The Beatles: Rock Band - Gameplay Trailer

This looks cool. They have a good selection of Beatles songs for this version of Rock Band.

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Billy Joel - Glass Houses

This is a great album. I got it as a gift when I was in college. The first song is a classic; you still hear it on the radio from time to time.

Billy Joel - You May Be Right
Uploaded by Celtiemama

This one has a good beat to it.

Billy Joel - Sometimes A Fantasy
Uploaded by jpdc11

Don't ask me why, either.


Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why
Uploaded by SoltaTararan

So, what is Rock 'n Roll? I guess whatever you want it to be.

Billy Joel - It's Still Rock N' Roll To Me
Uploaded by catrin345

My favorite song on the album. Nothing matters to him; he would do anything for the girl he loves.

Billy Joel - All For Leyna
Uploaded by catrin345

Billy Joel - I Don't Want To Be Alone
Uploaded by kyokoushio


Billy Joel - Sleeping with the Televison On
Uploaded by ihearthobbes33

With some video clips from Doctor Who.


Billy Joel - C'etait Toi (You Were The One)
Uploaded by quirkyoppossum


Billy Joel - Close To The Borderline
Uploaded by mission2marsden

Fifteenthfret's rendition of the song. A mellow song to round out the album.


Billy Joel - Through the Long Night
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A Twisted Sister Christmas

Remember Twisted Sister from the 80’s? Well, you should remember this song:

We're Not Gonna Take It

Twisted Sister - Headbangers Ball - MTV Shows

Here are their Christmas songs!

Oh Come All Ye Faithful



Silver Bells



I'll Be Home For Christmas



Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas



Heavy Metal Christmas



Look for them on iTunes, MusicSpace, and MySpace.

The Dead Elvi

Looking for Halloween Rock ‘n Roll? Then, you need to go no further than The Dead Elvi.

According to their site TheDeadElvi:

Back in 1993, when the Chiller Theatre convention moved to a larger venue and a ballroom became available, promoter Kevin Clement asked his friend Chris Palmerini if he could help put together a band so Kevin could put on a costume ball. Thus was the birth of the Dead Elvi! Little did they think that twelve years later they'd still be performing, appear in several movie soundtracks, have a cut on a Rob Zombie CD, and appear on at least a dozen 'Something Weird' DVDs. The band consists of Kevin Clement on guitar, Chris Palmerini on lead guitar and vocals, John Kullberg on lead vocals and guitar, Tom Seesselberg on drums, and Steve Geller on bass and vocals. The Dead Elvi have performed with numerous national acts, famous musicians, and celebrities, and have developed a large cult following.

For more information, please visit www.deadelvi.com

From: TheDeadElvi

The Monster Mash (with John Zacherle)

Animation by acclaimed former Disney animator Frank Dietz for "The Monster Mash," featuring the Dead Elvi and Zacherley the Cool Ghoul (the amazing John Zacherle). Catch them all this Halloween weekend at the Chiller Con, the Meadowlands, NJ! www.chillertheatre.com

The Creature Stole My Surfboard

Video from acclaimed former Disney animator Frank Dietz, for the Dead Elvi's "The Creature Stole My Surfboard."

Not Your Stepping Stone (with Micky Dolenz)

Micky Dolenz, formerly of the Monkees, performs "Not Your Stepping Stone" with the Dead Elvi at the May 3, 2008 Chiller party and jam (the Hilton, Parsippany, NJ). Felipe Torres assisted de Bluurrr on drums for this number.

Ghostbusters (with Ray Parker Jr.)

Ray Parker Jr., performing his #1 hit, "Ghostbusters," with the Dead Elvi at the Chiller Theatre Expo in Parsippany, NJ, on October 6, 2007. Featuring AJ Pero of 'Twisted Sister' on drums!

Little Jack O'Lantern

The Dead Elvi, with Ann-Vira on drums, entertaining the revelers with "Little Jack O'Lantern," at the Chiller Theatre Expo, October 6, 2007, Parsippany, NJ.

