WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

How does Beyoncé get nominated for Best Rock Performance?

Somehow, IDK how, Beyoncé was nominated for Best Rock Performance at this year's Grammys. All because she did a song with White Stripes singer Jack White. She and him did a song called "Don't Hurt Yourself". With this song out, people all over are declaring "Rock is dead!"

Don't musicians usually write their own songs? Anyone who knows anything about Beyoncé knows that while she is a great musician, something that not everyone knows is that she does not write her own songs. Someone else writes them and she just performs them. She probably gets all the credit for what others do.

I would love to see her go up to someone like Steve Harris of Iron Maiden and say she writes her own music. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The look on his face would be priceless!!

What an idiot!

Kanye West is being stupid again. Not a shocker. Once again, he is taking a Grammy away from a musician and saying that Beyoncé deserves it. For all anyone knows, he's probably thinking that because both he and she are black. Who knows. Kanye's really getting a lot of musicians fired up though.

For those unfamiliar with the situation at hand. Kanye went onstage and took away the Grammy from American singer-songwriter Beck, saying that he thought Beyoncé was more deserving of it. Last time I checked, Beck writes and sings his own songs while Beyoncé needs like 4 or 5 people to write songs for her.

Nikki Sixx blasted Kanye. So did Doobie Brothers member Michael McDonald. According to McDonald "I don’t think it even really bears too much thought. It’s pretty obvious what Kanye’s problem is. When Kanye gets to a point where he can actually put a couple of notes together either vocally or two bars of valid music playing an instrument, then he might have a right to criticize somebody else. Until then, I think he’s just talking to hear the sound of his own voice."

Also, KISS guitarist Paul Stanley was among the first to criticize West, suggesting Beck kick Kanye in the nuts

Grammy Drama

It seems that one year of the Grammys can't go by without Kanye West screwing something up. This year, he pulled a Taylor Swift-like stunt. He got up when American singer-songwriter Beck was awarded with Best Album of the Year. As usual, Kanye got up and took the award away from him forcefully. It seems that KISS guitarist Paul Stanley has Beck's back, saying that Beck should have kicked Kanye in the nuts.

According to Paul "Beck should’ve kicked Kanye right in the nuts and said, ‘Get the f— of MY stage!" Kanye, once again had problems with Beck getting the award over Beyoncé. At the 2009 VMAs, Taylor Swift got an award over Beyoncé.

"I don’t even know what [Beck] said. I just know that, the Grammys, if they want real artists to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. … And Beck needs to respect artistry, he should have given his award to Beyoncé. At this point, we tired of it. What happens is, when you keep on diminishing art, and not respecting the craft, and smacking people in the face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you’re disrespectful to inspiration. We, as musicians, have to inspire people who go to work every day, and they listen to that Beyoncé album, and they feel like it takes them to a different place. … I am here to fight for creativity. That’s why I didn’t say anything tonight, but you all knew what it meant when ‘Ye stepped on that stage". This is what that idiot Kanye said.

Kiss at the R&R HOF ceremony

Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt are getting inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame!!!

I never thought I'd see the day when Kiss gets inducted! They should have been inducted years ago!!!

Not only them, Hall & Oates, Nirvana, Cat Stevens are also among the inductees. Find out more info at the link above :D Oh man, this is awesome!! If they put the induction ceremony on TV, I'm sooo watching it!!

How cool is this?

David Bowie, The Rolling Stones are leading for the Classic Rock category at the 2014 Grammys!!

