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All-time Top 10 Rock Songs

jeez — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:55:36 -0400

1. The Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965)
A brutal, cheeky, swaggering rejection of everything that middle class society held dear -- "I'm just not SATISFIED with any of this crap" -- fueled by one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time and Charlie Watts' implacable on-the-beat drumming. Simply undeniable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWfLiEoG98

Radiohead - House of Cards

Cristina — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:49:23 -0400

Radiohead just released a new video for its song "House of Cards" from the album "In Rainbows".No cameras or lights were used!
Watch the making-of video(in comments) to learn about how the video was made and the various technologies that were used to capture and render 3D data.

Lior in the UK

Lux — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:11:10 -0400

Lior is one of Australia’s highest selling most compelling independent artists, pioneering his own unique style of Epic Folk.

6 Famous Songs That Don't Mean What You Think

jeez — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:11:23 -0400

6. Bryan Adams "Summer of '69"
5. The Rolling Stones "Angie"
4. Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight"
3. Tom Petty "American Girl"

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A New Kids on the Block Comeback!

jane — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:58:52 -0400

Fans all around the world hold their breath and can't believe the best news of the year. New Kids on the Block come back.
More info on the NKOTB website.

Michael Buble: Feeling Good - Official Video

luke — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:27:16 -0400

Birds flyin' high
You know how I feel
Sun in the sky
You know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn

Mason Williams Classical Gas

Dmytro — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:05:26 -0400

Question: who is better: Mason Williams, Eric Clapton, Glen Campbell or Tommy Emmanuel?

Answer: It depends whose you heard first.

Nathan "Flutebox" Lee and Beardyman

Cristina — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:34:33 -0400

The UK's premier beatboxers performing live at the Google offices in London.

The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time

Dmytro — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:53:21 -0400

1) Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

2) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze

3) Cream - Crossroads

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European Music Festivals - Summer 2008

jane — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:29:54 -0400

Roskilde Festival
When: 3-6 July 2008
Where: Roskilde, Denmark

10 music videos that should have been movies

Dmytro — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:04:46 -0400

JoBlo published top 10 music videos, that should have been movies, in their opinion. Should or not - decide yourself. Any way these music videos are great, aren't they?

JoBlo list:

RADIOHEAD - "Just"

NINE INCH NAILS - "Closer"

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BRAZZAVILLE "Star Called Sun"

luke — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:12:39 -0400

And Original version of the Kino Band and russian rock star of the 80's - Victor Tsoy. I like both versions, lyrics are great!

All Points West Music & Arts Festival!

musiklvr4life — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:20:09 -0400

ALL POINTS WEST MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL is set for August 8, 9 and 10, 2008. The three-day, multi-stage music and arts festival featuring a wide variety of artists including Radiohead and Jack Johnson will take place at Liberty State Park in New Jersey, a historic location offering panoramic views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the Manhattan skyline.

Coldplay's new album

tania — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:34:01 -0400

June 17th became a release day for new album of Coldplay named "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends". It already has made bursting sales at the very first day and scores No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week (first time for the group).

Nice review of "Viva La Vida" album: http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=346591.

It's a Girl for Jamie Lynn Spears!

SweetLo — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:59:45 -0400

Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital, according to a friend of the Spears family. The friend, who asked not to be identified because the family had not yet announced the baby's birth, told The Associated Press that the baby was named Maddie Briann and weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces.

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Motley Crue Set to Tour, But Frustrated by Film

AniaZ — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:48:49 -0400

Motley Crue are back with a new album, a song that's a hit with gamers and an upcoming festival tour, but the bad-boy rockers are frustrated that a long-awaited movie about their lives is going nowhere.

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Rammstein and White Culture

Bettina — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:05:25 -0400

If an African American listens to music from Africa, everyone thinks that is good. If a Japanese-American is into a group from Japan (Dir En Grey, for example), people can accept that with no problem. Hispanic-Americans listen to Spanish/Portuguese music all the time, and it is barely noticed anymore.

Jaded - Aerosmith

MayKasahara — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:19:21 -0400

Hey j-j-jaded!!!!!!!!!!!

Metallica Names New Album 'Death Magnetic'

AniaZ — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:36:13 -0400

Metallica's new album will be titled "Death Magnetic" and is expected in September via Warner Bros. The news was revealed over the weekend via the band's Web site.

No new material has been played live at the band's handful of recent shows, but British journalists have heard rough mixes of six untitled songs, several of which cross the seven-minute mark.

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Paul McCartney rocks Kiev (Drive My Car)

jane — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:56:14 -0400

Thunder and lightning filled the skies yet the true electricity came from the stage as Sir Paul McCartney gave his first ever concert in Kiev on Saturday.

A record 350,000 braved the inclement weather to see the musician. The charity concert, in the former Soviet republic's Independence Square, was the Ukraine's biggest ever.