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My views on mainstream music
April Writing Challenge (sat in drafts until May!) – Your views on mainstream music
Hmm well this could take a while. One problem with mainstream music is that it’s just so….mainstream. I’m not even going to start on Coldplay because the last time I had a rant about them on Twittter my Klout decided Coldplay as one my specialist topics!
I would like to think I was quite open minded when it comes to music. Yes my preferences are of course metal/rock/grunge but I am not one of those people who will only ever listen to one genre and poo poo the rest. I love musicals, I’m quite partial to 80′s music, 90′s old school house and boybands!
HOWEVER (note the capitalisation!), maybe my age now dictates this is how I should think but a lot of the music in the charts today is utterly sh*te. Sometimes me and him indoors flick though the music channels just to watch in disbelief that some tracks are considered music. I’m far from a prude but I also think the music industry has a lot to answer for with the videos that are now shown. Interestingly, and though I hate to admit I agree with him on anything at all, Cameron has recently spoken out about how music videos are far too sexual.
David Cameron stepping up plans to issue age certificates for raunchy music videos
We were watching a girl bands countdown type show the other day and in the 90′s yes they were still gyrating around but doing so wearing much more material. I’ve worked with young women and men and I’ve seen the changes first hand. How the girls dress, how the boys treat them as sex objects and depressingly the girls vying desperately for their attention. It’s a lot for them to try to live up to the images they see, not just in videos but in the media in general. I would welcome a clampdown on some of these videos or at least a curfew. It’s not always just visually obscene but it’s the lyrics too. If I had a little girl there is no way I’d let her watch or sing to some of the songs that are out these days.
Wow, check me out, liberal Stace has gone all Mary Whitehouse! Shh don’t tell anyone! ; )
Stace x
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Metal gigs weekend December 2011
After months of waiting, these two gigs were finally upon us.
Trivium at Wolves Civic – Friday 2nd December
On arrival I looked on with my confused face at Ghost whose lead singer seemed to be dressed as a scary Pope. Never one to judge a band by it’s cover (see also The Defiled) and coming from a huge Slipknot fan it would be silly to do so. They’re music was quite good but I didn’t catch enough to fully get them. I need to take time to listen to them but due to their name it’s a bit difficult to track them down. Googling Ghost wasn’t very helpful!
In Flames were ace and just what I needed to get going. I’ll be checking out their latest album for sure.
Trivium kicked off with In Waaaaaaaaaaaaves, the title song of their recent album.
They played Departure from Ascendency which was a first I think. Matt Heafy still looks too young to be that good but he still is. Gutted I missed out on Corey’s pick which landed right next to me but was quickly snapped up by someone younger and more sprightly than me.
Machine head – Sunday 4th December – Birmingham NIA
A big group of me and my mates got together to go to this.
Where's Wally (Stace)?
Some of my boys. (Bro Ricky 2nd left, my man Ban far right).
After catching half of the mighty Devildriver we retreated to the bar whilst Bring Me The Horizon were on. To be fair their music was good, the screamo vocals were not our thing at all though. I fail to see the point in people who watch the supports just to moan about them. Seems people try too hard to be cool not to be cool. You could see the older metalheads jeering or putting ther fingers in their ears. A bit unnecessary I thought. They obviously have a big following and as I often say I would rather our ‘youth’ get into (versions of) metal like this than be at a some charty shit pop band.
Anyway, onto Machine head. We’ve seen them loads of times, maybe into double figures now and they are always awesome. A good mixture of songs old and new. Stand outs from the new album were of course Locust, I Am Hell and Be Still and Know was good for a singalong. I always get very excited at The blood, the sweat, the tears live.
You can see some photos from the gig here courtesy of Danny’s Concerts Captured.
The best thing was despite messing my neck up at Trivium moshing all night to Machine head seemed to stretch my neck back into place and I was fine in the morning. Bargain.
So on my to do list include trying to find some Ghost to judge them properly and getting the In Flames album.
Cheers for reading.
Stace x
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An Audience with Corey Taylor – The Man, The Legend!
It’s been a while but I felt the need to post about An Audience With Corey Taylor at HMV Institute, Birmingham last night.
For those of you that may not know, Corey Taylor is the lead singer of one of my favourite bands Slipknot and also Stone Sour.
Now non Slipknot and metal lovers will probably think of the cliche that metal vocals are just a screaming noise into a microphone but Corey Taylor is an amazing and diverse vocalist. This event was a bit different to usual gigs as it was to promote his new book Seven Deadly Sins.
In the first half he read excerpts from his book and really connected with the audience answering their questions with banter and honesty. Inevitably he spoke about the death of Paul Gray, the Slipknot bassist who passed away last year.
In the second half it was just Corey and his guitar performing an acoustic set which really showed his vocal talents off.
Highlights for me included this cover of Pearl Jam’s Black…
…and an unforgettably funny rendition of the well known Slipknot song SPIT….. IT….OUT!!! This is the real version which I go loopy at when I see them live.
and this is the version Corey sang….
Brilliant. All in all well worth the ticket price and reaffirmed my adoration of the man, the legend Corey Taylor!
We are not worthy!
Stace x
My Scuzz TV iRock Playlist
Scuzz TV, the best music channel (because it plays proper music) had the great idea of viewers submitting playlists, the best to be played on the channnel.
I submitted 15 songs on the Scuzz TV Facebook page discussion tab that I thought would be great to hear back to back.
I was chuffed to find out last night that my playlist had been picked and will be played next Saturday, 11th June at 9.00pm.
I found it on this TV schedule
So for those at you that may be interested, these are the songs that I picked…..
Machine head – Davidian
Sepultura – Roots Bloody Roots
Pantera- Cemetery Gates
System of a Down – Sugar
Slipknot – Spit It Out
Biohazard – How It Is
Metallica – One
Rammstein – Ich Will
Faith No More – Surprise You’re Dead
Hatebreed – Destroy Everything
Romeo Must Die- Defined By Enemies
Slayer- Bloodline
Unearth – Sanctity of Brothers
American Headcharge – Just So You Know
Skindred – Nobody
Scuzz TV - Sky Channel 374 Saturday 11th June.
Watch, bang your head, singalong, bounce around!!
Stace x
30 Day Song Challenge – Day Nine
Day 9 – TV Show With Your Favourite Actress
Miranda Hart! I love her. I gallop like she does. Silly humour and it amuses me muchly.
30 Day TV Challenge – Day Eight
Day 8 – TV Show With Your Favourite Actor
Sean Bean. In anything but especially Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Sharpe.
Rough and Northern *rubs thighs*
30 Day TV Challenge – Day Seven
Day 7 – TV Show You Can Quote Best
The Young Ones
Hands up, who likes me?
I told you a million times, do not exaggerate.
Moan, moan, boring, just because you do a little bit of house work
Crop rotation in the 14th Century was considerably more widepread after….John
Cornflakes. Cornflakes cornflakes cornflakes cornflakes cornflakes.
So what have you done, turned it into a roller disco?
Wouldn’t it be amazing if this money was real?
Pollution, are you coming to my town or am I coming to yours?
and so on and so forth!
