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In my opinion, Kids is definitely one of the best songs of 2008. MGMT once again disappointed me live at Leeds, but Kids (and time to pretend) were miles better than the rest of their set. The legendary Soulwax have just remixed Kids, (along with The Chemical Brothers Hey boy Hey Girl-amazing remix), as expected its fucking sick.
Woah woah woah, a week after it's release and this album has reignited my love for Bloc Party. As good as A Weekend In The City was, it was nowhere close to what Bloc Party are capable of. Intimacy reaches the highs of Silent Alarm, mixing classic Bloc Party lyrics with a more electronic sound (not quite Flux levels). Kele said this was his "break-up" album and this is evidenced throughout the album. Ares is pretty classic Kele lyrically, reminiscent of Helicopter in (surely?) anti-US/UK war attitudes. Mercury is alot better in the context of the album, although I am still pretty unsure what it's about lol. Halo and Biko are up there with Bloc Party's best, Biko potentially my favourite Bloc ever. If only the consistency of the first 4 songs had been maintained, then this would have been up there with Death Cab, Coldplay et all for album of the year. Trojan Horse and Zepherus are decent tunes, but nothing special. But the likes of Signs, One Month Off and Ion Square make up for it and it would be no surprise if this made my top 5/10 of the year.
first things first, cant believe I haven't reported about this before, death cab are touring Europe and the UK in november, and yes I will be seeing them for the first time! hopefully 2/3 times!! sheffield academy, hopefully notts rock city, paris bataclan!His experience has taught him something that career politicians often overlook: that inconvenient truths must be acknowledged if we are to have wise governance."
Barack Obama said:
"We meet at one of those defining moments - a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more."
"Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land - enough! This moment - this election - is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. On November 4th, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough.""
and much more....
from ents 24:
very controversial decision from darlton, ana-lucia will return for one episode (ep2 probs) in season 5 of lost. AL was largely hated by fans, but i thought she was a brilliant character, who I would have loved to have seen interact with Ben/Juliet/the freighties. Her death occurred in episode 18 of season 2 "two for the road" and was one of the most shocking moments in lost ever for me, from one of the best episodes.
Nirvana made its first music video for an early version of "In Bloom" in 1990, however the song did not appear on a commercial release until the release of the group's second album, Nevermind, in 1991. "In Bloom" became the fourth and final single from the album late in 1992. It was accompanied by a music video which parodied musical performances of 1960s variety shows.
Like many Nirvana songs, "In Bloom" shifts back and forth between quiet verses to loud chorus. The rhythm section of Novoselic and Grohl kept its parts simple; Grohl stated it was "an unspoken rule" to avoid unnecessary drum fills, while Novoselic said he felt his role was about "serving the song". During the choruses, vocalist Cobain and drummer Grohl harmonize while singing "He's the one/Who likes all our pretty songs/And he likes to sing along/And he likes to shoot his gun/But he knows not what it means". The song's intro reappears at the end of each chorus.
Cobain's lyrics address the people outside of the underground music scene that began showing up at Nirvana shows after the release of the group's debut album Bleach. Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad wrote, "But remarkably, [the song's lyrics] translated even better to the mass popularity the band enjoyed." Regarding the song's chorus, Azerrad commented, "The brilliant irony is that the tune is so catchy that millions of people actually do sing along to it.""
the first since i've been back...leeds themed...
what did we learn from comic-con?
it was about time they made some good music.....
jay-z has a new song, set to be on "the blueprint 3", out early next year, its fuckin awesome. kanye production and jay near his lyrical best make this a banger. the 3rd in the blueprint series is set to include production from kanye and timbaland.
