Miałam już od dawna chęć, by coś tu napisać, więc pomyślałam, że zrobię jakieś małe podsumowanie z powodu tego tam, 7000 odtworzenia i zbliżającego się końca roku. Co prawda roku tego nie podsumuję, bo chociaż datą założenia konta jest 26 listopada 2008r. to takim stałym użytkownikiem jestem gdzieś tak od marca, więc wiadomo ;-) Tak więc takie oto podsumowanie poniżej zamieszczam :D
15. Rain Fests
Lolla, APW got a ton of rain, and yet nothing was cancelled. A few acts were delayed, and weren't able to play, but the show went on. Mud fights were endless. Tons of fun, the way it should be.
14. U2 makes one of their best albums, don't get nominated for any top-honor Grammys
Because I hate the Grammys but loved No Line On The Horizon.
13. Dirty Projectors are Accessible
Acapella rock never sounded so good, and Dirty Projectors, with their release of Bitte Orca, made my year as one of the best artists. Weirdest thing ever, but extremely listenable, and I believe when the word got out, they became loved by most people who listened.
12. Indie NSFW
Thank you Girls and The Flaming Lips, you both had great years, but did you have to display you and your friends junk to the internet? It's because of you I know what NSFW stands for. Congrats.
11. M.I.A.; Mommy In Action
The Grammys & The Academy Awards? You were just making beats with Diplo when I met you, and now you've taken over the world. I couldn't be happier.
10. Merriweather Post Pavillion
Best album of the year? Probably for a lot of people, but Animal Collective have really made their classic album. And it sports the best cover of the year, too. Just stare.
9. Single Ladies
I'ma letchu finish, but Beyoncé really did have one of the best videos of all time. And apparently the most inspiring of the year.
8. Grizzly Bear, #8 on Billboard Veckatimest blew up, proof that they had a ton of fans and a lot of hype. It's also their best album, so well done.
7. Jay-Z Murders Autotune D.O.A. itself is massive, but what Jay-Z has done is make sure we all know who the king of hip-hop is, and at the same time, remember that the genre can continue to grow without selling out.
6. Radiohead vs. Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, and that guy from Fiery Furnaces
No album released for the biggest band ever, but they stirred up enough controversy, when something like Miley Cyrus got offended because she proclaimed she loved them and they wouldn't present her performance or something? and Kanye West the same thing? and that guy from that band made fun of them for something like being arrogant? Whatever, it was hilarious, because Radiohead would totally beat all these goons in Celebrity Boxing anyway. Wouldn't that be fun to see?
5. Lady GaGa is a Monster
Her album was released last year, but she blew up in 2009. She's the most innovative and crazy pop artist... of all time? Well, we'll see. But so far it seems promising. She's nuts and we love it.
4. Jay-Z & Alicia Keyes Perform at Yankee Stadium, Empire State of Mind Becomes Classic
Yup. A-Rod bobbin his head.
3. Phoenix is Famous
Finally, a good sounding band that all people can fall in love with. And they're from France. And they're catchy, explorative, and fresh. They've been around of a while, but they really made this year one of the best for me. I can just listen to them all the time...
2. The Beatles are Hip with the Kids Paul McCartney did CitiField. The Beatles Rock Band was released. And every Beatles record ever was remixed and sounds better than ever. Best part? I see them on commercials on MTV. It's like they've invaded again.
1. Jay-Z& Beyoncé show up to a Grizzly Bear Concert
The youtube videos that rocked my world this year involved the same two acts: Jay-Z and Grizzly Bear. Watching Jay-Z sway to Ready, Able at a concert he went to with Beyoncé was the most out-of-place thing this year. And then suddenly it turned into the biggest thing for me this year to appreciate, when I saw Jay-Z interviewed about his attendance, claiming that indie rock now is like what hip-hop was in the 80's. "The Golden Age". He raved about it. And now I'm raving about him raving about it. Awesome. (Oh, and then the band played with the LSO. Nuff Said.)
The modern pop album fully demonstrates the state of music today. "It is daft to imitate the original classics", proclaim the purists. Indeed, and the voices often sound as fuzzy as those from patrolling heavy-armored vehicles.
In the 70s, pop music was vibrant and original. Michael Jackson, the Bee Gees, Elton John, and others, added sophisticated layers to their brilliant music. Today it's simply recycled by the same old formula.
Consider the indictment of Lady GaGa, who cannot hold a candle to these originals. Really, can no one manage to open up a decent singing voice? Today's Rap scene too is densely crowded... and the "stars" are all second-rate talents.
I blame Disney, foremost, as the leaders who made this plastic, interchangeable style of Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake popular. Most of their records are "corporate products" and they may- at the slightest hint from their vulgar beatmasters- drop their clothes.
As one despondent listener noted, "these manufactured products aim for sales and not real long-term emotional/intellectual impact on the listener. Jay Sean is really a mediocre talent, without an original bone in his body. Oh yes, he has stamina, and how I wish I could feed his albums to him."
