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  • Vital Idol: Mariah Carey Says Bye Bye To …

    Before I start this write-up, I wanted to mention that Music Help Web has a Twitter page. You can read us on Twitter where we update quick news items that aren’t necessarily something we’d blog about, but still are important. Now, onto the show.

    Last night’s show was Mariah Carey Night. All of the remaining contestants performed Mimi’s songs and overall, I was very surprised at how well they did. I figured we were in for a tough night. While I didn’t necessarily agree with the judges that David Cook did a great version of Always Be My Baby, as the reason I like that song is because it’s fun and innocent and he took all of that away, I do think they were fair and gave everyone just about what they deserved.

    – Has anyone noticed that Randy Jackson’s side burns are nearing Brandon and Dylan levels from nearly 15 years ago?

    – The Idol contestants are performing One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men and Jason Castro croaked through the very first verse. I think they told him to lip synch the rest of the way.

    – I predict a Brooke, Carly, and KL Cook bottom three by the way.

    – Ryno is splitting the folks into two groups tonight without telling them what being in either group means. In one group is Syesha, Carly, and Jason and in the other is David Cook, Brooke (straight), and KL Cook. David Archuleta is the only one not in a group.

    – A man that used to look like Elliot Yamin but has terrible facial hair and a curly mop on top of his head is singing what seems to be his next single. I wished for Trainwreck, but he’s singing Free.

    – Mariah isn’t singing Touch My Body, which I’m guessing is because she’d probably have to dance a little bit. But she’s instead singing Bye Bye and standing as straight as the mic stand.

    – She’s not as skinny as the toothpick that is Brooke White, but Mimi is looking skinny.

    – Whichever group Big Dave Archuleta joins must be the group that is safe, because it would have four members versus three.

    – That Ryno is such a sneaky guy. He just switched David Cook with Syesha. David Cook, Carly, and Jason Castro are safe along with Big Dave.

    – Syesha is safe, leaving the two blondies.

    – Brooke is safe and Big Rube Studdard will celebrate this year’s Sanjaya, KL Cook, home.

    Next week is Andrew Lloyd Webber? Did I hear that right?

    (I guess so – check out this message board thread.)

  • New Releases 4/15/08: The Emancipation of Mimi’s New Album

    Yep, it’s April 15th. Hope your taxes are done! With freshly received refunds in hand (hopefully), let’s mosey on down to the record store, shall we? Here’s what’s new this week.
    Mariah Carey-E=MC2: The most highly anticipated release of the year thus far has finally arrived, and I’m sure Mariah is having a good laugh thinking about the fact that five years ago, her career was considered dead. At any rate, her 10th studio album features Mariah’s usual mix of hip-hop influenced club bangers and emotional ballads. Guests include Young Jeezy (ugh), T-Pain (ugh) and Jermaine Dupri (ugh). It’s still my contention that Mariah has yet to make a definitive album, and that the best album she’s released to date has been her first, but I must say that I’m fairly intrigued here.
    The Naked Brothers Band-I Don’t Want To Go To School: Is it me, or is The Naked Brothers Band the most inappropriate band name for a bunch of pre-teens in recorded music history? That’s just inviting the pedophiles to come on board. Anyway, from the little I know about these kids, they’re Nickelodeon-endorsed, and they’re sort of like a more garage-y, less talented version of “Mmmbop”-era Hanson. The little girls will go apeshit for this, I’m sure.
    Apocalyptica-Worlds Collide: I thought these guys were just a vaguely classical Metallica tribute banc, but they’re so much more! Well, the cellos are still there, but this album from the Finnish (I believe) metal album contains all original material, and also features guest appearances from Slipknot/Stone Sour’s Corey Taylor as well as the lead singers from Three Days Grace and Lacuna Coil, making this sort of a new-metal (as opposed to nu-metal) all-star album.
    Everclear-The Vegas Years: At least five if not ten years past his sell-by date, Art Alexakis and his rotating group of bandmembers are back on a major label (after a one-album detour into indieville) and they’re releasing that old standby-a covers album! It looks like the thrust here is pop/rock of the Seventies and Eighties, with Thin Lizzy, The Go-Gos and Hall & Oates among the artists/bands covered.
    Also in stores this week: a new one from WB-endorsed rockers Phantom Planet, new country act Lady Antebellum (whose name makes them sound like the latest U.K. rap phenomenon), a new album from jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves, the debut album from Jordan Zevon (son of the late, legendary Warren Zevon), a new album from William Shatner (which finds him reading the book of Exodus!), and the long-awaited, much-anticipated return of White Lion (remember them? This might jog your memory: http://youtube.com/watch?v=oUR86bnKLaI)!!!
    Happy shopping, people.
    Oh, and get a full list of this week’s releases here: http://www.pauseandplay.com/cdfront.htm

  • Chart Chat: Radiohead, Van Morrison and More!

