(I’d like to be your guide on the rock & roll roller coaster keeping you updated with the latest buzz, news, and trends in the rock & roll world. The blog you are reading is fantastic especially for somebody like me who is into all genres of music: Pop, R&B, Easy Listening, Disco,Dance, 70’s, 80’s, etc. Mikey Heyliger has done an amazing job, and the sky’s the limit. Yet, we need more rock & roll, and I hope to be able to enlighten you with some fun stuff. You’ll still see random pieces from me about obscure tunes from the old days, but my focus will on the rock & roll world. Every week or so, this column will feature the movers and shakers in the hard rock genre! Be excellent to each other, and party on dudes!)
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Let There Be Rock!: Hot Rock And Roll Bands To Watch Out For
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Chart Chat 9/14/08: NKOTB, Gavin Rossdale, Flo-Rida & More!!
I’m running out of witty things to say at the start of these things. Someone has to help me out here. Hey, are there any cool songs about Sunday that you can think of? Ah, yes. One of my favorite Maroon 5 songs. Granted, some of you reading this are probably thinking “I thought you said cool songs, but I like ’em, so nyah!!
Anyhow, today’s Billboard charts are brought to you by the letter “B”, the number “8” and appear courtesy of the good men and women at Billboard magazine.
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Billboard Top 20 Albums
1) “The Recession”- Young Jeezy
2) “The Block”- New Kids on the Block
3) “L.A.X.”- The Game
4) “Rock & Roll Jesus”- Kid Rock
5) “All Hope is Gone”- Slipknot
6) “A Little Bit Longer”- Jonas Brothers
7) “Mamma Mia Soundtrack”- Various Artists
8) “Lost in the Sound of Separation”- Underoath
9) “Hello Love”- Chris Tomlin
10) “Tha Carter III”- Li’l Wayne
11) “Love on the Inside”- Sugarland
12) “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends”- Coldplay
13) “Good Girl Gone Bad”- Rihanna
14) “Breakout”- Miley Cyrus
15) “Now That’s What I Call Country!”- Various Artists
16) “We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things”- Jason Mraz
17) “The Illusion of Progress”- Staind
18) “Camp Rock Soundtrack”- Various Artists
19) “Just a Rolling Stone”- Donnie Klang
20) “Spirit”- Leona Lewis-
Billboard Top 20 Singles
1) “Whatever U Like”- T.I.
2) “So What”- Pink
3) “Disturbia”- Rihanna
4) “With You”- Chris Brown
5) “Paper Planes”- M.I.A.
6) “I’m Yours”- Jason Mraz
7) “Viva La Vida”- Coldplay
8) “Closer”- Ne-Yo
9) “In the Ayer”- Flo-Rida feat. will.i.am
10) “Dangerous”- Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon
11) “Just Stand Up!”- Various Artists
12) “Can’t Believe It”- T-Pain feat. Li’l Wayne
13) “Hot N Cold”- Katy Perry
14) “When I Grow Up”- The Pussycat Dolls
15) “Got Money”- Li’l Wayne feat. T-Pain
16) “I Kissed a Girl”- Katy Perry
17) “One Step at a Time”- Jordin Sparks
18) “Put On”- Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West
19) “Take a Bow”- Rihanna
20) “Leavin’”- Jesse McCartney -
Infatueighties: #87: “Love is a Battlefield”
The 12 “We are young…heartache to heartache we stand…no promises, no demands…”
Ahhhh, the drama of young love, right?
Pat Benatar’s rocking softened up a little bit on this 1983 hit. “Battlefield” was certainly her most synth-heavy and dancefloor friendly song up to that point. Her emotive crooning certainly struck a chord, “Battlefield” was also the highest-charting song of her career, landing at #5 that autumn.
…and then there was the video. Directed by Bob Giraldi and choreographed by Michael Peters (the same team behind Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”), the clip features Benatar as a teenage runaway (she was 30 at the time) who becomes a prostitute/chick who dances with dudes in a bar (yeah, I don’t necessarily get that either). The video’s super-campy coda features Benatar confronting her pimp/boss after he accosts one of the other hoes/dancers. Does Benatar hit him? A swift kick in the balls? Does she open her mouth to shout? Nope. She dances. Actually, the other girls dance, mostly, and Pat gets through a couple of rudimentary moves before she finally tosses a drink in pimp/boss’s face. This, my friends, is why videos were so great in the Eighties.
The sellout tag was thrown around a bit after “Battlefield”, but I’ll take this one over “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” or “Hell is for Children” any day.