The Devil's Ball

The Dead Elvi performing their original song, "The Devil's Ball," at the June 2006 Chiller Theatre Expo Rock and Roll Surf Party. (This song is available on the CD, "Buddy Bought the Farm.")

I Think We're Alone Now (with Tiffany)

Yes, that Tiffany.

The Dead Elvi and Tiffany performing "I Think We're Alone Now" at the October 2004 Chiller Theatre Expo, The Meadowlands, NJ

And if you happen to be in New Jersey, you could attend the Chiller Theatre.

Journey Has a New Lead Singer

I prefer bands to tour with the lead singer they were famous with, but Arnel Pineda is a good replacement for Steve Perry. Listen, and decide for yourself.

From: ndgomez777

HERE ARE THE LINKS TO ARNEL/JOURNEY'S DEBUT CONCERT IN CHILE (FEBRUARY 21, 2008) This is the whole concert, divided in 3 parts.

www.festival2008.canal13.cl/...Ivq1.html
www.festival2008.canal13.cl/...Ivq2.html
www.festival2008.canal13.cl/...Ivq3.html

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Arnel Pineda with his band The Zoo, belts with one of their best pieces "Faithfully". The best ever local version of Journey's hit song. Check out their album here: http://www.titikpilipino.com/album/?albumid=1388

Faithfully



Don't Stop Believing



Open Arms



And here’s the news about Journey's discovery of Arnel Pineda.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nnNji6s3ck

We Will Rock You

Everyone wants to rock you.

We Will Rock You – Queen

From: awesomechick520



And the obligatory…

We Are the Champions – Queen

From: xalfons2



Chinese

From: KyraHuang123



Japanese

From: zontadotcom

from http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1939731

5ive

From: WhoAsk



Iron Maiden

From: justdarkness

Art: Jimi Hendrix on Fire

Philinthecircle made an image of Jimi Hendrix out of approximately 7,000 matches.

This is part of a series of pieces that I am titling "goodbye art" because there is nothing left for me to keep at the end. I make a new piece each week and have a theme; the theme for the month is "Fire" so each piece will involve fire in some way.

Check out his art at www.philinthecircle.com. The music is by Ben Abrahamson.

Van Halen is Back with David Lee Roth

David St. Hubbins: “You are witnesses at the new birth of Spinal Tap Mark II, hope you enjoy our new direction...” This Is Spinal Tap

Well, not exactly mark 2 for Van Halen, more like mark 4.

First, there was Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and David Lee Roth.





Then, DLR quit the group, and Sammy Hagar joined as lead singer.





Then, Sammy Hagar left the group, and Gary Cherone became lead singer. Only singing on one album, Gary Cherone was the George Lazenby of the Van Halen lead singers.

Van Halen is back with DLR!!!
Originally uploaded by pdcroyle

So, this would be the forth lineup, with Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, and David Lee Roth. Eddie’s son Wolfgang replaces Michael Anthony in this lineup.


I’m happy to see that the group is touring again. While I like Sammy Hagar just fine, I prefer David Lee Roth as the lead singer.

Why Was Michael Anthony Removed from Album Art on Their Web Site?

According to Rolling Stone,

Over the past twenty-four hours, Van Halen fans have been mulling over the latest development in the band’s reunion saga: A poster on a music-industry message board pointed out that in the wake of the band’s tour announcement, the Van Halens seemed to have airbrushed original bassist Michael Anthony out of older album covers on their official Web site and replaced him with their newest member: Eddie Van Halen’s son, Wolfgang. The swap was evident on the lower right of the cover of the band’s self-titled debut (which came out thirteen years before Wolfgang was born), and the group shot for Women and Children First had been removed entirely.

A visit to the tour section of Van Halen’s site today reveals that the album covers in question have been replaced with the original artwork. However, another message board commenter pointed out there were no images of David Lee Roth in 2004’s career-spanning The Best of Both Worlds, as the frontman and Eddie Van Halen were on the outs during that time. (The pair made a point of embracing at Monday’s reunion tour press conference to demonstrate all is well). As of now, the band hasn’t issued any statements regarding the artwork incident.

