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  • NKOTB Hit The "Today" Show: 5/16/08


    I almost slept past this!!

    http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=f42743ca-fb9f-42cf-99af-83de81debc1d

    The fellas didn’t look bad on their first live performance since 1994. The choreography was tasteful and befitting of their ages, Donnie Wahlberg is unquestionably still the leader of the group, and Danny Wood and Jon Knight’s mics were probably turned off (there were definitely support background vocals being used here, which isn’t an especially big deal). “Summertime” should be a fairly big hit, although I retched a little during the performance of “Tonight”, a song that should be buried in a cave somewhere.

    What did y’all think?

  • Friday Throwback – Lady (You Bring Me Up)

    When I was a kid, my dad used to leave the VCR on all night recording MTV and VH-1, back when they both played videos. I guess he wanted to check out what he missed in the morning. But there was one video that I still remember until this day just because of how wacky it was. I sat there wondering why Lionel Richie was singing and dancing in booty high soccer short. Why wasn’t he just dancing on the ceiling? It was outrageous.

    – Those are some short white shorts.

    – They must’ve had to rehearse those dance sequences at least once before shooting the video.

    – Even the referee was getting his boogie on.

    – Which one is the father of that guy Adam from “The Real World”? I called him Adam Richie for most of the season until he did that terrible rap which lead me to believe there’s no way he could be Lionel Richie’s biological son with that lack of musical talent.

    – Did they just kick a basketball at Lionel? And really, wouldn’t this video be better on the basketball court? Imagine Lionel in those same shorts, except with a tank top sized jersey, showing off a massive tuft of chest hair and gold chains danging from his neck. Ok, I think I went too far with that one. Back to the soccer field.

    – Wait, I hope the girls threw those drawers at him.

    – You just knew that girl with the long hair in the pig tails was trouble.

    – There must be a “Behind The Music” story about how this video was a rib on a groupie activity that the Commodores had one time right? I imagine that story would start by Lionel saying, “One time, we were hanging out with Pele …”

  • BET Awards Action…It’s Fantas…Wait A Second…


    Hey, anyone notice that the Soul Train Music Awards didn’t happen this year? Well, after last year’s debacle, during which damn near NO ONE who won an award showed up, the organizers decided to pull the plug on the show after two decades.

    Well, one definite reason the Soul Train Awards’ power faded was because of the advent of the BET Awards. Since it’s inception in 2001, it has become the place where R&B, rap and gospel’s elite united to be honored. Add in the fact that they honor the film, television and sports world as well, and…well, I think the rest of this paragraph kinda writes itself.

    Anyway, this year’s nominees were announced today, and the leading nominee is…

    …(squints)…

    …T-PAIN?!!!!!???!!??

    Yup, Tallahassee’s finest (forgive me, Tallahasseans, I know no better) received five nominations, and not a one for his own work. Thank Kanye West, Chris Brown and Flo-Rida for the plethora of T-Pain love. Man, he has got the easiest job of anyone in the music industry. Dude doesn’t even have to sing.

    Anyway, the other multiple nominees were pretty standard: the aforementioned West and Brown, plus Li’l Wayne, Mary J. Blige and Alicia Keys, among others. Pleasant surprises included the love shown Erykah Badu, who got a pair of noms, plus the presence of British export Estelle in the Best New Artist category. Also nice to see Raheem DeVaughn get a pair of noms, and they recognized Chaka Khan, who’s made arguably the best R&B album in the past 12 months (Although they tossed her in the “BETJ” AKA “Old Fogey” category).

    A head scratcher included the entire Best Female Hip-Hop category. Any category in which Kid Sister and Li’l Mama are among your finalists should probably be scrapped sooner than later.

    Still,this promises to be an interesting show, with performances from Usher, among others,and the lifetime achievement award set to go to Rev. Al Green. The show airs live on June 24th, and you can find a complete list of nominees here: http://www.bet.com/specials/betawards08/