End of the month winners!!!

Not one! Not one concert have I seen this month...it's a shame:( It had been a horrible time...But there are going to be some differences in this!!!! In 9 days I am going to see 30 seconds to mars!! And I can't wait!!!! After that The Wombats, Velvet Revolver, London Calling and Vanilla sky are coming:) That's great (ecxept for the fact that it is spread all over spring).. But I bleieve that in spring some other bands will announce a brand new tour:) So, that means I have no concert of the month..... But if you have any suggestions, please tell me about it! But I do have a best band for you! What band will it be? Can I have some drums please? No? Well then I will just tell you... It is Uncommonmenfrommars!!! What? Yes a difficult name, but you will get used to it, if you read my blog more often!!! Uncommonmenfrommars is a nice punk rock band from France and they really rock! I could have seen them this month, but I wasn't able to, it was to far away from my hometown, such a shame:( And what will be the best cd of the month? Well that has to be ' A guide to love loss and desperation' the cd of the Wombats! I have listened to this cd a lot this month, that it actually drives me a bit crazy now...But I enjoyed it! It's a great joymaker in this dark wintermonths.... I think that the best lyric of the month is The kill from 30 seconds to mars, I just came to find what the meaning of the song was and it's really beautiful, although I can't find myself in it. I guess you're courious now, aren't you? Haha you'll just have to wait...It may be a great subject for a next blog!

The Wombats...

Our favourite marsupials... The funniest band in the world? Guess who! The Wombats!!! This band always knows how to cheer you up with their britpop/pop/punk songs like "let's dance to joy division" and "backfire at the disco". This band from Liverpool (with one exeption) has given already two great performances at London Calling in Amsterdam and they totally blew everybody away! The one exeption is Tord Overland Knudsen, this cute bassist is from Norway. Tord might be the shortest of the three, but he is definately the biggest character from the band! I haven't seen a lot of rockartist that smile that much as he does:) It just fits the music, the songs always make me smile. Especially the accapella song "girls, boys and marsupials" It goes like this: "Tales of girls and boys and girls and marsupials" that's actually the only sentence in the song... But they clap and make funny noises during the song and that makes it completly unique and brilliant! Tord also knows how to entertain, he sings the song "postman pat" accapella on stage, but....in Norwaygan:) Murph, the singer of the band is totally crazy! But in a funny way...He might not be the greatest vocalist, but that doesn't care! This band is not the one to listen critically at, it's the band you should laugh about and have fun with! Sometimes I just don't understand why people can't enjoy a concert, when the atrist don't play brilliant. At a concert you just have to go with the flow, most important is the performance and the Wombats will get an A for that!!!

Here is one of their lyrics and the video of "Let's dance to joy divison"


I'm back in liverpool and everything seems the same
but I worked something out last night that changed this little boy's brain
a small piece of advice that took 22 years in the make
and i will break it for you now please learn from my mistakes
please learn from my mistakes

let's dance to joy division and celebrate the irony
everything is going wrong but we're so happy
let's dance to joy division and raise our glass to the ceiling
'cos this could all go so wrong
but we're just so happy yeah, we're so happy

so if you're ever feeling down grab your purse and take a taxi
to the darkest side of town
that's where we'll be and we will wait for you
and lead you through the dancefloor up to the dj booth
you know what to ask for
you know what to ask for

so let the love tear us apart
I found the cure for a broken heart
let it tear us apart let the love tear us apart


So what does this song mean? I think that it is about having fun, despite of the fact that everything is going wrong.

remember the day...

It was the happiest day of my life...
With the best band in the whole world..
And the most awesome concert I've ever seen!!!

Deep Insight

Nice video from Look See Proof...

LOOK at this video SEE it! PROOF me wrong...


Yes that is right, It's the awesome rockband Look See Proof with the song Local hero!

A lyric for Deep Insight...

This is a lyric I wrote for Deep Insight, it is actually very personal, but I am sure that you will understand the meaning of true feelings towards a band. This lyric reveals my deepest feelings for Deep Insight. It is one of the best lyrics I've ever wrote, that is because I am only able to write when I have strong feelings with it and may sound strange and weird, but I do have those for Deep Insight...

