92 Million YouTube Views and counting: Justin Bieber “Baby, Baby…”
I have never seen any clip that has been viewed over 90 million times. The kid is 15 but looks like 13. The marketing machine behind this guy is phenomenal. Congrats Usher.
U2 -“No line on the horizon”
I had trouble downloading an iTunes TV show. To test the function, I needed to download some music. The new U2 was placed prominent on the virtual storefront. I bought it and was surprised how good it is. For a band that has been in this game for over 20 years, the new album feels
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[Read More] Music DVDs: Bruce, Evanescence, Rolling Stones, U2, & Dave Matthews Band
Three years ago I bought a DVD player to watch movies in the gym while burning calories on a Stairmaster. This gave me the chance to watch some music DVDs. I started off with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, then watched U2, the Rollingstones’s Slick Tour, Evanescence, and finally Dave Matthews Band Live
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[Read More] Silbermond “Das Beste”
In a coffee house in Germany, this song drew my attention away from answering emails. Silvermond is a band that is billed as “punk rock.” You listen to the song. This is not punk in my mind. For all you romantics out there who understand German, watch the video of the song below.
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[Read More] Querschlaeger “Live is Lebendig”
A friend of mine sent me the live CD of the Austrian band “Querschlaeger.” Fritz Messner, the song writer, has a sharp eye for the comic aspects of life and is a born story teller. Every song is preceded by a little funny story. If you speak, German the CD is a real treat. To
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[Read More] The Police Reunites for the First Tour in 24 Years
Good news for all Police fans. Sting has finally become nostalgic and agreed to going on tour with his old band members from the Police, Steward Copeland and Andy Steward. He used the answer the question whether he could ever imagine going on reunion tour with The Police. “This would be good cause
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[Read More] Kanye West’s “Late Registration”
I bought my first hip hop CD, Kanye West’s Late Registration, a couple of months ago after hearing his soulful “Gold Digger.” I suspect that Mr. West does not play a single musical instrument. But this does not make him less a musical genius. West proves that most creativity lies in recombining existing material.
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