The only thing worthwhile about Ron Howard’s latest “comedy” “The Dilemma” is that this song appears towards the end. This is what they play whenever the ‘Hawks score a goal, and it’s as pitch-perfect a choice as there is. Listen to that vocal hook. There’s a drunken barroom, rugby-players-tying-one-on-after-a-match feel to it that is contagious. And the video, boiiiiiing! Scores and scores of women in negligee. You had us at ‘scores of women.’ The negligee is a bonus.
Again with that goddamn exclamation point. And to think we thought it was lost forever. D’oh.
When we last saw the then-puncuation-free Panic at the Disco, they were getting their Beatles on in a big way with 2008’s Pretty. Odd. We, of course, thought it was awesome, but the younger members of their fan base hated it, which shows that their parents didn’t play the Beatles for them when they were growing up and have therefore failed society as a whole, but that’s another story. The band, now a duo after the departure of their bassist and guitarist (the latter of whom was also their primary songwriter), the band’s new album Vices and Virtues is a unapologetic swipe at the brass ring, and few songs on the album demonstrate that better than new single “Ready to Go.” With the sky-high “Oh oh ohhhhh” in the chorus, Panic (sorry, but we cannot bring ourselves to use that exclamation point again) seems to be going after Katy Perry’s babysitting money demographic, and to be fair, that’s not a bad play. The tune is damn catchy, and better yet, Brendon Urie can sing.
Will it work? Who knows. It’s damn near impossible to get a hit these days, even for established artists. But after Urie won us over in an interview earlier this year, it’s hard not to root for the guy.
Here’s some classic footage of Kate Moss on the catwalk back in her heyday. She was only 5′ 7″ and she still made it as a supermodel. It’s not too hard to figure out why . . .
We’re still trying to figure out exactly how the word ‘steampunk’ had eluded us for so long. The short answer is because we don’t read as much as we’d like to (covering music, movies, TV and sports will do that to a person), but either way, once we saw that Chicago band Hey Champ closed their (awesome) 2010 album Star with a song called “Steampunk Camelot,” we suddenly saw the word everywhere. Like, say, in the subject header for the email promoting this band’s strange new video.
This is the only song we’ve heard from All Mankind, but we dig the vibe, a blend of Muse’s theatrics and Crowded House’s pop instincts. And the latter makes sense, since the band is from Australia. (Yes, Neil Finn is from New Zealand, but close enough for jazz.) The video is pretty sweet, too. It reminds us of the 2009 animated film “9,” only better. And for those who want to hear Hey Champ’s “Steampunk Camelot” — and if you’re at all a fan of Drama-era Yes or the Buggles, you do not want to miss this — click here. Rock on.
Happy Friday, everyone. Go embrace your childhood (or your parents’ childhood) with the old-fashioned game of Spin the Bottle. Awkward, but fun, much like adolescence itself.
We’re big fans of Miss Thornley, and this clip is a stitch. The song itself reminds us of Peaches, but doesn’t make us want to punch an old woman in the face like her music does.