Hump day! This song by Kid Rock is Mitt Romney ‘s campaign anthem. Ann Romney stands by her man (‘s hair). Ron Paula Deen : Family recipe requires whole block of cream cheese. Jon Stewart declares his ” War on Christmas. ” “We’ve got to mobilize the 99 percent.” — Nancy Pelosi .
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Midday snacks 12.07.11
The “Lyin ass b**ch” song debacle with Michele Bachmann is long over. “Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon apologized for his band playing the song and so did the vice president of NBC. But the network is taking extra precaution that it won’t happen again. Questlove, the leader of the band The Roots, has been order by higher-ups to have future song choices for “Late Night” cleared with three executives, according to the New York Post. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Fallon joked about the reason Questlove chose the song in the first place. “Maybe Questlove is a Romney guy,” he said.
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‘Late Night’ Band that insulted Bachmann forced to clear songs by NBC
Apple stores closed for three hours on Wednesday to allow employees to participate in a special memorial to co-founder Steve Jobs. Store windows were covered and a video tribute was played for all employees who chose to attend. While searching the web for any snippets of the corporate tribute to Jobs, I came upon a moving memorial song that was built using Steve Jobs’ words from a commencement address he delivered back in 2005 and sounds pulled from various Apple/MAC products. The artist (“AzRmusic” on YouTube) explains: I made this song using only sounds from Apple products and Steve’s 2005 Stanford commencement speech. Every instrument, including drums, has been sampled from a Mac product, tuned by ear, and replayed in the context of the song. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed making it. RIP Steve. We’ll miss you.
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Have You Seen the Viral Tribute Video to Steve Jobs?
I love this song. It’s just perfect rock and roll. From my afternoon drive time yesterday: 4:02 – Highway Star by Deep Purple 4:08 – Highway To Hell by Ac/dc 4:19 – Hip To Be Square by Huey Lewis & The News 4:23 – Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar 4:26 – Hitch A Ride by Boston 4:30 – Hocus Pocus by Focus 4:39 – Hold Me by Fleetwood Mac 4:43 – Hold On Loosely by .38 Special 4:48 – Hold The Line by Toto 4:52 – Hold Your Head Up by Argent 4:58 – Hole In My Life by Police
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‘Highway Star’
Back in May, we brought you news that UK pop sensation Adele had taken a very conservative stance against British national health care and high taxes. Why do I mention Adele? So I can mention her chart-topping single “Rolling in the Deep.” Why do I mention “Rolling in the Deep?” So I can introduce this female Air Force airman singing an incredible rendition of the song: So, how good was that? Why don’t you compare it to Adele singing the original: Wow.
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The Air Force female vocalist you have to hear
She is a darling of the Tea Party, but if Tom Petty has his way when it comes to music at her campaign events, Michele Bachmann may have to back down. It seems Tom Petty objects to her usage of his popular song “American Girl” at rallies and events. Petty’s management team is apparently getting ready to send a cease-and-desist letter to the Bachmann campaign regarding the tune. The video below shows Bachmann using the song during the tail end of her presidential announcement on Monday: This is not a new problem for Republican hopefuls. Back in 2008, Bon Jovi publicly decried the usage of his band’s song “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” at rallies for Sarah Palin. Likewise, the Foo Fighters came out that same year against John McCain’s usage of their song “My Hero, ” ditto for Van Halen and the song “Right Now.” The Talking Heads took it a step further, suing candidate Charlie Crist in 2010 for a cool million after his campaign used the song “Road to Nowhere” in a commercial. Crist recently settled, apparently on friendly terms. But the most ironic point of all? As Hot Air Pundit NBC notes, ( via Hot Air Pundit ), Petty never said a word when Hillary Clinton used the same “American Girl” song during her 2008 campaign. ( hat tip gawker.com )
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Cease and Desist, ‘American Girl’: Tom Petty Allegedly Upset Over Bachmann’s Use of Song
At LAT , ” Live Review: U2 at Angel Stadium “: U2, formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1976, returned to the Southland to make up for two concerts they were forced to cancel when singer Bono, 51, injured his back during rehearsals last spring. During that forced intermission, other real-life hurdles challenged the notion that the band was indestructible. U2’s two principal songwriters, Bono and guitarist The Edge, teamed up with director Julie Taymor for a Broadway adaptation of Spider-Man called “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” that has become the butt of jokes, the scene of injuries and the target of scathing reviews for nearly two years. In an early critique of a preview “Spider-Man” performance, Times critic Charles McNulty called the music created by the two “a cacophonous brew.” The refurbished show officially opened last week, and the new reviews aren’t much better. Add to that Thursday’s news that the California Coastal Commission had rejected The Edge’s development proposal, decried by many conservationists, to build five mansions on an undeveloped site above Malibu, and, well, this hasn’t been a great year for U2. So the question pre-concert became: How deep were these wounds? Could the power of music help redeem a band that throughout its career has declared over and over again its desire and ability to do just that? Basically, could U2 still bring it? At the beginning of the concert, not really. Starting with “Even Better Than the Real Thing,” the band sounded muddled, the engine of the music not yet warm, the stadium not yet tuned, the fans experiencing the initial adrenaline rush but not yet buried inside the rhythms. And “I Will Follow,” the first cut on the band’s first album, “Boy” (1980), hasn’t aged well, even if it pulls at the nostalgia strings for many; the rhyme scheme is young and clumsy, the guitar line relatively simple and undynamic. And when, during “Get on Your Boots,” two rolling bridges that connect different parts of the circular stage first rolled into place and The Edge and bassist Adam Clayton played in the middle above the crowd, the maneuver felt very 2009; too staged, too postured, and a touch clumsy — even though the song is one of the danciest, most propulsive songs in the band’s catalog. But something magical happened about 20 minutes in, during “Elevation.” Maybe it was the overjoyed crowd bellowing the song’s “Woooo-oooo” chorus in unison, or the way the lights reflected off the masses. Whatever it was, it rushed across Angel Stadium like a cold front, leaving in its wake the sacred sensation that all music lovers seek. The sound and vision clicked, the world started sparkling, the audience moving and singing as one. The moment swirled as Bono went carnal on us: “Higher than the sun, you shoot me from a gun,” he declared to his lover, and the thousands did it too. “I need you to elevate me here/At the corner of your lips/As the orbit of your hips’/Eclipse.
