Monday, 6 January 2014

Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce - Album Cover


Here is the official album cover for Toni Braxton and Babyface's new album.

Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce - Album Tracklisting


Here is the official tracklisting for the new Toni Braxton album, created with Babyface.
  1. Roller Coaster
  2. Sweat
  3. Hurt You
  4. Where Did We Go Wrong
  5. I Hope That You're Okay
  6. I Wish
  7. Take It Back
  8. Reunited
  9. I'd Rather Be Broke
  10. Heart Attack
  11. The D Word

The Syria Challenge - Jack Howard

I've watched Jack Howard's videos for a long time now and this was brilliant. Different but still very funny.

Thursday, 2 January 2014

Lady Gaga - Poker Face - Belvedere Performance

Lady Gaga sings an old hit.

Britney Spears - Piece Of Me - Las Vegas Residency Show - Set List


Here is the complete set list of Britney Spears Las Vegas residency tour.
  1. Work Bitch
  2. Womanizer
  3. 3
  4. Everytime
  5. ... Baby One More Time
  6. Ooops!... I Did It Again
  7. Me Against The Music
  8. Gimmie More
  9. Break The Ice
  10. Piece Of Me
  11. Scream & Shout
  12. Boys
  13. Perfume
  14. Get Naked (I Got A Plan)
  15. I'm A Slave 4 U
  16. Freakshow
  17. Do Somethin'
  18. Circus
  19. I Wanna Go
  20. Lucky
  21. Toxic
  22. Stronger
  23. Crazy
  24. ENCORE
  25. Till The World Ends

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Sunday, 29 December 2013

Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience - The Video Collection

With what I consider to be the best album of the year, there have been some pretty brilliant music videos attached. So here they all are together in one place.

TV Show Of 2013

This year alot of TV shows have taken a turn for the worst. 

Grey's Anatomy has been dragging this year. Repetitive and dragged out storylines and lack of a strong original cast. While there have been some engaging storylines they end up being predictable and a copy of something done in its previous 10 year history.


Family Guy had an interesting moment but killing off one of the main characters, only by bringing him back 2 episodes later, so obviously a ratings ploy on a slowly dying show. 

Dexter closed its 8 year run with an awful final season. The whole eighth season was slow, boring and very unrelated to the past Dexter seasons. Like everyone, I was hoping for an all out manhunt on Dexter with everyone finding out his true identity. However we were given a slow catch the killer and spent the entire season finding out about a woman who had never been in a previous season, so it felt a little too little too late. With a very poor, 'easy way out' ending, it left viewers feeling cheated and for me tarnished the entire show. Which is a shame because when it was good back in the days of season 2 and 5, Dexter was one of the best, only to die out slowly and painfully.  


While other shows such as The Big Bang Theory, Game Of Thrones, Fresh Meat and Moaning Of Life supplying pretty decent entertainment one show stood above the rest and showed everyone how it was done. 


Breaking Bad closed its 6 year, 62 episode run with a fantastic final season this year. Keeping every single viewer hooked until the literal last second it has fast become one of the greatest shows ever made. The character development, acting skills and directing stayed fresh and at its best until the very end. This makes it the best show of 2013.

Top 5 Worst Albums Of 2013

This year saw some amazing albums but also saw some surprisingly bad ones. All of the people in this list usually release really good albums and music but this year just wasn't their year.

5. Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke
One you get past the brilliant title track the album drops for me. There is little of Robin Thicke's usual soul and sex sound. Instead it sounds like he tried to be too mainstream and lost his usual sound.
 
4. Journals - Justin Bieber
Each song was released individually once a week and then compiled into an album. This isn't strictly speaking an album but it was released as one. The songs are all the same on this album. With the odd interesting moment, this album really does make you want to hurt yourself for its obnoxiousness and dull sound.

3. Britney Jean - Britney Spears
Britney's albums are never exactly earth shattering but like this one they usually have a few good singles on them. 'Work Bitch' is obviously a very fun song, but from then the album dips into club crowd pleasers with not much thought. The track with her sister Jamie Lynn is just awful. Without that song it is alot more pleasant but still a 10 track album thats about 7 tracks too long.

