Tag Archives: pop music

A much softer sound from the Chemical Brothers on this latest single, which is available on iTunes today. When I saw them in San Francisco during the Dig Your Own Hole tour in 1997, my buddy Jerry and I retreated as far from the stage as one could be and still be in the building. And still our ears bled. …

Gay hip-hop/R&B from J.R., about whom I know nothing. But I think I recognize the boy he’s chasing from the “movies.”

If, wherever you were last night, you felt a sudden and distinct shudder in the gay universe, it’s because the legendary, the incomparable, the beyond fabulous four-time Grammy winner Lena Horne passed away in Manhattan at the age of 92. Here’s just the first couple of paragraphs of the New York Times’ obituary. Lena Horne, who was the first black …

Producer Stuart Price’s influence is quite evident on this, the first single from the upcoming third album by Scissor Sisters. Elton John meets The Killers’ Human. And that’s a very good thing. UPDATE: Video pulled for blah, blah, blah.

At the Billboard Latin Music Awards, yesterday Ricky Martin called out Arizona’s new immigration law as racist. Ricky Martin thinks the new Arizona law is totally loca. The singer told the crowd at last night’s Billboard Latin Music Awards that the legislation allowing police to stop anyone they think may be an illegal immigrant simply “makes no sense.” This being …

With all the terrible press lately, I was rather shocked at how great Courtney Love was on Letterman last night. Performance starts at 4:30.

The Daily What tips us to Australian comedy act Axis Of Awesome who points out the similarity in much of pop music. Apparently, you can sing just about any hit if you know the four chords used in Don’t Stop Believing.

I prefer the over-the-top cheesy glitz of most Eurovision entries, but as power ballads go, this one is pretty good. (Despite a tiny hint of Titanic-ness.)

Eurovision just posted this beefcake-y performance clip from Greece’s entry, Giorgos Alkaios & Friends. We like the friends. Giorgos ain’t too shabby either.

Toni Braxton’s new video made its debut on Logo last night, which probably tells us who she thinks her audience is these days.

Here’s the full length of the teaser I posted last week. Words NSFW, starring Margaret Cho.

Erykah Badu was fined $500 for disorderly conduct for stripping nude at the site of JFK’s assassination during the filming of a music video. Badu says she meant no disrespect. Erykah Badu says her music video, “Window Seat,” in which she stripped nude and feigned being shot at the site of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, has been “grossly misunderstood” …

Could this sound any more like Michael? (Via – Rod 2.0)

Here’s a minute of Pixie Herculon’s coming single, The Bear Song, shot on location around the Castro (including Bearbucks) and featuring a rap by Margaret Cho. Hey, I see a couple of JMG readers in there! Loves it. Rich Morel should totally do the remix. The single drops on iTunes on April 5th. (Tipped by JMG reader Irvin)

Rubber-suited Fergie-a-like hits Mariah-high notes with generic male co-vocalist. Not terrible, but instantly forgettable. Points off for the oh-so-tired fire/desire rhyme, which should have been retired even before Rick James and Teena Marie made it their showstopper.

R&B star Erykah Badu is facing criticism for making a music video at the Dallas site of the assassination of JFK. In the video, Badu slowly strips off most of her clothes and strolls the street of the shooting in her bra and panties. At the end of the clip, Badu lies down nude at the location of the murder. …

One of the stranger entries and definitely one of the least Eurovision-y seen this year. Who does this sound like? Sigur Ros, maybe?

“If someone asked me today, ‘Ricky, what are you afraid of?’ I would answer ‘the blood that runs through the streets of countries at war, child slavery, terrorism, the cynicism of some people in positions of power, the misinterpretation of faith.’ But fear of my truth? Not at all! On the contrary, it fills me with strength and courage. This …

The milkshake lady is back. I like this.