Test Pattern : Music

'This Is It'? Not for me

Paige Newman — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT

On Oct. 30, oddly enough just in time for Halloween, Sony Pictures will release “Michael Jackson This Is It.” People will line up, pay their $10 to take a look at Jackson’s final performance before his death. For me, this prospect is cringe worthy. ...(read more)

Adios, NIN. But what now?

Anna Chan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Back in February, when Trent Reznor announced that it was "time to make NIN disappear for a while," I didn't think too much of it. I thought I'd just have to wait several years for another album from my favorite band ever. I figured if I could wait five years for "The Fragile" and six more years after that for "With Teeth," I could wait just as long for the next album or tour. Then he called Bonnaroo his last U.S. show, and that's when it hit me....(read more)

Song lyrics that make you go hmm...

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:00:00 GMT

We've discussed misheard lyrics before, but how come so many lyrics just don't make sense, even when they're heard correctly? Let's take them to task....(read more)

Introducing the Rod Stewart Rule

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT

In my head, I keep a list of three musical acts that I just can't stand to hear. If one of those acts comes on the radio, I invoke the Rod Stewart Rule. The Rule gives me the right to change the station, instantly, no questions asked, no argument, simply because that act is on my list. ...(read more)

Leave Susan Boyle the heck alone

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Are we in the middle of the Susan Boyle honeymoon, or the backlash, or the bogus backlash, or the backlash to the backlash? I can't keep up....(read more)

Best of the misheard lyrics

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT

See, this is why I love the misheard lyrics topic, and never really get tired of it. Because for every "there's a bathroom on the right," a.k.a. a lyric that's been banging around this topic for decades now, there's a "I fight with Loralee, Loralee always wins." The "Loralee" lyric is how reader Allie's sister misheard "I fight authority, authority always wins" in John Mellencamp's "Authority Song." and I tell you, I am never going to hear that song again without singing the new version. Loralee...(read more)

All the Pringle haters! More misheard lyrics

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Let's resurrect the eternal misheard lyrics topic. All the Pringle haters! All the Pringle haters!...(read more)

Get dressed, ye merry gentlemen

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:00:00 GMT

How about one last Christmas-themed post? I've written about TV specials, goofy links, and annoying holiday commercials. Now let's tackle holiday music. No, not reviews or favorites or anything like that -- let's talk misheard lyrics (also known as "mondegreens"). Snopes.com has a great entry about misheard holiday lyrics. "Round John Virgin" is perhaps the most famous one. I can totally imagine kids mishearing that, because "yon" is just not a word we hear much these days. Some of the Snopes...(read more)

'Chinese Democracy' at long last!

Anna Chan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:00:00 GMT

In sixth grade, my butt-rock friend Maria pressed her copy of Guns N’ Roses’ “Use Your Illusion II” into my hand. After hearing the rapid-fire drums that kick-start “You Could Be Mine,” a diehard fan was born. And now, after 17 years, I finally hold in my hands the latest album of new material from Guns N' Roses....(read more)

Did I see that movie? No, I have a kid

Kurt Schlosser — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:25:00 GMT

A year and a half ago, as the birth of my first and only son was bearing down on me, I kept hearing from know-it-all friends how much my life was about to change. "You'll never do that again," they'd say about any of the number of random activities I considered entertaining. ...(read more)