Wednesday, February 14, 2007

ABC - GET NEAR THIS


ABC -- THIS SHITS GREAT !

Sorry to be so blunt, but I'm a man.... Lets not futz around. This is great music. Yes yes yes its a bit limp wristed on the pop bent but so what.... get a load of the lot of unintelligible angst ridden gristle we have to endure today on commercial radio.

This shits brilliant.

I like the sparse visuals .The power of the chord in the lens. Its RIGHT IN THE LENS MAN! cHECK Out the wild flying cam thats doing a high angled arc over the band. Check out how the singer is flat on his back watching the entire thing unfold. Check out the multiple edits. This was DONE WITH STYLE MAN. This was before monotoned chroma keyed effects and rapid fire editing and stylish graphics that scream NOTHING ... at 120 decibels.

I don't care if you don't like it.... I really don't. But my god, where is THE STYLE IN TODAYS VISUALS. i WHINED about this on the Kinks, Do It Again video. Sometimes things are classic for a reason. I know the bald guy in this video adds nothing more than a fly you want to swat.... but he adds a bit of comedy relief.

Its STYLE MAN. Its ilke.... ELLE magazine with a pulse. in fact this song was featured as the background music to a Miss America profile of some red hot blonde cuties on a beach waterskiing back in the 80's. It was perfect yes. I liked it YES...... Should there be more attempts at videos like this?

Yes why not.

I like the rhythm of this piece too - it moves. It shakes... its got a sense of purpose. Is this a coheisve look at my entire music collection.... certainly not. But I will say this. Its very interesting. I was blasting this best of CD ABSOLUTELY a few years back. My buddy goes... what is this? Man.... I forgot how many cool songs ABC put out.

Yes yes.. ITS CLASSIC I TELL YOU.
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ABC - BE NEAR ME

SQUEEZE - THIS IS GREAT - THIS IS LOVE


Valentines Day.... thats today isn't it? Eh.. er.. I think.....


But let me tell you something that I REALLY LOVE... Squeeze. Definately not a chicky band -- this one is straight from the heart. What makes this band endure the tests of time is due to the fact that this bands tells stories.... and tells them very well. In the span of just 3 minutes you get an entire story of what happened in the life time of an average schlugg.... He doens't want to get dirty on the dance floor, he doesn't want to steal your drugs, he doesn't even want to get nasty in the back of a cab..... if anything he just wants to live his life.... and hang out with his best mates at the local pub.... and kick out sweet jams like this.

A recent re-run of the Sopranos really nailed it. The thugs were getting into the music biz and these mob cretins were creating rock music, ala... The Smashing Pumpkins.. and this record producer blurts out, "This shits horrible.... I was around a long time and I met them all Hendrix, Joplin , The Who...etc. Those kids had a spark, they were magic, and I didn't even like their music .... but these kids today... especially this band you brought in here.... they got nothing... these guys are nowhere".

I feel the same way about a lot of bands we must endure today. Squeeze was a real band and they had real lyrics. You had to have somewhat of a brain to appreciate them. Which is probably why they never got really HUGE in their time. Oh... they did alright in fact they did more than just... OKAY. But they never really got as huge as some of these other acts that I won't even bother mentioning.
Yes yes... I first seen these guys appear on the Uncle Floyd Show in Newark New Jersey. Me and Floyd Vivino have good taste.

This stuff is like a great wine..... These are finely crafted pop songs.
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SQUEEZE - UP THE JUNCTION

Monday, February 12, 2007

BOBBY BROWN - TAKE OFF HOSER


"NEW EDITION - UPDATE"

The band was reunited for a show for CBS records. Brown strip teased and gyrated in front of the cameras disregarding the songs and the flow of the show. He opted to go into gruesome detail of his sexual practices with his wife of all things.
Just the thing you want to hear about right? Like you care? Does ANYBODY CARE?

Ah..but back to the video. This band sounds like they are jacked up on helium. It is somewhat fun to see this again because when this came out it was a big deal. NOT FOR ME THOUGH KIDDIES... I WAS INTO VAN HALEN...... The 1984 Tour was huge and yours truly got to go to the tenth row, (to this day it was one of my favorite shows of all time.).
New Edition was heralded as the new Jackson Five... breakdancing was in BIG TIME.... and so were parachute pants and those day glo clothes you could get at Merry Go Round. Rockers and break dancing kids alike all bought thier day glo garb at the same overly priced place at the same mall... which I found somewhat amusing.
Kids started spinning on their heads until some of them skidded off the cardboard and accidently scalped themselves. This practice sort of ended around the late 80's. But by then nobody was dancing in competitions like that anymore. As rap got more popular people found explicit joy in shooting eachother to pieces.

Still.... for what its worth. 1884 was a much more simpler time for simple minded people.
Like me.
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NEW EDITION - COOL IT NOW

ACCEPT --- ACCEPT THIS BAD VIDEO.... OR ELSE.. !!! (MAN !!!)


"This song did to midgets what White Castles did for hamburgers"Get a load of tiny micro rocker Udo doing his best evil munchkin persona. The synchronized V guitar movements are bad enough but then this video tops iteself with unrelenting head banging. This blows out to a full tizzy......


But this ending.... is there any way I can describe this videos ending and keep a straight face?This video found the light of day on MTV's, "Beavis and Butthead" and I was somewhat shocked when I saw the ending of this video. Was I supposed to say, "Oh wow, kick ass, I wish I could do that!".... or was I supposed to giggle my ass off?


The truth of it was I couldn't compose myself for even a nano second. I cracked up and fell over -- man, this was hilarious.Back in the 80's I never saw Accept live and thats a fact of life that I've learned to Accept... ahem... hmmmmmm (gruumfffpph)......


BUT, I was lucky enough to see a mini thrash ensemble in Ann Arbor called, SCRAPS. The band was fronted with a pint sized Billy Idol type who brought on rounds of hearty laughter. If memory serves this guy came over AND KICKED ME in the leg.... hahha... I was kicked by this evil micro midget. I wasn't sure if I was at a rock show or a rennaisance festival.
It wasn't even a fair fight.... what else could I do. If it were a real brawl, I suppose one could just pick him up and throw him.... Don't you just miss the 80's?


Any who, I hope you enjoy this ending of this video as much as I did. The rest of it sort of tanks on its own. But the ending..... Well, dear friends, its what dreams are made of.

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Ted Cantu is the creator of
http://www.beautyloungestore.com he has contributed to several blogs and podcasts such as…..http://911copywriters.podomatic.com. He served as a top rated art director for Interactive Web Marketing groups in Chicago and New York City.

ACCCEPT - BALLS TO THE WALL

Sunday, February 11, 2007

CELINE DION - YOU SHOOK MY ALL NIGHT LONG

"OH GIRLFRIEND... THIS BLOWS"

The second she screams.... "He was a SEX MACHINE..." I knew I was going to need a tylenol. This is really bad and its intensified with the interjections, "Come ON Girlfriend... Give it to me Girlfriend ... ".... and "You said a mouthfull girl !"..... COME ON MAN !

This is elevated crap at its highest form.


dannyexpo (11 hours ago)
i think im going to puke
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millertas (12 hours ago)
You are sooooo right. This is a joke.
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holaellen (16 hours ago)
ACDC would puke, i have never seen such crap before
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sanddemond316 (19 hours ago)
That was absolutely horible.

CELINE DION GOES METAL