How could you, Peter Murphy!?

I've been informed that Peter Murphy (the beyond awesome front man of Bauhaus and the band Peter Murphy) is in the latest movie for the Twilight Saga (Eclipse). This is quite upsetting. Now thirteen year old girls and their out of touch mothers will know of Peter Murphy for all the wrong reasons. They'll know him from being a Cold One (or is it the Cold One?). When he should be known for his brutal yet outstanding screams and Bowie-esque vocals.

Sorry for being a fanboy,
Adam.

Suxaphone

I usually rent a bunch of DVD's from my local library quite frequently, and today on my way home after returning a stack of five films I was rocking out to Ink & Paper by Modern English and once that bridge hit, I got my usual case of nausea due to the saxaphone playing.

I just don't get it; why do such great bands like Bauhaus, The Cure and David Bowie feel the urge to add some saxophone to a track. Easily the last idea I have for anything is to apply some saxophone sounds to a situation.

It just comes off so cheesy to me, and not just Rock cheesy like Final Countdown but really cheesy. Like so cheesy it's gross and I feel the need for a shower or some sort of bouffant to match the sax.

-a.

Changes

When I was growing up my dad always bragged on and on about the Beatles and how they created music, and that all the bands I listen to should thank them for starting up this thing called "music." So I don't think that I was so dumb to assume every British sounding performer on the radio was in fact the Beatles.

All this came to a grinding halt when in 6th or 7th grade when I told my mom that my favorite Beatles song was "Changes." She laughed and said that it was a David Bowie song. I was confused. Nonetheless the Beatles died a little bit that day, and this "David Bowie" rose to prominence.

It went on like that for many years until I finally got a Best of CD for Bowie and realized that Lennon and McCartney were too busy smoking up with Dylan to write "Modern Love." For shame on you, Beatles. Were you too busy wasting recording time for "Yellow submarine" to ignore the awesomeness of Under Pressure? If anything, bands I like should be thanking Bowie (and most do). Go get a haircut, you hippies!

Sorry dad.

-a.