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John Lydon Said “Coldplay and Radiohead bug the hell out of me”
by Alice on Dec.18, 2009, under Albums, Artist, Band, Music, Singer
The former Sex Pistols frontman – also known as Johnny Rotten – thinks the two hugely successful bands are “pointless” and lack “heart and soul”.
He fumed to BBC radio station 6 Music: “Coldplay and Radiohead bug the hell out of me because it’s so soulless. It just seems pointless. It’s nice but it’s tosh. They don’t care about you. They care about lining their coffers.
“There’s nothing about heart and soul, they don’t know about heart and soul, they don’t know about people dying, living and aspiring.”
The punk singer’s offhand opinion may not be entirely founded, as Radiohead famously released their last album, ‘In Rainbows’, to fans on a pay-what-you –like basis – with many choosing to pay nothing.
Coldplay are currently holed up in a London church writing a “low-key” new album, as frontman Chris Martin is worried about alienating his fans with the band’s the epic sound of their last record ‘Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends’.
A source said: “Chris is determined not to be seen as a huge commercial rock juggernaut, filling stadiums and cashing in.
“The plan is to keep them as close to their fans as possible. The band is keen to make hay while the sun shines.
“They have hit a rich vein with their songwriting and feel more creative than ever.”
Source: BANG Showbiz
‘Crazy In Love’ By Beyonce Voted As The Best Song Of The Decade
by cyan on Nov.26, 2009, under Albums, Artist, Award, Band, Music, Singer
The 2003 single – which features her now husband Jay-Z – was released as the lead single from her album ‘Dangerously in Love’ and went on to massive success, reaching the top spot in the UK and US charts, as well as landing Beyonce two Grammy awards.
The former Destiny’s Child singer beat MGMT, whose 2008 song ‘Time To Pretend’ came second, to the top spot, while The Strokes’ ‘Hard To Explain’, from 2001, was third.
At number four was MIA’s 2008 track ‘Paper Planes’ and at number five was Outcast with ‘Hey Ya!’, which saw listeners told to head to the dance floor to “shake it like a Polaroid picture”.
The Klaxons, with their 2007 song ‘Golden Skans’, Blur, with their 2003 track ‘Out Of Time’, and Arctic Monkeys’ ‘A Certain Romance’ all made the top ten.
NME magazine Top 100 tracks of the decade top 20:
1. Beyonce Knowles – ‘Crazy In Love’
2. MGMT – ‘Time To Pretend’
3. The Strokes – ‘Hard To Explain’
4. MIA – ‘Paper Planes’
5. OutKast – ‘Hey Ya!’
6. The Rapture – ‘House Of Jealous Lovers’
7. Klaxons – ‘Golden Skans’
8. Blur – ‘Out Of Time’
9. Arcade Fire – ‘Rebellion (Lies)’
10. Arctic Monkeys – ‘A Certain Romance’
11. The Libertines – ‘Can’t Stand Me Now’
12. The Streets – ‘Dry Your Eyes’
13. The Walkmen – ‘The Rat’
14. The White Stripes – ‘Seven Nation Army’
15. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Bang’
16. Rihanna – ‘Umbrella’
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Maps’
18. OutKast – ‘Ms Jackson’
19. Radiohead – ‘Reckoner’
20. Hot Chip – ‘Over And Over’
Source: BANG Showbiz
U2 Are To Headline The Glastonbury Festival 40th Anniversary Next Year
by Alice on Nov.23, 2009, under Artist, Band, Music, Singer
The music event’s organiser Michael Eavis has signed up the Irish rockers – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. – to perform for the first time at the world famous festival which celebrates its 40th anniversary next year.
A source said: “Everyone is over the moon that the deal has been done. Michael really wanted a huge name for the 40th anniversary and the fact U2 have never played Glastonbury in their 32-year career only adds to the mystique.”
The ‘Get On Your Boots’ hitmakers – who will headline the festival on Friday June 25, in Somerset, England – have been in discussions with Michael, 74, for some time.
The source added to Britain’s The Sun newspaper: “Eavis has been asking them for a while now and really stepped up the effort this year. This could be an iconic moment.”
Glastonbury tickets sold out just hours after their release last month, even though no acts had been named.
At the time, Michael promised the festival would be full of the world’s best musicians.
He said: “There will be three or four superstars. The expectations are really high and we’re trying to get the best headliners in the world.”
‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ singer Andy Williams recently revealed he had also been booked to perform at the world-famous event.
Veteran rockers The Rolling Stones are favourites to headline the final night of the three-day event, while Radiohead and Beyonce Knowles have also been tipped to appear.
Source: BANG Showbiz
Lily Allen: File Sharing Is Not OK For British Music
by Alice on Nov.20, 2009, under Artist, Music, Singer
The ‘Not Fair’ singer – who launched a scathing attack on illegal file-sharing on her MySpace blog and attacked indie group Radiohead for giving their latest album away on a pay-what-you-want basis – claims she doesn’t care if people copy her albums and sell them on for a profit.
Lily, 24, told UK radio station Key 103 Radio: “If someone comes up with a burnt copy of my CD and offers it to you for £4, I haven’t a problem with that as long as the person buying it places some kind do of value on my music.”
In Lily’s original blog post she said downloading was starving up-and-coming artists of money they need to keep producing music, and attacked the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) – whose members include Travis singer Fran Healy, Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien.
She wrote: “I’m going to be writing to British artists, saying just this: File sharing’s not OK for British music. We need to find new ways to help consumers access and buy music legally, but saying file sharing’s fine is not helping anyone – and definitely not helping British music.”
