Now 35: That’s What I Call Music
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Question by Steven L: How Many Aerosmith and AC/DC Fans Do We Have Out There?
I’m 17 years old(turning 18 in October) which means Aerosmith has been around for over double my age now(35 years since their Self-Titled Debut was released). Despite the age difference, I love Aerosmith, they are my favorite band. The “Bad Boys From Boston” are the Greatest American Rock Band ever, and are in the Top 5 or Top 10 Greatest Rock and Roll Bands Ever. No doubt, The Beatles are the Greatest Rock Band of All-Time, but Aerosmith is my favorite. I can’t wait until their new album comes out and they go on tour again. I’ve seen them twice at D.T.E.(Pine Knob) in Michigan(Once with Motley Crue and the other with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. Great shows, you do not want to miss these guys. I could only wish they would co-headline with AC/DC. That would be the best concert of All-Time as far as I’m concerned. AC/DC is heavily rumored to embark on an 18-month World Tour beginning in October in support of their brand new album release(Black Ice), which is slated to be released on October 27, 2008. A single, titled “Runaway Train,” is slated to hit radio sometime in August, probably toward the end of the month. Both bands released their first album back in 1973(35 years ago), and what better way to set rock ‘n’ roll history, than to 35 years later, co-headline the best World Tour ever in music history? The world would be Thunderstruck if that took place. Another awesome World Tour would be Motley Crue and AC/DC together!! Crue is currently on their “Crue Fest” tour which ends August 31, 2008. That would not be too far fetched, but the Crue has announced that there are no definitive plans to tour Europe, however, they have also hinted there is the likelihood that there will be some form of tour in Europe. If Crue and AC/DC embarked on a World Tour together, they should name the tour, “THUNDERSTRUCK ON THE WILD SIDE.” If Aerosmith and AC/DC embarked on a World Tour together, they should name the Tour, “IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP ON THE OTHER SIDE” My Favorite Aerosmith song: The Other Side; AC/DC song: You Shook Me All Night Long; Motley Crue song: Wild Side. This is just my opinion, let me know what you think about all of this. If you’d like to see these three bands all do a World Tour together or what or just whatever is on your mind.
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i’m not sure about seeing them both together.. but you can count me in as a fan of both.
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Review by Daniel W. Kelly for Now 35: That’s What I Call Music
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wow–tough crowd. I’m not sure why people hit that moment in their life where they decide all modern music is terrible. For me, it has always been a changing and evolving format, so I never found a cutoff where I decided, “as of today, pop music is no longer good.’ I remember hearing older people bashing the ‘today’s music’ when I was a kid…you know, back in the 80s, and I couldn’t understand how they were not getting the same pleasure from the music that I was since it was SO good to me. And I still think it’s good all around with, as always, personal favorites that stand out from the crowd. I’m loving the track listing on this volume–it has all the biggest stuff on the radio, and as a collector, this helps me check a whole bunch of hits off my list. As always, my main complaint with the Now series is the use of radio edits instead of full length album versions, as well as censored versions.
But my NEW complaint is the recent trend with Now to use the last 4 songs of the 20 tracks on the disc for supposed up and coming hits. Well guess what? None of the past several volumes of the last year that have this feature has foreseen a hit at ALL. These songs have been dead in the water. So essentially, they’ve removed slots for 4 more actual hits that I want and replaced them with filler. Go back to the old format Now. Oh–and start using original masters instead of taking the easy way out and using MP3s as your source material, which has been the latest trend no these discs…
Review by Edgar Olivares for Now 35: That’s What I Call Music
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This latest entry in the NOW series features some new artists such as La Roux and the latter half of Evan and Jaron of “Crazy For This Girl” fame along with regulars like Lady Gaga, Nickelback, Carrie Underwood and BEP among others. The last four tracks, just like the previous two volumes are the “what’s next” section, and still waiting for that breakthrough artist. My only complaint is that with the album running under 72 minutes, the compilers could have added another track or two to give the consumer more incentive. Otherwise though, it’s still a good compilation. Here’s the Billboard Hot 100 peak info.
