Music - 14 November 2007

Chris Rock: Music kind of sucks. Nobody’s into being a musician. Everybody’s getting their mogul on. You’ve been so infiltrated by this corporate mentality that all the time you’d spend getting great songs together, you’re busy doing nine other things that have nothing to do with art. You know how shitty Stevie Wonder’s songs would have been if he had to run a ******’ clothing company and a cologne line?

RollingStone: Plenty of rappers say, “I’m not a rapper, I’m a businessman.”

Chris Rock: That’s why rap sucks, for the most part. Not all rap, but as an art form it’s just not at its best moment. Sammy the Bull would have made a shitty album. And I don’t really have a desire to hear Warren Buffett’s album - or the new CD by Paul Allen. That’s what everybody’s aspiring to be.

We live in a weird time. No one knows who’s smart - we just know who makes money. “Hey, somebody invented Viagra! We don’t know their name, but we know Pfizer, because they make the money.” That guy made a pill that keeps your dick hard, and nobody knows who the **** he is. The pharmaceutical companies are like ******’ record companies. There’s literally the Bo Diddley of medicine walking around, not getting his royalties. He signed all his ******* pill publishing away.

(”Rolling Stone”, Issue 1039, November 15, 2007, page 157)

2007-11-14 15:30:56 · 12 answers · asked by Cloud Nine--Sez YAHH 2 tha hatas 4 in Rap and Hip-Hop

When I hear a song and the lyrics have a bit of bad grammar, I always want to correct it, like in The Doors' L.A. Woman, Jim Morrison sings
"If they say I never loved you
You know they are a liar"
and that always bothered me

Just me or does it bother you too?

2007-11-14 15:27:16 · 39 answers · asked by meep meep 7 in Rock and Pop

I am making a video to bring awareness to child abuse. I need a song to make my video come to life. Does anybody have any ideas. In this video, I am going to put pictures of children and stats on child abuse.

2007-11-14 15:26:22 · 10 answers · asked by lisa103181 1 in Other - Music

Since you can have rap without there being hip hop (e.g. in a TV commerical, in a Madonna song), can you have hip hop without the rap? And are there any examples of this?

2007-11-14 15:20:24 · 5 answers · asked by Clare 6 in Rap and Hip-Hop

It goes like this: You belong to the city, you belong to the night? you belong to the city concrete under your feet????

2007-11-14 15:14:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lyrics

I need help because I'm confused and more muddled than I should be. This goes out to anybody that has the will.i.am song "I Got It From My Mama". Who is the girl in that song? Is it Fergie or Nicole of the Pussycat Dolls? Wiki says its Nicole, but everybody else says its Fergie. Can somebody help me?

2007-11-14 15:12:42 · 2 answers · asked by Danielle B 6 in Other - Music

Mine is between Shawty, You and Love me right

2007-11-14 15:08:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Rap and Hip-Hop

I came across this song that appears to be called "Beyond Average" and might be by Eminem, but it doesn't sound like him - could it be from his early days or by an imposter? I can't find lyrics anywhere but the song is here on YouTube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7CcwCe0-nRc

Please let me know if you have any more information about it! Thanks!

2007-11-14 15:05:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Rap and Hip-Hop

Is there a reason for it? I listen to 2 country stations in my area, (SW Missouri), and I listen to a country station online that's from St.Louis, and all three stations are playing Garth Brooks more often. Is this happening in your area? If it is, why do you think it is happening?

2007-11-14 15:04:20 · 8 answers · asked by Dr. Ray Langston 4 in Country

evil cons. made me think of this

2007-11-14 15:01:24 · 9 answers · asked by pinoyboy 5 in Rap and Hip-Hop

2007-11-14 14:58:54 · 4 answers · asked by classic 6 in Country

2007-11-14 14:52:55 · 7 answers · asked by Joey ;D 4 in Jazz

That i should do for my next song on my mixtapes, what beat old or new would be cool to do?

2007-11-14 14:44:32 · 5 answers · asked by K_Dizzle35** Y!A_MoSt HaTed!* 5 in Rap and Hip-Hop

okay folks, just curious. if you were responsible for taking your favorite r&b song of all times and and find a rap artist from any generation to spit a verse on it and make it into a remix, what would you choose?

2007-11-14 14:24:04 · 6 answers · asked by change... 3 in Rap and Hip-Hop

2007-11-14 14:22:56 · 7 answers · asked by Nightflyer 5 in Country

2007-11-14 14:22:31 · 24 answers · asked by James T loves the Patriots 1 in Rap and Hip-Hop

Which band is chris cornell in?

2007-11-14 14:03:20 · 1 answers · asked by steffluvsmario 2 in Rock and Pop

Between Artists on Either the same record label or from the same region [west east etc.]

Ill save your breath on Brooklyn's Finest [same region]

2007-11-14 13:58:24 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Rap and Hip-Hop

Is it just me or should real rap/hip-hop fans have a seperate section from the people who talk about nothing but commercial hip-Pop?

2007-11-14 13:58:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Rap and Hip-Hop

its a kind of a new song

2007-11-14 13:57:46 · 4 answers · asked by E-win 1 in Other - Music

Don't tell me Leonard Bernstein, 'cause I've heard too much that his interpretations are lukewarm and standard-issue. Apparenly he was great in his day, but that era is over. So, our of Karajan (BPO, 1962 version), Szell (Cleveland Orchestra), Haitink (LSO) and Bruno Walter (Colombia Symphony Orchestra), which conductor gives Beethoven the best performance? PLEASE don't respond if you're just going to bash me for denouncing Bernstein. I like his Mahler, but he's apparently out of his depth here.

2007-11-14 13:53:36 · 13 answers · asked by Pianist d'Aurellius 4 in Classical

BLACK HOLE SUN

A) audioslave
B)sound garden
C)stone temple pilots
D) none of the above

2007-11-14 13:45:41 · 14 answers · asked by steffluvsmario 2 in Rock and Pop

2007-11-14 13:32:48 · 24 answers · asked by Drew L 1 in Rap and Hip-Hop

I remember part of a Ricky Nelson song: Don't try to please everybody, try to please yourself. Anybody remember the whole song?

2007-11-14 13:31:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Country

Post lyrics from it

2007-11-14 13:29:11 · 17 answers · asked by Talk Talk 5 in Other - Music

How many of you are familiar with the Bee Gees early early period from about 1966-1971?
If so whats your favorite songs from that period?
Do you think it was their best period of music?

2007-11-14 13:18:16 · 5 answers · asked by youwinagain09 2 in Other - Music

Okay, some of you have probably read my previous question "R13 vs. E11." My parents and I decided that the R13 is a better quality clarinet and is worth the extra money. So I talked to this woman who sells clarinets and she has three choices for me: a festival R13 and two vintage model R13s, all within my price range.

My question is what is the difference between a festival and a vintage model? Is there really that big of a difference between the two? I know the vintage appearantly better, but how?

Any [positive] comments welcome!
Thanks!

2007-11-14 12:33:58 · 2 answers · asked by blue-eyed babe 3 in Other - Music

2007-11-14 11:46:14 · 4 answers · asked by Eliza L 1 in Other - Music

send me your opinion pls, i wanna buy a couple of his records

2007-11-14 11:24:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Rap and Hip-Hop

like hall and oates robert palmer phil collins steve winwood and other.

2007-11-14 11:23:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Rock and Pop