Reznor: Radiohead Offering Was Insincere, ‘Idol’ Continues To Be A Monster, How to Become Famous, and Excessive Lyrics in Music….
Posted March 14, 2008 — in Music News
American Idol Continues to Be A Monster: Leslie Moonves CEO of CBS called Fox’s ratings hit “American Idol” a “monster” and urged somebody to “kill that show.” ‘American Idol’ continues to be a monster,” Moonves said. “It’s a phenomenon. If somebody would kill that show, I’d really appreciate it. But it’s a national phenomenon, and it continues to do extremely well. It’s tough to compete with it.”
Trent on Radiohead: The Nine Inch Nails front-man has been quite vocal these days and this time he critiques Radiohead’s offering of Rainbows. “I think the way [Radiohead] parlayed it into a marketing gimmick has certainly been shrewd,” Reznor said when speaking to Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Michael Atkin.
“But if you look at what they did, though, it was very much a bait and switch to get you to pay for a MySpace-quality stream as a way to promote a very traditional record sale.”
“There’s nothing wrong with that,” Reznor continued, “but I don’t see that as a big revolution [that] they’re kinda getting credit for.” To me that feels insincere. It relies upon the fact that it was quote-unquote ‘first,’ and it takes the headlines with it.”
Are Excessive Lyrics Ruining Pop Music? The year-end top 10 songs from 1960 to 1969 have an average word count of 176. The year-end top 10 songs from 1960 to 1969 have an average word count of 176. Chris Brown and T-Pain use 742 words in their “Kiss Kiss.” While music can express what words cannot, music rarely gets a chance in contemporary pop, and certainly not in “Kiss Kiss.” Except for the first two seconds, vocals fill the song’s every moment. Read full article here.
Trent Never Stops: NIN have teamed up with YouTube to host a “film festival” around Ghosts. The concept is for the fans to submit videos for their favorite tracks.
Active Rock Charts….
1. Puddle Of Mudd - Psycho
2. Foo Fighter - Long Road To Ruin
3. Theory Of a Deadman - So Happy
4. Breaking Benjamin - Until the End
5. Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy
6. Seether - Fake it
7. Five Finger Death Punch - The Bleeding
8. Ashes Divide - The Stone
9. Atreyu - Falling Down
10.3 Doors Down - It’s Not My Time
How to Become Famous: Forget about routing a tour or adding friends on myspace. Instead, find yourself a high profile government official and show him a good time. Instant fame. Ashley’s first song “What We Want” hit Amie Street’s top price of 98 cents before midnight last night. She uploaded a second track “Move Ya Body”. The tracks suck but I’m sure they are selling.
Artist updates: Chasing Satellites by Hello Operator got 16 weeks on Much Music.
Kings of A&R: We need a shot in the arm. Send us new music. Email tips@kingsofar.com with a link to your myspace and a song we should be listening to.
Kiss Kiss is a great song. The increase in lyrics over the years is inconsequential, in fact I’d say it’s a welcome change. If William Weir doesn’t like Kiss Kiss, sucks for him.
Comment by Keith — March 14, 2008 @ 9:55 am
also, kids are less proficient with their instruments today, so vocals fill the void.
Comment by gina — March 14, 2008 @ 11:10 am
Hello Operator never seems to get the break they deserve! They are an awesome Canadian band.
Comment by liz — March 14, 2008 @ 12:09 pm
I totally agree that Excessive Lyrics Ruining Pop Music, buts it’s just not pop music - its ALL music. The reason why lyrics are excessive because todays singers cannot carry notes.
Look at the excessive lyrics in the fallout boy song:
Am I more than you bargained for yet
I’ve been dying to tell you anything you want to hear
Cause that’s just who I am this week
Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum
I’m just a notch in your bedpost
But you’re just a line in a song
(A notch in your bedpost, but you’re just a line in a song)
No breath between lines, why? because Patrick can’t hum a note. He literally speaks through the verses and choruses. Same thing can be found in My Chemical Romance. This is why these pop songs wont be heard on radio playlists 10 years later, they are good for about 6 months (Tops). These vocalists cant sing live either.
There is a HUGE difference between superstar acts like GREENDAY, U2, METALLICA and these newer modern bands.
Comment by rich — March 15, 2008 @ 9:11 am
About time someone says the truth about these singers. I thought I was being just mean about their vocals. They just plain can’t sing. I can’t figure out how they have gone this far. And my insight about the hooker, looks like I might be right about her laughing her a– off after all. It will be another poor little rich girl…
Comment by Leslie Bennett — March 17, 2008 @ 7:43 am