California Gurls-#1/Somebody To Love-#15/Gettin’ Over You-#31/Rock That Body-#9/Bulletproof-#8/Alejandra-#5/Cooler#6/Billionaire-#4/Ridin Solo-#9/Impossible-#13/Pray For You-#34/This Afternoon-#34/Kissin U-#54/My First Kiss-#9/Undo It-#23/Lover, Lover-#29
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Review by Rudy Palma for Now 35: That’s What I Call Music
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Radio has certainly changed.
There used to be this thing that pop songs had. It was melody. Thriller, for instance, is a treasure trove of sleek, funky, organic melodies – the kinds of sounds Lionel Richie once referred to as “God’s words.”
Sometime in the last decade, however, record executives realized that as long as they had tantalizing images (usually bodies of facially attractive, thin, fit people) to dangle in front of the general public they would no longer have to worry about signing and promoting original talent.
The recipe: Find someone whose image is mass-marketable, making it easy for the general public to lap it up like the dogs they are. Check. Make sure he or she can sing without the voice obviously cracking. Check. Hire songwriters to throw some lyrics over plonkety-plonk beats with plenty of production and texture to compensate for lack of soul and melody. Check. Add dash of promotional dollars and footwork. Hit record!
Nearly all the songs on “Now That’s What I Call Music 35!” prove the future those record executives envisioned to have become reality.
Travie McCoy’s tuneless “Billionaire” is a perfect song for our culture – all about wanting the latest toys, gadgets, gizmos, bling and riches, not at all about finding an honest way to earn them. Jason De Rulo’s “Ridin’ Solo” and Mike Posner’s “Cooler Than Me” are also equally lacking in modesty and melody – surely to be forgotten with the passing of a year or two.
“Rock That Body” by the Black-Eyed Peas sounds like a computer is crashing.
Lady Gaga is a talented song writer, capable singer and engaging (if calculated) performer, but with “Alejandro” as her example here it is easy to see why she has blown up to become the most overrated new-hit-of-the-moment this side of Britney Spears circa 1999 – hers is one of the tiny handful of tunes here which are not faceless and forgettable.
Justin Bieber and Usher are without charisma, compatibility or melodic hooks on the remix of “Somebody to Love,” which pales in contrast to Bieber’s earlier hit with “Baby,” which, a la “Single Ladies” from Beyonce, could not fail due to its relentless repetition (paint-by-numbers hooks).
Shontelle’s “Impossible” is one of the most illustrative songs here – it pushes all the buttons of the average audience member, feigning originality. If it looks serious and passionate, then it works, even if both those things are calculated and only on the surface, not underneath or in the pulse of the song. Who needs a pulse when a hit can be copied and pasted together?
La Roux’s idiosyncratic “Bulletproof” was a slow-builder of a hit from over a year ago, first making headway in the clubs before crossing over. The fact that lead singer Eleanor Kate Jackson’s vocal are about as proximal to being on-pitch as Seattle is to a rainless season seem to matter little. They are not only scathing and nails-on-chalkboard, but they sound as though she deliberately set out to create that sound.
Have things gotten this bad – that we have looped around again and need to produce intentionally bad music before the real thing will make sense again?
Review by Suren Bhagwandin for Now 35: That’s What I Call Music
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Another disappointing Now cd in my own opinion.
I only know nine of the songs some I never heard before.
Review by PT Ben for Now 35: That’s What I Call Music
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You used to could rely on the NOW series to give you a great snapshot of today’s current music.
I also would be treated to a CD that flowed. You could put album in and hit play and then spend the next 75 minutes jamming to some good songs.
This trend has obviously stopped. This has the worst collection of songs NOW has ever assembled. The flow is choppy between songs and the selection of songs is poor. I even double checked to make sure I was not on a spoof site.
Is this really the best “hits” the music industry has in the last year?