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The 10 Best Lyrical Disses

heather — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:47:37 +0000

From 2Pac to Carly Simon, the annals of popular music are filled with songs targeting other musicians, exes, record companies and anyone else who fails to share the songwriter’s point of view. Here are ten of the best. 10. Justin Timberlake – “Cry Me A River” [2002] [Subject: Britney Spears] With sole writing credits for the second single [...]

Karaoke Killings: The “My Way” Murders

heather — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:52:37 +0000

Who would have thought bad singing could get you killed? Apparently, in the Philippines, it can: according to the New York Times, at least six karaoke singers in the past ten years have been slain during renditions of Frank Sinatra’s 1969 classic “My Way”. Exactly why that song in particular provokes such a violent reaction is not [...]

Apple iPad – Can it replace your mp3 player?

heather — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:59:13 +0000

Last week saw the official unveiling of the iPad, the latest addition to Apple’s hipster-friendly stable of multimedia devices. Among other things, the ‘Pad [which resembles an oversized iPod Touch and has been the subject of countless puerile Twitter jokes due to its name] features an iPod application, through which music can be played in [...]

10 Most Memorable Grammy Moments

heather — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:38:14 +0000

In honour of Monday’s Grammy Awards, here’s a list of ten of the most memorable Grammy moments in recent years. For the most established awards night in popular music, the Grammys are pretty light on shock value compared to, say, the VMAs [the younger, flashier Prince Harry to the Grammys’ sedate Prince William], but – [...]

Mysterious Music Video iamamiwhoami

heather — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:35:40 +0000

On December 4, 2009, a user going by the name “iamamiwhoami” uploaded a video to YouTube. The video featured images of trees with writhing limbs, a metallic-skinned woman in the foetal position in what appears to represent the womb, and – most disturbingly – a goat giving birth; its soundtrack was a haunting trip-hop piece, [...]

The Best Soundtracks of the Decade

heather — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:49:51 +0000

In honour of awards season, here is a list of my favourite soundtracks of the last decade. Eight of these are from films, but two are mixes from two of the decade’s biggest television shows; no matter what you might think of the shows themselves, both were responsible for introducing several previously unknown artists to [...]

Music’s Most Controversial Moments Part 3: Songs

heather — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:09:29 +0000

In the final controversy post [for the time being], we look at several songs from the last 20 years which, for whatever reason, have aroused public ire. I’ve limited the list to songs that were comparatively well-known, the reactions to which many readers will remember. And, in honour of the Parents Music Resource Centre’s infamous “Filthy [...]

Music’s Most Controversial Moments Part 2: Offstage

heather — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:46:20 +0000

Following on from the post about music’s most controversial onstage moments of the last 20 years, here are that period’s ten most controversial offstage moments, plus five equally outrageous ones from before 1990. There’s even a runner-up… what can I say, musicians and controversy go hand in hand. Radiohead release “In Rainbows” [2007] One of the world’s [...]

Music’s Most Controversial Moments Part 1: Onstage

heather — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:07:40 +0000

In the first “controversial moments” post of 3, we take a look at ten of music’s most controversial onstage moments of the last 20 years – from Kanye’s mic-jacking to Donita Sparks’ er, inventive response to a hostile Reading Festival crowd – plus five classic pre-1980 shockers that just never get old. Kanye West doesn’t let [...]

Fan Stalks Singer Alex Gaskarth

heather — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:29:46 +0000

This week, the gossip blog world has been ablaze with the story of Maryland teenagers Alexandra King and Charlotte Armstrong, who showed up at the home of All Time Low singer Alex Gaskarth after allegedly purchasing the address, and interrupted what could best be described as a very private moment between Gaskarth and his girlfriend [...]