This version of "Shells" has M.I.A.'s vocals slowed down, but the beat is still fast.
Here is a new song by Bjork called "Nattura". The video is a compilation of a lot of Bjork's videos, and I think it came out pretty cool ...
Vote for M.I.A.'s video, "Paper Planes", here ...
http://www.fuse.tv/music/best-of-2008
You have to scroll down a little to see the image of her ...
Click on here name on the image above, and then you have to click again to vote on the video that pops up ...
This will be good exposure for M.I.A. so people will buy Kala and get to hear all of the other cool songs on the album (especially 20$).
Vote today!
http://www.fuse.tv/music/best-of-2008
This version of "Shells" has M.I.A.'s vocals slowed down, but the beat is still fast.
Here is a new song by Bjork called "Nattura". The video is a compilation of a lot of Bjork's videos, and I think it came out pretty cool ...
Two new remixes of M.I.A.'s song, "Boyz" from Kala have come out recently. Both of the remixes just add vocals to the song, and they both mention Barack Obama.
Jay-Z's remix seems very anti-war, which is fine with me. M.I.A. also has some additional vocals on this version of "Boyz" ...
Wale added some vocals to "Boyz", too. Here is his version ...
Here is another version of the song, "Get It Up" by Radioclit, featuring M.I.A. and Santogold. This version has vocals by Esau Mwamwaya instead of a rap by Gorilla Zoe (which is on the other version, here).
Here is a clip of the song, "Shells", which M.I.A.'s fans have been waiting on for a long time. The song was supposedly done by M.I.A. and Diplo (I think), and it sounds like a lot of fun.
http://84.45.101.210/mp3/XLCD281X-N.mp3 - you have to download it because it is a stream of music, not an actual mp3.
The problem I have with this clip is how sped up the vocals are. I hope that is a mistake because I don't like sped up vocals like that. However, the song is fun to listen to. "Shells" will finally be released on the re-released version of Kala, which is already available on some sites, I think.
In other news, Britney Spears has a new expensive video for her song, "Womanizer". The video looks very slick so that's good for her. The song is catchy enough. I am amazed at how many remixes of Womanizer are already floating around the internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-23EToh43M
I am sure there will be a higher quality version of the video above soon, but that's all I could find for right now.
For all the latest M.I.A. news, go to the M.I.A. Fans message board at http://miafans.co.uk.
This video is not that funny, but it's interesting that this guy wanted to spend so much time doing a spoof of her "Paper Planes" video ...
Also, I am making a YouTube playlist for Piracy Funds Terrorism, vol. 1. I have only have 6 of the 21 songs on it right now, but I will keep adding to it.
First, the song in the video is not the album version, but it's not bad, either. I like the album version better, though. Second, the special effect they use is pretty cool, but I wish she would have broken out of it at the end and the video would have become a normal video. It's still pretty cool.
This is pretty cool. They used some sort of laser technology to do it. You can read more about it at their website or watch the behind the scenes video on YouTube ...
I downloaded a high-quality version of a new trailer for "The Dark Knight". I uploaded it to YouTube just to make sure everyone had access to it. I love the Batman franchise, except for the Joel Schumacher movies ("Batman Forever" and "Batman and Robin"), which were awful. The first two Batman movies were great because Tim Burton directed them, and he always has a quirky, whimsical vision when he makes movies. They were also very dark, unlike the Joel Schumacher movies which had the color setting turned way too high.
When Christopher Nolan took over the Batman franchise with "Batman Begins", he restored Batman's dark personality. "Batman Begins" was everything a Batman movie should be, and it was even better in some ways than the Tim Burton versions. Christopher Nolan (who also wrote and directed the amazing movie, "Memento") now brings us "The Dark Knight", which promises an amazing performance from Heath Ledger, which I have actually seen 6 minutes of (when the beginning of the movie was leaked onto YouTube).
You can watch the normal YouTube video of the trailer, or you can go to the YouTube page of the video and click on "watch in high quality" to see a better version of the video.
The movie stars Christian Bale, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, and Aaron Eckhart, and it comes out on July 18th.
You can vote for M.I.A. to be one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people, and I definitely think she deserves it.
You can go to this link, change M.I.A.'s rating to 100, and click on SUBMIT. Do it now!
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1725112_1723512_1724687,00.html
Here are some related images ...
Also, this "4 Minutes To Save The World" song has invaded my mind, and I am liking it. The video is pretty cool, too.
or you can just listen here ...
Aqui esta musica latina para las orejas. Ha, I am not going to try to type en espanol. I will just butcher it. Anyway, here are three songs by Jorge Moreno from his self-titled album way back in 2001. I decided to take the CD with me on my way to work this morning. I am not very good at discovering music (although, there is a lot of new music I like), but I am great at drudging up music from the past. I bought this CD way back when I would go into music stores and listen to entire albums on the headphones provided to you at one of those listening stations. We used to have a Tower Records in Austin, where you could do just that. The only place you can do it now is probably Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Waterloo Records. However, Tower was definitely my favorite record store to go to.
It is funny how parts of a song can be so strong, but the rest of the song is kind of weak. For example, my favorite song from Jorge Moreno's album is "Si Yo Fuera" because it starts off like an old James Bond song (I am probably thinking of "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey), and it stays strong for a while, but then it gets repetitive. I still really like it, though.
Jorge Moreno - Si Yo Fuera
The first song on the album, "Reloj", is pretty good, but I think my favorite part is the ending that provides the segue into "Despertare". I wish artists would realize that the subtle parts of their songs are sometimes the best part, and they should incorporate more of that element into their music.
Jorge Moreno - Reloj
Jorge Moreno - Despertare