For some odd reasons I’ve got hooked on the Maroon 5 hit.
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Category: music
at the O2 arena, London
They’ve played this classic Winehouse track 3 times this morning. Brit Pop.
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LOVE IT.
Whip My Hair – Neil Young & Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce’s sunglasses are the original from the Born to Run tour.
Jimmy Fallon is a God. (He had to convince Bruce into trying on the wig.)
25 biggest POP hits mashup
My prediction – this will be the worse Popular music decade in my lifetime.
DJ Earworm just dropped his latest annual edit:
… “World Go Boom,” combines 25 of the year’s most-successful pop songs from artists such as Adele, Britney Spears, Foster the People, Lady Gaga, LMFAO, Maroon 5, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. …
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… pretty lame, I’d say.
What was the great Pop hit of 2011? … Adele?
(via Mashable)
the evolution of music by the numbers
PR firm SimplyZesty manages to cram the evolution of digital distribution into a punchy three-minute video. Starting in 1970, the video tracks the rise of digital sales, the fall of vinyl, piracy and major milestones like Michael Jackson’s video for “Billie Jean” and the most expensive guitar ever sold (a Fender Stratocaster for $2.7 million). …
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worst radio music decade ever?
In Idaho I’ve been listening to Hot 96.9FM.
Their playlist is about 9 songs long. I hear those few songs played less than an hour apart.
There are no DJs. And even the songs selected don’t have many musicians. It’s vocal supplemented with computer.
Marvin’s Room by Drake is a very interesting pop song. But the music video is so awful, I don’t link it.
Lighters by Eminem, Bruno Mars & Royce da 5’9″ has a lousy video, too. But I believe the song is a prototype for the rest of the decade.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube (profane version)
“Lighters” is an alternative hip hop song with influences of pop music.
The formula is simple. Get a catchy pop song started. Add rap for edge.
I do love the urban doggerel:
… Now his career’s
Lebron’s jersey in 20 years …
I’ll predict now that this decade will be considered even duller than the 1980s.
wireless headphones for iPod Touch
I don’t begrudge giving Steve Jobs a big chunk of my limited income. But why can’t Apple design decent wireless headphones?
Yeesh.
I may be driven to try these – Outdoor Technology Bluetooth Tags
($70 – $80)
Making Bluetooth headsets “cool” is the mission of Outdoor Technology, a southern California-based active sports and lifestyle accessories maker. To this end, they have unveiled OT Tags, their stereo Bluetooth headsets which function like conventional one-ear “business” headsets but look like and are music headphones in the earbud style — mating the style of wired headphones to the convenience of wireless. …
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Looks like my iPod touch is compatible. But it not, I can make it so with a $30 Bluetooth Transmitter.
RIP Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons, the legendary saxophonist in the E Street Band who played alongside Bruce Springsteen for the past 40 years, died on June 18th from complications from a stroke. He was 69.
From Eric Meola’s 1975 photo session with Bruce Springsteen and Clarence Clemons in Manhattan.
I found Bjork
… the boat.
Rick McCharles 