Starting off with two news items straight from the Fossil Fuels newsdesk:
New Paul McCartney album out February
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Just in time for that eponymous holiday of love and chocolates, Macca’s new album My Valentine is set to be released on February 7th from Concord/Hear Music, as Direct Current points out.
The new record is said to feature romantic staples of ole in addition to originals. McCartney cites the music his family reared him on as influence. “This will sound like the years between 1920-1940,” he explained, “the time when my father was 20. These are songs I heard. My family, my uncles, everybody sang.”
In addition to covers, there will be tracks written by the man himself, following in the style of the rest of the album. Produced by Timmy Lipuma, the record features guest appearances by jazz pianist and singer, and Mrs. Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, as well as double bassist John Clayton.
It should be noted that Hear Music is Starbucks’ label, so expect My Valentine in coffee shops upon its release. (Source: Ultimate Classic Rock)
Beach Boys (w/ Brian Wilson) celebrate 50th anniversary with reunion tour (& new album)
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The founding members of the classic rock group — Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine — announced Friday they are getting back together to celebrate their 50th anniversary. They’re working on a new album and also plan a 50-date tour that will take them around the world.
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However, Jardine said the group planned to appear at the Feb. 12 Grammy telecast in Los Angeles. “There will be a surprise at the Grammys,” he told Rolling Stone. “We will do something really exciting. There’s a lot of interest in it, which is nice. It’s going to be a very big operation.”(source: Washington Post)
If you're still Christmas shopping, here's a gift suggestion: THE SMILE SESSIONS, the master tapes of the legendary (unfinished) Beach Boys classic album SMILE finally officially released. Celebrated as a "lost" masterpiece for decades, it really did reveal itself to be a true gem from the late 1960s, which produced some of the greatest, most treasured pop music. Now you can add another gem to that list.
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#625425 12/17/1106:07 PM12/17/1106:07 PM
Didn't know about Sir Paul's album but just yesterday heard about the Beach Boys returning.
Wow, 50th anniversary really?? Although I never had all their music I do enjoy the BBs. It wasn't til years after I moved to CA that I actually saw them in concert (90's). Beautiful summer evening in California, outdoor concert,people kicking beach balls from the stage into the audience. Perfect setting for a Beach Boys concert. What a talented group.
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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#625426 12/17/1106:10 PM12/17/1106:10 PM
Maccablog, via Allmusic, has revealed the setlist for McCartney's upcoming record My Valentine.
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1. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (Alhert/Young) 2:36 2. Home (When Shadows Fall) (Van Steeden/Clarkson/Clarkson) 4:04 3. It's Only a Paper Moon (Arlen/Harburg/Rose) 2:35 4. More I Cannot Wish You (Loesser) 3:03 5. The Glory of Love (Hill) 3:45 6. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) (Dorsey/Robertson/Mysels) 3:22 7. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (Arlen/Mercer) 2:31 8. My Valentine (McCartney) 3:14 9. Always 3:49 10. My Very Good Friend the Milkman (Burke/Spina) 3:04 11. Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson/Dixon) 4:26 12. Get Yourself Another Fool (Forrest/Heywood) 4:42 13. The Inch Worm (Loesser) 3:42 14. Only Our Hearts 4:21
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The album will be released on February 6th 2012. It'll feature jazz songs covers, as well as a few songs written by Paul McCartney. McCartney additionally recorded with an orchestra at Capitol Studios and sang into a microphone used by Nat “King” Cole earlier this year. Another album, which will be Macca's studio record comeback to pop/rock, is also planned.
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The McCartney album is an interesting idea. I've always thought the Lennon-McCartney team were partly old fashioned songwriters, especially their sentimental songs. The Beatles, of course, covered Meredith Willson's "Till There Was You," from the Music Man.
"All of these men were good listeners; patient men."
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#625767 12/19/1109:33 PM12/19/1109:33 PM
Speaking of the Beatles, I listen to music every morning when I go for my run. Today they played "Michelle". They asked to call if you knew the translation to the french portion sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble. Translation: These are word that go together well." I probably knew that once.
Anyway, another great Beatle song.
