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  • 2007 American Music Awards: Random Thoughts

    To show you how much I’ve been keeping up with this stuff, the only thing I knew about this show before hand was that Jimmy Kimmel was hosting. Hopefully there will be an Adam Corolla appearance.

    • They just announced that Fergie was the hottest female pop star. That Fergalicious got me suspicious, check it out.
    • It’s not Thanksgiving, but I’m thankful that I don’t have HD yet. I bet Fergie is even scarier in HD.
    • Actually, I’m probably just as thankful that I don’t have a stereo receiver, because she’s singing Big Girls Don’t Cry live. She misses me like a child misses his blanket.
    • Now it’s will.i.am’s turn and the crowd goes completely quiet. Dude, you have to sell more than a handful of your solo record to be solo on this show.
    • The dude is trying to be James Brown and maybe if James were drunk, or had half of a right leg, he’d come close.
    • Nicole Schwarchenegger is out next and she could be naked on stage and I wouldn’t care because I’ve pretty much seen everything in that Blender spread. And I don’t like the song very much.
    • Now that was as flat an opening as I’ve ever seen.
    • I just found out that Souja Boy is on this show. Someone needs to kick his ass.
    • Speaking of Soulja Boy, he just did the Soulja Boy dance with Jimmy Kimmel, Jordin Sparks, and Kelly Pickler. I just heard the words, “Superman that ho” on the Disney owned ABC. They should be ashamed of themselves.
    • Carrie Underwood is giving out the Best New Artist award, but before she gives it out, she claims that Tony Romo had a minuscule penis and kissed like a walrus.
    • Daughtry wins by the way.
    • That boy band, Rascal Flatts is performing tonight as well. I mean, that country group.
    • The single greatest man on earth just took the stage. His name is Ryno Seacrest.
    • Adam Levine has a great voice, but if you were to point to one guy who would be proof that white guys shouldn’t shave their heads, you’d point at him.
    • Ashanti (remember her?) just presented the Male R&B award, which Akon won, and he said that T-Pain deserves this “reward”.
    • Some young cats named the Jonas Brothers are out (and the lead singer bailed trying to get to the mic). Ah, I remember them from about 15 years ago when they had blond hair and were called Hanson.
    • They introduced someone presenting as a, “number one rapper from Brooklyn” and nope, it wasn’t Jay-Z. It was FABO. I’d call that trickery.
    • Beyonce is in the audience. The Dreamgirls Soundtrack better win the soundtrack of the year. Dammit! High School Musical 2 just won. Maybe Beyonce can float some naked Vanessa Hudgens pictures out there. Wait, she already did that?
    • I really hate it that Rihanna loves Ne-Yo too.
    • Carrie Underwood just won the award for Best Female Country Artist, but this time, Faith Hill wasn’t around to give her the gas face.
    • I wonder how much they paid Beyonce to sing Irreplaceable with Sugarland? Especially the honky tonk version?
    • You know it’s a popularity contest when Daughtry beats out John Mayer in any sort of category.
    • I’m not surprised to see that Celine Dion is out here singing live. She knows she has a record to sell. But why is Lenny Kravitz out there singing live? When’s his record coming out? And where’s Denise Huxtable?
    • Who knew that Sean Kingston was really Keenan from Keenan and Kel?
    • Dancing With The Stars has really turned the clock back on Kelly Taylor. The woman looks almost fantastic enough to be married to Brandon Walsh now.
    • I’m the biggest MJ fan in the world, and I can still give Chris Brown props for his dancing. Now he just has to get that making songs that people want to hear part down.
    • Will Miley Ray Cyrus ever be able to be anything but Hannah Montana?
    • Carrie Underwood just won the very prestigious T-Mobile Text-In Award. I mean, I think Elvis Presley won that one back in ‘65.
    • Did Daughtry win again? I don’t think he’s thanked Randy or Paula yet.
    • It’s reggae night with Alicia Keys!