I've heard a lot of bullshit about this, so it's time for a rant.
Lesser of two evils you fools! I already owned that song twice over thanks to the album itself and the GTA:SA soundtrack and I still bought it again. The fact that it's not their best song or even if it's not a good song is irrelevant.
I would honestly rather have "The Crack-head Children's Choir sings the best of Barbra Streisand" as number one than Joe Mcdilberry's take on a "Miley Cyrus Classic"* (Oxymoron alert).
That shit is wrong on so many levels. While the "Part I of IV" subtitle at the top was technically my facetiousness getting the better of me, I could probably do four parts to this journal without running out of things to say.
I fucking hate Billy Ray Cyrus man. His songs suck. His shitty album stopped a good album like Countdown To Extinction by Megadeth getting to number 1. His name makes him sound like the inbred love-child of two members of the Tennessee State Sodomy Club. He fucking looks like the inbred love-child of two members of the Tennessee State Sodomy Club as well. I'll give it to Cyrus that the dance he did at the end of Achy Breaky Heart wasn't the most terrible thing in the entire world. This is semi-irrelevant, but the point is nothing good could possibly come from ol' Billy Ray.
So his daughter Miley Cyrus. You can tell she is his daughter because she has that little bit of an inbred overbite that her dad has.** Now if you remember the quotation I put earlier, some poor fool reckoned that Miley Cyrus not only produced a good song, but that it was in fact good enough to earn the term "classic". Excuse me for a minute, I need to take a very deep breath.
FUCKING MORON!
That's all that needs to be said there.
And now the X-Factor Finalists 2009 and "Mr"*** Joe McElderry. Yeah, so I noticed Michael Jackson died earlier this year. Apparently so did X-Factor and thought "Hey, what's popular enough for us to do for a charity song". By "do" in that previous sentence I mean "ruin". I would rather (and did) give £10 to said charity than pay £4 for that shit. Hell, I would rather pay £40 to charity just to avoid hearing it. Well while we're at it, I'd pay the charity all the spare money I have for a year if they ran over Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole in a steam roller.
...Well it is for a good cause.
Speaking of Cheryl Cole, I've heard Girls Aloud via radio, via looking up music videos to wank off to, via television etc. etc. At least two of the girls can sing in that group. Cheryl Cole is NOT one of them. She can't sing for shit. Back up singer material for sure. Furthermore, she was pretty hot when they did The Show's music video, but I dunno what happened, she doesn't look quite as nice anymore.
Right, so Joe McElderry. Terrible, awful, terrible, shit cover of Don't Stop Believin' by Journey. When I heard someone on X Factor did a cover I stopped believing in many things... The innate goodness of mankind, a good and/or holy God and McElderry's ability to maintain an erection.
Now I can't maintain an erection either, I caught my wife sleeping with another man and I feel like a woman trapped in a man's body... I CAN'T GET OUT!
For the record, The Climb was shit before he covered it. He failed to give it new life. It is still shit.
Last but far, far, far from least, Rage Against the Machine. They're not my favourite band. They're not my second favourite band. They're not even on my top eight, ten, twenty or fifty. I have their first two albums Rage Against the Machine and Evil Empire. I also have the song in question Killing in the Name on the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto. So I have it twice already.
I still bought it online.
Let me show you some things I know:
1) Rage Against The Machine have several better songs
2) Rage Against The Machine are on the Sony Label,***** the same label Simon Cowell is tied to.
3) Rage Against The Machine talk about anarchy and not doing what people tell you and yet in bringing them to number 1 and buying the song you are in fact conforming and doing what people are telling you.
4) Rage Against The Machine promised not to swear on Radio Five and then swore anyway.******
5) Tom Morello is a bit of a boner.
All of those things (except arguably 5) are 100% true.
Does that mean you shouldn't buy it?
NO IT FUCKING DOESN'T YOU STUPID FUCKING MORON!
WERE YOU NOT FUCKING READING WHAT I SAID ABOVE!?
It's pretty fucking clear what is the much, much, much, much lesser of two evils here.
Do the right fucking thing and buy Killing In The Name, it'll cost you next to nothing, it WILL annoy Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and McDilberry and it would be 900%******* less shit. Don't be a Tool.
Thank you and good night.
*Actual Quote
**I know this because I too, am inbred.
***Not sure if you're supposed to put this in front of a person who appears to be a man, but doesn't seem to have a penis. Dictionary wasn't entirely clear.
****Click the word dysentery for further details of this reference.
*****I bet the guys who started this campaign up were working for Sony, you know. Conspiracy to make as much money as physically possible.
******Presumably causing six elderly ladies to suffer heart attacks and/or severe strokes from the shock of hearing the word "fuck" so early in the morning.
*******MATHEMATICAL ERROR!!!!
First, make a list of your top-10 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 80 represents an extremely varied one.
Miley Cyrus
2. Lady GaGa - The Fame (714) 
