Category: Songs (Page 35 of 96)

DMed’s Video of the Week: Kate Nash, “Foundations”

January 25, 2008 / David Medsker

All kinds of Lily Allen-type buzz surrounds Made of Bricks, the debut album from the latest UK pop tart Kate Nash. “Foundations” certainly holds up to the lofty praise, though consumers should know that Nash and Allen, musically, have very little in common. In terms of their attitude, not to mention their tendency to curse like drunken sailors, they’re peas in a pod, but where Allen’s music is closer to Madness, Nash appears to be a bigger fan of the Dresden Dolls, if her song “Mariella” is any indication. But if any song is going to draw comparisons to Allen, “Foundations” is the one, particularly the line about her sucking lemons because she’s so bitter, and her responding that she’d rather do her boyfriend’s friends because they’re much fitter. Oh, snap.

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Video Vault – The Velvet Underground

January 24, 2008 / Captain Capm

The latest and greatest from yours truly features “Heroin” by the VU and a new look. The “Rock ‘N Roll” video was a hit, so perhaps this one will be as well.

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Less Talk, More Music: Webb Wilder on “The Pat Sajak Show”

January 22, 2008 / Will Harris

Truth be told, the clip I really wanted to show from Pat Sajak’s short-lived late-night talk show was from when Squeeze appeared to promote their Frank album, but, alas, it’s nowhere to be found on YouTube. (I’ve actually got it on a VHS tape; maybe one of these days I’ll upload it myself.) Still, when I stumbled upon this performance from the great Webb Wilder…his first-ever on network television, if Pat’s intro can be trusted…I couldn’t resist posting it instead. It’s not my favorite of Webb’s tracks – that honor belongs to “Tough It Out” – but the guy’s got a powerful heap of energy in just about everything he’s ever recorded, so I have no complaints about “Hittin’ Where It Hurts” serving as an alternate.

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Yael Naim: “New Soul”

January 22, 2008 / John Paulsen

If you’ve seen the commercial for the new Apple laptop, the MacBook Air, you’ve heard the new tune by Yael Naim, “New Soul.” Apple successfully used Feist’s “1234” in an ad, and it seems like they’ve tapped another infectious tune for the Air ad. Here’s the YouTube vid:

Looks like that tiny apartment has some unexpected square footage.

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Video Vault – The Doors

January 22, 2008 / Captain Capm

I’m not going to sit here and tell you that I buy into the bullshit “rock/sex god” status of James Morrison. I never have and I never will. Then again, I’m not going to sit here and tell you that I don’t own the majority of the Doors’ catalogue (save for those two albums minus Jim), because I do. I think the Doors wrote some good, solid tunes, had a few big missteps, and had a lead singer that went from sex god to drunken bozo in a short time. That said, I think the L.A. Woman album is a classic work through and through, and certainly one of the best albums of the ’70s. Here then is the title track done up all video-like.