6 posts tagged “concert”

Madonna has a song on her new album, Hard Candy, called "She's Not Me", that is pretty cool. Wendy Melvoin from Wendy & Lisa and Prince's band, The Revolution, is credited with playing the guitar on the song, and her name is even mentioned in the song. Like other songs on the album, the sound of the song changes at certain points, which keeps it pretty interesting. The song reminds me of Garbage's "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)". Listen to both songs and maybe you'll hear the similarity ... maybe not.

Madonna - She's Not Me (produced by Pharrell Williams)

Here is the video for Prince's song, "1999", which I have always really liked. I don't know if Wendy is in this video, but it's still topical for this blog post ...

Prince is very picky about where his music and videos can be shown/streamed so I could not find the "1999" video on YouTube, but I did find it on imeem.com.

Here is "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)" by Garbage ...

Here is another song from Portishead's new album, Third. It is the first song on the album, and I love the phrase, "did you know what I lost, do you know what I wanted", that is repeated in the song.

 
Here are some songs from the new Santogold album. Most of the songs on the album have been shared on the internet for years, but it's nice to hear high-quality versions of the songs. Santi White of Santogold is friends with M.I.A., and they seem to travel in the same social circles, but Santogold is a group that definitely stand on their own talent-wise.

Santogold - Shove It

Santogold - Unstoppable

Santogold - Anne

In other news, I guess I am not M.I.A.'s #1 fan anymore because I did not go to her concert at La Zona Rosa in Austin on May 1st. I had to work the next day, and there was no way I could go to that concert and make it to work the next day. Also, by the time I even considered risking it and going to the concert, the tickets were sold out. I am sure the show was awesome, though, because her last show there a couple of years ago was full of energy and the sound was perfect.

Here is a picture from the Austin concert ...

I think all of the photos were taken by David Reagan for the Austin American-Statesman's blog aka Austin360.com.

Tori Amos will always be my favorite singer/musician/songwriter/artist (or whatever you want to call her). Her music has carried me through less-than-pleasant times in my life. Today I was really tired because I stayed up too late last night working on a short presentation for my job, and I got up really early this morning to finish it. Therefore, I am totally drained right now. It's funny how I will wake up tomorrow and be rejuvenated just because of 8 measly hours of sleep. I love the process of sleep and its effects.

Anyway, I had a few Tori songs in my head that I have not posted here before, and here they are ...

Tori Amos - Hurt/Caught A Lite Sneeze (in concert)

The "Hurt" part that Tori sings right before "Caught A Lite Sneeze" is based on the song, "Hurt", by Nine Inch Nails.

Tori Amos - Famous Blue Raincoat (cover)

"Famous Blue Raincoat" is a Leonard Cohen song.

Tori Amos - Ain't No Sunshine (cover)

"Ain't No Sunshine" was originally done by Bill Withers in 1971.

 

Here is M.I.A.'s video for Paper Planes ...

Edit ... OK, I had another version of the video above before that did not sound like the album version of the song, Paper Planes. However, I found the official version of the video on YouTube, and that is what you see above now. It's good.

Here is just the song, Paper Planes ...

In other news Tori Amos got royally pissed off at two "fans" that were sitting in the front row at her concert. The two annoying people were leaving their seats to wander off and come back as they please, talking on their cell phones, taking pictures of themselves, etc. I don't know if all of that is correct, but they were doing something to annoy Tori and the people around them. When Tori kicked them out, everyone around them started applauding. It's a great scene, and it happens around 2:28 in this video ...

This post was severely edited by me. Ha! ;)

(edit ... here is a link to the website for the album)

I think Radiohead is brave and awesome for selling their new album, "In Rainbows", directly to their fans all by themselves. I signed up to receive the album about a week or more ago. The site asked me how much I wanted to pay for it, and I think I paid about $10 just to be supportive because I love the idea of an artist ignoring the big record companies who allow the RIAA to sue people who download music (read about that atrocity here).

I think the decision to fine that woman in Minnesota hundreds of thousands of dollars is insane. Let the fine be something like $1000. That would be more sensible. I guess they made the fine so large to deter other people from downloading music without paying for it. However, bands like Radiohead (and there are many other bands who have let their fans download their albums for free) are saying you can exist without charging for your music, or you can at least sell DRM-free music to fans at a low, low price.

Bands like Radiohead know that they are going to make most of their money touring. Tori Amos and M.I.A. know that, too. There is a good article about this in TIME magazine. You can read it here ...

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1668161,00.html

Here is the email I got from Radiohead's website today ...

THANK YOU FOR ORDERING IN RAINBOWS. THIS IS AN UPDATE.

YOUR UNIQUE ACTIVATION CODE(S) WILL BE SENT OUT TOMORROW MORNING (UK TIME).  THIS WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE DOWNLOAD AREA.

HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD:

THE ALBUM WILL COME AS A 48.4MB ZIP FILE CONTAINING 10 X 160KBPS DRM FREE MP3s.

MOST COMPUTERS NOW HAVE ZIP SOFTWARE AS PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM; IF YOUR COMPUTER DOES NOT, YOU NEED TO GET WINZIP OR ZIPIT INSTALLED PRIOR.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM HERE:

PC: http://www.winzip.com/
MAC: http://www.maczipit.com/

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING YOUR FILE,  PLEASE CONTACT OUR DOWNLOAD CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM AT
downloadinrainbows@waste.uk.com

I have been listening to "Possibly Maybe" by Bjork a lot lately. I have an iTune playlist that I listen to while I get ready in the morning or drive in my car. It has Bjork, Tarkan, M.I.A., Muse, and some of John Carpenter's Halloween soundtrack on it. I love the part on "Possibly Maybe" where she sings "since we broke up, I'm using lipstick again. I suck my tongue in remembrance of you." Those lyrics are great.

Bjork - Possibly Maybe (from Post)

Bjork - Possibly Maybe (LFO Remix ... and there are two groups called "LFO" ... one is cool and does electronic music and the other one did that lame, lame song about girls wearing Abercrombie and Fitch or some crap like that) from Telegram

I was watching a bit of The Simpsons tonight, and it was an episode where Bart and Lisa cause the power plant to shut down so the lights will turn off, and everyone can experience night again. They played Don McLean's "Vincent (Starry Starry Night)" as the characters watched a meteor shower in the night sky. It reminded me of Tori Amos' cover of this song, which I have always liked ...

Tori Amos - Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - a cover of Don McLean's song that Tori did in Austin, TX at The Backyard on April 26, 2003.