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U2 Live at Angel Stadium Anaheim
When 13-year-old Rebecca Black came out with her now-infamous song “Friday” (hailed by some as the worst song ever), my first thought was: if some pop group came out with this exact song it would be a radio hit. Now that the cast of Fox’s hit show “Glee” has covered the song, I’m more sure than ever that the backlash against the song was more jealousy than legitimate critique. It sounds like any top 40 pop hit on the radio right now. Listen to the “Glee” version below and try to deny it. Try:
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‘Glee’ meets ‘Friday’
“Boycott, petition, let the big business know / that if we mess it up here, there’s no where else we can go.” Last week, we introduced you to an Earth Day song * that included those lyrics. And if the words aren’t enough to raise your eyebrows, who was singing them should do it. The performers were a group of elementary school children. After we published the initial clip, Glenn played it on radio. That’s when a listener called in to say that she was the one who took the video and her daughter was one of the young children singing the song taught to them by teachers. That woman is Rachel from Tennessee, and her little daughter is 6-year-old Kyla. Rachel and Kyla were Glenn’s guests on radio today to talk about the song, how it transpired, and the school’s refusal to remove it from the program. Rachel revealed that there were multiple parents upset by the song, and despite the administration’s claim that the lyrics were sent home ahead of time, she said that wasn’t the case. In fact, Kyla even performed the anti-business, pro-global warming agenda song live. But the highlight of the segment was when Glenn asked if she’d been taught any other songs. Guess what, she had. It’s called “Litter Bug,” sung to the tune of Wham’s ” Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go :” * The original video clip has been removed by YouTube. We are working to replace it with a new version.
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‘Litter Bug’: Glenn’s 6-Year-Old Guest Reveals Another Indoctrination Song
I’d like to think I’m pretty hip, but when I heard Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) give the GOP a tongue-lashing this afternoon while quoting the band White Stripes, I had no idea who she was talking about. I also wondered why she was quoting obscure song lyrics in order to bash Republicans about the budget (by the way, notice she’s wearing a white-striped shirt): So I did a little research. Apparently, the White Stripes are a Grammy Award-winning alternative rock group featuring female drummer Meg White and her now ex-husband and lead singer Jack White. In February, they ceased being a band. The song Edwards referenced is “Effect and Cause.” The lyrics , which seem to be about blaming others for your actions, are below: I guess you have to have a problem If you want to invent a contraption First you cause a train wreck Then you put me in traction Well, first came an action And then a reaction But you can’t switch around For your own satisfaction Well, you put my house down, then got mad At my reaction Well, in every complicated situation You’re the human relation Makin’ sense of it all Take a whole lot a concentration Well, you can blame my baby For her pregnant ma And if there’s one of these On the order for laws It’s that you just can’t take the effect And make it the cause Well, you can’t take the effect And make it the cause I didn’t rob a bank Because you made up a law When you people robbin’ Peter Don’t you blame Paul Can’t take the effect And make it the cause I ain’t the reason that you gave me no reason to return your call You built a house of cards and got shocked when you saw them fall Well are you sayin’ I’m innocent? In fact the reverse But if you’re headin’ to the grave You don’t blame the hearse You’re like a little girl yellin’ at her brother ‘Cause you lost his ball Well you keep blamin’ me for what you did And that ain’t all The way you clean up a wreck Is enough to get one pause You seem to forget Just how this song started I’m reactin’ to you because you left me broken-hearted See, you just can’t take the effect And make it the cause Can’t take the effect And make it the cause I didn’t rob a bank Because you made up a law Blame people robbin’ Peter Don’t you blame Paul Can’t take the effect And make it the cause You can listen to the song below: I wonder if the group ever imagined their song would be quoted on the House floor just hours before the budget shuts down. (H/T: Buzzfeed )
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Rep. Donna Edwards Scolds GOP by Quoting Song Lyrics on House Floor
