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Watch the Moving Lyric Video For Chris Cornell’s John Lennon Cover
The estate of Chris Cornell has released a lyric video for the late Soundgarden singer’s cover of John Lennon‘s “Watching The Wheels.” The clip for the song, from the recently released posthumous Cornell covers album No One Sings Like You Anymore, opens with an image of Cornell strumming an acoustic guitar projected onto a sign on a busy city street. Bathed in deep red, the visual takes viewers on a tour around crowded cities, showing the kind of manic shoulder-to-shoulder hustle-bustle that is unthinkable during these COVID-19 pandemic times. With the lyrics about stepping out of the spotlight scrolling back and forth across the screen alongside images of Cornell jamming with his kids, the clip pays homage to the original’s genesis: Lennon’s decision to...
Yule Love The White Stripes’ Rocking 90-Minute Greatest Hits Holiday Treat
The band’s animated holiday video is packed with their greatest hits. The White Stripes are here to sprinkle a little Christmas cheer on the darkest holiday ever. As we all hunker down this week, the Jack White-led group has released a 90-minute Yule log video that cycles through tracks from the defunct Detroit duo’s recently released 26-track Greatest Hits album, as well as acoustic tracks, rare B-sides and the pair’s original Christmas song, “Candy Cane Children.” The Noah Sterling-directed animated clip features arresting drawings of a little princess getting a marshmallow roasted by a fire-spitting dragon, creepy drawings of demonic creatures gathered around a fire pit lying in wait for Santa, demons dancing, aliens prepping plates of cookies and a Ye...
Elton John & David Furnish Vow to Keep Fighting for LGBTQ+ Equality in Throwback Anniversary Post
Elton John and husband David Furnish posted a throwback post honoring their sixth wedding anniversary on Monday while vowing to keep fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. The couple, who’ve been together for 15 years, were married on Dec. 21, 2014, at their Windsor estate nine months after same-sex marriage became legal in England. But they fully realize that though they live a privileged, comfortable life, not everyone is as lucky and free as they are. “Today @davidfurnish and I are celebrating two anniversaries: 15 years of Civil Partnership and 6 years of marriage,” John wrote in a post that included a snap of the happy couple in their wedding suits. “Our relationship gets stronger every day, and I am extremely grateful for the love we share ...
Kid Cudi’s ‘Beautiful Trip’ Breaks Record for Shortest Billboard Hot 100 Hit Ever
Kid Cudi sets the mark on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 26, 2020, a year after Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, became the shortest No. 1 hit by length since 1965, running 1:53 in its briefest iteration. Still, last year also brought a new record for the lengthiest Hot 100 hit by run time: Tool’s “Fear Inoculum” spent a week at No. 93, on the Aug. 17, 2019-dated tally, becoming the first song in the chart’s history with a run time exceeding 10 minutes (10:21). Long story short, here’s an updated look at the shortest and longest Hot 100 hits all-time, as confirmed by the invaluable Paul Haney of Joel Whitburn’s Record Research. (Songs are measured by the shortest version of a song for the first list and the longest for th...
Joey B – Cold ft Sarkodie
Don’t miss this brand new song coming from Joey B – ‘Cold’ ft Sarkodie. Ghanaian rap star Joey B drops a heavy tune titled ‘Cold‘ and he features his colleague Sarkodie. Joey B isn’t slowing down as he serves his fans a new song just before the year rolls out. The rapper throws in some hot bars and punchlines on the record as Sarkodie balances things with his verse. This was produced by the veteran DJ Krept. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joey_B_-_Cold_ft_Sarkodie_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download [embedded content] Share this: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatt...
Exit Interview: Mark Lanegan Reflects on a Prolific Literary Year, Leaving the U.S. Due to the Pandemic
In the decidedly dark, surreal year we’ve all just experienced, some artists refused to be lulled into the most obvious reaction — reflective coronavirus complacency. Instead, they got busy, making more and more art, sometimes for therapeutic reasons but — more often than not — just because creativity still remained their lifelong Prime Directive. And if there were a 2020 award for MVPP — Most Valuable Pandemic Player — one of the top candidates would be ex-Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan, who pretty much hit the ground running amid the chaos and never stopped. First, his harrowing autobiography, Sing Backwards and Weep, was published in April, followed by a stark, skeletal solo album, Straight Songs of Sorrow, featuring dirges that parallel chapters from the book. After a brief init...
GUNNAR NELSON On COVID-19: ‘I Already Had It. It’s The Flu. It’s Not A Big Deal.’
