I’m happy to bring you, after a slight delay, a concert review from the first two U2 shows on their current 360 tour from our international music correspondent Nelson Bae. Nellie, thanks for your hard work, and no- we aren’t going to cover the costs of your trip. I’ll let you take it from here…
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I came across this list of songs, The Clear Channel Memorandum, which was given to their 1,200 stations suggesting that the songs be removed do to insensitive lyrics after the tragedy of September 11th. Here are some of note.
Louis Armstrong - “What a Wonderful World.”
The Beatles - “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
Buddy Holly and the Crickets - “That’ll Be the Day.”
The Drifters - “On Broadway.”
Elton John - “Bennie and the Jets.”
Frank Sinatra - “New York New York.”
Lynyrd Skynyrd - “Tuesday’s Gone.”
Tom Petty - “Free Fallin’”
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Under the Bridge.”
* Every single song by Rage Against the Machine was banned.
* MC Hammer was the only hip hop artist banned for his song, “Have You Seen Her.”
see the whole list HERE
There’s an entertaining community message board up on Amazon with people contributing their choices for the most annoying song ever. I entered my top 5 (somewhat off the top of my head):
B-52s. Annoying.
1. “Love Shack” The B 52s
2. “We Built This City” Starship
3. “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” The Proclaimers
4. “Time Warp” Rocky Horror Picture Show
5. “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)” Aerosmith
Truth is, I could’ve put “Entire Celine Dion Catalogue/Post-70’s Elton John/Post-70’s Rod Stewart/Rent Soundtrack”, but that seemed like cheating. After posting on Amazon I realized I criminally left out “Believe” by Cher. That probably should be my #4 or 5.
Check it out here, feel free to give us your choices as well.
