The Next Album To Go Number One With A Bullet

(why this album is going to be a violent one, I cannot say, but chances are it’s all the fault of youth culture)

The first part of today’s post is a response to a comment I received. I don’t normally respond to these. This is mostly due to the lack of them, and if I were to set a precedent by responding, I would then be thoroughly let down when there was a lack of missives requiring replies…

(guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip)

So. The first letter for today comes from “Nonetheless, you may call me Queen” who wrote...

“Am I missing a joke? Am I really, really stoopid? Or have you made a boo boo?? ‘We spell it 007, we say double-oh seven, therefore it should be spelt 007?’”

No dear Queen, you are not missing the joke. This is actually the result of two things:

1. an interesting formatting quirk when moving text from MS Word to Blogspot, and
2. me noticing it, and dismissing it to see if anyone else sees it.

I originally typed ‘oo7’ is the correct spelling, but Blogspot corrected that.

Youth Culture 2, thenick 0.

By bringing said boo-boo to my attention, you are proving that at least one person is reading these rambles, and digesting the contents in more than a cursory manner. I appreciate that, and you should find a complete horse in your letterbox as a token of my gratitude.

But the real thrust of today’s rant, is a concept album unlike any you have ever heard. Ideally, this would be a live concert, as that’s the only way to truly experience these people, but as the logistics would be phenomenally hard to work, I’ll settle for a studio album. What is the concept, I hear you type? (I have good ideas – better than Youth Culture, take that!) It’s simple: Cover Music.

Cover music is a very potent, very powerful style of music. What you essentially do, is take an already great song, with it’s own unique ideas or hooks, and then you build on this by adding your own distinct “stamp” – something that identifies you, but also weaves that identification into the song…

A good example of this is “Knocking On Heaven’s Door” – Bob Dylan wrote this, and it has been covered a billion times, but Guns ‘N’ Roses version is one of the most renowned or recognized. (have a look for the song on wikipedia – the list of coveree’s is damn impressive)

I have a real appreciation for cover music – I once wrote a lengthy post about why it intrigues me so, my collection and what I get a kick out of, but that’s a horse of a different colour to burn a bridge once we’ve crossed it and cracked eggs in one basket.

But this Concept Album won’t be just any cover music…noooo, this will be classic rock, pop and well, anything else, covered by some of the most distinctive voices of our generation. People such as: Patrick Stewart, Michael Caine, Christopher Walken, Sean Connery, and more.

Just imagine! Sean Connery singing “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls! Christopher Walken out-creeping Johnny Cash in a disturbing rendition of “When The Man Comes Around” and wrap the whole thing up with a powerful upbeat revitalization of “Ice Ice Baby” by none other than Bob Dylan.



Well, I thought it was a good idea.

Q: What are you wearing? Grey pants, no shirt, no shoes. I look like a Caucasian mid-fight Bruce Lee.
Song For The Day: “Somebody To Love” (orig. Jefferson Airplane) by Jim Carrey