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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#625777 12/20/1112:59 AM12/20/1112:59 AM
The McCartney album is an interesting idea. I've always thought the Lennon-McCartney team were partly old fashioned songwriters, especially their sentimental songs. The Beatles, of course, covered Meredith Willson's "Till There Was You," from the Music Man.
Paul tackled a similar gimmick years back with RUN DEVIL RUN, covers of 1950s rockers (plus inspired originals) and I loved it. Particularly his version of Elvis' "All Shook Up," which I might actually prefer over the original.
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#625778 12/20/1101:03 AM12/20/1101:03 AM
Ke$ha covers Bob Dylan for Amnesty International charity album
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It's hard to associate Ke$ha with songs about anything other than hot guys, body glitter and partying. But she's defying her usual topics of interest for human rights organization Amnesty International. The singer is one of the many musicians on the org's Chimes of Freedom compilation of Bob Dylan's music, out January 24.
When MTV News spoke with K-Dollar Sign last week about her all-star remix of "Sleazy," she also opened up about switching gears vocally and emotionally for her version of Dylan's classic "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right."
"I mean, I think it's pretty well known that he's one of, if not my most, favorite artists of all time and ... one of the most amazing lyricists as well — the original storyteller," she explained. "So I love Bob Dylan and this was just, like, a dream. When they asked me to do a cover, I was just, like, salivating and going through all my records. It was so fun. It was the best homework assignment you could possibly have." (Source: MTV News)
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#625807 12/20/1111:15 AM12/20/1111:15 AM
Although I am biased to the original I really really liked that version as well. It's an updated from 50's to 60's sound and it's very good.
Continuing with Beatles, perhaps not quite as popular Beatle songs, two that I really like are "My Bonnie" and "Ain't She Sweet." I remember as a kid I had a little blue songbook which had folk type songs and patriotic songs and those were in the book. I love "Rock" version of each.
Oh, and still with the Beatles and comparing original recordings to re-recordings, I LOVE The Beatles "Rock & Roll Music" and "Roll Over Beethoven" AND I think even better than the originals. With all due respect to Chuck Berry
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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#625907 12/21/1101:29 AM12/21/1101:29 AM
The title track for Paul's My Valentine (w/ guitar by Eric Clapton*) has leaked on-line. Also revealed that Stevie Wonder will also appear on another original song, "Only Our Hearts."
I'm liking this.
*=Which if you music fans are keeping score, this might be the first time they've both collaborated on an original recording since the White Album. I might be wrong?
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#625945 12/21/1101:18 PM12/21/1101:18 PM
The song didn't really do much for me, at least not the first time.
They were discussing this album on the radio this morning though. They said that the song Paul wrote for his new wife and sang at their wedding will be on this record. I wonder if this is the song?
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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#625946 12/21/1101:33 PM12/21/1101:33 PM
The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers. First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves. It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.
Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared
"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"
"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
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#626029 12/22/1101:47 AM12/22/1101:47 AM
R. Kelly has written 32 more chapters for ‘Trapped in the Closet’ saga
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The hip-hop singer told TMZ.com that he’s written 32 more chapters in his “Trapped in the Closet” saga, a “hip hopera” of a song that already consists of 22 installments.
He told the gossip site he plans to continue the saga, “but it costs a lot of money to do ... so we’re actually looking for investors.” (source: NY Daily News)
And from the Awesome NewsDesk...
Lost David Bowie footage to be broadcast on BBC 2
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A rare 1973 David Bowie performance on Top of the Pops has been found and will be broadcast on the BBC’s Top Of The Pops Christmas Special.
In the footage, Bowie plays “The Jean Genie,” which was found last week when a retired TV cameraman named John Henshall revealed he had a copy of the performance, which was thought to have been destroyed. The BBC once had a tendency of destroying classic television. (See: The genius Peter Cook and Dudley Moore show “Not Only… But Also.”) [Source: Death & Taxes.com]
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#626133 12/22/1106:28 PM12/22/1106:28 PM
from the I'm-surprised-they're-still-in-business newsdesk...
