They get raided by the police! Yay! Works both ways.
Alejandro Fernández or “El Potrillo” – the man pictured above is a Latin – American singing sensation, selling a metric shitload of albums. He was under contract to Sony to record seven albums. He then moved to Universal. So far, not particularly exciting. However Sony decided to release a load of unused material without Mr Fernández’s permission. A massive cash in, considering his popularity.
Would you like to know what the most popular music of this almost finished decade is? How about a list of the top selling singles. They would represent the music that has shaped the past few years, how future generations would see this point in time, this tipping point in history where music was undergoing huge changes.
Here are the top selling singles since 2000.
More excellent remixing, dubbing, mashing up or whatever monkeying around with a video for the LULZ is called these days.
This time it takes the form of angry teenager’s favourite band Slipknot having their song ‘Wait and Bleed’ covered in the style of the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus or whatever other terrifying future popstar the House Of Mouse has grown in a vat. Kudos goes to YouTube user Andy Rehfeldt who has a nice line in metal mash up videos.
Cue teenagers with parental issues crying ‘blasphemy’ in the comment box, and everyone else having a good giggle.
Day three at Bloodstock, and as the sun rises over a field strewn with crushed beer cups, burger wrappers and more wasps than is strictly necessary, dull as dishwater British metallers Beholder take to the stage. It’s not that they are bad – per say, but they have nothing amazing in their arsenal either. And following a poe faced, preachy bit of between song rabble rousing that utterly failed to get roused rabble from me, I decided that buying a beer and a burger was the thing to do…
Talking on his radio show crinkly crooner Bob Dylan has revealed he may be coming to a Tom Tom near you…
I am talking to a couple of car companies about being the voice of their GPS system. I think it would be good if you are looking for directions and hear my voice saying something like, ‘Left at the next street, no a right. You know what? Just go straight’”
