Fader linked to Prince and the Revolution rehearsal footage from what looks to be 1984.
The videos come from Pepepurito2’s YouTube channel and if history suggests anything, these videos may not last all that long so watch them while you can.
Here’s the one of Prince and the group rehearsing When Doves Cry:
Before I go on I should mention that I have not downloaded a single Nickelback song ever. They are completely absent on my iPod. I have never seen them in concert, and I probably never will.
I am well aware of the disdain people have for Nickelback. I know of the many popular Facebook groups denouncing their existence. Hell, when I’m in a conversation with someone about their hatred for this group, I don’t even defend them.
But I can’t hate Nickelback, and that’s because of one thing. When I’m in the car listening to the radio, or one of their songs comes across my XM receiver, I do one thing: I fucking wail.
That’s right, I admit it, I am a car singing man that will rock out to Nickelback. I’ll belt out the chorus, I’ll hum along to the verses, or sing the wrong words. And for a few short minutes I’ll bob my head to Chad Kroeger’s strained vocals as he sings about…something.
I’m not sure where this association comes from. Perhaps it’s because Kroeger doesn’t really have that good of a singing voice, thus it’s easier to sing along with. Maybe it’s because his refrains have an annoying ability to get stuck in your head. Or maybe it’s because a small part of me actually likes them – dear god, could that be true?
I know what’s going through your head: Nickelback sucks. But I can’t hate them. I remember on 9/11 when we needed to get away from the news and there, on MTV, was the video for “How You Remind Me” playing over and over, and I remember singing along with friends because we were able to do something than watch the horrible images of the day.
I just can’t hate a band whose last 4 albums have sold almost 17 million copies, here in this age of illegally downloading music.
I know some hatred could come from being overplayed on the radio, but hey, crazy me thought that you were played on the radio because you were popular, not because you sucked.
So there you have it. I won’t buy your music Nickelback. I won’t go to your concerts. I won’t even defend you in a conversation where people put you down. But don’t worry. You’ll always have me in my car singing along to whatever song of yours comes on the radio.
Those lucky Billboard people got to hear six tracks from the new Green Day album, “21st Century Breakdown”. Green Day’s been one of my favorite bands since “Dookie”, and unlike a lot of folks, I didn’t abandon them in the decade between that seminal album and “American Idiot”. I’m actually one of the few folks out there who can say they liked “Warning”. Conversely, I’ve gotta say that it took a long time for “Idiot” to finally blow me away.While everyone was busy proclaiming it the best album of 2004, I was fairly unimpressed, but I’ve got to say that the album has held up extremely well over the years and with 4 1/2 years hindsight, I’ll say it’s almost as good as people said it was at the time.
Anyway, it looks like “Breakdown” will be similar to “Idiot” in that it’s sort of a “rock opera” with a storyline and three “acts”. This album will also be politically charged, although not to the extent that “Idiot” was.
“21st Century Breakdown” comes out in early May, which means that we should be hearing a single shortly. I can’t wait!! In the meantime, let’s kick it old school with the “When I Come Around” video, which I remember getting played on MTV every 10 minutes-back when they actually played videos.