Going Through Changes

I know I'm at a crossroads. It's not just about the signs, which are abundant, but also everything else. There is no choice but change.

Some people worry about stagnating, others about boredom; I'm not even there: the status quo could literally be the end of me. Figuratively, too, but, uh, duh.

And I know one step will inevitably lead to many more; it's a slippery slope going downhill with a couple of bumps that could either stop me in my tracks or just propel me even further. And I think I'm fine with that.

Of course, the conditions aren't ideal, and my attempts at normalcy have usually failed miserably. And predictably. But I trust the future and what it'll put in my path. I'm surrounded by more good people than I remember on most days.

Like Mick Jagger said, I'm probably not going to get what I want, but I'll try for some time, so maybe I'll get what I need.

Video Of The Week: SuperHeavy

Supergroup? Check.
Summer vibes? Check (through reggae).
Unbelievable voice? Check (via Joss Stone).
Big-name presence? Check on all counts.
Worthwhile lyrics? Check, though perhaps less on this party vibe than the rest of the album.

In any event, SuperHeavy is a hell of a musical endeavour, a mix of British and Jamaican star power comprised of the afore-mentioned Stone coupled with Mick Jagger, Damian Marley, Eurythmic's Dave Stewart and Indian composer A.R. Rahman.

Mostly reggae-tinged thanks to Marley (and the backing band including his usual bass player and drummer) as well as Stewart who now resides in Jamaica, there's a lot of Indian references which blend in so well they might as well be in every reggae song ever recorded, and a pretty potent latent rock feel above the whole thing.

Of course, this being a video - and Jagger being Jagger - the chief Rolling Stone manages to convince everyone it's an awesome idea to have him dress in bright pink and do the sideways-hyperactive dance in a doorway for half of it, then proceed to walk down the street meeting all of his bandmates, à la Waiting On A Friend...

Still, strong summer vibes on this song, and a nicely put political messages throughout the album in general. With an output this strong couples with the (Stones') recent Doom And Gloom, one might be tempted to forgive Jagger's entire 1980s releases (music and film) and put the definitive stamp of 'Best Lead Singer Ever' on his face, to go with the 'Best Rock Band Ever' one on Keith Richards' ass.

Notes To Adam Levine Of Maroon 5

The only way you move anything remotely close to ''like Jagger'' is in admitting you dance like a 70-year old.

Or if the 17-year old model you had sex with last night was riding on top of you after you took Viagra and compared the two of you. And you lost.

Or because you walk like you just got rammed by David Bowie.

Or because you get rusty after a 5-year hiatus.

Or because of the speed you run away at after you've ripped off most black singers of the early 60s.

You are to Jagger what Creed is to Pearl Jam. Or what Nickelback is to music.

Video Of The Week: Mick Jagger

Ok, so sometimes my Video Of The Week is something I'm truly fond of (see Pearl Jam, Melissa Auf Der Maur, or Besnard Lakes). Other times, when I need a good laugh, it's pure, unadulterated, terrible, terrible cheese - like Hall & Oates.

I still haven't made up my mind about last week's post, which side it falls on.

But this week, it's no contest - the cheese is back - in a big fucking way.

I usually catch a lot of flack for my opinion that The Beatles are nowhere near the best band of all time. Some of my arguments include the fact that they're cheesy, half their catalogue consists of inanities ('Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da', 'Love Me Do', 'She Loves You'...), some of their best work was performed by others (see Eric Clapton's masterful job on the White Album), and at least one band member's legacy as a solo artist (John Lennon) comprises more profound subject matter - and is just plain better than his output with the band.

You could also contend that while the Beatles were singing their early teen-friendly ditties, The Who was already talking about their ge-ge-ge-generation. That Cream was more talented in every way. That The Rolling Stones were making something more important in transforming the blues into a way to pass real emotions onto real adults while also snorting the planet's complete drug supply and helping keep the rest of humanity drug-free by sheer lack of availability.

And I'd add that, after Elvis Presley shocked America's puritans and scared its parents shitless (and rendered their daughters shirtless), you weren't allowed to have a bona fide parent-safe clean Boy Band put so high in the hierarchy of rock - a dirty medium if there was ever one. It would be like saying the Backstreet Boys have had a bigger impact on music than Radiohead or Pearl Jam: inaccurate and impossible. Not to mention stupid.

But then the Stones took themselves out of the equation with stupid shit of their own, which includes pretty much Mick Jagger's complete solo career. And, sure, I could have hit two turds with one stone and featured his ''hit'' song with David Bowie, I'm just not strong enough to withstand that song at the moment, let alone its accompanying video. But this one comes close enough, I promise.

For starters, it ''takes place'' in a street. Well, mostly a highway, and via a terrible use of blue-screen technology, more apparent than weight on Roseanne Barr or orange on John Boehner's skin. Secondly, it includes some dancing on said street, although for many, it's mostly from pretending to run while smiling.

There also seems to be 10 variations on each single member of the Village People. Maybe there was a convention in town and Jagger had a blast there and invited them all over for the shoot, who knows?

But mostly, it's full of shit - and by shit I mean utter, perhaps even otter, crap. The song's called Let's Work, but it clearly doesn't, and neither does the video.



Mick Jagger - Let_s Work
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