Sometimes the name you WANT to name your kid has already been tarnished by a song. So you can forget about naming her Roxanne thanks to The Police, or Eleanor Rigby (very upsetting) because of the Beatles. Huffingtonpost.com made a list of women’s names that have been ruined by songs over the years. Some of them you have heard of but there are a bunch that are a little obscure. The list is longer than 23 but that’s all I felt like giving you, so deal with it…
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Music Heals
Next time you lock yourself in your room to get away from your wife/husband and/or kids and blast your favorite music. Tell them you are just trying to get healthy. Not only can listening to music relax you but it appears to really good for your health. Sadly, it works on your kids too. So when they just have to here some “music” in the car and it just so happens to be some Scream-O band, although it’s killing you slowly, it’s making your kids calm down. Check out 3 ways that listening to your favorite music is good for you after the jump!
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To Jam Or Not To Jam?
A theater in New York is about to debut a play that uses PEARL JAM’S music to create a, quote, “rock and roll adaptation of’ Hamlet‘.” All of the songs used in the play will be live versions of Pearl Jam songs. It’s a modernized version of“Hamlet”, of course, that takes place on the Lower East Side of New York. And when Hamlet sees ghosts, it’s while he’s tripping. The play is only running for this weekend at the HERE Theater in New York. If you love Shakesspeare AND Pearl Jam then this is probably going to be the best show of your life. |
Madonna Was “Born This Way”
A video has emerged of Madonna mashing up ‘Express Yourself’ with Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ in Tel Aviv. When Lady Gaga released the ‘Born This Way’ single, the similarities to Madonna’s ‘Express Yourself’ were inescapable. Now Madonna is ribbing Gaga by mashing the two together on stage. Fervent fans camping outside Madonna’s rehearsals at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv have filmed the Material Girl putting the two songs together on stage during her MDNA tour. She also slips a refrain from ‘She’s Not Me’in at the end, hammering the point home. Check out the video after the jump!
Gwen’s Tragic Kingdom
Gwen Stefani from the band No Doubt and her long time husband Gavin Rossdale of Bush may be on the rocks. According to a source, Gwen may be considering a “trial seperation” because she doesn’t feel like she can trust him anymore. “Things have gone from bad to worse and they don’t know how to fix it. They’ve been through a lot and while Gwen’s putting on a brave face for the sake of the kids, she’s not sure she can save their marriage,” a source told British magazine Closer. Their relationship was rocked when a paternity test revealed Gavin had previously fathered Daisy Lowe with ex-girlfriend Pearl. Courtney Love also claimed that she’d had an affair with him. Since Gavin is going on a 6 month tour with his band they may give seperation a try.
MCA Park In Brooklyn
Adam Horovitz is working to have a Brooklyn park named after late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch. Horovitz’s wife and Bikini Kill and Le Tigre frontwoman Kathleen Hanna has posted on her Facebook page ‘Rename Squibb Park in Brooklyn Heights to Honor Adam Yauch’.She reveals that Adam ‘Ad-Rock’ Horovitz is working with the Parks Commissioner to get a different park named after Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch as a tribute to the late rapper, filmmaker and activist. Squibb Park is named for inventor and pharmaceutical pioneer Dr. Edward Robinson Squibb and is currently being remodeled as a skate park. They would either like to see that park renamed or the State Street Park where Adam actually played as a kid.
Diva Alert!
Out of all of the judges on NBC’s The Voice, you would assume the biggest Diva is Christina Aguilera. It appears that Adam Levine may take the title after the news that he refuses to perform on the season finale. Last season’s final 4 contestants will be performing with perform with someone famous. Dia Frampton with Kid Cudi, Beverly McClellan with Cyndi Lauper and Ce-Lo will perform with his former team member Vicci Martinez. However, last season’s winner Javier Colon will perform alone because according to a source “Adam said he would only consider collaborating with Javier for the performance if it was a cover. Not his original song. Javier wouldn’t budge and neither would Adam.” Of course we don’t know all the facts, but on paper Adam looks pretty bad.
Billboard Music Awards
Did your favorite band make the cut? The Billboard music awards are on May 20th and some of the bands you know and love have been nominated for awards. Including Coldplay, Foster the People, The Black Keys, Maroon 5, Foo Fighters and more. Check out the entire nominees list after the jump!
12 Depressing Music Facts
There are always those among us that will think that the music we grew up with was WAY better than what is out today. There are those that appreciate all eras, including this one. If you are into music at all then you may want to sit down before reading further. A website named EatLiver.com put out a list of depressing facts about Popular Music that may depress a lot of music enthusiasts. For example, did you know that Creed has sold more albums that Jimi Hendrix? Find eleven more facts after the jump!
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Who Am I?
Which hunky frontman said this about himself in school: “When I was 14 to 15, I think it was a little less cool to be in a band. I was very uncool, had disgusting long hair and shorts down to [to my knees], cut off shorts – I desperately wanted to be Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam really badly, and I was just a nerdy, awkward kid and I was obsessed with music” Find out after the jump! You might be surprised!
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