Jams of the Day! + Shocking Moments
January 8, 2010Lifestyles of the Reckless & Famous
A remake of the Mint Condition classic, re-named “Pretty Brown” by Amerie featuring Trey Songz. This song if straight fire, a great pop/R&B track duet and should have already been a single with a music video. As usual, record labels never know the right songs to release. It’s on Amerie’s new album In Love & War.
Here’s the music video for the song “Relator” by Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson, from their duet album Break Up. Very late ’60s inspired and very good.
So, last week, VH1 aired their five-part list of the 100 Most Shocking Moments in Music. It was pretty good, some decent new additions as the list that played during the last week of 2009 was actually a revamp of the their first list of Shocking Music which aired sometime in 2007. The new list wasn’t bad but definitely seemed a little pop in comparison to the first one which was gritty and pretty hardcore in exposing some of the most bizarre and downright despicable behavior of someof the most well-known entertainers in music. From watching the first one, you one-handedly got your music education that was provoking and interesting. Out of curiousity, I looked online to find the first list and was able to retrieve it. The second list also moved around events that were higher placed before, like the tragic death of Tejano star, singer Selena at number 27 to number 95, who died in 1995. Selena at numbe 95 but Fergie pissing herself is in the thirties? It’s bad enough homegirl bad so tragically, a high number should correlate to the what happened.
I said that the list was a little pop because for while some of the additions were legit (Rihanna & Chris Brown, Kanye West “vs”. Taylor Swift at the VMAs, Cam’ron and “no snitching”, Britney Spears shaving her head in the midst of her breakdown), some were kind of silly to be considered “shocking” and some omissions were obvious that should have been included. Like Beyonce falling down stairs during her performance of “Ring the Alarm” in Florida was hardly shocking but unintentionally funny. Maybe a little shocking because of her well premediated, overtly manicured image, but doesn’t compare to other catastrophes. Another ridiculous inclusion was lead singer of Creed, Scott Stapp visibily drunk on SpikeTV. I’m sure the two people who watched it thought it was hiliarous, but no one remembers that hot mess. I’m suprised they even included it. Adding Stapp and Beyonce were pretty much the equivalent of the first list including ’N Sync trying to get rid of Ron Perlman and off his record label, when Ron Perlman himself and his indecendent behavior should be a number.
And Courtney Love on the list three times! For sure, a Courtney Love incident should be on the list, but not three times, her comedic debut at The Roast of Pamela Anderson on Comedy Central was actually quite good, even if she was under some kind of shit.
The top ten of the list as nearly exclusively about the sudden deaths of music stars, and at this point I thought where was Madonna and Eminem! For a list concerning the most shocking moments in music, the fact that both artists made the first time but not here is not very good music research(ing) on VH1′s part. And I think bettter commentators would have been good, a majority of them the second time around didn’t even seem to be aware of the serious-ness of some of the moments.
And how about “The Day the Music Died”? That wasn’t featured at all, and the death of Dimebag Darrell (of the band Pantera) was spouted some outrage for being completely ignored as he was murdered on stage by a deranged fan.
The first Most Shocking List aired when VH1 and MTV still aried provocative music history and interview programs. VH1 should have just made it the top 125 momentrs in music. While keeping it at 100 makes more dense and intense, some music are so shocking, that if you’re gonna make a list, make it right and complete it for us music aficionados.
Below is the original top 100 list VH1 had aired: I hope you got Wikipedia opened in a separate window. Much of it is pretty amusing, but also sad.
100 MOST SHOCKING MOMENTS IN ROCK & ROLL
1. John Lennon murdered
2. Michael Jackson accused
3. Altamont
4. Kurt Cobain suicide
5. Marvin Gaye murdered
6. Fans trampled at The Who concert in Cincinnati
7. Milli Vanilli Exposed
8. Woodstock ’99
9. Sinead O’Connor rips Pope
10. Beatles more popular than Jesus
11. Madonna’s “Sex”
12. Alice Cooper’s chicken madness
13. Jerry Lee Lewis marries teen cousin
14. Elvis Presley shocks America
15. PMRC hearings
16. Sid Vicious charged with murder
17. Led Zeppelin shark attack
18. Ozzy Osbourne bites head off dove
19. Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial disaster
20. Tommy Lee / Pamela Anderson sex video
21. Death of Elvis Presley
22. Beach Boys befriend Charles Manson
23. Prince changes name
24. Judas Priest on trial
25. Rick James busted
26. Rolling Stones / Marianne Faithfull busted
27. Selena slain
28. George Michael’s bathroom bust
29. James Brown races cops
30. Tupac murdered
31. Jim Morrison busted
32. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes burns down house
