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The Music Page
THE
BEAT
"I remember when I was
a kid my mother used to convince me to write a diary telling me how
fascinating it is when you read it after a while. Every time I would start
writing I would disappear in the middle and the diary would be left alone.
Just couldn't quite adopt the habit, although I am in love with the
aftermath" – Ali Zafar, in an excerpt from a post on his blog.
TOP
10 ENGLISH ALBUMS
1. E=MC2 – Mariah Carey
2. Spirit – Leona Lewis
3. Lady Antebellum – Lady
Antebellum
4. Accelerate – R.E.M.
5. Welcome To The Dollhouse
– Danity Kane
6. Saturday Nights &
Sunday Mornings – Counting Crows
7. Consolers Of The Lonely
– The Raconteurs
8. Pretty.Odd. – Panic At
The Disco
9. The Odd Couple –
Gnarls Barkley
10. Ghosts I-IV – Nine
Inch Nails
THE
VIBE
Basit
Subhani's 'Payaam'
Hira Sohail: 'Payaam' is a
very inspiring national song. Payaam basically means "message" and
this song is based on a strong message of love for Pakistan. It's a wonderful
song with very thought provoking lyrics and touching music, and even though
it's a remake, the singer has done justice to the track. The song forces the
listener to think and raises a great feeling of patriotism, which is superb.
Its music is given by Mr. Asad Kamal – a great music composer. Basit
himself is an inspiration for all of us. He is running an organisation 'Payaam-Message
For Happiness'. It is absolutely fabulous to see such young and talented
artists working for such a noble cause. They all need our support and
encouragement. The video of the song will hit the music channels soon,
InshAllah. So till then, listen to 'Payaam' and gear up to do something good
for our great motherland. You can visit www.payaamonline.org for more
information.
(Your opinions can also be
a part of 'The Vibe'. If there's anything you'd like to say about some music
related topic, then email Us your views (in no more than 250 words) at
sameenamer@hotmail.com and your comments just might appear on this page!)
Odd-ible
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Gnarls Barkley's new album 'The Odd Couple' is available online…in
reverse! Yes, the band has posted a version of their latest album online,
available as a free download; only it's backwards and does not include
vocals. 'elpuoC ddO ehT', available at
fronttobackbacktofront.com, is fused into one track played completely in
reverse, starting with the album's last song and ending with the first. At
least now we know that the al bum's
title truly defines the band!
- Taking marketing tactics
to a whole new level, the good folks at Dr Pepper have announced that they
will offer a free can of Dr Pepper to everyone in America (except former Guns
N' Roses guitarists Buckethead and Slash) if the band's album 'Chinese
Democracy' is released in 2008. A blog (chinesedemocracywhen.blogspot.com)
has also been launched in conjunction with this offer, and Dr Pepper is
"asking fans to lobby Axl [Rose] to drop the album already". Axl
has expressed his surprise at the support, and also says that he will share
his Dr Pepper with Buckethead as some of the guitarist's performances are on
the album…which has been in the making for mo re
than a decade!
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In a move that might be the result of either a stroke of pure genius
or utt er
desperation, Velvet Revolver plan to hold online audition for a new vocalist.
The band is looking for a replacement to singer Scott Weiland, who left the
band on April 1st to rejoin the Stone Temple Pilots.
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And in even more painful news, doctors will need to break and then
reset James Blunt's finger before putting it in plaster. The singer injured
his finger after being chased by fans at a gig, and is facing emergency
surgery or he will never be able to play the piano properly again. Ouch!
Stereo
Ahsan Mehdi (Siege
co-vocalist and guitarist)
- First concert ever
attended: Junoon, and it was amazing!
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Most recent concert attended: Akash at LUMS Rock
Drive Show, and Siege also
performed there.
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Most memorable concert: Our concert at Dherki.
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Band/artist I would most like to see performing live: I would love to
see A.R. Rehman performing live.
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