Worst Rock Stars On Film
I personally thought this was a pretty funny movie. Wasn’t it supposed to be?
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Film’s Best Fake Rockers (and the Actors Who Should Keep Their Day Jobs)
Posted Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:00am PDT by in GetBack
Being a rock star is hard enough for the men and women who already call that their day job. But acting like a rock star? That’s doubly hard, and when someone totally nails that gig, it’s either because they went way, way over the line doing research or they just naturally have a bit of Jagger or Joplin in them. We were hoping Rainn Wilson would join the elite great-fake-musician club. Alas, his film The Rocker falls short. Continue Reading…
Beastie Boys — Paul’s Boutique
I remember buying this CD back in high school. I was curious how they were going to follow up “License To Ill”, and boy, did they knock it outta the park. Another thing I remember was how familiar a lot of the songs sounded and I started picking out snippets and trying to figure out what songs were sampled throughout the disc. For example, the single off the album, “Hey Ladies”, sampled 14 songs. Here’s a listing of all the songs that were sampled on the album, courtesy of Wiki:
- Shake Your Rump
- “That’s the Joint” by Funky 4+1
- “Cut the Cake” by Average White Band
- “8th Wonder” by the Sugarhill Gang
- “Jazzy Sensation” by Afrika Bambaataa
- “Good Times Bad Times” by Led Zeppelin
- “Dancing Room Only” by Harvey Scales
- “Funky Snakefoot” by Alphonze Mouzon
- “Tell Me Something Good” by Ronnie Laws
- “Unity” by James Brown and Afrika Bambaataa
- “Get the Funk Out Ma Face” – Brothers Johnson
- “6 O’Clock DJ (Let’s Rock)”, “Born to Love You”, & “Yo Yo” by Rose Royce
Johnny Ryall
- “AJ Scratch” by Kurtis Blow
- “Sharon” by David Bromberg
- “Mr. Big Stuff” by Jean Knight
- “One of These Days” by Pink Floyd
- “Momma Miss America” by Paul McCartney
- “Magnificent Sanctuary Band” by Donny Hathaway
- “Military Cut (Scratch Mix)” by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
- “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)“, & “The New Style” by the Beastie Boys
Egg Man
- Aliens
- “Sport” by Lightnin’ Rod
- “Superfly” by Curtis Mayfield
- “Pump it Up” by Elvis Costello
- Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie
- “Jaws Theme” by John Williams
- “I’m Ready” by The Commodores
- “Shower Theme” by Bernard Hermann
- “Drop it in the Slot” by Tower of Power
- “Dance to the Music” by Sly & the Family Stone
- “Bring the Noise“, “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos“, & “You’re Gonna Get Yours” by Public Enemy
Beastie Boys — So What’Cha Want
Vintage clip here from the Arsenio Hall show with the Beasties and Cypress Hill:
Steve Martin — Wild And Crazy Picker
Everybody’s favorite wild and crazy guy will be releasing a bluegrass album soon. The Bluegrass Blog:
We made note late last year of the fact that comedian, actor and banjo player Steve Martin was preparing to record an album of serious banjo music. The recording has been completed, produced by fellow banjo man John McCuen, with assistance from Tony Trischka and Pete Wernick. Helping out in the studio were Russ Barenberg on guitar, Matt Flinner on mandolin and Brittany Haas on fiddle, among others. New Martin compositions are the foucs, performed in both 3 finger and clawhammer styles. We’ve not been able to find out yet whether a label is involved, or when the CD might be released. Steve is vacationing now in Greece, but we are hopeful of obtaining an interview upon his return. We did reach producer John McCuen, who shared a number of thoughts about working with Martin in the studio. Continue Reading…
Mike Gordon — A Leo?
While Mike Gordon is officially a Gemini, he was joined Tuesday night by Leo. Jambands.com reports:
Mike Gordon his currently on the road with his band in support of his new solo album The Green Sparrow. On occasion he’s also invited some past collaborators to sit in for a few songs, including this past Tuesday at Minneapolis’ Varsity Theater. A few songs into Gordon’s extended set, guitar-virtuoso Leo Kottke emerged to play acoustic versions of his own “William Powell” and Pete Seeger’s “Living in the Country.” The odd couple recorded the latter tune for their second studio collaboration, Sixty Six Steps. Immediately after, the rest of Gordon’s solo band returned to the stage to help the duo through another track off that album, “Rings.” Throughout his storied career, Kottke has rarely collaborated with a rock-band.
The sit ins continued after Kottke left the stage. During his encore, Gordon invited out bass trumpeter Mike Williams for both “Makisupa Policeman” and “Alphabet Street.” Williams is best known as the lead trumpeter for the Count Basie Orchestra. Then, last night at Detroit’s Majestic, Chris Friday emerged to sing with Gordon and his band on Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Born on the Bayou.” In addition serving as Gordon’s current tour manager, Friday also plays with Jon Fishman in the shock-rock comedy group Touchpants.
moe. — Dr. Stan’s Prescription
Tracks from moe.’s latest archival release, “Dr. Stan’s Prescription, Vol. 1” are up on the band’s MySpace page. Have a listen.
The Beatles, Hendrix & Elvis Items To Be Auctioned
From AP:
LONDON – A guitar burned onstage by Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles‘ first contract with Brian Epstein are up for sale Thursday, and auctioneers predict bidding could run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Elvis Presley’s fingerprints and the audio archive of legendary music producer Joe Meek are also included in the big-bucks London sale, which suggests the market in rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia is booming.
The star lot at the sale, run by specialist auctioneer Fame Bureau, is a Fender Stratocaster that Hendrix set alight during a concert at London’s Astoria in March 1967. The musician burned another guitar at the Monterey Pop festival later the same year, where the stunt was caught on film.
The Fame Bureau says the scorched guitar was found last year in a garage at the home of a relative of one of Hendrix’s business associates. It is predicted to sell for up to 500,000 pounds (US$900,000).
Also going under the hammer is Epstein’s copy of his management contract with The Beatles, a pact that proved to be worth millions.
Fame Bureau managing director Ted Owen said the contract was “the most important music contract to have ever appeared.”
The four-page document, signed on Jan. 24, 1962 by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Richard Starkey — Ringo Starr‘s real name — is expected to sell for 250,000 pounds (US$450,000).
The contract, also signed by Harold Hargreaves Harrison and James McCartney on behalf of their underage sons, marked the moment when all the pieces were in place for a global outbreak of Beatlemania.
The contract entitled Epstein to 25 percent of the group’s earnings once each band member was making more than 200 pounds (US$360) a week. Epstein did not sign it until Oct, 1, 1962 — after he had fulfilled a promise to get the band a deal with a record label. The Beatles signed to EMI, and their first single, “Love Me Do,” was released Oct. 5. Continue Reading….
37 Years Ago Today…
Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey by Paul & Linda McCartney was the #1 song in America.
Here’s a mocking John performing the song at his birthday party in 1971:
Buddy Rich performing the song:
And Paul and Linda’s version from “Ram”:
