Quick n Dirty Music News: 11.06.09
Posted by Mitch Michaels on 11.06.2009
Chris Brown & Rihanna resurface but people only care about one, No Doubt and other rock stars who whine about contracts, Lady GaGa in lace, who turned down Slash, Michael Jackson liked to whip it out and more! Plus, Mariah Carey vs. Jewel in a bikini Battle of the Babes, Top 10 Songs featuring Dave Grohl, chart news and Jennifer Lopez is your Piece of the Week!
What's up creeps? Mitch Michaels, back with a long awaited new edition of the Friday Flagship - the Quick n' Dirty News.
I was out last week. Mrs. Michaels caught the flu, I felt like shit and then, this past Sunday, the unthinkable happened - I turned 30. Fuck. If you've been there already, holla and give me some encouragement in the comments.
But no use moping (even if I did miss last week's Halloween festivities!). We're back to fight another week. A couple of plugs:
Contests - I haven't picked a Band Hero winner yet, so hop on over and toss your name in the hat. Grand prize is the whole shebang for the Wii. And if you've got a grown-up console, we've got a couple of games for that too.
Elsewhere, we're giving away a totally badass Nirvana prize pack, which includes all of their albums (minus Bleach and the box set stuff), including the new Live At Reading CD/DVD. That ends today, so hurry on over there. I haven't picked up the new CD yet, but probably will be rocking it as you're reading this.
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Now, let's get to it. It's quick, it's dirty, it's news.
The big story this week has revolved around ex-lovers and fighters Rihanna and Chris Brown, both of whom have crawled out from under their media blackouts to promote upcoming new albums.
It's tough to believe we're still having anything that's the "first since" in regards to that assault WAAAAY the fuck back in February, but believe it - Rihanna is set to give her first TV interviews on "Good Morning America" and "20/20" this week to tell HER side of the story. And to promote Rated R, of course, out next week.
But first was a "revealing" interview in Glamour magazine, where Rihanna did more time crying about that picture of her beat the hell up and other stories hitting the net than talking smack about the guy that beat her up. It's amazing that Rihanna's not throwing Brown under the bus here - he was CONVICTED of assault. Who the hell is she hiding?
When asked if she thought she could help other people, Rihanna gave us this gem:
Domestic violence is a big secret. No kid goes around and lets people know their parents fight. Teenage girls can't tell their parents that their boyfriend beat them up. You don't dare let your neighbor know that you fight. It's one of the things we [women] will hide, because it's embarrassing. My story was broadcast all over the world for people to see, and they have followed every step of my recovery. The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn't heard. Now I can help speak for those women.
The question is this - what were people supposed to learn? To be wishy washy about getting back together with the guy who hit you, then hide like a whipped dog until you've got something to promote? It's a hell of a lesson.
Of course, Rihanna saved the juicy stuff for TV, and already excerpts are coming out from her ABC interviews. In one early clip, Rihanna says:
The more in love we became, the more dangerous we became for each other. This happened to me... and it can happen to anybody.
Notice the subtlety - "for each other". What the fuck is Rihanna afraid of Chris Brown hitting her back with? The whole world has already seen her naked.
To her credit, though, Rihanna did address her brief reunion with Brown after the assault, saying she split with him for good when she realized the message it was sending. Well, at least she sort of gets it.
Moving along, if there is a "right side" in the Brown/Rihanna issue, the public is at least choosing it. Chris Brown's "tour of intimate venues for the fans" is proving that said fans are few and far between. While before everything went down Brown was packing in 20,000+ seat arenas, he's now struggling to pull even decent numbers for 1,000 seat clubs. Sony is rumored to be calling the tour a disaster. With Rihanna revealing her side of the story now, Brown could not have picked a worse time for his "comeback".
Strangely, amidst the poor ticket sales, Brown's next album Graffiti has been moved up a week for it to drop on December 8th. With fuck-all coming out in December, it's hard to put your finger on exactly what was the reason for the change.
If you ask Brown, he may tell you it's because all his fans still love him. Seriously. In an interview with MTV this week, Chris said he was "confused" about his public image, acknowledging that, while he knows for certain his fans are behind him, there are people out there who don't like him.
Chris Brown - a man who puts it mildly.
Some quick hits on what else was going on in the world this week.
U2 and Bon Jovi has signed on for a German concert to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Of course, if you wanna see U2, you're not gonna just get to do that for free - organizers have, without any sense of irony, erected a wall around the gate where Bono and the boys will be playing to be sure no Germans will catch a glimpse without paying. If I were Barrack Obama, I'd be thinking this was a ready-made speech. Tear down this wall!
Bruce Springsteen is working on his autobiography. In true Springsteen fashion, the book will be extra long and no one will be supporting with a forward.
Proving that Courtney Love totally took the money and doesn't care, No Doubt is now suing Activision because of the band's status as playable characters in the new Band Hero game. Gwen Stefani says they are turning rock stars into virtual karaoke singers by having them sing other people's songs.
In a seemingly unrelated piece of news, Dave Grohl is spouting off his disappointment over the Foo Fighters new Greatest Hits, saying that he didn't feel it was the right time for the label to release it.
Hey Dave. Hey Gwen. You signed FUCKING CONTRACTS. Did you maybe sign them years ago? Yes. Did you maybe not know what you were getting into? Sure. But you TOOK THE FUCKING MONEY. So stop complaining. I'm especially tired of bands complaining about the compilations. Like it or not, at one point in your career, you signed a deal that let the label take a bunch of songs and put them on a CD and call it your greatest hits. So suck it up, lend them a couple of B-sides and count your bucks. If people don't like the hits sets, they just won't fucking buy them!
The Beatles will be releasing their entire catalog as a USB stick next month. Yoko Ono has already stated that this apple-shaped 2 Gig flash drive will unite the world in ways we could never imagine. Meanwhile, Ringo Starr has decided that it really is time to buy a computer.
Slash is working on his new solo album, but he's already disappointed because he couldn't get Jack White to sing on it. White offered to play guitar instead. Recently, White has also offered to write a song for Bob Dylan and lay down some cello on the next Yo-Yo-Ma record.
In the "I can't even deal with this shit" category, Michael Jacksons friend Arnold Klein said that Michael's child molestation accuser was able to describe his genitals to authorities because he had likely seen him taking a piss. Apparently MJ thought it was funny to whip it out and pee in front of people. And that makes him innocent of sexually assaulting a minor because ?
The reunited Sublime has been forced by a judge and the estate of late lead singer Bradley Nowell to quit using the name Sublime. Let's just go with the truth and make it easy - Sub-Sublime.
Beyonce will be - surprise, surprise - reissuing her last album with new tracks soon. One of the new tracks is with Lady GaGa. I only reported this news to show a picture of Lady GaGa in her see-through dress.
The true tragedy? No shots from behind.
For any man whose lost his shirt in a divorce, Nas is taking a stand. Despite rumors that he'd patched things up with ex-wife Kelis, Nas is now complaining that she should get nothing in the settlement. That's a far cry from the $72,000 a month that Kelis is asking for. Good news, Nas. Kelis is still decent enough - it shouldn't take her that long to find a new husband. It's true what they say - it's the bitches that'll get yas.
Some guy in Canada stabbed another guy after said other guy denied that AC/DC was awesome. It sounds excessive, but the other guy also called him a fag, so
And finally, Hulk Hogan - in promoting his new book - has stated that he was turned down for the bassist spot in both the Rolling Stones and Metallica. My question is this - was it a roided-up 80's WWF Champion Hogan trying to replace Cliff Burton or a post-Mr. America, 50-year old Hogan looking to take Jason Newsted's spot? Cause WWF Champion Hogan would not have put up with being turned down in the mix, brother.
Time once again for the Battle of the Babes. This week, Jewel takes us somewhere sunny with some hot Miami Beach bikini pics, while Mariah Carey also says "fuck autumn" and gets bikini-fied for her new video.
I don't know what the fuck is going on with Mariah here. The girl is obviously getting ready to hibernate for the winter. And BOTH of these pics are showing disturbingly smaller breasts than the pairs the girls are famous for. Still, despite the lost chest points, I'm giving this one to Jewel, who is looking good all over in some candid pics. And I like her shades.
What do you think?
Songs from Dave Grohl
Easy topic this week. Grohl said he wasn't happy with the Foo Fighters Greatest Hits CD because he felt the group had some much stronger songs than what was included. That's your opinion Dave, and here is mine!
Mitch's Top 10 Songs Featuring Dave Grohl
1
Nirvana
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
2
Foo Fighters
"Best Of You"
3
Foo Fighters
"Everlong"
4
Nirvana
"You Know Youre Right"
5
Foo Fighters
"My Hero"
6
Tenacious D
"Tribute"
7
Queens Of The Stone Age
"No One Knows"
8
Foo Fighters
"Big Me"
9
Probot
"Shake Your Blood"
10
Foo Fighters
"In Your Honor"
QUICK n' DIRTY CHART NEWS
NEW RELEASES FOR NOVEMBER 10, 2009
WHAT EVERYONE WILL BUY
Bon Jovi - The Circle - This one just kind of popped up out of nowhere, it seemed. Bon Jovi said a while back that they were coming back with a new album that returned to their rock roots. It came sooner than we thought. With five sold out shows at the new football stadium in East Rutherford and a bunch of sell outs at the O2 in London already scheduled, there's no doubt that Bon Jovi is still alive and kicking and that fans were either with them for the brief foray to country radio or at least willing to forgive them. I look for the album to be shit, but it's the biggest release out next week - just before the shit REALLY hits the fans as labels gear up for the holidays.
Then again, a certain threesome loving slut does have a new hits comp dropping this week
I wasn't around last week to call this one, but two weeks ago I said Michael Jackson's This Is It would be what everyone would buy, so I'm calling it a win. MJ debuted at #1 with over 373k this week, finally giving all the super fans who were unhappy with Number Ones technicality keeping it off of the top spot despite being a top seller for weeks. Creed pulled in at #2 this week with their new album, which moved just over 110k. Sounds awesome for a band who's reunion has been a bit low-key, but consider this - it's 1/8th of what their last studio set moved in 2001. Rod Stewart sang the standards all the way to #4 and Trans-Siberian Orchestra hit Top 10 with a rare non-Christmas album. Speaking of, Sting's If On A Winter's Night also got some Top 10 love.
This week is already being called for Carrie Underwood - a chick who has decided to keep it country (ish) despite the success of her pop-crossover counterpart Taylor Swift. A huge week for debuts, as new stuff by Weezer, Foo Fighters, Andrea Bocelli and Now 32 also just hit shelves.
WHAT YOU SHOULD BUY
The Killers Live At Royal Albert Hall: I caught the Killers live at the end of the summer and it was an awesome show. I love the new 2-for-1 live albums these days, where you're usually guaranteed a DVD with it. Great visuals and, even better, they sounded really great, too.
AC/DC - Backtracks: A huge box set of rarities and, get this, the box is a real, working 1-Watt amplifier. Put this on my Christmas list!
WHAT'S HOT ON THE DIAL?
Billboard has about a million charts, so each week I'm gonna round up the #1s from each format. That way, no matter WHAT station you flip to when not using your presets, you'll be aware of what you might hear. Newly crowned #1s are in bold:
BILLBOARD #1 SINGLES
CHART
SINGLE
WEEKS
POP/OVERALL
HOT 100
Jason DeRulo "Whatcha Say"
12
RADIO SONGS
Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne "Down"
15
POP SONGS
Lady GaGa - "Paparazzi"
10
HEATSEEKERS SONGS
David Nail - "Red Light"
15
DIGITAL
DIGITAL SONGS
Owl City "Fireflies"
11
R&B/HIP-HOP
R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS
Maxwell "Pretty Wings"
27
RAP SONGS
Drake - "Forever"
10
COUNTRY
HOT COUNTRY SONGS
Zac Brown Band "Toes"
19
ROCK
ROCK SONGS
Foo Fighters "Wheels"
6
ALTERNATIVE SONGS
Muse "Uprising"
13
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"
16
ADULT POP SONGS
Kings Of Leon "Use Somebody"
27
CHRISTIAN
CHRISTIAN SONGS
tobyMac "City On Our Knees"
12
GOSPEL SONGS
BeBe & CeCe Winans "Close To You"
25
DANCE
DANCE/CLUB PLAY SONGS
Lady GaGa - "Paparazzi"
7
JAZZ
JAZZ SONGS
Peter White "Bright"
15
LATIN
LATIN SONGS
David Bisbal "Esclavo De Sus Besos"
8
REGIONAL MEXICAN SONGS
Intocable - "Hay Ojitos"
4
LATIN POP SONGS
Alejandro Sanz feat. Alicia Keys "Looking For Paradise"
6
TROPICAL SONGS
Alejandro Sanz feat. Alicia Keys "Looking For Paradise"
6
INTERNATIONAL
EUROPEAN HOT 100
David Guetta feat. Akon - "Sexy Chick"
16
JAPAN HOT 100
KinKi Kids - "Suwan Song"
N/A
UNITED KINGDOM SONGS
Cheryl Cole "Fight For This Love"
N/A
GERMANY SONGS
Robbie Williams - "Bodies"
N/A
FRANCE SONGS
Jenna Lee - "J'aimerais Tellement"
N/A
CANADIAN HOT 100
Lady GaGa "Bad Romance"
2
WEB
iLIKE LIBRARIES
The Black Eyed Peas "Meet Me Halfway"
5
iLIKE PROFILES
The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling"
15
LALA.COM
Owl City - "Fireflies"
6
AOL RADIO
Kings Of Leon "Use Somebody"
17
YAHOO AUDIO
Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"
16
Mitch's Picks
Remember back in the early part of the decade when any guy would have given his left nut to bang Jennifer Lopez? Well, turns out she's still looking pretty good as is evidenced by some pics of her eating a (nasty looking) pizza in a tight black dress this week. Is she setting the music and film world on fire? Nah, but she could still set my pubes on fire, and that makes her our Piece of the Week. Enjoy!
THE END
That's all for this week. Make sure to comment on what you liked, didn't like, etc. Till next week, keep your ears to the ground.