The FAC recently called for the British government to abandon proposals to cut off the internet connections of people who illegally download music.
Source: BANG Showbiz
The Strokes’ ‘Is This It’ At Number 1 In NME Magazine’s Top 50 Albums Of The Decade
by Kavy on Nov.18, 2009, under Albums, Artist, Band, Music, Singer
The American rockers’ 2001 debut LP topped a list compiled by British music magazine NME made up of votes from record producers, label bosses and musicians, including members of Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys who both rank highly.
Troubled rocker Pete Doherty saw three of his albums make the list, with his former band The Libertines coming in second place with their debut effort ‘Up The Bracket’.
The group’s second, and final, self-titled release was placed at number 24, while his other band Babyshambles saw their debut record ‘Down In Albion’ achieve 35th place.
NME Editor Krissi Murison said: “This is the definitive word on the greatest albums of the ‘00s – as voted for by everyone who helped make music brilliant this decade.”
Veteran rockers Primal Scream came in third place with ‘Xtrmntr’, while Arctic Monkeys’ debut album ‘Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not’ was fourth and ‘Fever To Tell’ by US group Yeah Yeah Yeahs came fourth.
The ‘Maps’ hitmakers were one of six acts to have two LPs make the list, with ‘Show Your Bones’ placed at 32.
In addition to Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Libertines, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Arcade Fire and The Streets all saw two records make it into the top 50.
The best represented year of the decade was 2002, with a total of eight albums released in the year placed in the list.
NME magazine’s top 50 albums of the decade:
1. The Strokes – ‘Is This It’
2. The Libertines – ‘Up The Bracket’
3. Primal Scream – ‘Xtrmntr’
4. Arctic Monkeys – ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Fever To Tell’
6. PJ Harvey – ‘Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea’
7. Arcade Fire – ‘Funeral’
8. Interpol – ‘Turn On The Bright Lights’
9. The Streets – ‘Original Pirate Material’
10. Radiohead – ‘In Rainbows’
11. At The Drive In – ‘Relationship Of Command’
12. LCD Soundsystem – ‘The Sound Of Silver’
13. The Shins – ‘Wincing The Night Away’
14. Radiohead – ‘Kid A’
15. Queens Of The Stone Age – ‘Songs For The Deaf’
16. The Streets – ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’
17. Sufjan Stevens – ‘Illinoise’
18. The White Stripes – ‘Elephant’
19. The White Stripes – ‘White Blood Cells’
20. Blur – ‘Think Tank’
21. The Coral – ‘The Coral’
22. Jay-Z – ‘The Blueprint’
23. Klaxons – ‘Myths Of The Near Future’
24. The Libertines – ‘The Libertines’
25. Rapture – ‘Echoes’
26. Dizzee Rascal – ‘Boy in Da Corner’
27. Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’
28. Johnny Cash – ‘Man Comes Around’
29. Super Furry Animals – ‘Rings Around The World’
30. Elbow – ‘Asleep In The Back’
31. Bright Eyes – ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning’
32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Show Your Bones’
33. Arcade Fire – ‘Neon Bible’
34. Grandaddy – ‘The Sophtware Slump’
35. Babyshambles – ‘Down In Albion’
36. Spirtualized – ‘Let it Come Down’
37. The Knife – ‘Silent Shout’
38. Bloc Party – ‘Silent Alarm’
39. Crystal Castles – ‘Crystal Castles’
40. Ryan Adams – ‘Gold’
41. Wild Beasts – ‘Two Dancers’
42. Vampire Weekend – ‘Vampire Weekend’
43. Wilco – ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’
44. Outkast – ‘Loveboxxx/The Love Below’
45. Avalanches – ‘Since I Left You’
46. Delgados – ‘The Great Eastern’
47. Brendan Benson – ‘Lapalco’
48. Walkmen – ‘Bows and Arrows’
49. Muse – ‘Absolution’
50. MIA – ‘Arular’
Source: BANG Showbiz
Sir Paul McCartney: An Inspiration For His Son
by Kavy on Nov.12, 2009, under Artist, Music, Singer
The Beatles legend is a massive influence on James, 32, who has formed The Light with pals Bryan Johnson on drums and bassist Charlie Turner, who grew up in Allerton, the same area of Liverpool where Paul spent his childhood and inspired many of the group’s later hits.
James – who plays a cherry-red Fender Stratocaster guitar given to him by the international star – said: “I have been playing music since I was nine and writing along the way.
“I met my band about a year ago. Producer David Kahne introduced us and my dad helped.
He added to Britain’s The Sun newspaper: “I am currently recording an album. The music was inspired by The Beatles, Nirvana, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Radiohead and all good music.”
James is not the only family member to be inspired by Paul’s music – his grandchildren like impersonating him.
Earlier this year, the bassist turned down the chance to recreate his biggest hits by playing the new edition of the computer game ‘Rock Band’ – which gives gamers the chance to imitate members of the legendary group.
However, Paul’s grandchildren, 10-year-old Arthur and Elliott, seven – the children of his daughter Mary – jumped at the chance to play the game.
Creative Producer Giles Martin – the son of Beatles producer Sir George Martin – said: “I was at Abbey Road studios the other day and Paul was there.
“He was with his daughters Beatrice and Mary, who had her boys with her and I said to the boys, ‘Do you want to play the game pretending to be your grandfather?’ They loved it.”
Source: BANG Showbiz