Red Mosquito

VinylGuy wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:The new Eminem record is way better than the last one.

I dont like Eminem at all, but in this new one he samples a very famous band from Argentina. I happen to be friends with the family of one of those guys, and the whole story about Em´s management calling to let them know that was happening is really cool.

sounds like what happened with Stan & Dido. is this Stan 2.0?

How in the ever living fuck have I never heard this before?? It’s fucking beautiful

I'm just now listening to that Poppy album from last year. Uhhh



I kind of love the "turn me into a street" part

All the songs I’ve heard are just a shitty imitation of Babymetal

I think this is the only one that really fits that description, it feels consciously modeled after "Give Me Chocolate". But I really like the end.

I'm pretty sure I hear Marilyn Manson on one of the tracks

LoathedVermin72 wrote:All the songs I’ve heard are just a shitty imitation of Babymetal

definitely

maybe a bit of wannabe Grimes in there.

Grimes is a collaborator

theplatypus wrote:Grimes is a collaborator

I thought they had a falling out a while ago?

Did we ever figure out exactly what Poppy was about or what?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

theplatypus wrote:Grimes is a collaborator

I thought they had a falling out a while ago?

I am unaware

BurtReynolds wrote:Did we ever figure out exactly what Poppy was about or what?

From what I can tell she was an up-and-coming indie-folky singer who hooked up with this guy whose name escapes me (I could Google it but I'm not going to Google it, it was something like "Mercury St. Bernard"), who then molded her into a clone of his ex-girlfriend Mars Argo and started writing all her songs. They're not together anymore. Now she's just into being creepy and making nu-metal

This is both hilarious and insane

https://www.stereogum.com/2070655/aeros ... -OedXZuQqU

Aerosmith will be honored at the Grammys this Sunday as 2020’s MusiCares Person Of The Year, never mind that they comprise multiple persons. One of those persons, drummer Joey Kramer, says his bandmates are preventing him from taking part in the festivities.

MusiCares is the Grammys’ charitable arm. Every year, the organization presents its Person Of The Year award to an artist for their “considerable philanthropic efforts.” To commemorate the award, Aerosmith are performing with Run-DMC and Charlie Wilson on the Grammys broadcast Sunday night. Before that, there will be a whole separate Aerosmith tribute event this Friday hosted by Russell Brand, with performances from Melissa Etheridge, Nuno Bettencourt, Jessie J, Kesha, Cheap Trick, Gary Clark Jr., Alice Cooper, Gavin DeGraw, Johnny Depp, Foo Fighters, Luis Fonsi, Sammy Hagar, H.E.R., Jonas Brothers, Emily King, John Legend, John Mayer, Ashley McBryde, LeAnn Rimes, and Yola, all overseen by musical director Greg? Phillinganes.

Kramer, who has been in the band since it formed in 1970, will not be involved with any of this. TMZ reports that Kramer is suing his bandmates for preventing his return to the group after going on disability leave for what he calls “minor injuries” last spring. According to the lawsuit, Kramer was ready to return for the band’s fall Las Vegas residency shows, but his bandmates asked him to audition to a click track to prove he was “able to play at an appropriate level.” Kramer also claims the stress from this request caused “significant repercussions” that put him back in the hospital and forced him to miss the residency shows. Aerosmith allegedly required Kramer to pay his replacement $20k per week for performances and $10k per week for rehearsals.

Early this month Kramer finally went through with the click-track audition. He believes his performance was acceptable, but he says his bandmates have blocked him from rejoining them, citing a lack of “energy” in the recordings of his audition. He’s asking the court to force Aerosmith to let him back in the band in order to avoid “irreparable harm.”

Kramer, who is also a coffee entrepreneur, publicly diverged from his bandmates over political matters in 2016. At the time, after Steven Tyler and Joe Perry hung out with President Obama on Air Force One, Kramer, a Donald Trump supporter, tweeted that the photo was “not representative of Aerosmith.”

bune wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:The new Eminem record is way better than the last one.

I dont like Eminem at all, but in this new one he samples a very famous band from Argentina. I happen to be friends with the family of one of those guys, and the whole story about Em´s management calling to let them know that was happening is really cool.

sounds like what happened with Stan & Dido. is this Stan 2.0?

Im not sure about that story, but this one is pretty cool. Seems Em took a lot of records when he came to Arg, and a few months ago they call the daughter of one of the guys in the band to ask for permission and they played the song to her. She was in the supermarket, so yeah weird to be doing the groceries and receive that call.

The cool part is that while this guy is dead, but the family is releasing a lost album of him next week so it was a pretty awesome coincidence.

That's actually a much better story than Dido since she was already sorta established. Very cool, thanks.

bune wrote:That's actually a much better story than Dido since she was already sorta established. Very cool, thanks.

Oh this guy and this band are huge in Argentina. Legacy artist.

tragabigzanda wrote:I'm not sure there's a more popular song by an incredibly successful and talented band that I hate more than You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones.

My wife also hates this song and it has everything to do with the choir in the first minute.

yeah i don't like that song at all