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  • Chart Chat: 9/21/08: Pink, Metallica, Mitch Hedberg & More!!

    This week’s chart action, courtesy of Billboard Magazine.

      Billboard Hot 100: Top 20 Singles

    1) “So What” Pink

    Pink. Photo courtesy of Joel Telling.
    Pink. Photo courtesy of Joel Telling.

    2) “Whatever You Like” T.I.
    3) “Disturbia” Rihanna
    4) “Paper Planes” M.I.A.
    5) “Swagga Like Us” Jay-Z & T.I. feat. Li’l Wayne & Kanye West
    6) “Forever” Chris Brown
    7) “Closer” Ne-Yo
    8) “Can’t Believe It” T-Pain feat. Li’l Wayne
    9) “American Boy” Estelle feat. Kanye West
    10) “Got Money” Li’l Wayne feat. T-Pain
    11) ‘Dangerous” Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon
    12) “Hot N Cold” Katy Perry
    13) “I’m Yours” Jason Mraz
    14) “Viva La Vida” Coldplay
    15) “In the Ayer” Flo-Rida feat. will.i.am
    16) “Love Story” Taylor Swift
    17) “One Step at a Time” Jordin Sparks
    18) “Better in Time” Leona Lewis
    19) “I Kissed a Girl” Katy Perry
    20) “Miss Independent” Ne-Yo

      Billboard 200: Top 20 Albums

    1) “Death Magnetic” Metallica
    2) “The Recession” Young Jeezy
    3) “Rock & Roll Jesus” Kid Rock
    4) “Do You Know” Jessica Simpson
    5) “All Hope is Gone” Slipknot
    6) “A Little Bit Longer” Jonas Brothers
    7) “LAX” The Game
    8) “Exit 13” LL Cool J
    9) “Tha Carter III” Li’l Wayne
    10) “Mamma Mia Soundtrack” Various Artists
    11) “Love & Life” Eric Benet
    12) “Good Girl Gone Bad” Rihanna
    13) “Love on the Inside” Sugarland
    14) “The Quilt” Gym Class Heroes
    15) “Viva La Vida or Death & All His Friends” Coldplay
    16) “The Block” New Kids on the Block
    17) “Breakout” Miley Cyrus
    18) “Do You Believe in Gosh” Mitch Hedberg
    19) “Still Unforgettable” Natalie Cole
    20) “We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things” Jason Mraz

    *Pink sets up her upcoming album “Funhouse” quite nicely with the first #1 single of her career (not counting the multi-artist massacre of “Lady Marmalade” from 2001. While I’m sure most will agree that she’s a talented woman, did anyone think that this chick would still have a career after nearly ten years when they first saw the video for “There U Go”?

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  • New Music In Stores & Online 9/9/08: Gym Class Heroes, LL Cool J, Metallica (Sort of) and More!!!

    If last week was a teaser, we’re full-bore into release mania this week!! Lots and lots of stuff coming out. Here’s the rundown:

    Gym Class Heroes: “The Quilt”:

    Gym Class Heroes' new album, "The Quilt", is in stores today.

    I got laughed at for liking Gym Class Heroes at a function last night, so out of spite I’m listing them first. GCH snared me in a very simple way-by sampling two cheese classics-Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America” and Jermaine Stewart’s “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off”-for their first two hit singles (“Cupid’s Chokehold” & “Clothes Off!!”. Actually, it’s partially because of GCH that I got into Fall Out Boy, who signed GCH to their label, and whose lead singer, Patrick Stump, sings the chorus on each of the two singles. While I’m not really feeling the first single “Cookie Jar”, and lead singer Travis McCoy lost major cool points by dating Katy Perry, I’m anticipating hearing the rest of this album, which features guest appearances by Brit soul singer Estelle, Busta Rhymes, and my man Daryl Hall.

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  • MisenPOPic: The New Metallica Single, Dokken, Journey & Other Assorted Topics

    The more things change in the music biz, the more they stay the same. And you know what, that’s so cool. Because as I’m being exposed each day to more and more crap like the Jonas Brothers (uh oh, don’t get me started!) and these artsy bands trying to be hip, I’m realizing that the new stuff from some very familiar bands is good if not better. The legends are starting to realize that if the formula works, don’t stray from it. And if the band has already strayed, it’s okay to go back to their roots as the fans are forgiving and will welcome them back with open arms.

    Metallica in concert, 2003. Photo by Mishka Gaikin.

    Take for example, Metallica. Their new single, The Day That Never Comes, has just been released, and it kicks ass. Now I haven’t heard the complete album yet, but let me just say that this new single is pure bliss and was not what I expected at all. I was expecting something that sounded liked Nickelback. What I got was eight minutes of non-radio friendly fare that eerily sounds like their staple hit One with a bit more guitar shredding. The Metallica fans are going to love it. Why? Because it sounds like old Metallica. The casual music fan who doesn’t have time to appreciate anything more then three minutes won’t care for it. Metallica’s last album, St. Anger, was an atrocity because they were trying to broaden their horizons and experiment with a new sound. Guess what? The critics didn’t like it, the album was a financial disaster, and the fans figured it was the end of their band. So Metallica decided to stick to their guns and say to hell with the critics and new fans, we are going to make an album that will appeal to our real fans and will remind critics why we became as big as we are in the first place. Don’t think this trend just applies to Metallica. There are a bunch of other bands doing the same thing with successful results.

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