Words cannot describe Roger Waters live in concert, but I will try.
(Btw, after Blogger erased my whole detailed entry, I decide to make a simpler one instead.)
Roger Waters and his band were very tight, well rehearsed and Roger Waters sounded just as good as hedid on the original recording. He was very spritely, and even looked the same but with gray hair now. He performed all the songs with the heart and emotion you would expect and never left us bored.
The visual highlights of the night were a plane crashing into the wall setting it on fire, the floating pig, three large balloon/puppets of the characters from the movie, a plane image on the wall dropping religious symbols as if they were bombs, and the whole wall being built. (Right when Roger Waters said the last 'Goodbye' of "Goodbye Cruel World" the last brick was pushed in...very expert timing and a very affective moment.)
The best songs of the eening were "In The Flesh?", "Goodbye Cruel World", "Hey You" "Run Like Hell," "In The Flesh", "Comfortably Numb" and the song that made everyone cry "Nobody Home."
The concert ended with the band equiped with acoustic instruments (Roger Waters with a trumpet) playing "Outside the Wall" in front of the wreckage as if none of the nights events ever happened...
Sunday, September 19, 2010
2010 MTV VMAs...Lady Gaga's Night
Eight out of thirteen aint bad. Lady Gaga swept the MTV VMAs, and even picked up the biggest award of the night: Best Video of the Year.
(Although she also picked up weirdest moment of the night when she won the big prize from Cher, while dressed in a meat dress...obviously causing all of PETA to mutually faint.)
Eminem had a great night with a great opening number (Not Afraid/Love the Way You Lie) and winning two award for "Not Afraid."
Jared Leto's "rock" band won Best Rock Video for "Kings and Queens." (Really...this isn't real rock.)
And for the non-shock of the night...Justin Bieber won Best New Artist. (But was he lipsynching?)
I give Florence+the Machine performance of the night for her tribal dance/epic "Dog Days are Over." (and while im talking about her...everyone should listen to that album in full. shes the best thing in music in a long time.)
I didn't love Taylor Swift's rather boring performance, but B.o.B./Bruno Mars/ Haley Williams with Paramore did a great trio performance.
This finally brings us to the end of the show: Kanye West. I could ramble all day about his Taylor Swift scandal last year, but I won't. Instead I'll comment on his tame performance this year. The whole show was building up to what could have been a very epic Kanye finale, but turned out to be a good colour-schemed mediocre song (which is what Kanye West's career is anyways.) The song wasn't very good (especially that random rapper that showed up halfway through) although the chorus was pretty good and very catchy. For no reason at all Kanye ended in autotune (making Jay Z cringe..."D.O.A.") and causing alot of confusion to the audience.
Overall, the award show was pretty good (better then usual) but I am NOT looking forward to Kanye's new album like everyone else is...
(Although she also picked up weirdest moment of the night when she won the big prize from Cher, while dressed in a meat dress...obviously causing all of PETA to mutually faint.)
Eminem had a great night with a great opening number (Not Afraid/Love the Way You Lie) and winning two award for "Not Afraid."
Jared Leto's "rock" band won Best Rock Video for "Kings and Queens." (Really...this isn't real rock.)
And for the non-shock of the night...Justin Bieber won Best New Artist. (But was he lipsynching?)
I give Florence+the Machine performance of the night for her tribal dance/epic "Dog Days are Over." (and while im talking about her...everyone should listen to that album in full. shes the best thing in music in a long time.)
I didn't love Taylor Swift's rather boring performance, but B.o.B./Bruno Mars/ Haley Williams with Paramore did a great trio performance.
This finally brings us to the end of the show: Kanye West. I could ramble all day about his Taylor Swift scandal last year, but I won't. Instead I'll comment on his tame performance this year. The whole show was building up to what could have been a very epic Kanye finale, but turned out to be a good colour-schemed mediocre song (which is what Kanye West's career is anyways.) The song wasn't very good (especially that random rapper that showed up halfway through) although the chorus was pretty good and very catchy. For no reason at all Kanye ended in autotune (making Jay Z cringe..."D.O.A.") and causing alot of confusion to the audience.
Overall, the award show was pretty good (better then usual) but I am NOT looking forward to Kanye's new album like everyone else is...
Saturday, September 4, 2010
This is what you'll need...
If you want a good upbeat/party sounding band try...Black Kids
If you want a soulful band whose new album is outstanding try...the Black Keys
If you crave the sound of Jenny Lewis try...Jenny and Johnny (Johnny=Jonathon Rice, her boyfriend)
If you want to try something different but amazing try...Scarlett Johanssen and Pete Yorn (sorry for any spelling mistakes in that one)
If you want something noisy and very odd try...Klaxons
Finally, if you want something Canadian that sound like they only listen to the Beatles try....Zeus
That's all for now
If you want a soulful band whose new album is outstanding try...the Black Keys
If you crave the sound of Jenny Lewis try...Jenny and Johnny (Johnny=Jonathon Rice, her boyfriend)
If you want to try something different but amazing try...Scarlett Johanssen and Pete Yorn (sorry for any spelling mistakes in that one)
If you want something noisy and very odd try...Klaxons
Finally, if you want something Canadian that sound like they only listen to the Beatles try....Zeus
That's all for now
Thursday, September 2, 2010
OK Go
Ok Go may not be the greatest band ever, but they sure are appealing. They create catchy songs, with the best inexpensive videos ever.
"Here We Go Again" from their first album, was a viral hit with it's one take treadmill video.
Now they've done it again.
The song "This Too Shall Pass" (which btw, is a very, very good song) has a new one take video. Done with a Rube Goldberg machine, the song is played overtop while the viewer can see what this chain of events is all leading up to. I won't ruin the ending here, but it is definitely worth watching.
Enjoy
"Here We Go Again" from their first album, was a viral hit with it's one take treadmill video.
Now they've done it again.
The song "This Too Shall Pass" (which btw, is a very, very good song) has a new one take video. Done with a Rube Goldberg machine, the song is played overtop while the viewer can see what this chain of events is all leading up to. I won't ruin the ending here, but it is definitely worth watching.
Enjoy
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