-- Erica Futterman

Controversy? Maybe. Did Van Halen try to rewrite history, like George Lucas changed how Anakin Skywalker looked in Return of the Jedi? (From middle aged man, to a young man.) http://en.wikipedia.org

How about this idea instead? Maybe the webmasters were trying to think what to do with Van Halen’s website, while they were waiting to release the "real" site next month. What to put on the site, when the band did not even have any pictures of the new band lineup yet? So, someone had the great idea of changing the artwork to show the new lineup. Bad idea! I’m glad they changed it back. Now, if only we can get George Lucas to change Anakin Skywalker in Return of the Jedi back...

Why Is Michael Anthony Not With the Band Now?

They aren’t talking about it much. However, Michael will be touring with Sammy Hagar this fall, so he is keeping busy. http://www.madanthonycafe.com

David Lee Roth Makes a Great Front Man

If you want someone to talk it up about your band, DLR is your man. He is good at giving everyone in the band credit.

He Talks Up Van Halen in 1984



He Talks Up His New Band in 1986



And He Talks Up the New Van Halen in 2007



Will I Go See Them in Concert?

I might. They will be playing in my city, yay! I will wait and see what the tickets will cost.

Cover Bands

Here's a good article on cover bands. Also known as tribute bands, they play the music of a famous rock group.

Tribute bands and the quest to be as good as the real thing

By Erica Febré efebre@hippopress.com

For the members of most tribute bands, the desire to be Van Halen, The Ramones or U2 started with a live performance.

Several band members remember being wowed by their idols and then saddened when those bands either stopped performing live or stopped performing in the area.

“When we started it, Van Halen wasn’t doing anything and there weren’t a lot of Van Halen tributes playing any Sammy Hagar material,” said Zander Carlson with Balance, a Van Halen tribute band. “I also wanted to build an Eddie Van Halen guitar and figured if I built the guitar then we had to play it too.”

“We didn’t start this to be the next Ramones. It was almost out of respect, like this is something that we should do to keep it alive for the people that love it just as much as we do,” said Bobby Ramoniac with The Ramoniacs, a Ramones tribute.

“Some of us here still remember The Ramones. It’s a place for the Ramones fans to get back together. But we’re also doing it for the people that missed what we were fortunate enough to see,” Bobby said.

Read more: http://www.hippopress.com/070816

Van Halen is Back!

Van Halen Press Conference 8/13/07



I’m looking forward to their tour. I wonder, can Diamond Dave still jump?

Jump



Here’s some of their songs, from the David Lee Roth days.

You Really Got Me



Runnin’ With the Devil



Eruption

Van Halen Will Tour the U.S. with David Lee Roth

This is good news, in my opinion. In a press conference next week, Van Halen will announce a reunion tour with original singer David Lee Roth. The tour will begin in October.


I like Sammy Hagar, too, but DLR is my favorite singer for Van Halen. I prefer Sammy’s solo work to his Van Halen work.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Music Videos

I have posted a few times about music videos, including Songs of the Week, “It’s All About Me” Songs, Goin’ Crazy...From the Heat, Driving Songs and Russian Music Videos.

Here are some other blogs with music videos.

Rock & Metal Videos

El Gigante Verdoso has rock & metal videos.

http://elgiganteverdoso.blogspot.com/

The Greatest Song Video of All Time

A collection of song videos.

http://videos-lyrics-bio.blogspot.com/

Videos and Lyrics

http://musicaenglish.blogspot.com

Queen Video Clips

http://iranandirani-queen.blogspot.com/

And, to round it off:

The Ten Best Bands That Never Existed

http://www.earvolution.com/

SpongeBob Sings Strutter

Something fun today. HitlessMelfice2008 created this movie of SpongeBob SquarePants singing "Strutter" by KISS.


Rock on!