Random music blog.

thedailywhat:

In Memoriam of the Day: 20 years ago today, legendary British musician Freddie Mercury passed away of bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS, a mere 24 hours after he publicly acknowledged his illness for the first time.

MOCer Ian “Ochre Jelly” Heath remembers the Queen frontman with this lovely Lego tribute.

He writes:

I wanted to create a model that captured Freddie’s energy and joy. And Queen’s concert at Wembley Stadium in the summer of 1986 (one of Freddie’s final performances with Queen) seemed like the perfect source material. The concert was actually televised nationwide a few months later, and so is probably how many of us remember Freddie now - in that regal yellow jacket, sporty pants, Adidas trainers, and wielding his signature “sceptre” microphone stand.

My favorite Queen song is “Princes of the Universe,” which just so happens to be the only song off A Kind of Magic for which Mercury received sole credit.

Their 1986 tour in support of Magic was to be, as we sadly realized on November 24, 1991, Queen’s final tour with the inimitable Freddie Mercury.

Which Queen song/s hold/s special meaning for you?

[brick-bros.]

See Also: Remembering Freddie Mercury: On the 20th Anniversary of His Death, 7 Iconic Moments.

clareb:

The Overtones - Rolling In The Deep

Miracles - Norwegian Recycling

I recently rediscovered this track on my iPod when I was getting through dreaded LA traffic. I feel inspired every time I listen to it. Times are tough, and it’s more than just that drive crawling at a snail’s pace through the freeway. But the mashed lyrics strangely gave me that hope that things will get better.

Putting under a cut. I have been so busy, but I have listened to a handful of albums within the last two weeks, and I highly doubt I’ll have time to review all of them. So, here’s a list.

Because I want to, I’ll still post something related to each album I’ve listened to later. One thing you’ll take away from this list is that I like listening to a lot of different types of music, though I do gravitate toward pop/rock.

Now, the list:

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Album Challenge - #006

Complete Vocalist Sessions
Miles Davis
Jazz

Above: “Goodnight My Love” featuring Sarah Vaughan

A few words: My music collection lacks jazz, so I thought this would be a nice addition to it. I know with this CD, I’m listening to a few of the different types of jazz that exist (if not one), but what I’m listening to is great! That’s all that me and my ears care about.

Album Challenges 2011 - #005

Yeah, I’m lagging on this.

Blink-182 (2003)
Blink-182
Pop-Punk

Video above: “Always”

A few words: I wasn’t into this band when they were first around, but then the college years kicked in, and I was more open to other genres of music. Add a little more time of lagging in listening to all the music I ever wanted to listen to…. til now.

Main Likes: loud guitars, crazy drums, kicking you up from behind to get you to dance to their music. Now.

When I saw her perform this song at the VMA’s last night, I was completely immersed in her sadness. There were no flashing lights, provocative dancing, just Adele and her raw vocals. I love that about her.

On a side note, performances are the only things worth seeing at music award shows nowadays. For the VMA’s, it’s still great that artists are being awarded for showing creativity in their music videos. I guess I’m still bitter at the fact that the ‘M’ in ‘MTV’ no longer stands for what it stood for, but I can only wish that the fact that they still hold the VMA’s is because they are still holding on to that ‘M’.

gayginger:

24 Hours of MTV Video Music Awards

1998 - Brandy and Monica - The Boy is Mine

Time to fire up this blog again. Ironic to be posting a VMA performance, when the network dropped the “Music” that the “M” once stood for. Gone are those days.

Anyway, who else rocked to this song when it came out? Or who just admired their pretty rooms in the video, and then cheered them on when they both dumped the guy they were fighting over? :)

evenonacloudyday:

Haley Reinhart singing No Doubt’s “Underneath It All”

blogging from the grave.

I love her and her voice so much. I’m so glad she got signed with Interscope! Can’t wait for her album.

(via fuckyeahhaleyreinhart)