he has been nominated for one of the Uk's Mercury prize for "Raising Sand".
The lead guitarist Jimmy Page hasn't been terribly successful with his post band career. He was guitarist for the lame band The Firm and he recorded a CD with David Coverdale. That was so creatively called Coverdale/Page. While some people liked their CD, I thought it was a bunch of noise. His most successful work was probably in with former band member Robert Plant in Plant and Page. Their work was hit and miss. John Paul Jones had his most successful work with the acts he is producing. This legendary band played a concert in memory of Ahmet Ertugun last December. The deceased drummers son, Jason, filled in for his Dad at this concert. That led to rumors of a possible reunion including tour plans. However nothing has come of fruition yet, Plant seems to be happy touring with Krauss. They do sing three or four songs from his former band each night though. Included in those songs is the song "The Battle Of Evermore" which his original band never performed in concert. If you want to read a great book about their career, read Stephen Davis' "Hammer of the Gods".
Without further adieu my favorite all-time artist is Led Zeppelin. Who else could it be? I don't think Led Zeppelin really has that many obscure songs, especially if you listen to rock radio a lot. So here are 16 of their more obscure but still great songs. 1) "Your Time Is Going To Come" 2) "You Shook Me" 3) "When The Levee Breaks" 4) "What Is and What Should Never Be" 5) "Traveling Riverside Blues" 6) "Trampled Underfoot" 7) "That's The Way" 8) "Out On The Tiles" 9) "The Ocean" 10) "Nobody's Fault But Mine" 11) "In The Evening" 12) "I Can't Quit You Baby" 13) "How Many More Times" 14) "Celebration Day" 15) "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" and 16) "Bring It On Home". These are all five star rated songs in my opinion.
A couple of other small pieces of news. After I praise Rolling Stone magazine, what do they go and do? They select the Jonas Brothers as their newest issue's cover. It was bad enough when they put Zac Efron on the cover. Also previously I had mentioned about the Jack radio format. Sometimes I forget that we are in the internet era. ou don't have to listen to them on the radio. They are streaming on 1031jack.com if you are interested.
Finally songs rocking my iPod: 1) "Greatest Love Of All"- Whitney Houston 2) "Super Hero"- Stereo Fuse 3) "Strange Feeling"- Michael Burks. This is a great blast of blues. 4) "I Owe"- The Living Things A funny and rocking song. 5) "This Ain't A Love Song"- Motley Crue 6) "Black Dog"- Led Zeppelin 7) "Rainbow In The Dark"- Dio 8) "Harden My Heart"- Quarterflash 9) "Drive"- R.E.M. 10) "Think About You"- Guns n' Roses 11) "That's What The Little Girls Do" (Live)- The Knack 12) When The Levee Breaks"- Led Zeppelin 13) "Highway One"- Dead Rock West 14) "Living After Midnight" 15) "War/No More Trouble" (Live)- Bob Marley and the Wailers 16) "Crawling In The Dark"- Hoobastank.
I will be back tomorrow with a lot of news and starting a list of my 50 least favorite artists. (The #1 worst artist would probably be Insane Clown Posse or Eminem.) Just kidding, themusicaddict
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The # 2 artist is revealed
Hello,
I hope you all have had a fantastic weekend, I worked all weekend so I didn't. I bet none of you had as good of a weekend as "The Dark Knight". It broke just about every box office record ever. Here's a brief review: From Friday to Sunday early estimates indicate that the movie made 155.3 million dollars. That is so incredible and almost three-fourths of the way to making what the first Batman made in 2005 in it's entire run. "Batman Begins" made $205 million in it's entire run. It also had the best first day and single day totals ever, making $66 million on Friday. One final record it made over $18 million in the midnight screenings Friday morning. I try to stay far away from reviews until I have seen the movie itself. However I have only seen one negative review of this movie so far.
Other news: Last week I finished reading "Huck Finn", what a great and funny book. I then started reading "The Watchmen". This is named one of the best 100 novels of all-time by Time magazine and I can see why. It is worth checking out and it currently is being made into a movie. The movie will be released 03/06/09, isn't that cute?
Also according to Guns n' Roses official website, "Shackler's Revenge" will be part of their forthcoming (fingers crossed) CD, "Chinese Democracy". As you may remember this song first is going to be introduced on "Rock Band 2".
Anyway my #2 band of all-time is the great Pearl Jam. Again I am going to be highlighting some of their more obscure but great songs. So here goes 1) "Love, Reign Over Me" 2) "Red Mosquito", the best version of this song is the live version. 3) "Elderly Woman Behind A Counter In A Small Town" 4) "Yellow Ledbetter" 5) "Get Right" 6) "State of Love and Trust" from the "Singles" soundtrack 7) "Nothing As It Seems" 8) "Life Wasted" 9) "Mankind" 10) "World Wide Suicide" 11) "Go" 12) "Brain of J" 13) "Glorified G" 14) "Cordurory" and 15) "Crazy Mary". What a bunch of great songs.
I am not sure the next time I will be back but when I do I will have the #1 musicaddict's all-time favorite artist, who no one can come close to. themusicaddict
I hope you all have had a fantastic weekend, I worked all weekend so I didn't. I bet none of you had as good of a weekend as "The Dark Knight". It broke just about every box office record ever. Here's a brief review: From Friday to Sunday early estimates indicate that the movie made 155.3 million dollars. That is so incredible and almost three-fourths of the way to making what the first Batman made in 2005 in it's entire run. "Batman Begins" made $205 million in it's entire run. It also had the best first day and single day totals ever, making $66 million on Friday. One final record it made over $18 million in the midnight screenings Friday morning. I try to stay far away from reviews until I have seen the movie itself. However I have only seen one negative review of this movie so far.
Other news: Last week I finished reading "Huck Finn", what a great and funny book. I then started reading "The Watchmen". This is named one of the best 100 novels of all-time by Time magazine and I can see why. It is worth checking out and it currently is being made into a movie. The movie will be released 03/06/09, isn't that cute?
Also according to Guns n' Roses official website, "Shackler's Revenge" will be part of their forthcoming (fingers crossed) CD, "Chinese Democracy". As you may remember this song first is going to be introduced on "Rock Band 2".
Anyway my #2 band of all-time is the great Pearl Jam. Again I am going to be highlighting some of their more obscure but great songs. So here goes 1) "Love, Reign Over Me" 2) "Red Mosquito", the best version of this song is the live version. 3) "Elderly Woman Behind A Counter In A Small Town" 4) "Yellow Ledbetter" 5) "Get Right" 6) "State of Love and Trust" from the "Singles" soundtrack 7) "Nothing As It Seems" 8) "Life Wasted" 9) "Mankind" 10) "World Wide Suicide" 11) "Go" 12) "Brain of J" 13) "Glorified G" 14) "Cordurory" and 15) "Crazy Mary". What a bunch of great songs.
I am not sure the next time I will be back but when I do I will have the #1 musicaddict's all-time favorite artist, who no one can come close to. themusicaddict
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