What do you think, would Elvis have rock it with golden locks to match his gold records?
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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Rebecca Black, a 13-year-old girl from America who “loves to sing, dance and act”, released her first single, Friday, last month. In the past two days, the single – which includes the lyrics “yesterday was Thursday, Thursday/Today is Friday, Friday” and “tomorrow is Saturday, and Sunday comes afterwards” – has more than doubled its hits on YouTube, racking up views of over 13 million!!!!!.
It has also spawned a series of parody videos and remixes. But why all the fuss? According to general consensus, Friday could well be the worst song ever written.
Released by independent LA record label ARK Music Factory, the single is heavily produced and Black’s vocals have been auto-tuned to the hilt, giving the Black Eyed Peas and T-Pain a run for their money.
The lyrics are simple and repetitive (“Friday, Friday, Friday”) and not even germaticaly correct (We We We so excited!), the beat is monotonous and the inclusion of an unknown rapper attempting to give the track an injection of street cred only hampers the song’s efforts at becoming a likeable hit.
Rebecca Black – Friday. Is this the worst song ever?
Oo-ooh-ooh, hoo yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah-ah-ah
Yeah-ah-ah
Yeah-ah-ah
Yeah-ah-ah
Yeah, yeah, yeah [Rebecca Black – Verse 1]
7am, waking up in the morning
Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs
Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal
Seein’ everything, the time is goin’
Tickin’ on and on, everybody’s rushin’
Gotta get down to the bus stop
Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends (My friends)
Kickin’ in the front seat
Sittin’ in the back seat
Gotta make my mind up
Which seat can I take?
It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin’ forward to the weekend
7:45, we’re drivin’ on the highway
Cruisin’ so fast, I want time to fly
Fun, fun, think about fun
You know what it is
I got this, you got this
My friend is by my right
I got this, you got this
Now you know it
Kickin’ in the front seat
Sittin’ in the back seat
Gotta make my mind up
Which seat can I take?
It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin’ forward to the weekend
Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday
Today i-is Friday, Friday (Partyin’)
We-we-we so excited
We so excited
We gonna have a ball today
Tomorrow is Saturday
And Sunday comes after…wards
I don’t want this weekend to end
R-B, Rebecca Black
So chillin’ in the front seat (In the front seat)
In the back seat (In the back seat)
I’m drivin’, cruisin’ (Yeah, yeah)
Fast lanes, switchin’ lanes
Wit’ a car up on my side (Woo!)
(C’mon) Passin’ by is a school bus in front of me
Makes tick tock, tick tock, wanna scream
Check my time, it’s Friday, it’s a weekend
We gonna have fun, c’mon, c’mon, y’all
It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin’ forward to the weekend
It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin’ forward to the weekend
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
The Foo Fighters announced today that they are heading to Auckland to play a one-off show at the Auckland Town Hall, with all proceeds going to Christchurch. Tickets for the show, happening next Tuesday (22-MAR-2011), are on sale from Friday.
Tuesday’s show will be a intimate affair at the 2300-capacity Auckland Town Hall. With a new album out in April and a couple of behemoth tracks (Rope and White Limo) off the album, out already tickets will sell fast!
The band have visited New Zealand a bunch of times now — they were last here in May 2009 and Dave Grohl visited most recently with John Paul Jones and Josh Homme for a Them Crooked Vultures show in early 2010.
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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Flight of the Concords guitar, signed by Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, and Nigel Collins (their cellist and unofficial band member).
Rumour has it that this is the guitar Bret sold to pay his bills:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=359646873
Closes: Wed 16 Mar, 8:30 pm.
Another cool auction is a Ashton Guitar Starter Pack and Lesson with Anika Moa!
This is a priceless gift for a budding musician! In this pack you get a Ashton steel string acoustic Guitar, travel guitar bag, strap, spare strings, picks and DVD. However the best part is the kick-start to your career as a guitarist with an exclusive lesson with Anika Moa.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=358808512
Closes: Wed 16 Mar, 8:00 pm
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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1977 Marvel Kiss Comic Book Cover. (Notice at the bottom of page saying “Printed in real Kiss blood”
In 1977 Marvel Comics and Kiss decided to do a series of comics called “Super Special Kiss”. To ensure that the comic would sell well, Marvel and Kiss came up with a great marketing campaign. The comic would be printed in real Kiss blood. On February 21st, 1977 the band’s blood was collected at the Nassau Coliseum and delivered to Borden Ink Plant in Depew, New York. Kiss made a special appearance at the plant and mixed their blood into the red ink.
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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The inaugural Grassroots event – which was to be held over Easter Weekend on Puhinui Peninsula, Auckland and featured iconic artists BB King, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello and Ben Harper – has been canceled due to poor ticket sales, because of the Christchurch quake
Promoter Manolo Echave told Stuff.co.nz Christchurch’s devastating 6.3 earthquake had directly affected ticket sales to the point where launching a new two-day festival was no longer feasible.
It’s the latest in a string of gig cancellations – but most shows have been pulled from earthquake-ravaged Christchurch,. Some of the artists that have pulled out of Christchurch include Queens of the Stone Age, Carlos Santana, Weird Al Yankovic, Kyuss, Michelle Shocked, Mavis Staples, Donavon Frankenreiter, Stan Walker and Justin Townes Earle all pulled out of their Christchurch shows following the quake which you could understand with venues and faculties being out of order. But their wasn’t a Quake in Auckland.
This comes as 6000 people attend Legends of league at Auckland’s Mount Smart Stadium fund raiser.
Maybe if they donate some of the proceeds to Christchurch ticket sales would pick up?
What do you think?
Should they have canceled the festival because of poor ticket sales or tried to turn it in to a fundrasier for Christchurch?
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
According to his own website he hasn’t spoken to anyone about retiring but then goes on to say he is “calling it a day” I guess only time will tell if he will call it quites for good.
http://www.philcollins.co.uk – “Greetings to all, I’ve decided to write this in response to the articles that surfaced last weekend regarding my retirement. Why they were printed at all is a mystery, as I haven’t spoken to anybody in the press for a few months.
However, many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted. Therefore, I would like to add my comments and try to explain again my reasons for calling it a day.
1/ I’m not stopping because of dodgy reviews or bad treatment in the press.
2/ I’m not stopping because I don’t feel loved, I know I still have a very large fanbase that loves what I do. Thank you.
3/ I’m not stopping because I don’t fit in, this was proved with “Going Back” reaching No 1 in the UK, and doing incredibly well worldwide.
4/ I’m not stopping so I can dive full time into my interest for the Alamo.
I am stopping so I can be a full time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.
Some of the things mentioned above have been said by me in various interviews, but said as asides with a smile on my face and in passing. They were not meant to be “headlines”, they were small parts of a conversation. This clearly doesn’t come over in print and I should know better.
However, the result is that I have ended up sounding like a tormented weirdo who thinks he was at the Alamo in another life, who feels very sorry for himself, and is retiring hurt because of the bad press over the years.
None of this is true.
Thanks for all your messages on the Forum regarding this stuff, it means a lot that you care.
But there’s no need for the straitjacket !”
Posted 7 Mar @ 14:54
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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Best knowen for his work in the early days of Alice in Chains. Recently Starr appeared on the third season of “Celebrity Rehab” back in 2009.
Starr’s body was found in a Salt Lake City home.
R.I.P.
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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