Rhapsody reaches 1 million subsribers
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Rhapsody, the longest-running subscription-music service, announced Thursday that it had finally crossed the 1 million subscriber threshold. Before you cue the cork-popping, bear in mind that Rhapsody launched almost exactly 10 years ago, so its growth isn't setting land-speed records. And three years ago, Rhapsody and rival Napster each reported having about 750,000 subscribers. The two companies are now combined, thanks to Rhapsody's purchase of the fast-declining Napster in October, but the total is far less than the sum of their erstwhile parts.
So the announcement doesn't exactly herald the dawn of a new era for subscription music services in general or Rhapsody in particular. The total number of people who pay for on-demand music services online is still dwarfed by the more than 21 million who subscribe to Sirius XM. And in a country of more than 110 million households, 1 million isn't mass market. (source: LA Times)
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#626177 12/22/1111:10 PM12/22/1111:10 PM
My nephew gave me a copy of "Hendrix in the West," a newer CD release of the first live vinyl put out following Jimi's death. "West" is arguably the best live Hendrix on a single CD, and includes cuts from his terrific San Diego and Berkeley concerts. You should also consider the DVD, "Jimi Plays Berkeley," which is the best extant video showcasing his amazing playing techniques.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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#626192 12/23/1112:38 AM12/23/1112:38 AM
Lady Gaga To Release Previously Unheard Track On Christmas
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"On Christmas Day I will leak to you an unreleased Song off Born This Way!" Gaga posted on Twitter on Wednesday night (Dec. 21). "It was recorded live, in one take, on the tour bus. Uncensored."
I probably agree with both Scott and Simmons, which would be a first. But to be fair, aren't all Super Bowl Shows lip synced?
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War founder Howard Scott is upset that his band got snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — again — but he’s more upset that the Beastie Boys will be inducted before them. Scotty talked to TMZ about the slight, saying, “I’ll eat their platinum records!”
“We were cranking out gold records when they were still in diapers,” Scott says. That’s unlikely as the hip-hop trio were between three and five-years-old when War was founded in 1969, but his point is still valid. “How could the Beastie Boys get in before us when they sampled War’s music on their first album?”
Madonna is not the right choice for the Super Bowl halftime show, says KISS' Gene Simmons. "I love all karaoke singers," Simmons snarked to TMZ.com, when asked how he feels about her selection. "I like all the girl singers who get up and sing with tapes. Shame on you... I don't think it's appropriate." He added, "Madonna is terrific... I hate the tapes."
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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#626373 12/24/1111:30 AM12/24/1111:30 AM
As much as I do agree that WAR deserves induction I can't feel sympathy right now when they're bitching about being snubbed in favor of a group that legitimately deserved induction. This isn't a controversial pick like Madonna or whatever, these are the Beastie Boys: not just one of the greatest hip-hop acts, but also seminally involved in the Alternative Music epoch of the early 90s. "Sabotage" is one of the great classic 1990s rockers. Doesn't just make you sound pity, it makes you sound stupid.
Or put it another way, Stooges were inducted the same year as ABBA. Sex Pistols and Black Sabbath weren't inducted until just a few years ago. Deep Purple and KISS are still MIA. Paul McCartney (the most successful modern pop musician in sales) waited [i]seven years after he first became eligible. The Cars and Dead Kennedys aren't in (two notable 80s acts for their respective genres), but Madonna is.
There's a long bitch queue for the Rock HOF. Get in line WAR.
(Of course if sampling is obviously sole legitimacy for the HOF, the Beastie Boys also sampled Cheech & Chong. Let's induct them. And the marijuana Chia Pet too.)
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#626477 12/24/1111:23 PM12/24/1111:23 PM
The biggest Elvis museum outside of the United States has opened to the public in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Located in Dusseldorf's historic Old Town, the museum will feature memorabilia from the King's career including 1,800 original pieces and documents.
A portion of the museum's collection is from 1958 to 1960, when Elvis served in the military in Germany. Those pieces include jewelry, furniture, clothing and his personal record collection.
One of the museum's founders, Oskar Hentschel, told The Local that one of his "favorite" items was a guitar Elvis bought in Germany and rebuilt:
"He bought an acoustic guitar and worked on it himself, turning it into a semi-acoustic - so it could be played with a small amplifier. We even managed to find his amplifier too, from a different collector, and they both work."