Two words for the same Ain't artists, genius untouchable art
The melody is desire, passion
The lyric true love, affection

Loaded by Deep Insight
A touch of perfect isn't hard to find
Waves of sound replaces the silence into my mind

Walking trough the beach as you are
Immortal as the dawn
Unattainable as the horizon
Close as sunshine, far away as the sun


I hope that you enjoyed the lyric, and that you understand the feelings behind it. Do you recognise yourself in it? I haven't thaught of a title yet, any suggestions? Please tell me what you think of the lyric!

A Look at the View...

I've had the same jeans on for four days now, I'm gonna go to a disco.....

Yeah, that's the View!!! The View is a band from (kind of predictable) Scotland!!! They play, well it's difficult to say...But my Ipod says: Britpop, pop, alternative and punk... I guess that they are just very original. When I first heard the song Same Jeans, I thought that this might be a one week band... The song same jeans is nice, but it sounds like every other Britpop song.. Sometimes this Britpop hype drives me a bit crazy...I like Britpop, but there are soooo many of same Britpop bands!!! So I thought that The View was just another... But I was wrong.... I have seen them in concert like a month ago and I have to say, I still wasn't completely impressed.... Then I got their cd: Hats off to the Buskers And I came to find that they really have their own sound! Same jeans is comparable with the song 'Don't tell me', it's nice, but not brilliant. They do have some brilliant songs on the cd... The song 'Skag Trendy' sounds very experimental and very good!! His voice goes from high to low to high to low...Well I don't know how to explain it..You should just listen to it! The song 'The Don' almost sounds like country...It makes you feel like line dancing..Very strange, but you can not say that they are the same as all the other Britpop bands... The song 'Face for the radio' makes me think of 'Hey there Delilah' from the plain white t's. A very emotional, beautiful rockbalad...I love it! And then 'Typical time' ...Well, typical it is... I makes me want to sing pompompom...Yeah actually I don't know how to explain it:P But my favourite song is 'Wasteland', this song has a weird structure (just like the rest of the cd)... It starts with a kind of ska melody, it turns on in somekind of reggae and then it turns over in punk! You should hear it, it's so completly weird, that it becomes great! I can't say that this is my favourite cd ever, but it is definately the most original one...With their rich amount of styles you would think that the cd becomes a mess, but that is not true! Despite their strange structure, they do have their own sound and you would recognise them out of all the Bripop bands! The punk, reaggae, ska, country and Britpop makes the cd original, very funny and above all just brilliant...

Best guitarist...

What would be the best guitarist of the year 2007? Well, I am not very original with this one... But I have to say... Slash! This guitarist from Velvet Revolver used to play for Gun´s and Roses! His real name is Saul Hudson, he is 42 years old and he knows how to make the guitar cry....He plays with a characteristic sound on his Les Paul guitar, I love the sound of his guitar!!! Although he is drunk most of the time that he plays, he still manage to be one of the most powerfull guitarists of all... I can´t wait till the concert of Velvet Revolver on the first of April! It will be awesome!!!! His best guitarsolo? Well, that has to be the one in November rain...

Best new band...

Mirror mirror on the wall who is the best new band of all...

... I have seen a lot of new cool bands this year! Most of them I have seen on London Calling, London Calling is a great opportunity for new bands to get famous. I've seen my favourite new bands there; the wombats, the pigeon detectives and look see proof. A choise between those had been very difficult, because they all have there charme.... The Pigeon Detectives are very energetic and have a super great performance! Their songs are catchy and they play cheerful britpop;) Yeah..I know what you think..Another britpop band??? Yes, but they are seriously they kings of Britpop, they leave all the others far, very far behind them!!! The Wombats make britpop as well, but also not in the usual way... They are soooo funny!! And their music is original, in a positive way! I just love them:) Look see proof is, what a surprise......Britpop! Listen to their songs like casualty, discussions and local hero and you will understand why I like them so much:) But one has to be the winner... And the award goes to...tadadada... Ooo it is soooo difficult:( Well you have to know that I actually love them all, so I let some other people decide and the chose.... Look see proof!!!! Congratualions:) They are the only band from those three that isn't quite famous in the Netherlands yet and the only one that hasn't released an album here yet, but I assure you....

