This time it’s a YouTube Video AAAAND a Poll.
That’s right kids… This is Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister in the video for his cover of Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles.
So.. you tell me.
Tag Archive: music
This was passed to me by herne51
Very, very funny.
A reminder that in pop music, neither rhythms nor melodies are original anymore.
3 Copies of SJ Tucker’s latest album Sirens appeared in my mailbox today.
If you haven’t discovered the music of this skinny white chick you are really missing out. Pagan folk with just a twist of… well twistedness.
One of a dying breed of Gypsy Songwriters… S00j is one of the finest travelling entertainers you will get to see in this generation (or maybe any to come) A fun show that leaves behind a pied-piperian ravenous following.
Check her itinerary for when she’s in your area. And if she’s not… Find her a venue and book her 😉
Great album!
Last week I asked people to list the top 5 silly acts of the 1980’s
There was a little confusion between group and act. I also don’t think people got the idea of ranking them #1 most silly, #5: 5th most silly.
But none the less I got 80 votes. The ranking went as such:
For each vote you got a point
Then for each #1 you got 5 pts, #2 you got 4 pts, etc…
Below the cut are the 19/32 silliest acts (acts that got at least 2 votes, or 1 “most silly”)
In the comment field, I’d love to hear what people think of the ranking and if they’d like to see this expanded a bit.
But first, the acts that were considered Silly, but not silly enough to make the top 32:
A-Ha, ABC, B-52’s, Baltimora, Bananarma, Beastie Boys, Cameo, Cinderella, Dead Milkmen, Depeche Mode, Doctor & The Medics, Duran Duran, El Debarge, Elmo & Patsie, Europe, Eurythmics, The, Family, The, Flirts, Debbie Gibson, Glass Tiger, Go-Go’s, Haircut 100, Jefferson Starship, Jets, The, Kix, Kool Moe Dee, Cyndi Lauper,Huey Lewis & The News, Loverboy, Megadeath, Olivia Newton-John, Oingo Boingo, Ollie & Jerry, Pet Shop Boys, The Plastics, Quiet Riot, Right Said Fred, The Scorpions, Skid Row, Spinal Tap, Stray Cats, Stryper, T’Pau, The Talking Heads, Tiffany, The Time, Wang Chung, Weird Al Yankovic, ZZ Top
I admit to being a Weird Al fan. I think he is an amazingly talented satirist. Most people only recognize him for his song parodies. Eat it, Yoda, and Saga Begins come to mind.
Personally, I am a huge fan of his Style Parodies. These are original songs that just happen to sound like “A doo wop song” or “The B-52s” or “Devo” without satirizing any one song.
His newest album is due to hit the streets in just over a week. From what I’ve heard on it so far… it may be his best to date.
I discovered this last night when theferrett embedded the video for “White and Nerdy” (Lyrics here, should pop up in a different window)
{Spoilers behind a cut at the end of this post}
But this isn’t what brings me to post today. Oh, no no no no no.
In probably the most vicious thing he’s written since “One More Minute” or “You Don’t Love Me Anymore“, Al has made a statement about the music industry in “Don’t Download This Song”
The song is unbelievably powerful on its own. Style, lyrics, music. But that just wasn’t enough. Al brought in animator Bill Plympton. Plympton is the creator of the award winning “How to Kiss” and “25 ways to quit smoking” and ever disturbing “Your Face”
With Plympton’s often surreal and usually disturbing imagery the song reaches an even higher level.