The Who's last tour?

"Blurred Lines" Lawsuit

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pharrell-talks-blurred-lines-lawsuit-for-first-time-20150319

Artist Pharrell Williams is being sued for his song "Blurred Lines" that he did with artist Robin Thicke. The amount Pharrell is being sued for is 7.3 Million dollars. The reason he is being sued is because it the hook of the song sounds a lot similar to Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give it up"  Even though Marvin Gaye had passed away many years ago, his family is suing pharrell. It sounds very similar but its not exact. Im not sure if Gayes family is worried about his legacy or if they just are money hungry. I was a huge fan of this song when it first came out because of the catchy hook, I will admit I hate the lyrics.( Way to promote rape as a positive thing!) The video is pretty awful too. I remember seeing something on the news about Robin Thicke's commentary about the lawsuit, he pretty much threw Pharrell under the bus and made excuses for himself. Claiming that "He didn't write much of the song and he was high on alcohol and Vicodin at the time." Wow... what a moron.
Pharrell is pretty upset about the lawsuit. He exclaims that "This applies to fashion, music, design… anything. If we lose our freedom to be inspired, we're going to look up one day and the entertainment industry as we know it will be frozen in litigation." 

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pharrell-talks-blurred-lines-lawsuit-for-first-time-20150319#ixzz3VAgvlv00

The Festival of the Arts

This weekend I got to perform at the Festival of the arts with my choir. It was at in our high school in the small gym. I am in Mrs. Millers's 6th hr concert choir. We performed with the honors choir for two songs. Our first song was " Dream a little Dream of Me." We did very well on this song. Our blend was perfect and we nailed our crescendo in a certain part of the song. The next piece was a compilation for the Phantom The Opera, lasting 11 minutes.(Much longer than our original songs) We started out with great intensity and went thought the song like it was nothing. Then the concert choir was off stage,
I stood outside to watch some of the Honors choir performance, they sounded beautiful as always. I then talked to some friends and went home.

Johnny Depp Plays Guest Guitar on album "Afraid of Ghost'

Musician Bush Walker is coming up with his New Album " Afraid of Ghosts'. His producer, Ryan Adams recruited some famous friends;guitarst Bob Mould and actor Johnny Depp.  Johnny Depp comes into 4:40 into the video. He is mainly known as a famous actor but he also plays guitar as a guest for a few bands. He even had played with the famous band Aerosmith; he is good friends with Steven Tyler. I am personally a huge fan of Johnny Depp, I love him in movie and on stage. He also did a song with famous beatle Paul McCartney and appears in his videos. Depp mainly plays slide guitar and does some back up electric guitar from what I can remember. There is another video of him not too long ago with Aerosmith on The David Letterman show for "The Train Kept a Rollin"

Music for cats?

Cats are out wonderful furry friends, but just like us  they would enjoy music. Scientists have developed a certain type of music just for cats. The like to hear sounds from a different decibel than of what we like to hear. When " Human music" was played to the cats, they rejected it. When the music was adjusted to their hearing level, they started brushing their faces on the headphones and purring, a sign of contentment in cats. This may be a nice invention for our pets!
http://www.salon.com/2015/03/03/scientists_designed_music_specifically_for_cats/

Music in my life

Growing up I listened to a lot of classic rock and whatever was on the radio at the time. When I was little it was a lot of boy bands like NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys. I loved them. I believe my preschool backpack had the backstreet boys on it. I wonder where it went........ I loved No Doubts album, tragic kingdom. When I was about 10 years old, Gwen Stefani went solo. I have the album that features Hollaback Girl." The meaning of this song is pretty much that she isn't a doormat to be walked on, which happens to me far too often. I like a lot of classic rock, I was so lucky to see Aerosmith and Slash in concert recently at the DTE energy center. I loved that concert. Slash had a new singer, I believe his name is Myles Kennedy and the did a bunch of old Guns N Roses songs. His voice seemed to be a lot my powerful than Axel Roses (.The band that slash used to be in.) I remember Aerosmiths opening. The opened with 'The Train Kept a Rollin' Which I believe was a cover which was done by The Yardbirds wayy back in the 60s. I seem to like Aerosmiths version the best. The put more enegry and more of their own sound into the song. On the yardbirds version, it annoyed me how the vocals were out of sync.

The evolution of "Seven Nation Army."

http://thequietus.com/articles/17294-seven-nation-army-white-stripes

The White Stripes Seven Nation army was released in 2003 and peaked Number 76 on the billboard 100 in the US. Italy is where this song peaked highest; at #3 in Italy. It is now 2015 and it is getting played everywhere and seems to be increasing in popularity. Its chanted at football games and the world cup, along with several other sporting events.
What made this song even more popular over time? Is it the catchy riff? The lyrics? I think this song has become popular over time because of the upbeat catchy riff.