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Stone Temple Pilots: Yet Another Victim of Classic Rock Radio

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

I’ve mentioned previously on this blog the treatment of the band Bush based entirely upon their radio hits. Now it appears the same thing is occurring with STP. This band has existed since 1992 (1991 if you count the non-grunge Mighty Joe Young demo material) Stone Temple Pilots – Fast As I Can (Mighty Joe [...]

Beatle Tribute Band “Fab Faux” Performs Abbey Road B-Side Live On Howard Stern (Sirius)

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

From Sirius/Howard Stern via Vimeo: This Fab Faux recording of most of side two of ‘Abbey Road’ is a live, in-the-studio performance for a two-camera video shoot. It was originally recorded for The Howard Stern Show and only the audio has been broadcast – until now. Howard and company were kind enough to let us [...]

It’s like…

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

It’s like you “try to feel better”, and you think you do (or you want to think you do), but then you get sad again and it just feels weird. From an era of better weather, which I keep praying that it will return and these horrible Januaries and Februaries will go away forever: Music [...]

Beet Impersonators (Doug’s “The Beets” With Real People)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

If you’re as old as me, you remember the 1990s Nickelodeon cartoon Doug. The children in the show listened to a music group “The Beets”, a hybrid of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, and The Clash. Here are some real people dressing up like The Beets and singing to their songs “I Need [...]

Something I discovered a long time ago but don’t think I posted until today

Monday, February 15th, 2010

I most likely didn’t post this here before, as it doesn’t turn up in a search. But I discovered this goofy act of plagiarism a long time ago: Rick Springfield, 1981: Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl” The Coca-Cola Company, 1993: Always Coca Cola

By Metallica’s Favorite Band

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

“Borrowed Time” by the band Diamond Head: Video embedded on xcopfly.com

90s gay dance weirdness (NSFW)

Monday, February 8th, 2010

From the peak of the AIDS crisis, as featured on Beavis & Butthead, “La Tour” has a public service message for you: Video embedded on xcopfly.com

Amazing HD Quality Evanescence Video

Monday, February 1st, 2010

I know it is unusual to pick out a single music video in the modern HD world, but I was just way too impressed by the HD quality on Evanescence’s “Good Enough” video as uploaded by AmyLeeRocks4EverHD: Video embedded on xcopfly.com

A Truly Unique YouTube Video…

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

This video of Joan Baez’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” is played from a scratched 45, and the damage on the record gives it an AM radio sound at the same time! “Embedding disabled by request”, so click here to watch. It’s amazing!

Bad…

Monday, November 9th, 2009

From YouTube: Hulk Hogan – Real American