They are going to be HUGE!!!!!!!

Best lyric...

The melody is desire, passion
The lyric true love, affection

What is it that makes a lyric beautiful or even brilliant? Is it the words or maybe the meaning? Or is it just the feeling you get with the lyric? Now...be honest...Do you always listen to the lyric if you hear a song? I don't... It is just like in a relationship, first you just lisen to the melody, that is the desire, passion... After a while you start listening to the lyric, that is the true love,affection... People say a lot of mean things about rock, but one thing is for certain. Rock music does have the best lyrics. If you listen to rnb and stuff like that, you will mostly hear dirty superficial lyrics, it looks like the don't give a damn abourt their lyrics, it is all about the beat. Rock music is more complicated and that is why most people simply don't understand the beauty of it! Currently I am listening to 30 seconds to mars, they have very beautiful lyrics, but it has to fit your mood. I think that a good lyric fits every mood. I think that Deep Insight makes the best lyrics, but you don't have to agree, because I know that it is very personal. For lyric of the year 2007 I choose "Pushover", it is a very beautiful song, with a lot of feeling in it! He made a really good statement with this song and it just makes me very emotional...

Pushover

I find it hard to start something new
You made up your mind but you still never knew
I'm not the judge or the referee
I don't know what's the truth
I'm here just for the debate and that's one thing about me i hate

Lose the sidekick and choose for yourself
At the end of the day you can say:
I did it my way
I did it my way and I am proud of it

What if I am wrong
What 's there to lose?
I don't care whether you win or lose
I'm not the judge or the referee
I don't know what's the truth
I'm here just for the debate and that's one thing about me I hate

Lose the sidekick and choose for yourself
at the end of the day you can say:
I did it my way
I did it my way and I am proud of it

You can't really win a fight without putting youself on the line

Isn't it a beautiful lyric?! What do you think that it means? I think that he wants to make clear that you can only achieve something by taking action. Do what you think is the best and don't just follow the others...Only dead fish go with the flow...Somethimes it will be difficult to know the exact truth, but you need to take action, most of the time you will have nothing to lose...

The best concert...

Actually....this is an easy one... I have been to a lot of nice concerts in 2007... But what makes a good concert? I think that performance is the most important...Bands with great performances are Deep Insight, Lostprophets and The Pigeon Detectives:) But you don't win my vote with only a good performance. Quality, personality, sound, syle and looks are also very important! I actually don't really know bands that have a great performance , but don't play well. I do know bands with quality, but without performance...That gets us to the worst band I've seen this year... Believe me, Lagwagon! Lagwagon is sooo bad! I've seen them on my birthday and I expected a great punk-rock band! They did rock, they played not bad..But they were soo ugly and their performance was soooo bad!! Please, don't ever go to one of their concerts...I'm sorry I have to be honest...The band that played before them had been a lot better! They are called Uncommonmenfrommars...Yeah, I know very difficult name:P But they rock! They jumped around with a lot of energy, with their green and red dyed hair...You should go see these nice French punkrock skaters!! http://www.myspace.com/uncommonmenfrommars They were awesome! But not as awesome as the Lostprophets! Still love them... As I already said, the Lostprophets are stage animals! I have seen them twice this year.. Yeah.....Awesome!!! http://www.myspace.com/lostprophets But since I allready chose the Lostprophets for best band of the year, I have to choose another for the best concert...This year I have had two favourite concerts...I know that London Calling is more like a festival, but since you don't have to sleep in a the rain and have to eat fast food for a couple of days, I would like to call it a concert... The second London Calling this year had been soooo amazing, that they deserve to be the concert of the year!!! I'm still not sure if I agree with my choice...Cause the Lostprophets had been also very amazing... But the nice thing from London Calling is, is that you get to know new bands, you see a lot of bands instead of just one, you get the chance to talk to some artists and London Calling lasts for two days;)I have seen some great bands on London Calling, like the clocks, The Wombats, Look see proof, Assembly now, the Maccabees, and a lot more!!! The picture is of the nicest guitarist (look see proof) from London Calling;) A tribute to you Jason!!!