For every \"Blowin\' In the Wind\"and \"The Times They Are A-Changin\'\" there\'s a\\r\"We Didn\'t Start the Fire\" and \"Muskrat Love.\" There\'s never a shortage of\\rlists out there of good and bad pop lyrics. And who among us hasn\'t compiled\\rhis or her own?
Gorillaz pair working with Moore on new opera where Moore will supposedly be doing a Libretto spoken word Libretto in a musical sequence. Following this Moore just may choose to use Gorillaz characters in an upcoming graphic novel!
\"A recent survey of 10,000 university students by the University of Reading, found that 75% of students download music, rather than buy in stores or pay for on music-streaming sites.\"
Hip-Hop has a nice track record of references that today seems quaint. Here we present the 10 most outdated tech references in Hip-Hop, with an example of what the line might be in 2009.
David Hasselhoff is best known for the TV shows Baywatch and Knight Rider, but to Germans he\'s a pop hero. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Hasselhoff reminisces about his song that became a soundtrack for that historic moment, \"Looking for Freedom.\"
He may not have had a hit in over a decade, but you\'d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn\'t think Kenny Rogers is a beloved cultural icon, not to mention a flat-out badass. Hell, after Elvis and Tony Montana, Kenny gets the velvet painting treatment the most often. He\'s the motherflippin\' Gambler, after all.
There have been many musicians over the years that have taken their image as being larger-than-life badasses a little too far. Some of these artists even started to believe that they were as invincible as they portrayed themselves in their music and lifestyle. This outrageousness needs to be addressed, so we\'re putting these artists in check.
On ten million occasions viewers clicked on to YouTube to watch U2 perform live at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calfornia at the end of last month, a record for simultaneous viewing on the video website. YouTube also refused to pay U2, although the Irish quartet accepted the lack of fees because they saw the exercise as a promotional experiment.
This cover is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules:\\r1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).\\r2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).\\rPerformed by Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn.
So you want to record a novelty cover of a popular song but you don\'t have an accordion, ukulele or mariachi band handy? No problem! We recommend you pick up a harp and get to pluckin\'. No longer just found in mall rotundas and movies about the 17th Century, the harp is on its way back, my friend.
It was not the triumphant return Britney Spears had hoped for, as disgruntled fans stormed out of last night’s Australian debut of The Circus concert in Perth, upset by the star’s miming and “appalling” performance on stage. The screens only displayed circus images and Spears had her back to the audience for most of the show.
Writing a song ain’t easy, but getting paid for the music you create is even tougher. Recording artists depend on hit songs to sell records and generate income, and when they sign a record contract, they usually get a 7 to 10 percent cut of their album’s profits.
Alternative rock band Weezer, known for its hipster coolness, is using perhaps one of the uncoolest things on the planet to promote its new album, Ratitude: A blanket with sleeves, dubbed the Wuggie. See the Making Of Weezer\'s Snuggie Informercial video.
The band No Doubt, sued video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc over the use of their likeness on its new Band Hero game, accusing the company of turning the rockers into a virtual karaoke act.