2009 - A Year of Great Music Part II (#60-51)

This post will now show the second part of my ongoing Year-End Countdown. Again, songs ranked from #75-41 are NOT RANKED ACCORDINGLY. So if you saw One Time by Justin Bieber ranked higher than Party In The U.S.A. by Miley Cyrus, do not cry blasphemy. Also, comments would be very appreciated. The banner image was made by my friend Katrina. Thanks again Katrina!

#60 Celebration – Madonna

From: Celebration

Madonna begins the Part 2 of the countdown with Celebration, one of only two (or three if the bonus track is to be considered) new tracks of her third greatest hits album which is also named Celebration. Celebration lets one see Madonna return to her dance roots. The only downside of the song is that the verses are actually bland. However, this should not stop one from enjoying the single.

#59 The Fire – Imogen Heap

From: Ellipse

Imogen Heap’s instrumental, The Fire, makes it into the countdown. The Fire is simply great. Every element just falls into place for this song. The way the song was played by Imogen Heap is sheer genius. I rarely like instrumentals but this one left me amazed.

#58 Delusional – Simon Curtis

I only knew Simon Curtis thanks to Ken from The Beat Review. Delusional is one awesome pop record possessing a sick beat and what makes it good is that it is also relevant and fresh. I do not agree that Simon Curtis is the male Lady GaGa. He still has a long way to go from making that happen in my honest opinion. Still, Delusional is a must-have for any music lover out there.

#57 Crying Lightning – Arctic Monkeys

From: Humbug

The Arctic Monkeys never cease to impress. Their material is simply like no other. Crying Lightning really impressed me. The sound of this song is terrific. This song only proved that bands from Europe tend to produce a more awesome sound than their American counterparts.

#56 Never Say Never – The Fray

From: The Fray

Never Say Never is one of the best singles out of the band from Denver’s latest self-titled album. Isaac Slade’s vocals are really brilliant in this song. The distinct piano sound that only The Fray can give is also present. Never Say Never also got featured in the film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’s soundtrack. Sheer genius.

#55 Get On Your Boots – U2

From: No Line On The Horizon

As an avid U2 fan, I was left a little bit disappointed after listening to the Irish band’s latest outing. I have got to admit though that Get On Your Boots got me hooked. The Edge’s chord work again does wonders. Of course, Bono would not be outdone as he show that he still can do it.

#54 Friday I’ll Be Over U – Allison Iraheta

From: Just Like You

Allison Iraheta’s first single after her Idol career is uh-may-zing. The girl can certainly rock it out and this song shows why. Ms. Iraheta’s got a bright future ahead of me. I just hope she sustains all the momentum  that she could get out of her first album.

#53 Before The Worst – The Script

From: The Script

Though not really as impressive as The Man Who Can’t Be Moved, Before The Worst manages to retain that quality which only the Irish band can give. Listening to Danny O’Donoghue’s rapping absolutely made the song a keeper in my opinion. The song is definitely worth listening.

#52 Forever Is Over – The Saturdays

From: Wordshaker

The Saturdays’ attempt at recording a rock song paid off. However, as I have said before, Forever Is Over is not the best track from The Saturdays’ latest offering. The song is simply good but not outstanding. There is a clear difference between the two.

#51 Gravity – Sara Bareilles

From: Little Voice

Sara Bareilles is definitely one of the best artists I have ever heard. Period. Alongside the Grammy-nominated Love Song and the equally awesome One Sweet Love, Gravity is one of my personal favorites in Bareilles’ Little Voice album. A song filled with intense emotion and class definitely deserves to be in my countdown, no doubt.

This wraps up the Part II of my countdown. Part III will also be posted this week. Comments will be appreciated.

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[December, 1989] The End of the 80's As We Know It

May the new decade bring better fashion and music choices.

12/31/89

Dear Journal,

New Years Eve!!

I can’t wait until later tonight! I am going to my cousins house for a party. (Anna’s)

Yesterday Mitchell didn’t call me so I went shopping and got these amazing “New Kids on the Block” jeans! They are so cool! I absolutely love them! Later!

This is quite possibly the only time the words “New Kids on the Block” and “so cool” were used in the same sentence together.

As a new decade was about to dawn on us, did I take those last moments to reflect on the last ten colorful years? Did I ponder what the dawn of the 1990’s might bring? No and no. Instead I enthused over a pair of acid washed pants with airbrushed graffiti on them spelling out “New Kids on the Block” in bubble letters down one of the legs and the band members down the other. (I have scoured the Internet looking for a comparable photo, but there isn’t one, which can only mean they were one of a kind. Thank heavens for that.)

I could try to defend myself by saying that not hearing from Mitchell caused some sort of fashion temporary insanity. Because there’s retail therapy and then there’s retail suicide. The truth is, I was briefly a fan of this boy band (Joey was my favorite, in case you’re wondering, which you probably aren’t). My taste in music and clothing would take another few years to improve, but at least I ended the decade on a sufficiently tacky and colorful note.

