Kim Gordon releases "Play Me," the title track from her upcoming solo album via Matador Records, continuing her legacy as a pioneering figure in alternative and experimental rock. The Influential musician Kim Gordon, best known for her work with Sonic Youth, has released the title track from her upcoming solo album as her third single. With "Play Me," Gordon continues exploring experimental sonic territory, blending industrial textures, minimalist electronic elements and sharp cultural commentary. Her work maintains the conceptual depth and critical perspective that have characterized her artistic vision for decades. The single is accompanied by a music video directed by Barney Clay, which enhances the provocative and minimalist aesthetic that defines this new creative chapter for Gordon.
The song accompanied "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?", the third single from their fourth studio album, Behaviour, as a double A-side in the United Kingdom (both singles were released separately in the United States). Released in March 1991 by Parlophone, the song became the duo's 15th consecutive top-20 entry in the UK, peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart.
Chris Lowe had the idea for the unusual mashup, realising that "you could sing the one going into the other", while recording "I'm Not Scared" with Patsy Kensit for her band, Eighth Wonder. Lowe and Neil Tennant then noticed that "the guitar on U2's record sounded like a sequencer". The duo intended to record it with Eighth Wonder as a follow-up to "I'm Not Scared"; instead, they recorded it themselves several years later, as they "needed a big hit. It was absolutely shameless." Having "turn[ed] a mythic rock song into a stomping disco record".
The Pet Shop Boys version differs significantly from that of U2 in its musical arrangement. In contrast to the U2 version's instrumental build-up, the Pet Shop Boys version opens abruptly with synthesized and sampled noises and a drum machine. The musical climax of the song was also changed in other elements; a background vocal sample of "burning down love" was played right at the start, and synthesised horns erupt with even higher notes immediately following each chorus. Tennant performed the lyrics with no vocal exertion or stresses, in contrast to Bono's performance. In addition, at the transition between "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", Tennant sang the two lines one after the other, with no change in pitch, demonstrating the similarities in the two songs.
The single's other A-side, "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?", criticised the insincere humanitarian messages of a number of pop stars during the 1980s and the institutionalization of rock and roll. The band noted that "one song is about rock stars so to have a U2 song with it serves as a further comment."
DeCarlo's children, Annie, Talia and Tommy Jr., said in posts on his Facebook and Instagram pages that their father, who had been struggling for months with brain cancer, died Monday. They said, "He fought with incredible strength and courage right up until the very end."
Brad Delp, the original singer of the band that was founded in 1975 and had hits including "More Than a Feeling" and "Peace of Mind,", & "Amanda" died in 2007. DeCarlo, then a 43-year-old working at a Home Depot in North Carolina, wrote, sang and recorded a tribute song to Delp. He posted that song along with a few Boston covers to his Myspace page and sent the link to the band.
DeCarlo initially got a polite rejection, according to Rolling Stone. But founding guitarist and songwriter Tom Scholz, struck by his voice's resemblance to Delp, invited DeCarlo to perform at a tribute concert for the late singer. Scholz then asked him to join the band. "It wasn't like I was trying to sing like Brad," DeCarlo said in a bio on the band's website, "it was just that I loved to sing along with him."
DeCarlo toured with Boston for nearly 20 years and sang on their 2013 album, "Life, Love and Hope."
The legendary icon rockers Cheap Trick have released the official music video for their latest single "The Best Thing", taken from the band 21st studio album "All Washed Up" out now. The album was produced by Cheap trick with longtime associate Julian Raymond and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge.
