Sile's In Love At First Sight

For those curious as to what TV presenter Sile Seoige's review of the Kylie gig in Dublin tonight was, wonder no further:

Yes Sile, we think you might regret it too.

Born This Way Rips Off, Well, Everybody

Poor Lady Gaga. Despite launching her new single straight to the top of the Hot 100, and keeping it there for the past five weeks, some people aren't impressed. Across the net there are whispers and incriminations that Gaga has been heavily "inspired" by other artists. Who exactly? Well.... *takes a deep breath*

There's Madonna,



David Guetta/Kelly Rowland,



Christina Aguilera,



TLC,



aaaaaand now SNSD. Who? They're a K Pop girl group, who released a song called Be Happy, about a year ago:



Of all of them, this is oddest. In the other cases, there are definite similarities in the melodies, and while it's understandable that people immediately think of the other songs, I don't think it was an intentional act.

Be Happy is different though. The beat is actually quite similar throughout, and the message of the song is almost identical. I'm in now way saying Gaga has actually ripped the song off, but it's a very odd coincidence.

In all honesty, it's not Gaga's best work. She'd be better off to let these other acts take the blame and move on to You & I, which sounds very good indeed.

No Mythical Creatures Were Harmed In The Making Of This Video

Unicorns, lasers, rainbows, Dawson. I've no idea what it's all meant to mean, but honestly, it's a trippy, fun video to start the weekend with. And don't worry, all of the unicorns were professionally trained to do stunts, so they're fine.

War Of The Worlds Re-Dubbed

 
It's a style of music that's been around for a few years now, but dubstep finally starting to pick up some steam. It first appeared as out of garage and grime artists, but has since come into it's own. It has a spacey sound, due to it's sparse instrumental, with a distinctive "wobble" of the bass.

It's recent popularity is due some part to uses of it by mainstream acts like Britney and Rihanna. However dubstep acts in their own right have begun to break through, with Magnetic Man, Katy B and Chase & Status all securing recent hits.

For those who know nothing of dubstep, most people would recommend starting with one of these artists, or James Blake, runner up in this year's BBC Sound Of poll. However, in my opinion this "remixed" version of War Of The Worlds is an amazing introduction.


War of the Worlds by erwtenpeller