Here at Musick we like to bring you the cutting edge of today's music scene. Bringing new and exciting music to the masses is what we're all about, it's what makes us stand out in the crowd. So, joy of joys, we've only gone and found what is quite possibly the best song you'll ever hear in your entire, pitiful lives. This artist (could you describe him any other way?) has been making music since 1908 and has had 45,989 top ten singles and has sold over thirteen albums. His place in the pantheon of greats was surely solidified with 1999s 'Millennium Prayer', a song so perfect it made the rest of music seem suddenly redundant. I'm talking about Cliff Richard, and his brilliant new single 'Thank You For A Lifetime'.
No, really, thank you Cliff.
Just look at that video! Damn that man must have been a hit with the ladies back in the day. Oh and that heartfelt "thank you" at the end gets me everytime, to think about everything he's given us over the years. And may this single finally put to rest the notion that Cliff Richard isn't relevant to music anymore, or that he only ever releases albums when it's Christmas and he knows people will be too unimaginative to think of something else to get Grandma. It's September and people like this song so much it crashed into the charts at number 3. Ironically it's one place below a song about kissing girls, a song originally written for Cliff I believe.
* As if you needed telling, the above DVD is one of the best things you'll ever see. Shorts from C&A in case you were wondering.
So, you're sat in your expensive studio and you're trying to come up with a new beat to justify the quarter of million dollar price tag that hangs round your neck, and inspiration is seriously lacking. What do you do? Maybe take a break, play some Xbox or Playstation? Then it hits you; why don't I make a beat that sounds like a computer game imploding? Ladies and gentlemen, 'Universal Mind Control' by Common (produced by Pharrell Williams):
Funky.
If you want to listen to more from the genre we're calling 'bleeptronica', then try these:
'Stand Up Tall' by Dizzee Rascal
'Crank It Up' by Hadoken! (but give this a miss actually)
Anything by Crystal Castles
To be honest, we can't think of any others. There must be some around. Ho hum.
It's very cruel to laugh at other people's misfortunes. I know this, you know this. But, You've Been Framed is my favourite programme of all time so I find it incredibly difficult to suppress laughter when I see someone falling over or slipping down a hill or being pushed off stage by a maniac in Toronto. Bit specific I hear you cry? Well, have a butchers at this:
OK, so it's not really that funny. But it kind of is. Especially if you watch Liam Gallagher's reaction. A witness was said to have overheard the following:
"Yeah, mad for it, fookin' avin it"
Guy runs onstage.
"Oh my dear lord, who is that man? Security! Security!"
Security apprehend the felon.
"Yeah, come on then, ya fookin' miserable fookin' cunt. I'll knock ya fookin' teef out"
Man is lead away.
There are some rival blogs that rave about all these new singers and bands and yeah they get there before us, but you know what, that's because here at Musick we like to take our time, get things right before we go bleating about the latest hip, young thang. This means something to us, you know? Plus, we're lazy and sometimes youtube isn't working and you just want to check your facebook and then go to bed, right? But sometimes music is too good to ignore and although we're basing our opinion on ONE song, we're thinking VV Brown is going to be huge. This is her visage:
Here are some factoids:
- She's sung backing vocals and written songs for Sugababes and The Pussycat Dolls
- She used to go by the name Vanessa Brown
- She's signed to Island records and is creating a 'buzz' in music circles
Her debut single is called 'Crying Blood', which is actually a medical condition called Haemolacria. So many facts for you. The song is being termed 'doo-wop indie', which is nonsense. I prefer to call it 'catchy pop music with a bit of an edge in that it sounds like she's spent some time on the lyrics and melody and stuff'. Enjoy.
Think CSS and you think fun, you think Brazil, you think colourful unitards. Well, you used to. Now you just think about how dull they've become, about how bad their new album Donkey is and about how Lovefoxx should go solo. Obviously their record company disagrees which is why they're releasing a new single entitled 'Move'. There's even a video too, which is a bit of a surprise. This is it:
It's obviously been chosen because it's one of the few songs on Donkey that doesn't bemoan the fact that the band are, like, really tired from all the touring and success and shit. Plus, it mentions the dancefloor so should get played in indie clubs. It's a shame it's all so polite, so polished. The USP of CSS (nice) was that they had a kind of DIY (oh yeah) aesthetic and their debut was rough around the edges. Still, the video's quite clever.
But wait, what's this? A Cut Copy remix that's everything the original isn't. Thanks goodness for that.
If you like the original and are thinking of buying the album then I'd wait a month or too. It's got '2 for £10' in HMV written all over it.
- Akon will face trial after tossing off a fan during a gig in New York (NME)
- One of Lily Allen's friends was kidnapped. What do you mean, why do we need to know that? This person was a friend of Lily Allen's. Keep up. (Yahoo!)
- It's all about the ladies for our dear friend Usher. What a charming young man he is (Billboard)
- Ne-Yo receives damages fro unfair dismissal. Apparently he didn't break the photocopier, it was an 'electrical fault' (BBC)
OK, first things first, we must preface this post with the fact that the song you are about to hear is for charity and, more specifically, for a Cancer charity. An incredibly noble cause and one well worth supporting in any way possible.
A whole host of female (mainly American) singers clearly agree and they've come together through the medium of song to bring you one of the most incredible examples of excessive singing this side of 'When You Believe' (the Mariah & Whitney version obviously. Leon Jackson couldn't emote his way out of a paper bag).
The song is called 'Just Stand Up' and features (deep breath), Mariah, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Ciara, Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, Carrie Underwood, Ashanti, Melissa Etheridge, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Keyshia Cole and LeAnn Rimes. Phew. Prizes will be given to the person who can figure out which global superstar (and Carrie Underwood) is singing which line. Picking out Mariah doesn't count, her voice could be heard in a war zone.
One thing though; why do all charity singles have to be so dire?
The single is currently available to buy on iTunes.