The promised "leaked" Christmas Lady GaGa track is here. From her people:
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So to give you a little background to the creation of this song. I wrote it in Minnesota after the Monster Ball on the tour bus. We recorded it in one shot. Fernando on guitar, Paul on Drum Machine. I wrote, sang it, and freestyled the last minute + a half of the song.
I'll say this: I like the title.
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#626512 12/25/1112:30 PM12/25/1112:30 PM
I don't know if Lady Gaga can surprise me anymore.
Love the Elvis Museum in Germany. I'm guessing there may be relics from G.I. Blues since it was filmed in Germany. I still need to make it to Graceland though.
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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#626565 12/26/1106:00 AM12/26/1106:00 AM
As much as I do agree that WAR deserves induction I can't feel sympathy right now when they're bitching about being snubbed in favor of a group that legitimately deserved induction. This isn't a controversial pick like Madonna or whatever, these are the Beastie Boys: not just one of the greatest hip-hop acts, but also seminally involved in the Alternative Music epoch of the early 90s. "Sabotage" is one of the great classic 1990s rockers. Doesn't just make you sound pity, it makes you sound stupid.
Or put it another way, Stooges were inducted the same year as ABBA. Sex Pistols and Black Sabbath weren't inducted until just a few years ago. Deep Purple and KISS are still MIA. Paul McCartney (the most successful modern pop musician in sales) waited [i]seven years after he first became eligible. The Cars and Dead Kennedys aren't in (two notable 80s acts for their respective genres), but Madonna is.
There's a long bitch queue for the Rock HOF. Get in line WAR.
(Of course if sampling is obviously sole legitimacy for the HOF, the Beastie Boys also sampled Cheech & Chong. Let's induct them. And the marijuana Chia Pet too.)
To each his own but I can't see the Beastie Boys in before WAR. It's all politics on some level and there are plenty of bands that can gripe about things -Led Zeppelin never won a Grammy while they were together- but Scott isn't going to be concerned about any group other than his own-that's just human nature. To wait longer to get in than bands that came after you and *arguably* weren't as important is going to irk anyone.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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#626568 12/26/1106:33 AM12/26/1106:33 AM
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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#626676 12/27/1103:37 AM12/27/1103:37 AM
35. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never (The Remixes) Island - 1.2 million copies
36. Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel Shady / Interscope - 1.1 million copies
37. Jennifer Lopez - Love? Def Jam / Island - 1.0 million copies
38. Shakira - Sale El Sol Epic - 1.0 million copies
39. Pitbull - Planet Pit J Records - 1.0 million copies
40. Arashi - Beautiful World J-Storm Records Japan - 0.9 million copies
(Notice the massive gap between #1 and #2. Or the fact that, unless I'm mistaken, 21 might be the first album be the year's #1 best-selling album two years in a row.)
I thought this was an interesting article. Some of the artists out today make a lot of money but they rarely seem to sell a lot of units or have mass touring success. This article delved into how and why that is.
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To sustain his success, Cee Lo has become one of the hardest-working stars in pop. In the days around the tree-lighting schedule he logged about 20,000 miles taping television shows, recording an album and making personal appearances across the United States and in Britain. One day last spring he managed a promotional trifecta, performing in New York in the morning, Alabama in the afternoon and Las Vegas at night.
“I’m still just a working-class artist, basically,” Cee Lo said of his schedule, as he waited backstage at Rockefeller Center for some hot tea to soothe his well-traveled vocal cords.
Cee Lo — a cannonball-shaped man devoted to the Liberace and Elton John school of showmanship — will earn about $20 million this year. Record sales represent the smallest slice of the revenue pie, according to Larry Mestel, the chief executive of Cee Lo’s management company, Primary Wave Music. The collapse in record sales over the last decade has decimated the bottom line, and a hit song alone is no longer enough to bring in superstar wealth.
So even musicians with multiplatinum success have started looking elsewhere for income, especially to increased touring and the kind of commercial deals that result in Miracle Whip product placement in Lady Gaga videos and Taylor Swift’s performing at a JetBlue airport terminal.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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#626809 12/28/1110:08 AM12/28/1110:08 AM