33. Al Green gets religion
34. John and Yoko’s “Two Virgins” cover
35. Ice T’s “Cop Killer”
36. Nikki Sixx cheats death
37. David Bowie’s fascist flirtation
38. Michael Jackson outbids Paul McCartney
39. Eminem lyric controversy
40. Van Halen’s 1979 tour
41. Professor Griff’s explosive interview
42. “Rock Around the Clock” riots
43. The Go-Go’s sex video
44. Death of Keith Moon’s chauffeur
45. Courtney Love’s press controversy
46. Gary Glitter’s child porn bust
47. Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley
48. Snoop Dogg’s murder rap
49. Brian Wilson suffers nervous breakdown
50. Bob Marley’s assassination attempt
51. Payola scandal
52. Iggy Pop cuts himself on stage
53. Chuck Berry’s shocking home videos
54. N’Sync break free
55. Curtis Mayfield’s tragic accident
56. Grace Slick’s drunken performance
57. Sly Stone’s rock and roll wedding
58. Pamela Des Barres bares all
59. Keith Richard Canadian drug bust
60. 2 Live Crew Obscenity Trial
61. Gloria Estefan’s bus accident
62. Black Crowe’s cover banned
63. Studio 54 busted
64. Bill Wyman marries teen
65. Death of Michael Hutchence
66. Suge Knight renegotiates with Vanilla Ice
67. L7 Tampon assault
68. Bobby Darin’s family secret
69. Lynyrd Skynyrd graves vandalized
70. Red Hot Chili Peppers put a sock on it
71. Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS
72. Puffy’s gun trouble
73. John Fogerty sued for plagiarizing himself
74. Neil Young sued for not sounding enough like himself
75. Carnie Wilson’s surgery webcast
76. “Sgt. Pepper’s” the movie
77. Cynthia Plastercaster
78. Kiss on fire
79. Rick Wakeman’s “King Arthur” on ice
80. Axl Rose takes a stage dive
81. The Who explode on TV
82. Boy George on heroin
83. Marilyn Manson becomes priest in church of Satan
84. Campaign to deport John Lennon
85. Whitney Houston misses Oscars
86. Geto Boy shot in eye
87. Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” condemned by church
88. Cat Stevens condemns Rushdie
89. Def Leppard drummer loses arm
90. MC Hammer bankrupt
91. Stevie Wonder’s near fatal car accident
92. Homeless man impersonates Kiss drummer
93. Death of Karen Carpenter
94. Fan struck by lightning
95. Gram Parson’s corpse kidnapped
96. Bjork attacks reporter
97. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins fathers over 50 kids
98. David Crosby, sperm donor
99. Elvis meets Nixon
100. Wendy O. Williams arrested for obscenity
The 2009 Most Shocking Momentsin Music list (up until #20):
20. Rihanna and Chris Brown
21. Disco Demolition
22. Altamont
23. Akon throws fan
24. T.I. gun bust
25. Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash
26. Rick James busted
27. Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift at 2009 VMAs
28. Elvis Presley death
29. John Lennon says Beatles are bigger than Jesus
30. Michael Jackson trial
31. Nas album controversy
32. Fergie pees her pants
33. Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes death
34. Gary Glitter child porn bust
35. Bjork airport attack
36. James Brown on PCP
37. 50 Cent shot 9 times
38. The Who drummer Keith Moon replaced by fan
39. Travis Barker / DJ AM plane crash
40. Axl Rose beats up fan
41. Scott Stapp drunk on Spike TV
42. Chuck Berry’s toilet tapes
43. Van Halen’s 1979 tour
44. WASP onstage torture chamber
45. Cam’ron won’t snitch
46. Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes burns down house
47. Jim Morrison death
48. Johnny Cash attacked by ostrich
49. Diana Ross DUI
50. KISS Kasket
51. George Michael bust
52. Motley Crue release The Dirt
53. Eazy E dies of AIDS
54. DMX at JFK
55. Keith Richards snorts
56. Ted Nugent adopts girlfriend
57. Sid & Nancy
58. Grace Slick taunts Germans
59. Michael Jackson dangles baby
60. Courtney Love in NYC
61. Ozzy Osbourne / Nikki Sixx gross out contest
62. Rush’s Alex Lifeson fight with cops
63. Dave Matthews poop scandal
64. Oasis attacked by fan
65. Cop Killer
66. Mick Jagger / Keith Richards drug bust, orgy rumor
67. Jam Master Jay murder
68. George Jones tractor DUI
69. Gram Parsons’ corpse kidnapped
70. Metallica on stage accident
71. Boy George hooker scandal
72. Courtney Love at Pam Anderson Roast
73. Ant flips out
74. Danzig KO’d Adam
75. Aaliyah plane crash
76. Faith Hill chews out fan for grabbing hubby’s crotch
77. Sebastian Bach hit with bottle, attacks fan
78. Pete Doherty bloody interview
79. ODB cashes welfare check
80. Cyndi Lauper eats bird poop during concert
81. Whitney Houston and Serge Gainsbourg
82. Three 6 Mafia win Oscar
83. Sonny Bono skiing accident
84. Blues Traveler John Popper gun bust
85. Green Day wakes fan from coma
86. Mayhem sheep head injury
87. Randy Rhoads plane crash
88. Elvis meets Nixon
89. Billy Bob Thornton awkward interview
90. Steven Tyler casts underage daughter as stripper in video
91. Bobby Brown fight at Disneyland
92. Vince Neil TV facelift
93. Selena shot by fan
94. Leif Garrett car accident and BTM reunion
95. Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries teen
96. KISS drummer impersonated by homeless man
97. Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron’s penis explodes
98. Foxy Brown assaults manicurists
99. Poison feud at VMAs
100. Beyonce falls
