New Music of Note

The following embedded tracks and videos are some of the new and current music that I am listening to this week.

MISS LI - I Heard of a Girl - A bittersweet tune of an outcast girl.



MISS LI - Oh Boy - from a few years ago, a song that looks like fun.



From THE SIXTY-ONE Music site, the following tracks have been recently favorited:

The Agency: "Bumpers"



AM "The Other Side" - went to #2 on Mel's Weekly Top 20
Buy AM's album Future Sons & Daughters - one of my favorite albums of 2009.



Lovers & Poets - " I Keep Falling" featuring Shannon Hurley
I think they have an album upcoming in 2010.



Shannon Hurley - Beg Steal Borrow - great new track... love it!



Tiffany Desrosiers - Alone




Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age - burning up my chart at #3 this week.



Caitlin Hart - Seven Minutes



Listen to more indie songs by selecting the Digital 45 player to the right. Be sure to listen to the full length albums posted on the right hand column.

Second Chance @ 1, Bulletproof @ 2....

Mel’s Weekly Top 20
Week of October 25, 2009.

This Week - Song Title - Artist - Last Week

1. Second Chance (3rd week @ #1) - Shinedown - 1
2. Bulletproof - La Roux - 7
3. People Are Crazy - Billy Currington - 4
4. City On Our Knees - Tobymac - 5
5. Never Forget You - Noisettes - 3
6. The Other Side - AM - 2
7. Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti & Spearhead featuring Cherine Anderson - 9
8. Bourgeois Shangri-La - Miss Li - 10
9. The Golden Age - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - 19
10. We Are Golden - Mika - 12
11. All The Right Moves - OneRepublic - 15
12. Sweet Silver Lining - Kate Voegele - 14
13. Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) - Noisettes - 17
14. Celebration (Album Version) - Madonna - 6
15. I Keep Falling - Lovers and Poets - 20
16. Heaven Can Wait - We the Kings - 8
17. Fireflies - Owl City - new
18. Fallin' For You - Colbie Caillat - 11
19. Next In Line - Meese - 13
20. Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas - new

CHART NOTES

Owl City debuts at #17 with their hit single "Fireflies." This is the second song with the same title to chart on Mel's Weekly Top 20 this year. This past summer Chris Garneau took his different version of "Fireflies" to #12.

Black Eyed Peas smash #1 hit "I Gotta Feeling" fell off the chart this week after making an incredible run throughout the summer having topped the chart not once, but twice accumulating 6 weeks at the coveted spot. Don't count the Peas out as their latest single "Meet Me Halfway" makes its debut at #20.

The fastet mover this week is Asteroids Galaxy Tour. Their single, "The Golden Age" leaps from #19 to #9.

La Roux is knocking on the door with "Bulletproof" making a bulleted jump from #7 to #2.

I would have listed Michael Jackson's new single "This is It" to the top 20. However since I don't own a copy of it yet, it will more than likely chart next week. The single and album is slated to be released on Tuesday, October 27. You can listen to "This Is It" at this link.



Miss Li has the #8 song this week with "Bourgeois Shangri-La" from the 5G iPod commercial. Not much of a video, but the song is catchy. Give it a listen.

This is It

Michael Jackson's new single and link to his upcoming movie, and album. Surely to be a million seller. Hear it now.

The Beatles 9-9-09

It's September 9, 2009 or 9-9-09. Suddenly The Beatles are new again with their entire music catalog of original albums reissued in a remastered series featuring new packaging and a video extra on each disc.

I captured the above image of The Beatles display at the Honolulu WalMart today. The CDs are handsomely packaged in cardboard eco-packs with all the graphics of the original albums apparent on the covers of each album. The WalMart prices for the single CD albums are $13.88. The White Album is $19.99 and contains two discs.

The Beatles "Past Masters" Vol. 1 & 2 have been combined into one double CD set that sells for $19.99. The album cover I saw was the white on black one used for the first volume of "Past Masters" when they were originally issued as single CDs, the second volume having a black type on white background cover.

The Beatles #1's, the red 1962-66 and blue 1967-70 compilations as well as the blue "Yellow Submarine" albums are not part of this series. Ditto for the multi-disc sets "Live at the BBC", "Anthologies 1, 2 & 3" and the "Love" albums.

WalMart Honolulu had this Beatles display sandwiched between the ongoing Michael Jackson sales racks... but then again, isn't the Michael Jackson estate still making money off the music from The Beatles?

I'm not buying The Beatles remasters. At least not now. But I ask, is this new set worth the price? I mean I have all of these albums on the original issue CDs and then some. Plus LPs, 45s, CD singles, cassette tapes with all of them ripped to MP3. Buying the same music all over again... is it worth the price?

Tell me!

The big news for gamers, Beatles fans and wanna-be's is the release of The Beatles "Rock Band" video console game to Sony Playstation, Microsoft X-Box, and Nintendo Wii today. The gaming industry which is in an economic downturn this year, is hoping this is a huge hit. The Beatles "Rock Band" certainly has gotten a lot of press and buzz. Time will tell if all the hype turn into sales.

I know I won't be getting the game anytime soon since I don't own any of the major consoles. The promotional videos for the game are quite impressive. Too bad those per song game videos can't be released on an individual DVD. It would be nice to just listen and watch. The game publishers have a whole new music video market just for The Beatles. Come on, why not?

Posted below are some clips from the games. The songs are all familiar, the videos are new.

THE BEATLES ROCK BAND COMMERCIAL



THE BEATLES ROCK BAND REVIEW



THE BEATLES ROCK BAND GAMEPLAY MONTAGE



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