2. Alive - Jessie J
After such an amazing debut album, 'Who You Are', I was expecting more greatness from Jessie J with this one. However this album lacks alot of depth and it seems like she has done the same as Robin Thicke this year and tried to be too mainstream. There is no individual sound of 'Who's Laughing Now', 'Mama Knows Best' and 'Nobody's Perfect'. Instead we are given lame pop tracks like 'It's My Party' and 'Wild'. There is one very good song 'Thunder', but the other emotional attempts on this album just lack the depth of her previous efforts.

1. Loved Me Back To Life - Celine Dion
After some of the best albums on the planet ('Falling Into You', 'The Colour Of My Love' and 'A New Day Has Come') I was hoping for a fresh yet classic Celine Dion on this album. Instead the production of the songs seems sloppy and the song choices even sloppier. This is Celine Dion and yet we get weak songs such as 'Incredible' and 'Save Your Soul'. The album has some good moments, 'Water And A Flame' is Celine back to her best, but with single choices like 'Breakaway', this album just falls on its face.

Top 5 Artists Of 2013

Here are my top 5 artists of 2013. A few names such as Avicii, One Direction, Lady Gaga, John Newman, One Republic and Pharrell Williams missed out. 

5. Beyonce

4. Rihanna

3. Cher

2. Pink

1. Justin Timberlake

Saturday, 28 December 2013

Top 5 Singles Of 2013

These are my favourite singles of 2013. 'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke, 'The Monster' by Eminem and Rihanna, 'I Hope' by Rebecca Ferguson, 'Story Of My Life' by One Direction, 'Counting Stars' by One Republic and 'Wake Me Up' by Avicii just missed out on the list. 

5. I Hope You Find It - Cher

4. Do What U Want - Lady Gaga & R. Kelly

3. Get Lucky - Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams

2. Just Give Me A Reason - Pink & Nate Ruess

1. Mirrors - Justin Timberlake

Top 5 Albums Of 2013

Here are my top 5 favourite albums of 2013. There are some that just didn't make the top 5, like Midnight Memories by One Direction (which is a pretty fun album with some good serious songs on it) and Random Access Memories by Daft Punk. 


5. Tribute - John Newman

4. Beyonce - Beyonce

3. ARTPOP - Lady Gaga

2. Closer To The Truth - Cher

1. The 20/20 Experience: The Complete Collection - Justin Timberlake

Miley Cyrus - Adore You - Music Video

The level of sexual content in her videos is just getting too much now. It takes away from the actual music too much. Just looks like mild porn with better than usual music in the background.

The Best Of Willams Beatdown

This video cracked me up from beginning to end.

Friday, 27 December 2013

Ricky Lawson Dies At 59


Studio drummer Ricky Lawson, a collaborator with musicians including Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and Whitney Houston, has died at a suburban Los Angeles hospital following a brain aneurism. He was 59.

Lawson's uncle, Paul Riser of Detroit, said Tuesday that Lawson was removed from life support 10 days after the aneurism diagnosis and died around 7 p.m. Monday.

Lawson was being treated at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., about 25 miles south of Los Angeles.

The Detroit native learned to play drums at age 16 and jumped into the music business even before graduating from Cooley High School, developing into one of the nation's top studio musicians in the 1980s.
His work appears on Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You." He also performed with Al Jarreau, George Benson, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones and many others.

Lawson won a Grammy Award in 1986 for R&B instrumental performance for the song "And You Know That" by his group, Yellowjackets.

He became disoriented during a performance on Dec. 13 and was diagnosed with an aneurism.

Drummer Questlove Jenkins of The Roots called Lawson "the master" on Twitter Dec. 18 in a message saying, "praying for his recovery."

Drummer Sheila E. tweeted Tuesday: "We lost a great man, drummer, father, brother and son. mr Ricky Lawson. He passed away yesterday. Please pray for his family. we will miss u."