About two or three weeks ago, Cyrus released a song called “Midnight Sun.” It has a little bit of a retro vibe, and she looks a little like a blonde 80s era Pat Benatar.
Listen to the song on You Tube (the audio only version):
…As Game Rant reports, YouTube user Domy13 has created a version of Rick Astley’s classic music video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” that depicts the singer as an animated LEGO action figure. At about 1.5 minutes long, it’s a good two minutes shorter than the original video; but for those blessed 90 seconds, it matches its source material frame for frame.
by Andy Greene / August 2020
The new book ‘Black & White & Weird All
September 14th, 1980 was a landmark day in “Weird Al” Yankovic history. Not only was it the day the world first heard his Queen parody “Another One Rides the Bus” when he debuted it on the Dr. Demento Radio Show, but it was also the day he first came into contact with Jon Schwartz, a young drummer who happened to be hanging out at the station.
I used to watch Animaniacs in the 1990s, when I was a college student. I loved Pinky and the Brain – I think Pinky and the Brain were a spin off of that show?
The new Animaniacs, from Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation and again exec produced by Steven Spielberg, will bow Friday, November 20 — some 22 years after the original wrapped its run.
As announced yesterday by Amblin, the long-in-development Animaniacs reboot/revival slated for Hulu is finally on its way to the wider world.
The classic ‘90s animated show, featuring Warner Sibling, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, oddball parodies of classic animated mascots who refuse to do what anything tells them and generally cause chaos and enact timely pop-culture parodies wherever they go.
Rap-loving Twins React to Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” 1981 Hit
August 8, 2020 – I am Gen X – currently over the age of 40 as I blog this – and the older I get, the more strange I find it that people younger than myself are not familiar with any of the songs, bands, singers, or gadgets that I grew up with.
It’s strange to me to think that the two twin brothers mentioned in these articles, Fred and Ted Williams, didn’t hear the Phil Collins song “In The Air Tonight” until July of 2020 (or some time recently, I’m not sure exactly when they first reviewed it).
A photo of singer Phil Collins
I was in grade school when that Phil Collins song was first released, and I remember at the time, it was on TV everywhere back then – I think the song may have been used in an episode of NBC’s show “Miami Vice”.
I seem to remember hearing this Phil Collins song not just on the radio but in commercials in the early to mid 1980s, and in movies. That song was huge – it was every where for a few years after its initial release.
I do appreciate the fact that the teen brothers are taking the time to listen to older songs.
When I was a teen in the 1980s, I loved music – but of course back in the 1980s, when I grew up, we did not have You Tube, Spotify, iTunes, and so on.
So if you wanted to hear music back then, you either had to listen to the radio all day, spend a small fortune on buying new albums or tapes (which meant getting someone to drive you to a store to buy the music), or borrow music off older siblings or friends.
I would’ve given my right arm back in the 1980s when I was a music- loving teen to be able to listen to any and all types of music and bands FOR FREE via You Tube, Spotify, or similar services, including songs that were decades older than me…
I do not understand why so many people currently under the age of 35 do not avail themselves of this tech to listen to and research older music.
Phil Collins had many other good songs, not just “In The Air Tonight.” After his stint with the band Genesis, he went on to release some really good pop songs as a solo artist in the 1980s, including “Don’t Lose My Number,” “Two Hearts,” “Sussudio,” a remake of “You Can’t Hurry Love,” and several other songs.
But again, I am glad to see that Ted and Fred Williams are willing to listen to older music of all genres and give it a try. I wish more young people did so.
When I was a teen in the 1980s, I used to listen to music from the 1950s, and I enjoyed Swing music, which was from the 1930s – 1940s. Good music has no expiration date.
“In the Air Tonight” currently sits at No. 3 on the iTunes song sales chart, trailing only the brand new releases “WAP” by Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion and “Beers and Sunshine” by Darius Rucker.
It’s not just a passing single-day phenomenon, either. Numbers provided by Alpha Data show that “In the Air Tonight” was the fourth biggest selling song of the week ending Aug. 8, up from No. 185 the week before.
