New in the Idolator tips inbox: A press release with the title “Scott Stapp Returns to the Top of the Billboard Album Charts With Creed’s Full Circle Debuting At No. 2.” Huh? MORE »
POSTS FROM "LOL WORDS" CATEGORY
LOL WORDS
Today In Weird Press Releases: A Troubling Sign That “The Great Divide 2″ Might Be On The Horizon
LOL WORDS
Parsing The Pulp, Part II: No, The Band Is Not Getting Back Together At Glastonbury
Yesterday’s cheeky Jarvis Cocker soundbite about the possibility of Pulp reforming for next year’s Glastonbury Festival sounded pretty much like a “we’re not playing” blow-off to these ears, but apparently other people didn’t pick up the nuance, running with “OMG PULP REUNION” stories as fast as their content-management systems would let them. So Jarvis has released a statement denying and decrying those rumors, and this time, he’s playing it 100% straightforward: MORE »
LOL WORDS
The 9.4 Best New Jokes About Pitchfork (Not The Site, The Just-Opened Chicago Restaurant)
Last night, friend of Idolator Marah Eakin broke the news that there was a new restaurant opening near her home in Chicago—and it was called, oddly enough, the Pitchfork Saloon, even though it has no relation to the tastemaking music reviews-and-news site that’s also based in the City Of Big Shoulders. From the looks of things, the place looks like your typical neighborhood joint—chili and chicken-finger apps, half-price bourbon on Tuesdays, something called the “Pitchfork Build-A-Burger.” But the coincidental nomenclature just begged for a few one-liners to be tossed off, what with the combination of food-borne jokes and music geekery being irresistible. So I decided to open the floodgates of our Twitter account to the best Pitchfork-as-restaurant-related jokes. And the laughter flowed through! After the jump, the top 9.4 one-liners. MORE »
burning questions
Alicia Keys Wants To Know: Which Element Of The Periodic Table Best Represents “Freedom”?
Alicia Keys’ forthcoming album, which comes out Dec. 1, has one of those silly titles that have become so commonplace this year: It’s called The Element Of Freedom, even if its lead single sounds like it hasn’t really broken free of the template established by her 2007 monster single “No One.” But no matter! This is a fine time to ask what element from the periodic table you think best represents the concept of freedom. My pick is neon, because you can’t have bright blinking signs advertising American flags and beers without it. Other peoples’ choices, after the jump! MORE »
LOL WORDS
Today in unfortunate promo codes, from a last-minute ticket deal for a show at the Boston venue known as the Wang Theater: “Take advantage of this 50% discount when you purchase select tickets to see R. Kelly featuring Pleasure P, at the Citi Performing Arts Center, this Friday, October 9. Tickets start at S27.50 when you use the promo code RKELLYWANG.” Even “WALMARTPANTIES” would have been a little less giggle/groan-worthy! [BroadwayOffers.com via Velvet Rope] MORE »
LOL WORDS
Chris Brown Is Not En Pointe
Repentant R & B singer Chris Brown Tweeted earlier that the follow-up single to his new track “I Can Transform Ya”—from his forthcoming album Graffiti—would be “a ballet called crawl.” Alas, those of you who like me got excited that he would try to apologize to his ex-girlfriend Rihanna and the American public at large while engaging in some sort of jetée-filled antics will be disappointed; turns out he meant “ballad.” Still holding out hope for Jazz Hands Of Sorrow, then. [@MechanicalDummy / Twitter] MORE »
LOL WORDS
Aubrey O’Day Rushes Into The “Worst Lyric Of The Week” Race With Her Bizarre Reworking Of New Order
Apparently former Danity Kane screecher Aubrey O’Day is getting all of her musical ideas from radio stations with ’80s-centric playlists. First there was her horrific cover of Eddie Murphy’s “Party All The Time,” which at least made Murphy’s performance of the song seem like utter genius. (Not that I didn’t like it before, but holy wow.) And now she’s released a new track, “Never Fallin’,” which is about mean people on the Internet who are Just Jealous and which is based around a wholesale lifting of New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle.” And guess what—it even includes a reworked lyric for the “Triangle” chorus! Lyrics after the jump. Brace yourself. MORE »
LOL WORDS
Jordin Sparks Is Not Singing About Giving Head On Her New Record (Because She’s Only 19)
Jordin Sparks’ new record Battlefield contains a cover of the Canadian singer Fefe Dobson’s “Don’t Let It Go To Your Head,” a song that Sparks fell for while toiling in the mall-store salt-mines. But what are these lyrics? “Just cause I think of you in bed / Don’t let it go to your head”? “So what if I want to kiss / From your toes up to your lips”? In bed? Full-body kissing? Could the youngest American Idol winner be singing about—gasp!—sex? No way, she says! Thanks to the miracles of lyrical interpretation, her purity ring is still intact (and so, presumably, is that other thing)! MORE »
LOL WORDS
Five Upcoming Album Titles That Should Be Seriously Rethought
Titling an album is tough, especially in the era of people being averse to giving a hoot about new music. How do you sum up your artistic intentions in a few words that will look good on a five-inch-square piece of cardboard jammed into a big-box retailer’s rackspace? Unfortunately, some artists have been tripped up by the process so badly that we had to step in and gently tell them that they may not be rocking such a great look, word-wise. After the jump, five examples of really bad album titles that are on the way to a music retailer near you. (NB: Mew’s No More Stories Are Told Today I’m Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World Is Grey I’m Tired Let’s Wash Away gets a pass today, because their set at the Pitchfork Music Festival last night was absolute bliss.) MORE »