Black Sabbath, Paul McCartney, The Stones, Bowie have 3 nominations each. Bowie and Sabbath have nominations for their albums The Next Day and 13, while The Stones have "Doom and Gloom" in the Best Rock Song category


David Bowie



Rolling Stones: "Doom and Gloom" video



Sir Paul McCartney



Black Sabbath



The Stones

On Jan. 26, 2014, the Grammys will air, and here are some of the categories featured:

*-my vote

Best Rock Performance:‘Always Alright’ — Alabama Shakes
‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’ — David Bowie
‘Radioactive’ — Imagine Dragons
‘Kashmir’ (Live) — Led Zeppelin*
‘My God Is The Sun’ — Queens Of The Stone Age
‘I’m Shakin” — Jack White


Best Rock Album:’13′ — Black Sabbath*
‘The Next Day’ — David Bowie*
‘Mechanical Bull’ — Kings Of Leon
‘Celebration Day’ — Led Zeppelin*
‘…Like Clockwork’ — Queens Of The Stone Age
‘Psychedelic Pill’ — Neil Young With Crazy Horse

Best Rock Song:
‘Ain’t Messin ‘Round’ – Gary Clark Jr.
‘Cut Me Some Slack’ – Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear
‘Doom And Gloom’ – The Rolling Stones*
‘God Is Dead?’ – Black Sabbath*
‘Panic Station’ – Muse

Best Metal Performance:
‘T.N.T.’ – Anthrax
‘God Is Dead?’ – Black Sabbath*
‘The Enemy Inside’ – Dream Theater
‘In Due Time’ – Killswitch Engage
‘Room 24′ – Volbeat Featuring King Diamond

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
‘Django Unchained’ – Various Artists
‘The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition)’ – Various Artists
‘Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition)’ – Various Artists
‘Muscle Shoals‘ – Various Artists
‘Sound City: Real To Reel‘ – Dave Grohl & Various Artists

Best Recording Package:
‘Automatic Music Can Be Fun’ – Geneseo
‘Long Night Moon’ – Reckless Kelly
‘Magna Carta…Holy Grail’ – Jay Z
‘Metallica Through The Never (Music From The Motion Picture)’ – Metallica
‘The Next Day’ – David Bowie*

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
‘The Brussels Affair’ – The Rolling Stones
‘How Do You Do (Limited Edition Box Set)’ – Mayer Hawthorne
‘The Road To Red Rocks (Special Edition)’ – Mumford & Sons
‘The Smith Tapes’ – Various Artists
‘Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)’ – Paul McCartney And Wings

Best Historical Album
‘Call It Art 1964-1965′ – New York Art Quartet
‘Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965′ – The Rolling Stones*
‘The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums’ – Bill Withers
‘Pictures Of Sound: One Thousand Years Of Educed Audio: 980–1980′ – Various Artists
‘Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Deluxe Edition)’ – Sir Georg Solti

Best Music Film
‘Live 2012′ – Coldplay
‘¡Cuatro!’ – Green Day
‘I’m In I’m Out And I’m Gone: The Making Of Get Up!’ – Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
‘Live Kisses’ – Paul McCartney
‘The Road To Red Rocks’ – Mumford & Sons

Apparently Paul Stanley Says He Doesn't Need the R&R Hall of Fame to Be Famous

You heard it right. Paul Stanley of KISS fame says he does not need to be associated with the R&R Hall of Fame to be famous. The reason for this is KISS has been overlooked for years about becoming inducted into the famous rock museum, especially when they induct musicians who aren't even rock into it, like Grandmaster Flash. He's not rock, he's RAP!

He told the Huffington Post “Look, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is marketing,” “You’ve got a bunch of faceless people in a back room who trademark a name that sounds very official. Well, if you had thought of it first, you would have been the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”

He also added, “I would certainly accept on their behalf because it seems to be a major sore spot for them, but I don’t need the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”

Somehow, These Legends Have NEVER Won a Grammy Award

Grammy

These artists have never and I mean NEVER won a Grammy award for their totally awesome music

Queen
-Even in 2013, long after the death of their iconic lead singer Freddie Mercury, these rockers have yet to actually win a Grammy. Hopefully, their time will come soon and they'll win a Grammy

The Who
-You gotta be kidding me! When you stop and think about the long career these guys have had, it's suprising to know they've never actually won this fantastic music award. Well, hopefully, they'll win sometime

