In their 17th year, you’d have thought Oasis would have imploded by now.
However, their new single The Shock Of The Lightning shows that they’re not showing any signs of slowing down or stagnating.
As it stands, The Shock Of The Lightning is a surprisingly hard rocking tune. It’s got a big sound, but probably the least obvious chorus I’ve heard from Oasis in a long time.
What’s the ultimate Led Zeppelin song? In my humble opinion, it’s not Whole Lotta Love, Dazed And Confused or even Stairway To Heaven.
It’s a less well-known tune called Traveling Riverside Blues. In keeping with the Delta Blues obsession that spawned the blues rock of the late 60’s/early 70’s, the song is based on Robert Johnson’s original of the same name.
The version of the song that Zep recorded back in 1969 resurfaced in 1990 on the Remasters box set, and then again in a compilation of early Led Zeppelin live songs called BBC Sessions.
As we said last week amid all the speculation of a Led Zeppelin reunion – it ain’t over with Zep until someone releases an official statement.
And now someone has released an official statement: stand up Mr Robert Plant. Via his website, Plant has released an official statement saying that he’s not planning to tour for at least the next two years, and that he will certainly not be touring with Led Zeppelin.
A young singer by the name of Callaghan is aiming to get one of her songs into the UK Top 40.
The catch? She’s flying completely without a net – no manager, no record deal, no distribution and the bare minimum of promotion.
Alright, maybe we accepted that Leon Jackson’s latest single wasn’t too bad after all. But we didn’t go as far as to claim he’s the biggest thing to come out of the UK music industry, did we?
According to Leon himself, Simon Cowell is comparing him to Michael Buble and Robbie Williams. Excuse us while we roll on the floor laughing.
Simon is over the moon with my new album and has been saying I’m a cross between Michael Bublé and Robbie Williams. I’m like: ‘Calm down, Simon’.
Without wishing to be too scathing, we remember when Ronan Keating left Boyzone and modelled his solo ‘look’ on Robbie. It wasn’t very convincing. Nor is the idea of Leon being anywhere near as charismatic slash maniacal as the former Take Thatter.
The Robster, for all his faults, is a magnetic personality, not a slightly awkward Scot who wandered into a reality TV audition and kind of got lucky when everyone else forgot to bring their talent to the X Factor live shows.
No disrespect to Leon, but we’d keep the comparisons to major stars low key. At least until he’s had a hit that hasn’t been propelled by a primetime reality TV show. Eh?
The Led Zeppelin rumour mill has been in overdrive since way back in June 2007 – that’s when we first started talking about possible reunions.
As you all know, Robert, Jimmy and John reunited, with the rightful heir to the drum riser, Jason Bonham, and the band performed a one-off concert in London last autumn.
Here’s a bunch of cool music-related blog posts I’ve come across recently.
OK, for those of you not familiar with Those Dancing Days, you should probably check this out. It’s their new single, Home Sweet Home.
What do we like about it? Well, those cute Swedish accents for a start – that kind of drawling but musical delivery. Or maybe it’s the fact that it’s a simple pop song about being back home and among one’s creature comforts?
The video’s cool as well – a series of postcards from far flung places, just to hammer the song’s point across :) There’s no point in trying to rationalise everything that’s fun about this song. Listen for yourself, and we dare you not to like it…
It may be worth noting, dear reader, that the title is not Here Come The Girls. It is merely Girls. Very minimalist.
And although the Sugababes only released their fifth album (Change) last October, this new single is from their forthcoming sixth album. Entitled Catfights And Spotlights. That should scotch any more rumours of the trio breaking up for a while at least!
Here’s a bunch of cool music-related blog posts I’ve come across recently.