Gunnar Nelson has once again taken issue with coronavirus lockdowns around the country, saying it was “stupid” for the United States to shut down at the beginning of the pandemic and cause “a lot of businesses” to go under. Gunnar discussed the hot-button issue during a new interview with Australia’s The Rockpit. Speaking about how destructive COVID-19 is, compared with other contagious respiratory illnesses, Gunnar said (hear audio below): “Dude, I already had it. It’s the flu. It’s not a big deal. I’m telling you. It’s really not. It’s not a big deal at all. My whole family had it. It’s not a big deal. “We all know who the high-risk people are,” he continued. “Of course, somebody who’s going t...
COREY TAYLOR Will Take The COVID-19 Vaccine ‘As Soon As It’s Ready’
In a new interview with U.K.’s Kerrang! magazine, Corey Taylor spoke about what it has been like not being able to tour with SLIPKNOT for the past few months while the coronavirus pandemic has been raging across the world. “It’s crazy,” he said. “I was just saying this a couple of days ago: I never thought in a million years I would miss the curmudgeons in SLIPKNOT and being on the road with those growly pricks. [Laughs] But, man, it seems like a million years ago that we played those shows [in Europe earlier this year]. I can’t even remember that tour, that’s how long ago it was. I long for that, and I can’t wait to get back on the road with SLIPKNOT and finish off that tour cycle when the time comes. Obviously, we don’t really know wh...
Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN On KIKO LOUREIRO: ‘He’s A Super Guitar Player And A Super Guy’
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman spoke to Guitar World about his guest appearance on “Imminent Threat”, the second single from the latest solo album of current MEGADETH axeman Kiko Loureiro, “Open Source”. “Kiko and I are bros,” Marty said. “He’s a good, good friend of mine. Whenever he comes to Japan, we hang out. I don’t think we’ve ever sat in a room together playing guitars, but I would certainly love to. He’s a super, super, super guitar player, and a super guy. So when he asked me to play on his thing, I jumped to it. I had no idea what he was going to come up with, but the song was really cool. So I did my thing with it and a good time was had by all.” Asked if he and Kiko ever trade MEGADETH war stories...
DEICIDE Launches ‘Devil’s Dick’ Brand Of Hot Sauce
Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE have launched Devil’s Dick, their own brand of hot sauce, featuring the tag line “it burns when you put it in your mouth.” The habanero hot sauce comes in five-ounce bottles and can be purchased as part of a bundle that includes a t-shirt and a sticker. Asked in a 2018 interview with Tampa Bay Times if he is still personally driven to write about Satanism and Christianity, DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton said: “Honestly, I have tried to write about other things. I really have, man. And you know what? I actually have one song on the new album where I got there. I was like, ‘Hey you guys, you want to read through these lyrics, and then read the other ones?’ And they were like, ‘Oh, wow, let’s go with the other ...
Hennessy Continues Partnership With NBA, Launches New Lines Campaign With Nas & Natasha Cloud
Source: Hennessy / Hennessy The NBA kicked off its 2020-21 season Tuesday (Dec. 22) and Hennessy is back on board as the official spirit of the league. The leading cognac maker leaned on the charismatic voice of Nasir “Nas” Jones and WNBA star Natasha Cloud to roll out its “New Lines” campaign. Nas, fresh off a Grammy nomination for his King’s Disease project with Hit-Boy, lends his distinctive voice and sincere poetics in a similar fashion to last year’s Lines campaign, remarking on the many ways to create within and outside the lines. Cloud, who won the 2019 WNBA championship as a guard with the Washington Mystics, has become known for her work off the court and has emerged as a leader on the social justice and public health fronts. Tonight’s marquee games are the Brooklyn Nets with star...
Tchami Brings the House With Sunrise Set Atop Miami’s One Thousand Museum
Even though we get closer to live music by the day, livestreams have served to keep dance music fans sane during the concert drought. One of the latest artists to deliver a new set for the bored masses is Tchami. Unlike many sets you’ve seen in the past couple of months, his Insomniac-powered performance was recorded on the helipad of the gigantic One Thousand Museum condominium in Miami. Thankfully he’s not afraid of heights as the helipad sits on top of one of the tallest buildings in the city. From his 707-foot vantage point, the video shows a side of the city rooted in the history of dance music that few may have ever seen. Combined with his energetic sound, the scenic mix is perfect for a wild night in lockdown or a much-needed jolt in the morning. Tchami packed ...