The Doors
-Obviously there are people who don't like these guys

Led Zeppelin
-Seriously? I would have voted for these guys. I may not listen to them, but I think they totally rock. And something cool to add is lately on the classic rock music stations I get around me on the radio, they've been doing something called "Get the Led Out" meaning they toss in some Led Zep between their normal playlist. But, these guys have yet to win a Grammy. I'm not sure why; they're popular enough and have enough music out there

Jimi Hendrix
-Never won a Grammy

Today in Rock Music History

History

2012
-Paul McCartney debuts new songs on iTunes

2011
-The Strokes release 'Under Cover of Darkness'
-50 years after The Beatles made it famous, The Cavern Club is revived

2005
-The Who's Roger Daltrey is made a Commander of the Order of the British empire

2004
-Tower Records files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
-Diana Ross is arrested for DUI in Arizona


2001
-Eminem increased security during his UK tour after threats of gay rights protests

1998
-BRIT Awards included single by All Saints, 'Never Never'

1993

-Paul McCartney releases his 'Off the Ground' solo album

-Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger releases solo album Wandering Spirit

1992
-Nirvana tour Australia and New Zealand for the first and only time







1964
-The Beatles play their first show on The Ed Sullivan Show

MTV Video Music Awards Concerts

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-five-mtv-vmas-performances/

Time to see some of your fave musicians perform at various MTV Video Music Award shows
5.
-Kiss: Rock and Roll All Nite (1996)

4.
-Heartbreak Hotel: Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1989)

3.
-Neil Young and Pearl Jam: Rockin' in the Free World (1993)

2.
-Nirvana: Litium (1992)


If that's Kurt Cobain, he don't bad at all there. He looks like a nice guy there

1.
-Bon Jovi: Wanted Dead or Alive (1989)

The 11 Tag Post

Here are the rules.

1) Post these rules.

2) Post 11 random things about yourself

3) Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post

4) Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer

5) Go to their blog and tell them they’ve been tagged

6) No cop-outs in the tagging section like, “If you are reading this” or “if you follow me”. You have to legitimately tag people!

Pt. 2

1.)I'm the biggest tomboy alive! I'd rather dress in jeans and a rockband shirt than mini skirt and cute t-shirt.

2.)When I was a kid, I watched all the stuff my parents watched on TV and in movies, like Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances on TV, James Bond and Star Wars on the screen.

3.)In high school, I was a total dork! Probably not all that different now...

4.)I wish I could go back to the 1960s, see what the 'Swinging London' times were like. Maybe catch a Beatles concert?

5.)My celeb crushes: Jamie Bamber from Law and Order: UK. Those baby blues of his melt me, and Jim Sturgess from Across the Universe, cuz he looks like a cross between a young Paul McCartney and a young George Harrison, and his accent, omg, gorgeous!!

6.)I still play with Legos, even at age 21

I so gotta try this!!!

7.)When it comes to movies, I love movies with music and singing(Across the Universe, Goodbye Mr. Chips, etc), action(Rambo, etc), futuristic, sci-fi(Freejack, Blade Runner, etc.) Romance(Sleepless in Seattle, Love Actually, Ghost, etc), comedy(Monty Python's The Holy Grail, Caddyshack, etc)

My dad got me hooked on this one!!

8.)In my opinion, school feels like prison. You're here for a certain amount of time, the food sucks, you have teachers telling you what to do like prison guards and you're surrounded by annoying, stupid people.

9.)One dream I want to accomplish some day is to travel to another country, maybe England, China, Australia, Japan, Italy or maybe Russia. Russian history is a fascination of mine

10.)I'm completely fascinated by world history

11.)I have 3 different game systems to play video games on: GameBoy Advance, PS2, Wii which I play Just Dance on alot and I mean ALOT. Must explain how I dropped nearly 30 pounds!

Pt. 3. Hopefully these are the questions I have to answer.

 1: Favorite Video Game

-Crap, such a hard choice. Either Jet Li: Rise to Honor or True Crime: Streets of L.A.

