The Beano Album

I love this cover. This album originally called "John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers" is famous with the name "the Beano album" because of young Eric Clapton reading the comic for kids "Beano". This album made Eric Clapton a famous guitar player because at the time -1966- no one could quite belive the fluid guitar licks and the biting tone. This album was the basis for the slogan "Clapton is God" around London, witch lately became a graffiti on a wall of the town. Clapton stated in his autobiography that he was reading Beano during the photoshot because he felt like being "uncooperative".

 

Savannah

Mick Rock and Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett was one of the first rockstars who were photographed by legendary Mick Rock. Recently there has been an art exposition about the late rocker titled Syd Barrett Art and Letters, witch featured some letters and photos of the musician. I leave you with some photos of the one I consider one of my favourite artists.

Savannah

Mtv Music Awards 2011!

Well it's absolutely time to comment what happened yesterday at the Mtv Music Awards. It looks like that this world isn't a place for me and many of my readers -at least musically talking-. What to say, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry were the queens of the awards, Beyoncé is pregnant and Justin Bieber won for the best male video. I know that actually he's got really a lot of fans (for some strange reason that I can't understand), but I mean at least, if you won't give a prize to some rock band, well I say at least give it to Enrique Iglesias: same kind of music but the singer is a lot hotter (even a wombat would be sexier than Justin Bieber!). Don't get me wrong, I don't live in the music of the past, I actually am a fan of Katy Perry's and I actually Like Lady Gaga -but I absolutely think that she's ludicrous with her outfits- but the only artist who was outstanding this year was Adele and she got home with only three thiny prizes. Even if her videos weren't the most sexually exiciting-like "Born this way"-, even if they hadn't the newest special effects -like "E.T."-, they give people shivers. I actually was shivering and always in perfect silence in front of her great voice.
Another point is the winner of the best new artist, the wonderful, obviously ironically talking, Tyler The Creator. I can't even comment on this artist, it goes beyond words, I'll just leave you the video of his song "Yonkers", were he plays with an insect and at a certain point he's vomiting.
And on that on I'll gio prepare my luggage and move to Mars, where I'm sure they listen to better music!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSbZidsgMfw

this is the link for the video of the New Artist of the year!

Savannah

Kooks vs Kasabian

September will be a very important month talking about music. Actually the 12th of the month comes out the new Kooks album and just a few days later, the 19th, is coming out the new Kasabian album. Both bands have a lot of support all over England and Europe, but it looks like this is going to be a war for the first place in the music ranking. Both bands had already a number 1 album, rispectivly "konk" and " West Ryder Pauper Lunantic Asylum", but this time they are releasing almost at the same time, so... there are not two number one places, who will win? While Kooks said nothing about their collegues, Serge Pizzorno, one of the two frontmen of Kasabian, has already bashed out the rivals, saying that "Kooks make music for girls" (by the way, what's the problem if girls like kooks more than kasabian?). Well we will see who between Kooks, who play girly music, or Kasabian, who are self-titled macho-musicians, will win this tournement.
Dice are loaded, les jeux sont faites ladies and gentlemen!

Savannah