Archive for October 16th, 2009
Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily
October 16th, 2009
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The Material Girl made her twelfth appearance on the cover of Rolling Stone as Madonna looked back at her historic career. We celebrated Madonna with her most Iconic Moments, took a tour of her RS covers and reminisced with photos from her Sticky & Sweet Tour.
“I think Lady Gaga is great… She’s got something,” Madonna said of her recent SNL co-star, and this week alone RS‘ Hot Diva revealed the tour dates for her ...
Weekend Rock List: Flying Songs
October 16th, 2009
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Yesterday, the world was riveted by the story of Falcon Heene, the Colorado kid who was thought to have stowed away in his dad’s makeshift flying saucer … but was actually just hiding in a box in the attic like any normal six-year-old. As a tribute to Balloon Boy — who had the RS offices glued to the TV like Sully’s Hudson River landing — this weekend’s Rock List is dedicated to Flying Songs. ...
Behind the All-American Rejects’ “I Wanna” Video: Exclusive Photos
October 16th, 2009
Photo: Ari Michelson
Never-ending house parties, camera phones, lawn animals, inflatable pools and jock-strap bathing suits — they’re all key ingredients in the All-American Rejects‘ video for “I Wanna,” the latest clip from their third album When the World Comes Down. “This video is crazy. The premise is there’s been a party that’s been going on for days and days and days, and in walks this little vixen with this alpha-male,” Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter tells ...
Ask Paramore Your Burning Questions
October 16th, 2009
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We’ll have Paramore up in the Rolling Stone offices for a chat next week, and we’d love to ask them your burning questions. Wondering what hair dye Hayley Williams uses? What it’s like being on vocal rest? If they’re psyched to see New Moon? What their favorite driving songs are? Hit us in the comments or give us your suggestions via Twitter or Facebook. And don’t forget to check back next week to see ...
Flashback: Albano and Lauper Engage in Father-Daughter Smackdown in “Piper’s Pit”
October 16th, 2009
We were saddened this week by the news that WWE wrestler Captain Lou Albano, a familiar face to music fans thanks to his appearances in Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “The Goonies R’ Good Enough” videos, passed away at the age of 76. In this week’s Flashback, Lauper visits wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper’s Piper’s Pit for an interview that eventually leads to fisticuffs between the She’s So Unusual singer and the ...
Alicia Keys, David Bowie: Inside the Star-Studded Black Ball ‘09
October 16th, 2009
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For the past six years, Keep a Child Alive has brought out big names in music for its annual Black Ball gala. This year, the Alicia Keys-hosted bash drew Chris Martin and John Mayer to the stage (and David Bowie to the scene). Check out photos from the event here:
• The Star-Studded Black Ball 2009: Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, John Mayer, David Bowie and More
Single Minded: Britney’s “3,” Led Zep’s “Whole Lotta Love” Remixed
October 16th, 2009
Led Zeppelin feat. Xaphoon Jones, Clipse and Birdman, “Whole Lotta Love” [Remix/Mashup]
Hearing Pusha T and Malice repeat “What happened to that boy?” between Plant’s pained yowl is weirdly thrilling — like they’re egging him on. Unlike most rock/hip-hop mashups, all the rappers sound genuinely great on this, matching the original’s toughness note for sneering note.
Britney Spears, “3″ [Slow Remix]
If this is the “slow” remix, what does the fast remix sound like? Those odd guitar arpeggios ...
Jack White Can’t Stop Dancing in Dead Weather’s Second “I Cut Like a Buffalo” Video
October 16th, 2009
If you watched the Jack White-directed video for the Dead Weather’s “I Cut Like a Buffalo” two weeks ago and wished the clip had more footage of White busting out his dance moves, the White Stripes frontman has heard your pleas. MySpace Music posted Version II of the “I Cut Like a Buffalo” video, and it’s just one long shot of White and a masked belly dancer swaying to the Horehound cut for four minutes. ...
“Unexplainable” Photo Snapped at Jim Morrison’s Grave
October 16th, 2009
Here’s one for fans of the late, great Unsolved Mysteries (and the still-crankin’, not quite as great Ghost Hunters): A photograph taken in 1997 at the French cemetery where Doors frontman Jim Morrison is buried features a ghostly apparition that appears to be Morrison. Are you with us? We may lose you here: the photo has been deemed authentic, the U.K.’s Daily Express reports (via Spinner). The snapshot shows rock historian Brett Meisner standing next ...
Them Crooked Vultures Blast Through Jams at New York Debut
October 16th, 2009
Photo: Ken Grand-Pierre“It’s a lot of new music,” said Them Crooked Vultures frontman Josh Homme onstage at the Roseland Ballroom for the New York debut of his supergroup with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones last night. “It’s not often you get to hear a bunch of music that you have no idea what’s gonna happen.”
Supergroups supergallery: Cream, Audioslave and more.
Debuting in public seems like a coup in the age of instant leaks and message ...