2: Favorite Live Action Fiction TV Series (does not include comedies)

-Hmm. Does the BBC show Primeval count?

3: Have you listened to an audiobook? If so what is the best one you have listened to

-Never listened to audiobooks. I prefer to read a book, idk why.

4: Do you believe in Bigfoot, UFOs, or Ghosts.

-I believe in ghosts. I believe the ghost of my dad is still hanging around. :D

5: What is your favorite Baseball team? If you don't like Baseball what is your favorite sports team.

-Not too big on baseball. I'm more of a soccer girl, baseball is okay. I root for the home team, the Cincinnati Reds. And soccer is a sport I watch avidly. IDK why, but I like watching the Premier League(England) Soccer and the Italian League Soccer or football in those countries.

6: What is your opinion of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (or if you haven't seen them, do you want to watch them)

-I really like the last one, The Return of the King. I guess that's slightly my dad coming out. He loved that one too, so that's something me and him had in common. Our love of movies

7: What is the best movie you have seen in the theaters

-Tough choice between Harry Potter and the deathly Hallows, pt. II and Rugrats in Paris

8: Do you like or dislike the Star Wars Prequels (if you haven't seen the Star Wars prequel trilogy do you want to see the any of the Star Wars movies)

-Does this mean the ones from the 1970s and 1980s? Because if, so, yup!!

9: What movie quote do you use most often in normal conversation?

10: Do you like or dislike older movies in general (before 1980)

-Heck no, I love all those old movies, I live for them.

11: Marvel vs. DC, which is your favorite (please note if you have not seen many movies from either franchise)

-Marvel, baby!!! Love it!!

Pt. 4

1.)If you could get married anywhere at any time, where and why?

2.)Who would you date or marry? Rich or famous, young or old, doesn't matter

3.)Who is your celebrity crush?

4.)Who would you love to meet someday? A deceased family member? Someone famous? Someone in your family, perhaps?

5.)What's one thing you want to accomplish in your life?

6.)What's one quirky thing about you that makes you unique?

7.)Do you believe in true love?

8.)If you could go back to any period in time, when and why?

9.)What musician would you love to see in concert and what tour of that musician would you love to see?

10.)If you could own any car, real or fake, movie or real life, what would it be?

11.)What's you favorite holiday?

Tagged!

-Burning Wood

-A Disney Mom's Thoughts

-Soul 11 Music

-The Moptop

-Hippiebohoreloaded

-Vintage Everyday

-Child of the Sixties Forever

-The Perennial Teenager

-In the Life of... The Beatles

-Feel Free to Read

Game of Elevens

A fellow blogger named Summerbaby came up with this one I think. :D

Here are the rules

1)You must re-post these rules
2) Round One: post eleven random things about yourself
3) Round Two: answer the questions the tagger posed to you in their post
4) Round Three: create eleven new questions for the people you tag to answer
5) Tag people and go to their blog and tell them that they've been tagged for the game

Round 2

1. My mom is so convinced I'm a reincarnated hippie.
2. I love love love love love to read books
3. I love all things of the past from the 1940s-now
4. World history is a fascination of mine
5. I make friends very easily with older people
6. I always have the giggles, once I start, I can't stop laughing, and if someone says something funnier, it gets worse!!
7. My celeb crush is Jamie Bamber from Law and Order: UK. Those baby blues of his win me over!! OMG, he's so gorgeous, and that accent, makin' me melt!!!
8. I'd lose my marbles if it wasn't for music
9. In my family, it's down to just me, my mom, stepdad and sis. 
10. One of my favorite movies is The Full Monty
11. I'm totally addicted to those Just Dance games for the Wii System

Round 3

1.) When was the last time you said ‘I love you’ and meant it ?

-I said it to my mom before I left for school this morning and yup, I mean it. 

2.) If you had to marry either Charles Dickens or William Shakespeare which one would you marry and why?

-Nah, not really either of them. I'd rather find my prince charming in my own time, he'll probably come.

