Kings and Queens – 30 Seconds to Mars
Ground Control to Major Tom…this is not a drag show…this is a countdown to a rock explosion! And they’re coming in the bicycle loads! The video clip to the new song by California rock quartet Kings and Queens, features scores of bicyclists emerging out of a sunset, sporting bunny ear head gear, face paint and Michael Jackson’s infamous red toysoldier jacket with the yellow barrel fasteners, all pedaling their way across bridges, tunnels and highways to…Mars? Not quite, more like what looks like
The song starts with an anthemic wail before breaking down into an intriguing contradiction of devilishly irresistible vocals delivered slowly and savored over a rapid fire drum beat and feverish violin attack. And then it all ends with the tour de
Well if it was a little bit more disco and not so darn alt rocky, you know what kind of parade this could have inspired this year just on the chorus alone!
The rest of the lyrics are as dark as anything needs to be to inspire a youthful generation to feel like if they don’t scratch their marks of resentment, they just might disappear with the smoggy poisons around them.
The song is taken off their third studio album, This is War. Rich Good, dubbed a closet Englishman, is the frontman and founder of the band, who incidentally looks a whole lot of good looking like Josh Duhamel!
Never Gonna Be Alone - Nickelback
This is a band that has come under a lot of flack for the rock sacrileges in brazen pop crossovers. Selling a measly 8 million copies before, the band teamed up with Mutt Lange, the guy who produced AC/DC, Shania Twain and Def Leppard. And that’s why with Dark Horse, the band has done good. Taken off the album, this track is a ballad, with Chad Kroeger making an earnest effort to drape his vocals in an simple and unpretentious garb on a subdued but catchy guitar hook.
The whole song sounds a little like Nickelback are licking their wounds and walking humbly back home…but it works. It’s good easy listening at the very least and minus the star factor, at the very worst. And its best, its quite unexpectedly beautiful.
But of course you’d never realize it’s a song about a father and daughter until you watch the video clip. As a Ken doll like dad watches from the heavenly beyond, his daughter, grow up from bicycle learning to prom to graduation to wedding.
Forever - Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminems
We’ve been talking about Drake back in the day when the paparazzi was saying Rihanna had her hots for him and Kanye West brought champagne to his shows.
You don’t need the alarms or sirens to herald the arrival of Canadian-American rapper, Aubrey Graham.
The newest hype in hip hop now teams up with his protégé, Lil Wayne, to lay out his R n’ B Craig David like croons, interpolated with Kaney swagger,
The song is part of the soundtrack of the documentary on NBA superstar, LeBron James, titled More than a Game. The soundtrack features contributions from Mary J. Blige, T. I. and Young Jeezy.
It’s incredible that this youngster has managed to garner the vocal contributions of three of the biggest hip hop heroes on the bling side of fame. Originally the song was done by Drake and Kanye West, ‘and then they went back and got two more prolific talents and it just made it even crazier…they blessed Drake crazy,’ said Rich Paul, who worked with Lebron to market the movie, in an interview with MTV.