    I Don’t Worry ‘Cause Everything Is Gonna Be Alright

    • Carrie Underwood is cleaning up tonight. Tony Romo is in the locker room, staring at Terrell Owens’ naked backside. I wonder who’s having the better night?
    • Usher just presented Beyonce with the International Artist Award. Well, that’s what got her up there to perform with Sugarland.
    • You know, Mary J. Blige is blatantly stealing from Off The Wall era Michael Jackson with her new song Doin’ Fine, but you won’t find MJ in those stunna shades. Maybe that shade of lipstick though.
    • In 2007, how can Bone Thugs-N-Harmony win any sort of award? And more importantly, how can an award where Pretty Ricky and the Shop Boyz are also up for the same award, get on the television broadcast? You’d think that one gets presented right after Kirk Franklin wins his award that they gave out at the morning breakfast buffet.
    • You know that pop music sucks when Queen Latifah sounds ten times better live than Fergie, and the Queen wasn’t rapping.
    • Uh oh. Jay-Z’s in trouble. Rihanna just beat out Beyonce for Best Female R&B. And Rihanna thanked Jay, while Beyonce didn’t. Hmmmm.
    • Daughtry has the best selling album of 2007? Jeez, and here I thought it was Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
    • I can actually fast forward through their performance because I only heard it at the end of every single elimination episode of American Idol. Where’s Daniel Powter when you need him? Having a bad day?
    • Fergie didn’t win an award all night that didn’t have to do with her having a resemblance to a toothy animal, and she wins the big one for the females. And she even thanked Tad Hamilton.
    • Nope, no Adam Corolla tonight.

  • It’s a dreary day in Queens today…

    It’s a dreary day in Queens today. Its rainy, windy and cold, a great day to look forward to the near future. The Yankees have their first home game Tuesday; when the boys of summer are here; you know good weather is on its way. College students across the country are on Spring Break, either spending it in on some drunken beach paradise, or at home with nothing much to do beside go to the mall and get their parents to do several loads of laundry. Many people can feel the warm breezes of summer in their head and before long it will be Memorial Day, the first official beach day of the year. With that in mind, I thought what better thing for me to do then give all you music fans something to look forward to in the weeks before Memorial Day.

    Here are some much-anticipated musical releases coming out in the next 50 days:

    Daniel Powter – Daniel Powter
    You might not recognize the name, but if you’ve watched American Idol, you will recognize the voice. Powter’s #1 hit single Bad Day is all over the radio, but millions of American Idol fans hear it every week on TV. Bad Day is that song you hear during the montage of each Idol contestant’s experience on the show after they get eliminated. This singer/songwriter is hoping you give him a chance and go out and buy his whole album on April 11th.

    Toby Keith – White Trash With Money
    This country music mainstay comes out with his 11th studio release on April 11th, but you can look for something a little different than the pervious ten on this one. This is Keith’s first release under his own label “Show Dog Nashville”. The album is the first since Keith’s ’97 release Dream Walkin’ that’s not produced by Jon Stroud. Will a change in production translate into another in a long line of hits for Keith, or will fans be answering the question he posed with his ’99 album How Do You Like Me Now?! with a big fat “not very much”.

    Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs – Under the Covers, Vol. 1
    The indi-college rocker (Sweet) and Bangles frontwoman (Hoffs), team up on a collection of 60’s-ish covers that range from The Bee Gees’ Run to Me, to The Beach Boys Warmth of the Sun, to The Who’s The Kids Are Alright. The whole album was recorded at Sweet’s California home, and also includes tracks originally done by The Mammas and the Pappas, The Velvet Underground and oh yes, The Beatles. Interesting is the understatement of the year in talking about this calabo that comes out April 18th.

    Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
    The Boss pays tribute to folk music legend Pete Seeger in this fifteen track, dual disc release that has Bruce covering some of his favorite Seeger songs with a Springsteen twist. Springsteen recorded the tracks with an eclectic collection of musicians to back him up, including Conan O’ Brien house band members Richie “La Bamba” Rosenberg and Mark Pender. Noticeably missing, however, was E-Street Band and O’ Brien member Max Weinberg. The Folk fusion album comes out April 25th.

    Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam
    College rock fans rejoice on May 2nd when Pearl Jam releases its first studio album since 2000’s Binaural. While almost all of the early 90’s Grunge-rock bands have faded out, Pearl Jam remains a mainstream reminder of those good ‘ol rainy Seattle days. Pearl Jam has already released the first single from Pearl Jam, World Wide Suicide. The song has the familiar grungy edge that Pearl Jam has nearly patented, but still remains catchy. From all early indications expect more mastery of the art of grunge rock from this most recent release.

    Mobb Deep – Blood Money
    Rappers Prodigy and Havoc, collectively known as Mobb Deep are senior citizen when it comes to the hip-hop industry. They have a number of studio releases under their belts, in addition to countless tracks on mixtapes. Both rappers have given the solo thing a shot but haven’t been as successful as Southern counterparts Andre 3000 and Big Boi. After signing to G-Unit and Interscope records, Mobb Deep makes their first release under 50 Cent’s label on May 2nd. Through industry beefs with heavyweights like Jay-Z, and colaborations with some of the industries top producers these two have the respect of the industry. With that being said, Deep’s latest studio release Blood Money has a lot of hype behind it. Will the rap duo give hip-hop fans more of what they have come to expect under a new label? Blood Money will answer that question.

    Look out for part two of the pre-Memorial Day Music Preview Tuesday.
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