3.) If you was given the chance to sing for Elvis Presley what would you wear?

-LMAO, my Beatles t-shirt, :D

4.) What do you think the world will be like in 180 years from now? 

-More than likely, if Facebook was not around, people would go insane!! The world would probably collapse in on itself in chaos!

5.) What are your flaws?

-I'm sometimes very opinionated. But thank God I'm fixing that. 

6.) What’s your favourite thing about your friends and why?

-Most of them know they can get me laughing in 5 seconds flat

7.)  Do you  agree with the following, “Love some. Like some, but trust no one” ?

-Yup.

8.) What Celebrity do you think is overrated ?

-OMG, Robert Pattinson. All I ever see anymore is his face from Twilight. Sorry, he's not that great looking. Daniel Radcliffe from Harry Potter beats him by a loooooong shot!

9.)  Do you think pigs will ever be able to fly ? :-p

-IDK, but that would be cute. I love pigs, they're my favorite animal
 

10.)  Mick Jagger calls you at 3am  in the morning , he is crying , he wants to tell you a very dark secret he has never told anyone before . What do you think it is?
-[rolling on floor laughing until eyes begin watering] You're kidding right?
-"I'm gay", lol!!

-He found out he has another child he didn't know about, lmao!!!!! This dude is drowning in the Estrogen ocean. ROTFLMAO!!!

-Either that, or he found out Keith is coming to his house to kill him for doing a solo career and acting like a big headed airhead!

11.)  How do you feel right this second? Happy? Sad? Angry?

-Happy, yet also hungry

Round 4

1. If you had to go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
2. Who's your favorite actor and actress?
3. When the world ends, what do you think the last surviving species would be?
4. Movie You could watch repeatedly?
5. The big one: Dogs or cats or both?
6. If you had to date anyone, old or young, rich or poor, who?
7. Favorite thing to do? This can be anything, hobby, interest, etc
8. If you could see anyone in concert, who?
9. Where would you love to have your wedding?
10. Do you believe in true love?
11. What's a quirky, unique thing about yourself?

Round 5

 

I nominate:

 

Heart Shaped

Dazed and Confused

A Disney Mom's Thoughts

My Sixties Love

Happy 101 Award

While looking at other blogs for ideas, I came across the Well-Groomed Hippie's blog, and there is a Happy 101 Award, the apparent rules are you have to list 10 things that make you happy. Well here are some things that make me happy:

• Listening to music. Has 2 b either The Beatles or The Rolling Stones
• Spending time with family
• Reading a good book
• Drawing
• Assembling a jigsaw puzzle
• Nice, green tea
• Coffee!
• Watching anything with Mick Jagger in it, whether it be a movie or a Stones concert. Because man is he HOT!
• Scrapbooking
• Paint by numbers
• Music in general.

Now I do not know how to tag bloggers, but I will simply put the name of the blog so you can find them and follow them if you like them:

• Summer Baby
• The Well-Groomed Hippie
• Dazed and Confused
• Ginger@Large
• Heart Shaped
• High Maintenance Hippy
• hippiebohoreloaded
• Our Little Tongginator
• The Moptop
• Miss Pepper Vintage

CMA's

 Hola! Do I have a blog for you! Did everyone watch the CMA's last night? Taylor Swift didn't win a thing, at least I don't think she did. When every category came up and she was nominated, and didn't win, I jumped for joy. She's only 19, she doesn't know good country music if the music bug bit her repeatedly. I was so glad to see some of those other country artists win, like the Zac Brown Band, I've listened to them before, I'm really thinking about renting one of their CD's from the library and downloading it to my MP3. And Carrie Underwood sang one of my favorite songs last night, Songs Like This, but my dad says most of her songs have to do with destruction, I don't think that.

But I was so glad to see Taylor Swift not win anything. She seriously needs to realize she is not that good, I know she has a lot of fans, but come on, Taylor Swift stinks. Darius Rucker is 20 million times better than her. Everyone on that show was completely better than her.