Once again Starship has been scolded for their silly pseudo-political pop masterpiece "We Built This City", with Rolling Stone magazine's readers voting it the most heinous song of the most heinous decade, the eighties. "This isn't the first time this happened to this song," RS notes. "In 2004 Blender [music magazine] named this song the Most Awesomely Bad Song of All Time. Certainly, there's a lot to hate about the song. Jefferson Airplane was a pretty great rock band in the 1960s. They came back in the 1980s as this sleek, corporate band named Starship with some guy named Mickey Thomas as one of their singers."But with beloved lyricist Bernie Taupin on board as a contributing songwriter, "We Built This City" may be hokey but can it be the worst?!? How does it compare to the overall top ten? Vote for the eighties anthem that most sends you into a rage, the video for each of the top ten is included below, and we'll see if Starship soars to the top of the heap of crap yet again or prevails as a favorite!
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I made a playlist! (LEON-ARD BERN-STEIN!)Family Radio networks founder Harold Camping has made a widespread prediction that on this Saturday, May 21, Christ will return to claim his followers and lead them into Heaven. No word, however, on what time Christ plans on arriving.The panic-inducing prediction "is foolish and irresponsible" according to clergy members speaking out against the campaign, citing Camping's use of fear-mongering tactics to incite rather than inspire faith and well as attacking his credentials. "[Camping] is a civil engineer and religious-broadcasting entrepreneur who’s lacking any formal theological training. In recent years, Mr. Camping has distanced himself from any denominational affiliation, which means he’s also shed all accountability to any religious authority larger than himself, who might restrain his wild imaginings," said Carlos Wilton, a pastor of Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church and adjunct professor at New Brunswick Theological Seminary. "A self-taught Bible 'expert,' Mr. Camping specializes in the obscure interpretative method known as numerology – a field without standards or discipline," Pastor Wilton explains, "that sets aside the main message of the scriptures to concentrate on otherwise-insignificant peripheral details, such as numbers." In other words, please disregard all the fire and brimstone blustering for now. Just like when Camping gave the same hurry-up-and-save-your-souls song and dance in 1994, when he'd predicted that the rapture was going to take place before. And it didn't.In honor of Harold Camping's predictions I present a campy doomsday playlist to make potentially getting left behind feel a little less dreary! Don't see a killer song that would complete our playlist? Leave it in the comments and I'll add it faster than Harold Camping backpedaling on Sunday May, 22. Vote for your favorite, then share some delightfully dark rapture rock with friends and loved ones on your Facebook or Twitter by clicking in the upper right corner!
Nick Ashford, half of the iconic Motown pair Ashford and Simpson, passed away in Manhattan on Monday after losing his battle with throat cancer. He was 70 years-old."Nickolas Ashford was born in Fairfield, S.C.," his obituary from The New York Times reads, "and raised in Willow Run, Mich., where his father, Calvin, was a construction worker. He got his musical start at Willow Run Baptist Church, singing and writing songs for the gospel choir. He briefly attended Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, before heading to New York, where he tried but failed to find success as a dancer."Struggling, Nick went to White Rock Baptist Church in Harlem in 1964, where he met Valerie, then a 17-year-old fresh out of high school, who was studying also music. They embarked on their storied career of writing songs together with the first bunch of their compositions fetching a mere $64. "The list of songs that the late Nick Ashford wrote with his wife and longtime creative partner Valerie Simpson is simply staggering: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing," "You're All I Need To Get By" and "I'm Every Woman" are just a few highlights," Rollingstone.com wrote about the musician and songwriter's body of work. “They had magic, and that’s what creates those wonderful hits, that magic,” Verdine White of Earth, Wind and Fire told The Associated Press after learning of his friend’s death. “Without those songs, those artists wouldn’t have been able to go to the next level.”Nick is survived by his wife Valerie, their two daughters, Nicole and Asia; his brothers Paul, Albert and Frank; and his mother, Alice Ashford, according to the The New York Times. Remember some of their great Motown moments with songs penned and performed by the duo, and vote for your favorite.
Okay, so I put more than just ten songs. I'm a huge Eminem fan.
Here is a compilation of Katy Perry Videos found on YouTube. I'll slowly keep adding to it. Add your own Katy Perry Video in the comments or let me know what you'd like me to add. Remember, you can embed music lists anywhere on the web.
Here is a compilation of Adele Videos found on YouTube. I'll slowly keep adding to it. Add your own Adele Video in the comments or let me know what you'd like me to add. Remember, you can embed music lists anywhere on the web.
"Barbecue lifts my spiritI swear that it never fails,And the sauce mama makes just stays there foreverIf you dare to get it under your nails,Well you may be poor with a wolf at your door,But money isn't everything,You still got your song and a river full of fun,And you'll always have a song to sing"Celebrating summer innocence is never sweeter than with oldies classics like "Under The Boardwalk" or "Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay". But the raucous rhythm of Mungo Jerry's thump "Summertime" or Will Smith's electric-violin 90's rap romp of the same name, outright calling out the joys of beautiful bikinis, cold drinks and good food, bring the true thrill to your grill and poolside! What's the best BBQ song to get your belly full while you fuel up for a summertime party?Don't see a the sizzling summer song that lights your bonfire? Leave it in the comments and it will be added for you and other fans to vote on. Then, click in the upper right-hand corner to share with friends on Facebook or Twitter!
The 27 Club is a name for a group of rock musicians who all died at the age of 27. The "club" includes Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, though many other musicians have died at 27 years old as well. This phenomena has a Wikipedia page, a movie inspired by the concept, and biographer Charles R. Cross, who wrote books about Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain, wrote an article on the "club" for Seattle PI in 2007. There he explains that the origin of the name came from a quotation from Kurt Cobain's mother picked up and circulated by media outlets. She said, "Now he's gone and joined that stupid club. I told him not to join that stupid club." Who's your favorite musician from this list? Watch the YouTube videos attached to see live performances by each rock star.
"The history of women in popular music can, pretty much, be divided into before and after Madonna" - Susan Sarandon Influential iconoclast, fashion maven, chic choreographer, envied lover to the likes of Warren Beatty, Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie, then desired divorcee, author, mother and humanitarian-- she also performed some pretty legendary pop music too. Whether called her by her Kabbalah epithet Esther, the Brit tabloid tag 'Madge', her given name Madonna Louise Ciccone, or her famously shortened mono-moniker, the acclaimed artist known as simply Madonna celebrates her birthday today. Get into the groove with hit videos from her illustrious decades-spanning career and vote for your favorite!
Mad scientist. Gun-toting maniac. Virtuoso. Murder. But long before women were kissing guns in his L.A. mansion, Phil Spector began by dropping his signature on the doo-wop scene with his band The Teddy Bears and producing some of the greatest girl groups, then went on create unparalleled classics like The Beatles' Let It Be album and their later solo projects, such as Lennon's Imagine album. While Wall Of Sound influenced gems like Springsteen's "Born To Run" and The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" still send chills down any music fan's spine as if the Rock N Roll Fall of Fame-inducted maestro Spector himself had mastered them. The grim genius has also produced tracks that punctuate unforgettable moments in great American films like Scorcese's use of The Crystals' "And Then He Kissed Me" in Goodfellas and the famous sing-along to The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" in Top Gun. But which song stands out as the best example of his influence? Don't see the track that you think most encompasses Spector's style of lush layers and ornate orchestration? Leave it in the comments and we'll add it to be voted on!
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