Author: Will Harris (Page 10 of 61)

Ringo: Still The Most Tempermental Beatle

January 22, 2008 /

Granted, the field of competition isn’t as wide as it used to be, but, still, I can’t imagine the ever-genial Paul would’ve walked off “Live with Regis and Kelly” after being told that he needed to shorten the length of his song.

I’m not saying it’s not a little ridiculous that the show’s producer, Michael Gelman, said that Ringo’s song had to be a mere two and a half minutes or less – that’s a pretty paltry time frame, even for a pop song – but Gelman apparently offered to barter with Ringo and cut down his chat time in favor of giving him more time for a song, and Ringo instead opted to hit the highway. Well, he was probably riding on the high of knowing that he’ll be getting an upcoming episode of “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” all to himself, but, still, it smacks of a bit of a tantrum to me.

I have to say, though, that Dave Stewart – the former Eurythmic who’s serving as Ringo’s current musical director – had the best quote about the matter:

“Four minutes (3 minutes and 40 seconds, actually) seemed like an appropriate amount of time for a former Beatle. Mr. Gelman apparently felt Ringo’s musical legacy should take a back seat to additional banter about the size of Ms. Ripa’s derriere.”

You go, Dave!

Artists, News, Pop, Rock

Less Talk, More Music: Morrissey on “Not the Jack Docherty Show”

January 15, 2008 /

Continuing with the recurring theme of posting clips from shows I’m barely familiar with myself, we bring you Morrissey performing the underrated single, “Alma Matters” (from the equally-underrated album, Maladjusted), on something called “Not the Jack Docherty Show.” The most I know about Mr. Docherty and his program is that it served as a springboard for one Graham Norton to become a household name in Great Britain, but according to his Wikipedia entry, he also caused quite a star by hosting the 2000 BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards and opening the night by revealing the ending of “The Sixth Sense.”

Nice one. Bet that went down like gangbusters.

Alternative, Artists, Less Talk, More Music, Pop, Rock, Songs, Videos

Video Vault – The New Pornographers, “Your Daddy Don’t Know”

January 9, 2008 /

I’ve been going through this really weird musical phase lately, where I’m positively lapping up awesomely cheesy AOR from the ’70s and ’80s. After posing a question to the Audities list – the home of insanely great pop – about some of the best bands in the genre and being pitched recommendations for bands like Shooting Star, Tycoon, and others, it was brought to my attention that the New Pornographers did a cover of a song called “Your Daddy Don’t Know,” by the Canadian AOR band known as Toronto. (Geez, would you have guessed they were Canadian if I hadn’t told you?) I don’t know if the rest of Toronto’s oeuvre is as good as this song, but as long as it’s as least as good as the outfits the Pornographers are sporting here, I sense a best-of purchase is in my future…

Oh, and before you ask, no, I don’t know where you can actually purchase this cover, but I can tell you that it’s on the soundtrack to a Canadian movie called “FUBAR.” The soundtrack itself isn’t on Amazon, but given that it also features Sloan doing Rush’s “In the Mood,” Treble Charger doing April Wine’s “Roller,” and Chixdiggit taking on “The Kid Is Hot Tonight,” I’m half-tempted to click on the below photo and order a copy of the DVD. I mean, if that’s the only way I can hear the tunes, then so be it, y’know…?

Alternative, Artists, External Music, Pop, Rock, Songs, Videos

Less Talk, More Music: Prefab Sprout on “Wogan”

January 8, 2008 /

I came into the Prefab Sprout camp pretty late in the game, knowing precious little about them until they released their greatest-hits disc, A Life of Surprises, in 1992. Why did I finally take the plunge and pick up that collection? Because of my friends Brian Becknell and Jessie Oulahan, who drove up from Chesapeake, VA, to see me graduate from Averett College, and informed me that Prefab Sprout was the soundtrack to their entire drive. Both those kids have damned fine taste in music, and when they told me that, I knew I needed to give the band a chance. So I picked up the best-of, then began working my way backwards, starting with the group’s most recent album (at the time), Jordan: The Comeback, which opens with this song.

Now, Prefab Sprout’s one of my favorite bands and, if you saw my list of my favorite music of 2007, you know that the recent reissue of their Steve McQueen album was one of the best CDs I heard last year. (Even if you already own it, trust me when I tell you that the new disc of acoustic re-recordings is worth the price of admission.)

Paddy MacAloon, you rule. Now, c’mon, give us another album, eh…?

Alternative, Artists, External Music, Less Talk, More Music, Pop, Rock, Songs, Videos

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