On the Bookshelf

Or, as this post should be otherwise titled, Terra's Bad Attempt At Word-Play.

Following up on my post from a few days back regarding musical artists and lip syncing, I just had to share these videos of the band Muse who, when asked to lip sync for a television appearance instead of playing live, took offense to the suggestion and decided to play a prank. Look closely. The band members have all swapped instruments! Hilarity ensues.

This has happened with Muse on two separate occasions, most recently on an Italian show and previously one a British show. I think that it's great that they appreciate live music and will stand up for it. Not to mention having a sense of humour as well.

Just watch the keyboard playing in this one:


Terra

As much as I love books I also love music. Now, maybe it is just me but when I part ways with my hard earned money so that I can attend a concert, the main thing that I am concerned with is seeing some quality music performed live. Why would I pay so much money to hear lip-synching? If I wanted to hear a band perform prerecorded then I only need to pop a CD in my CD player after all.

Apparently, though, it is not just me. Reports are claiming that a number of fans walked out on Britney Spears' Perth performance the other night. No, I am not posting about this to take a jab at Britney Spears, honestly. Perhaps I am old fashioned, but my idea of a good concert is getting to see the band perform live, maybe a bit of smoke and lights but rarely anything extravagant. It seems as though these days musical artists are going way over the top to impress crowds. If I wanted to see a circus act then I would go to the actual circus. I cannot help but feel that between lip-synching and acrobatics the significance of the music, the live band, and the intimacy between performer and audience is being over shadowed.

The other thing is, that to be able to afford all this glitter and pizazz they drive the ticket costs up. I know that if I am paying more then I at least want to see the performer doing what it is that they put at the top of their resume - singing! Not hanging off a trapeze, not doing stunts, not even trying to pull off fancy dance moves. If they cannot sing live can they even really sing at all? Are they just relying on technology to clean their voice up in a studio? A musician could be up there turning water into wine for all I care but if the music isn't real then I would feel like I had been ripped off.

But apparently some people don't care about this but why you would spend so much money on a singer and not care about whether or not they can actually sing honestly baffles me.

Terra

Imagine that you are in your car when you see a small horde of zombies shambling towards you. What do you do? Do you:
A) Drive away fast?
B) Attempt to run them over?
C)Leave your car and attempt to escape on foot?

According to the band Naked Ape, the correct answer is D) None of the above. Instead of fleeing for your life, park your car and make yourself comfortable. These zeds don't want to eat your brains. Oh, no. They just want to wash your car.

(Anyone who is put off by the concept of a scantily clad zombie ladies getting soaped up while washing a car may not be inclined to hit play.)


It turns out that not even the zombie economy is not doing too great at the moment either, prompting some of these zombie ladies to seek out a second job. They wash cars by day and by night they... pole dance? But be careful. Zombies that work hard also bite hard.


Terra