If you didn’t catch American Idol on Wednesday night to see the top 8 guys sing, you missed Michael Lynche’s performance of This Woman’s Work. Not only did he receive high praise from all the judges, he brought Kara Dioguiardi to tears, and she couldn’t stop crying, as Simon said “you come out with an incredibly difficult song to sing and you 100% nailed it, not just the best perofrmanc of the night, it’s the best performance we’ve had of all these live shows so far”.
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In true GaGa fashion, Lady GaGa’s 9 minute music video for Telephone, featuring Beyoncé, premiered yesterday with lots of hype and fanfare, it’s an over-the-top, mini-movie with Hollywood film references to Chicago, Kill Bill, Thelma and Louise. Tyrese and the band Semi Precious Weapons make an appearance in the video in the Diner scene. Posted on YouTube less than 24 hours ago and the video has received more than 600,000 views, more than 16,000 ratings, almost 14,000 comments and currently 233 video responses.
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Musical films and biopics are back in favor in Hollywood and the actors who have the talent to act, sing and dance are getting great parts to play. As with all artistic endeavors, anyone can “act”, “dance”, and “sing”. But few of us can act, sing and dance really really well. And even fewer can act, sing and dance at the level we have come to expect the best to do; those who not only entertain us, but also make it look effortless and flawless. We’ve taken a look at the musical films and biopics of the last decade and have selected a few of our favorite singing performances to share with you.
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Today would have been Johnny Cash’s 78th birthday and his family is honoring his memory with the release of an album American VI: Ain’t No Grave, the second of Johnny Cash’s albums to be released posthumously.
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One of our favorite disco dancer/actor/singers from the 70s, with a career that is still going strong today, John Travolta is celebrating a birthday!
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You might not be able to celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans today, but nothing is stopping you from singing a karaoke song in the style of one of New Orleans’ most famous musicians, Fats Domino.
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Country Music Star Travis Tritt celebrates his 47th birthday today. Tritt is currently on tour in the United States and is also scheduled to appear on The Outdoor Channel, on Steve’s Outdoor Adventures.
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Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and The Who will follow in the Super Bowl Super Group footsteps of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince, The Rolling Stones, and Paul McCartney, when they take to the stage at half-time at this year’s Super Bowl tomorrow, February 7th, 2010, for 80,000 football fans in Miami as well as millions of television viewers worldwide.
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In their short lives, they changed the world of music but it was the world of music that would be short-changed when three rock ‘n’ roll heroes were killed in a plane crash in the Midwest State of Iowa on the cold winter night of February 3, 1959. Don McLean would later commemorate the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, Jr. (The Big Bopper) in his song American Pie, with the well known lyric, “The day the music died”.
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Whether you believe in Punxsutawney Phil or not, celebrating Groundhog Day is a good way to beat the winter blues. And there is no better way to celebrate than to listen to or better yet, sing along to, I Got You Babe in the style of Sonny & Cher.
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