…“TwinsthenewTrend” now have 350,000 subscribers for their YouTube channel, which is about a year old. They told CNN they initially stuck with hip-hop reaction videos, then took a suggestion to try out Frank Sinatra, and have delved into multiple genres since then. They’ve reacted to everything from Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind” to Pantera, Lauryn Hill, Rage Against the Machine, the Carpenters, A-ha, the Allman Brothers Band, Marvin Gaye and Queens of the Stone Age.
“Because we’re Black,” Fred Williams told CNN about the popularity of their videos, “and they don’t expect us to listen to that type of music.” Added Tim, “It’s just rare to see people open these days. People don’t open to step outside their comfort zone and just react to music they don’t know.”
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of discovering an amazing new song — just ask twin brothers Tim and Fred Williams, who have been documenting their first-time reactions while listening to classic hits on YouTube.
The 21-year-old siblings, who post under TwinsthenewTrend, have gone viral in recent months for their “First Time Hearing” video series, where they have recorded their priceless reactions and commentary while discovering music by icons such as Dolly Parton, Stevie Wonder, and Queen.
In late July, the Williams brothers — who grew up mostly listening to rap — posted a particularly memorable clip of themselves listening to Phil Collins’ 1981 debut single “In the Air Tonight” for the first time.
One of a few reasons I began this blog was to offer music suggestions to other Gen Xers who may still love 1980s music but are tired of listening to the same hits over and over and would like some new – maybe contemporary – music to listen to, but they don’t keep up so much with current music and have no idea where to start.
(Unfortunately, I’ve been busy the last several months, so I’ve not been able to update this blog as much as I like.)
Most pop, rock, country, rap, and dance music after 2009 has been utter garbage – as you very well know, if you are a slightly older Millennial, Gen X, or older.
However, every so often, a new song is released which is not so bad- at least, not in my Gen X opinion.
I sat and listened to several songs by a young lady by the name of Brooke Candy on You Tube. Most of her songs were pretty bad, but for one – I enjoyed her song entitled “Nasty.”
Track will appear on upcoming Sign O’ the Times reissue
The Prince estate has released the full version of a long-treasured rarity, “Cosmic Day,” which will appear on the upcoming reissue of Sign O’ the Times, out September 25th.
The track was recorded at Sunset Sound, Studio 3 on November 15th, 1986, and although a snippet of the recording has been passed among collectors for years, the whole song had yet to surface until now.
Congrats to Guns N’ Roses — “Sweet Child O’ Mine” is the first ’80s music video to reach a billion views on YouTube.
Guns N Roses in the 1980s
Guns N’ Roses made their debut on MTV in 1987 with “Welcome to the Jungle,” but it was “Sweet Child O’ Mine” that really made the band explode in popularity.
video, which there are two versions of — a black and white version and a combined black and white-color version — shows the band performing the track in front of their bullet logo, with cutscenes of the members’ girlfriends. It’s also the onscreen debut of Axl Rose’s signature snake dance.
Whitney Houston Earns First Hot 100 Debut in 10 Years With Kygo Collab ‘Higher Love’ – July 2019
If you are Gen X, you likely remember the 1980s song “Higher Love” first performed by Steve Winwood (I owned the cassette tape of Winwood’s album with that song on it back in the 1980s). If not, you can listen to the original version by Winwood on You Tube.
Well, Whitney Houston recorded a version of it years ago, and recently, it was remade by Kygo and released. Below, I will you to the Kygo-Whitney Houston version on You Tube, as well as the pre-Kygo Houston versions as well.
Madonna, aka The Queen of Pop, and an equally formidable musician Bruce Springsteen, nicknamed “The Boss,” are both out with new albums.
It may seem like a hip, young new artist is popping up every day — but these titans of the ’80s are showing that they’ve still got it.
Madonna’s “Madame X”
…Madonna’s 14th studio album, “Madame X,” is her latest full-length album since 2015’s “Rebel Heart.” It includes 15 songs and was inspired by her time spent in Lisbon, Portugal.
Brick Roll: LEGO Version of Rick Astley Is Never Gonna Give You Up in New Video
As announced yesterday by Amblin, the long-in-development Animaniacs reboot/revival slated for Hulu is finally on its way to the wider world.
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