As for the end of the 80’s, I always thought I was born ten years too late. While I was blessed with some fantastic cartoons and sit-coms (Thundercats, Jem & The Holograms, The Facts of Life, Perfect Strangers, Diff’rent Strokes… my definition of “fantastic” is probably not the same as yours), I missed out on a lot of the pop culture being so young. Sure, I had the enormous hair and wore enough shoulderpads to stand in for a quarterback, but I never got to get tarted up like Lucky-Star-era Madonna back then. Wearing fingerless lace gloves a decade later just wasn’t the same. And sure, in recent years I ended up seeing a lot of the new wave and post-punk bands I was too young to appreciate back then (Pet Shop Boys, Sisters of Mercy, Duran Duran, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Human League, etc.) but it would have been really special to see them in their heyday.

I think a lot of people feel out of time in their era. I was a reluctant participant of the 90’s and will always feel like I was stuck with a bum decade to come of age in. And as a another new decade is about to roll in I can’t imagine what kids growing up today will contend with. All I can wonder is whether we’ll ever get those damn flying cars.

In the meantime, I hope somebody out there is tinkering with and putting the finishing touches on a time machine that will one day let me return to the 1980’s and experience it in person again, this time as an adult. I’m sure I’ve glamorized that time period far too much in my mind, and maybe it’s best left in those nostalgic corners. Still, a girl can hold out hope.

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Michael Jackson's feeling about Madonna:Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Tapes

Michael Jackson in a 9 year-old filmed interview with his friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach says-

“I think she (Madonna) likes shock value and she knows how to push buttons on people. I think she was sincerely in love with me and I was not in love with her. She did a lot of crazy things. I knew we had nothing in common.

“She is not sexy at all. I think sexy comes form the heart in the way you present yourself.”

“They admire you and know you are wonderful and great because they are jealous, because they wish they were in your shoes. Madonna is one of them. She is jealous. She is a girl, a woman and I think that’s what bothers her…

“I get the fainting and adulation and she doesn’t.”

Michael also claims Madonna was very cold to a young child who approached their table for an autograph.

the conversations were reportedly taped in 2000 and 2001

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madonna for dolce & gabbana: summer 2010.

Although I wasn’t a fan Madonna’s ads for Louis Vuitton, I’m loving these images shot by Steven Klein from her Summer 2010 campaign with Dolce & Gabbana (up now on their online magazine Swide). She’s channeling her inner Italian — a noticeable attitude, voluptuous bosom, and even a bit of that gritty 1980s Madonna that made her who she is today.

Peeped first at Les Mads.

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The Blog To Expose Kevin Kinane(K.K)

I never do this and its about one of my good friends brother,
He has been looking for this blog since September this freak needs to be given exactly what he does
If he can’t take what he gives then he should just shut up and eat his emotions just like his sister (E.K)
Now I have nothing against (E.K) I don’t know her but she is sometimes the main material for some of my jokes that I don’t mean or direct at her she is just a person that could fill the person gap otherwise I would be saying she opened up we would have a white christmas” whereas its funnier like this “If Eleanor Kinane opened up for christmas we would have a white christmas” because it doesn’t sound schizophrenic.

Now this so-called teenager is anything else but
He’s short
Insecure
Believes in santa
Fux teacher’s
Makes everyone feel bad about themselves
A schosiopath
A hypocrite
A masturbator
A devious slut
A pedophile(his ex-girlfriend was 4 years old and they broke up on her 3rd birthday cause he thinks she was too old)/(ok maybe that ones a lie)
But everything else written is as it is that’s his personality
I would like to be thought of as a creative freak and funny and a good person and not like anything he is I would hate to be like that and yes you are probably saying no good person would blog like this ir talk about a friends sister
1) I asked my friends permission to make fun of his sister and he said yes because she is evil towards him
2) What Kevin Kinane does is not nice and I want everyone to know what he is like because there is no way that I would want to be surrounded by people who believe that he is so diligent and amazing they would eat the shit off of his shoe(well do anything for him basically)

Comment or whatever
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Charmingly Blue

W magazine March 2009

by Hannah Molette

So who’s this muscular, curly-haired, blue-eyed guy that Madonna’s been gleaning the spotlight with lately?  And why has he been invited to all the A-list parties? And what has his life been like since he moved to the US a year ago?

Wondering what we’re talking about? Check out his sexy photos with Madonna in W magazines, March 2009 edition, what a hunk!  22-year old Brazilian born model Jesus Luz , is hotter than burning flame in a winter fireplace.  Proper pronunciation is “Zhay-ZOOSE  Loose” according to NY Times article “For Madonna’s Boyfriend, Fame by Association.”  It appears that the two have been together since the shoot. 

Sergio Matto’s, his former agent says the model is unreachable and has changed numbers. Jesus  recently signed with Ford Models in New York and has appeared walking the run-way in Dolce and Gabana’s Spring 2009 show.

Like two matching candles, Jesus and Madonna are both into Kabbalah.  In the NY Times article, in reference to his Kabbalah faith, he states, “I’m looking for something to make me comfortable and happy in my life.”  Jesus was introduced to Kabbalah by an ex-girl friend.

After establishing second career, Jesus was getting paid $15,000 for a DJ gig shortly after his enrollment in a Manhattan based DJ school.

No stranger to the term “Cougar”, Madonna turned 51 on her birthday this past August and celebrated, according to the NY Times article, with a party in Italy, at which Jesus was invited to attend.

Mr. Luz like his name, is currently reveling in the spot “light”

To read the NY Times Article click here.

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