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- Elvis Presley: unlikely rebel|18Aug07|Socialist Worker
- How Tony Wilson changed music
- Exclusive: Live Album To Chronicle Daft Punk Tour
- Sum 41 & Finger Eleven Visit Scotiabank Place Oct. 31
- United Force
- What you’ve said
- Post details: TONY WILSON RIP AMY WINEHOUSE WTF?
Elvis Presley: unlikely rebel|18Aug07|Socialist Worker
Socialistworker.co.uk – Aug 14, 2007
Ian Birchall looks at the contradictions and the tragedy of his lifeWhen Elvis Presley died 30 years ago this month punk was at its peak. At some punk gigs there was cheering when the news was announced. Elvis was everything the punks despised old (over 40!) rich and best known for tedious ballads like “The Wonder of You”. Yet without Elvis neither punk nor most of the popular music of the last 50 years would have been possible. A whole generation took Elvis as their starting point. Bob Dylan first got into rock music through hearing “Hound Dog”. Otis Redding started out singing Elvis songs in local talent shows… At some punk gigs there was cheering when the news was announced. Elvis was everything the punks despised old (over 40!) rich and best known for tedious ballads like “The Wonder of You”. Yet without Elvis neither punk nor most of the popular music of the last 50 years would have been possible. A whole generation took Elvis as their starting point. Bob Dylan first got into rock music through hearing “Hound Dog”. Otis Redding started out singing Elvis songs in local talent shows. John Lennon said “Before Elvis there was nothing.
How Tony Wilson changed music
BBC News – Aug 14, 2007
Here are five ways that Wilson changed the music industry. BRINGING PUNK TO THE MAINSTREAM Wilson who was working as a reporter at Granada TV gave the Sex Pistols their television debut in 1976… Only about 40 people were in the crowd according to author David Nolan who wrote a book hailing the concert as The Gig that Changed the World. But they included future stars such as Morrissey Mark E Smith and Mick Hucknall who were inspired by the event to form their own bands. And Wilson was inspired to book them for the second series of his regional music programme So It Goes. The Jam and Elvis Costello also got their TV debuts on the show.
Exclusive: Live Album To Chronicle Daft Punk Tour
Billboard – Aug 14, 2007
Daft Punk will in late November release a live album chronicling the June 14 Paris stop on its first tour in a decade Billboard. The as-yet-untitled Capitol set will be available in a single CD edition plus a two-disc set which features the show’s encore. As of now no live DVD companion is in the works according to the group. “We’re from Paris and we hadn’t played there for 10 years” Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter told Billboard last Friday the afternoon following the tour closer in Brooklyn N… “Our song had a good sound but when he put Kanye’s record on the sound was really fat. It sounds really big. It’s not a collaboration in the studio but the vibe of the music we do separately connected in what he did with the song.
Sum 41 & Finger Eleven Visit Scotiabank Place Oct. 31
Ottawa Start – Ottawa Start (press release) – Aug 14, 2007
Two time Juno award winners (Best Group ’03 and Best Rock Album ’05) this band’s success includes several multi-platinum records here at home as well as over 7 million units sold worldwide. Sum 41 is back with their long awaited fourth album Underclass Hero released July 24. The album was #1 the first week it was released in Canada and Japan as well as a top ten album in America. Self-produced by front man Deryck Whibley it is the follow up to Chuck which spawned the hits ‘We’re All To Blame’ and ‘Pieces’… From the rallying cry of first single “Underclass Hero” to the reflective musings of the ballad “Best Of Me” Sum 41 deliver on every level. Sum 41 continues to defy labeling having collaborated with and toured alongside musical icons that include Iggy Pop Ludacris Metallica and Motley Crue. Burlington’s home town heroes Finger Eleven made their triumphant re-entry into the music scene on March 6 2007 with their fourth Wind-up Records release Them vs. Most recognized for their international multi-format smash single “One Thing” from their previous self titled album the band has once again rocketed into the limelight after a four year hiatus.
United Force
Washington Post – Aug 14, 2007
United did understand. "This is not other sports" says Payne. "Rather than have a band getting up occasionally to play a rehearsed song our fans make their own music. " Deny this urge and the cost to a franchise in passion atmosphere noise and ticket sales is incalculable. Payne talked to the stadium officials. The third game the drums were back and the… “They were loud they were passionate about it they liked to party. I liked the confetti I liked the drums. It was kind of the same appeal as when you’re a teenager and you like the punk band or the rock band. You’re like these guys are a little bit dangerous and that’s what’s cool about them and I want to be a part of that. Then I found out they weren’t really dangerous. They were really nice guys. “Andy Mack has a theory.
What you’ve said
BBC News – Aug 14, 2007
Any professional that works with young people could see that he told you what you wanted to hear; he took you to the ‘scenes’ you wanted to see and he looked suitably ‘terrified’ at the right moments. You should be utterly ashamed of yourselves. L S Twickenham UKI grew up and went to school in Hainault Essex in the 1970s and experienced similar issues ie teen gangs knives drugs own street language music (in my days it was punk rather than rap) and so on. The main difference between the kids shown in the programme and us was we were in a predominantly white area. The connection is class – working class. In working class areas these sorts of teenage lifestyle was and seemingly continues to be the norm. It is the perception of outsiders – middle classes chattering classes who look upon this lifestyle with shock and for the media to sensationalise it… The young people shown on the programme joked about gang violence and carrying of weapons. To them it’s ‘cool’ to be worth nothing to society. There’s more to life than music and blings! They need to realise that greater respect will be given to them and maybe people will listen to what they have to say if they have excellent academic records rather than hanging around street corners. I bet none of them has the intention to go to Uni. If you want respect do something that will make the society be proud of you!Ray Lee London UKAbiola’s mum is a true modern day solider she should keep up with the battle facing today’s black youth Amaka Ejibe London I thought this was a very compassionate film. It put human faces to the problem – the boys were lovely – and also gave us a different angle on the much bandied stereotype of the black teenage youth that the boys themselves referred to in the film. It showed the extreme difficulty faced by parents and the dreadful destructive and deadly pressure of gang culture.
Post details: TONY WILSON RIP AMY WINEHOUSE WTF?
NME.com – Aug 14, 2007
First Tony Wilson a true maverick and on-the-edge industry visionary in the most punk rock sense and the kind of independent minded music-comes-first sort of bloke we see so rarely in the current major label dictatorship of rock. May his legacy live on in those underground labels (1-2-3-4 White Heat Drowned In Sound) singles clubs and internet insurrectionists dedicated to putting pop before profit and labels such as Domino Rough Trade and 1969 kicking against the major label pricks from the inside. And second the death of.