Inspired by Tom let's take a look at all the songs that hit number one during my birthday (June 28th) since my birthday. Alas, I would like to go on about "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward but a memes got to have rules. I don't know if I will comment on all of these but at least this allows me to write something of a meaty post.
THE 2000s
2008 ... "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay
I do like Coldplay but I haven't really heard this song. I know Brian Eno produced their newest record. That's interesting.
2007 ... "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z 2006 ... "Do I Make You Proud" by Taylor Hicks 2005 ... "Inside Your Heaven" by Carrie Underwood 2004 ... "Burn" by Usher 2003 ... "This Is the Night" by Clay Aiken
Goodness, my birthday seems to be prime real estate for American Idol singers. I don't even watch that show but I know of these people because magazines are forced to write articles about them and radio DJs are forced to talk about them. I can just imagine some poor DJ who got into the biz because he loved spinning ZZ Top and Allman Brothers now having to talk about who did the best rendition of "I Will Survive" with some peroxide blonde who can barley read the news. Why morning radio talent isn't the job the with the highest suicide rate I don't know.
2002 ... "Hot in Herre" by Nelly 2001 ... "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink 2000 ... "Be with You" by Enrique Iglesias
THE 1990s
1999 ... "If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez 1998 ... "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica 1997 ... "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112
I was thinking about this the other day. I love sampling if it's done the way The Bomb Squad did it for Public Enemy of The Dust Brothers did it for The Beastie Boys. If it's the grounds for new sounds and new compositions that's awesome. But if it's fucking karoke like this and that new Kid Rock song? That's just cynical, uncreative marketing disguised as pop.
1996 ... "Tha Crossroads" by Bone thugs-n-harmony
I do dig this song. I guess this is the first song I really like that's appeared on the list.
1995 ... "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams 1994 ... "I Swear" by All-4-One 1993 ... "That's the Way Love Goes" by Janet Jackson 1992 ... "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
Along with the printing press and the space shuttle, this represents one of man's greatest accomplishments.
1991 ... "Rush Rush" by Paula Abdul 1990 ... "Step by Step" by New Kids on the Block
THE 1980s
1989 ... "Baby Don't Forget My Number" by Milli Vanilli
New Kids on the Block and Milli Vanilli back to back? People get dumb in the summer.
1988 ... "Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson
You don't really hear this one, do you? Me, I like to imagine Michael Jackson was replaced by a Skrull soon after the release of Thriller.
1987 ... "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston 1986 ... "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald 1985 ... "Heaven" by Bryan Adams 1984 ... "The Reflex" by Duran Duran 1983 ... "Flashdance ... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara
Oh God. This ended up being a lot more depressing than I thought it would. I only like two of those songs. I could live with "The Reflex" but still, that's asking a lot. I try to be as egalitarian as I can when it comes to pop music but looking at this list just fills me with sadness. Bryan Adams had two #1 hits ten years apart? How was he even allowed to have one? Ugh... Permanent Link: 9:19 AM |
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"Ditko even turned down a proposal to collaborate on Mr. A with Frank Miller, believing it wouldn’t sell!"
How insane would that comic be? I imagine it ending with Mr. A deciding the entire human race unworthy of protection. He decides to get in his A-Rocket and sends a nuclear missile, shaped and painted to look like a giant black and white card, hurtling towards Earth. THE END Permanent Link: 11:54 AM |
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Monday, August 11, 2008
This was 1987...
Lord knows what Watchmen would be if it was actually made then. I'm thinking of the more idiosyncratic sci-fi pieces of the time like Max Headroom or Total Recall but with superheroes. It might be something we'd now find in the "cult classics" section of video stores (or if you're like me, Netflix). Who knows. Maybe it would have made Alan Moore super-rich Hollywood player. I can (barley) imagine him living in the Hollywood Hills, replacing his interest in magik with Kabbalah (hey, didn't that stuff show up in Promethea?).
Why is everyone stretching their brains to figure out who should be the villains in the new Batman film? How hard is it to figure out. You get three legendary foes of The Caped Crusader and some big names to play them. I'll illustrate it for you:
You have awaken a sleeping giant. One night you'll be walking out of a pawn shop, happy to have sold the umpteenth amplifier you so arrogantly pilfered. While counting your ill-gotten lucre a skinny thunderbolt of a man will pounce on you from the rooftops! Wearing nothing but leather pants you will be blinded by his rock hard abs! The veins protruding from his forearms will seem like a spiderweb as he delivers multiple punches to your kisser! The last thing you see before you hit the ground will be the street walkin' cheetah with a heart full of napalm we call Iggy.
You messed with the wrong kids from Detroit (and one from San Pedro).
Action Comics #1...Detective Comics #27...Amazing Fantasy #15. These all have a permanent place in comic book history. Prepare to add Zombie Tales #5, coming to good comic book stores everywhere 9/24, to that list. Okay, it might not mean much in the grand scheme of things but it's a book that means a lot to me. Why? It features the comic book writing debut of Ian Brill (me!) that's why!
Order it from Diamond at your local comic book store or buy it from BOOM!'s own website here (you have a choice of covers, that's cover A).
The last story is a piece called "Bait" It features great art from Jason Ho, stupendous colors by Cris Peter and wonderful lettering by Marshall Dillon. I must admit, the writing ain't too shabby either.
Also in the book are stories by William Messner-Loebs and Brian Augustyn. There's another great editorial by BOOM!'s Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid (or as I call him "boss-man extraordinaire!"). You even get a page of Warhammer 40,000 fun by Jeffery Brown. Yes, that Jeffery Brown. That piece is actually up for auction to benefit retailer David Pirkola. Check it out.
