So, as stated before, I’m looking for folks who might be interested in doingf a Sunday Seven of their own, since I’d like to know what’s in YOUR CD collections. If you want to contribute on a Sunday in the future, drop me a line (musicpublisher@consumerhelpweb.com) and I’ll sign you up.
My dear iPod is about to be completely filled. I’m operating with about 1.5 gigs left. One solid release day and I’m sunk. Let the unchecking begin!
Here’s this week’s seven:
Editor’s Note: Because the charts have been friggin’ boring lately, I’m gonna turn the Sunday morning Chart Chat column over every two weeks to Mikey so he can discuss the goings on on the rock charts. Take it away, Mikey! (exits stage left…see y’all next week when we can talk about bands (hopefully) other than Metallica and T.I…damn it, his album’s gonna be #1 next week. Oh, well…
Mainstream Rock
Analysis: Not much to write about this week as no real movement on the chart. Metallica regains the #1 spot, otherwise, there was nothing to get excited about…. I wasn’t joking last week about Tesla, their new song I Wanna Live is a rockin’ tune, and should hopefully see movement soon. Now I’m not the biggest Tesla fan, but I have to give credit where credit is due…. It appears that Chinese Democracy, the much awaited Guns N Roses album, is finally going to come out in November as a Best Buy Exclusive. Does anybody even care anymore? It’s only Axl Rose and maybe some contributions from Izzy Stradlin, and should be noted as an Axl solo album. I don’t expect much…. Speaking of retail exclusives, we already know that AC/DC’s Black Ice album can only be purchased at Wal-Mart, but now a Rock Band 2 track pack featuring AC/DC songs will be exclusive at Wal-Mart as well on November 20th. Guess this means I’m going to have to suck it up and make a spend. I wonder if I already have a Wii Guitar for Guitar Hero and a Mic from the American Idol game, can I just shell out $50 for the game, or do I need to buy the whole shebang for $200?…. The new Buckcherry song is catching on as an anthem, and I expect the song to rise up the charts soon…
Modern Rock
Analysis: Theory Of A Deadman can now claim the fact they are relevant on both mainstream and modern rock charts, as the song enters the Top 10 for the first time since being on the chart for 15 weeks…Weezer inches one step closer to the top spot with Troublemaker. I’m not sold on this new Offspring song, and think Weezer is going to take the top spot pretty soon… Not much to discuss…
After recently listening to Raphael Saadiq’s excellent The Way I See It, I started to remember when I first heard his voice. I was either in the 8th or 9th grade and all of a sudden his group, Tony!, Toni!, Tone!, was on the radio all the time. Their single Feels Good was actually a bit different from what was on the radio at the time with its soulful and slightly funky sound. But if I didn’t hear Feels Good on the radio at least 10 times a day around that time, something was wrong with my radio. That’s how popular it was in the Bay Area.
– I was just telling someone the other day that more dance choreography should feature cartwheels.
– I’m going to ask someone what they should say if the rhythm feels good to them. If that someone says, “Uh, uh baby,” I’m giving them ten bucks.
– Hopping too. We need more hopping on two feet in dance choreography.
– That guy is rockin’ a pink blazer.
– Tony!, Toni!, Tone! has done it again.
– That was Mopreme Shakur by the way, who was Tupac’s older step brother. He rhymed under the name Mocedes.
– After all that goofy dancing, they bust into some MJ in the last 2 seconds?