    Hey kids, courtesy of the good folks at Billboard magazine, here’s this week’s Top 20 singles and albums!!
    Top 20 Albums:
    1) Troubadour-George Strait
    2) Accelerate-R.E.M.
    3) Now That’s What I Call Music 27-Various Artists
    4) Day26-Day26
    5) Alvin & The Chipmunks-Soundtrack
    6) Still Da Baddest-Trina
    7) Welcome To The Dollhouse-Danity Kane
    8) Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings-Counting Crows
    9) Trilla-Rick Ross
    10) Keep it Simple-Van Morrison
    11) Shine a Light (soundtrack)-The Rolling Stones
    12) Pretty. Odd.-Panic at the Disco
    13) Sleep Through the Static-Jack Johnson
    14) Attack & Release-The Black Keys
    15) Mail on Sunday-Flo Rida
    16) Taylor Swift-Taylor Swift
    17) Little Voice-Sara Bareilles
    18) Consolers of the Lonely-The Raconteurs
    19) Vol. 7: Hope & Sorrow-Sevendust
    20) Good Time-Alan Jackson
    Top 20 Singles:
    1) Touch My Body-Mariah Carey
    2) Bleeding Love-Leona Lewis
    3) 4 Minutes-Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake
    4) Lollipop-Lil’ Wayne feat. Static Major
    5) Love in this Club-Usher feat. Young Jeezy
    6) Sexy Can I-Ray J feat. Yung Berg
    7) No Air-Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
    8) With You-Chris Brown
    9) Love Song-Sara Bareilles
    10) Low-Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
    11) Don’t Stop The Music-Rihanna
    12) See You Again-Miley Cyrus
    13) Stop & Stare-OneRepublic
    14) Apologize-Timbaland feat. OneRepublic
    15) You’re Gonna Miss This-Trace Adkins
    16) Superstar-Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos
    17) Independent-Webbie, Lil’ Boosie & Lil’ Phat
    18) No One-Alicia Keys
    19) Beat It-Fall Out Boy feat. John Mayer
    20) Sorry-Buckcherry
    It’s a good time to be a Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer on the album charts this week: R.E.M. debut at #2 and score their highest charting week and biggest sales week since 1996’s “New Adventures in Hi-Fi”. Meanwhile, Irish troubadour Van Morrison scores the highest chart position of his 40-year career with “Keep it Simple”.
    On the singles chart, it’s worth mentioning that “Nude”, at #37, is Radiohead’s first Top 40 single since “Creep”, their debut single back in 1993!!
    The TV was on while I was doing chores yesterday, and I swear that between VH1-Soul, MTV Hits, MTV Jams and VH-1 proper, I saw the videos for “No Air” and “Love in This Club” a grand total of 1,000 times.
    Here’s the American Idol performance of “No Air”. Back when Chris first came out, I was unsure if he had staying power, but this kid is the real deal. I’m not sure why they felt the need to lip-sync only the pre-chorus though.
    …and the video for “Love in this Club”, which looks remarkably similar to the video for “Yeah!”. I love this song (even though I can definitely do without Young Jeezy). However, given the box office receipts for “In The Mix” and “Light it Up”, should someone send Ush the message that he should maybe stop acting?
    Elsewhere, “Beat It” enters the Top 20 via Fall Out Boy, marking the third cover/major sample of a “Thriller” song to hit the Top 20 this year, following Rihanna’s “Don’t Stop The Music” and Kanye West’s “Good Life”. For those playing at home, if the year was to end today, “Thriller” would be 2008’s 6th best selling album.
    Hmmm…maybe Panic at the Disco (who plummet 2-12) should have changed their album title to Pretty. Over.
    Next week, there’s a good chance Brit Leona Lewis will debut at #1 on the album charts as well as re-planting herself at #1 on the singles chart, making her the first British female ever to score a #1 album! Stay tuned…