It’s often said that you need to be a little crazy to be a great artist. We take a look at 5 of the craziest people in music today.
5) Beck
Anybody who produces the following quote must have a screw loose, “I’m the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don’t have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.”
He’s so crazy we don’t even need to mention the fact that he’s into Scientology
4) Peaches
She’s got song titles that would make veteran soldiers blush and wild outfits that would give Lady Gaga a run for her money. Check out her video below – we won’t print some of the song titles just in case our mothers are reading this. You’ll need to sign-up to view some of Peaches videos
3) Shakira
Anybody who thinks that you will confuse breasts with mountains either has a pretty low opinion of you or is stark raving mad. Watch the video below and decide for yourself.
2) Aphex Twin
They say there’s a fine line between madness and genius and Aphex Twin definitely has a foot in both camps. He claimed to have once performed a DJ set by spinning sandpaper on decks. Watch the video below.
1) Lady Gaga
She’s as mad as a bunch of frogs. Her theatrical performances and bizarre costumes put her head and shoulders above anybody else when it comes to being downright weird. Check out the video below
We’re delighted to announce that MUZU.TV won two Golden Spider awards last night — the overall Grand Prix award and the award for best Entertainment and Games related website. Thanks for all your support!
Here’s the press release:
MUZU.TV WINS OVERALL GRAND PRIX AWARD AT EIRCOM GOLDEN SPIDERS & Wins in Best Entertainment & Games Related Website Category
Dublin — November 20, 2009 — MUZU.TV (www.muzu.tv), the music video website got a major accolade last night when it picked up the overall Grand Prix prize at the 2009 eircom Golden Spider Awards, after already winning the gong for Best Entertainment & Games Related Website earlier in the evening. The wins come off the back of MUZU.TV founders being awarded the overall Net Visionary award by the Irish Internet Association earlier in the year.
MUZU.TV’s Grand Prix award was unanimously decided upon by a panel of 14 industry experts, many from major companies such as IBM, eBay and eircom. MUZU.TV was described as a groundbreaking site offering one of the largest music video offerings on the web. The judges were impressed with the business model that brought content owners to the table and delivered videos in a great site that is easy to use, has great functionality and facilitates social networking.
MUZU.TV has built one of the largest music video offerings on the web, where music lovers can watch and discover tens of thousand of music videos for free, covering everything from live concerts and documentaries to official music videos and rare, archive footage. Site visitors can create and watch their own personal video playlists and share them with their friends by embedding them on their social networking pages like Bebo and Facebook. MUZU.TV is a global business with a 100% focus on music video, and an emphasis on high quality, license cleared content.
“It’s been a fantastic year for MUZU.TV, and this really caps it for us. We’re honoured and humbled to have picked up these awards, particularly the overall Grand Prix – it’s unbelievable!,” said Ciaran Bollard, CEO and co-founder of MUZU.TV. “The site has seen phenomenal growth over the past 12 months particularly in the UK and Ireland where most of our efforts have been focused. We’re now the second biggest music video site in the UK, doing more than 11 million video views a month. MUZU.TV continues to receive incredible support from the music industry and advertisers alike and we look forward to building upon these relationships and making the site a global success.”
The amazing JLS visited MUZU.TV yesterday and treated us to some great insights into their personal and professional lives. Thank you to all the JLS fans who submitted their questions – without you, none of this would be possible!
The boys picked 10 of your questions out of a hat, and you can watch all their answers right now here.
Congratulations to the 10 lucky fans who will each receive a signed copy of the album!
Louise Shaw in Elgin
Kara Bellamy in Peterborough
Laura in from Bridgewater
Katie in Sheffield
Alison in Cork
Daraysa & Jessie in London
Niamh in Galway
Reena Bhambra in Coventry
Jemma in Southport
Elaina Jackson in Nottingham
The incredible Dawn Landes is embarking on a UK tour in support of the new album ‘Sweet Heart Rodeo’ (out now on Cooking Vinyl), and her new single ‘Lonely Girl’ — out Nov 23rd.
We have two 2 tix up for grabs for the London show on November 23rd at Hoxton Bar & Grill. To be in with a chance to win, go to the Dawn Landes channel on MUZU.TV and answer the simple question.
MUZU.TV favourites The Blizzards are playing a highly anticipated gig in The Olympia in Dublin on December 12th. The bad news is that’s it’s completely sold out! Never fear though, as MUZU.TV has two tickets up for grabs to see Bressie and the boys.
Do you have a burning question for JLS, that no one ever seems to ask them? Well here’s your chance to ask whatever you’d like! The boys are coming to music video site www.muzu.tv this week and we want you — the fans — to pick the interview questions. All questions submitted will be put into a hat, and the boys will pick 10 to answer. If your question is one of the 10 read out, you’ll also win a signed copy of the new album. Nice!
To enter just go to www.muzu.tv/jls and submit your question via the shout box on their channel before midnight on Tuesday, November 17.
Chris Cunningham’s music videos are known for being weird and wonderful. We take a look at 5 classic Chris Cunnigham videos.
5) Autechre – Second Bad Vilbel
Chris Cunnigham was born in England and went onto work on the Judge Dread film starring Sylvester Stallone. He then went on to work with Stanley Kubrick on the film, A.I before turning to music videos. His first video was Autechre’s Second Bad Vibel. For this video,Cunnigham says in the Directors Label book that he was “trying to build this chunk of non-specific industrial machinery that would come apart in time to the music. So I built this model in my back garden and got all these pieces of machinery and stuff and ended up filming them.”
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4) Squarepusher Come On My Selector
Cunningham once again teamed up with the Warp record label to work with Squarepusher. This video is set in a mental institution. Cunningham said of the video, “”I remember thinking ****, I haven’t got enough time to think this video through now, so if I set it in a mental hospital I can just do anything because they’re all eightball!”
3) Aphex Twin – Windowlicker
This music video won countless awards and received lots of critical acclaim despite featuring the frightening face of Aphex Twin, Richard D. James on scantily clad models. This is a must-see video. Click the play button below to watch the directors cut of the video. Don’t watch from work if you’re boss is likely to be offended by the sight of a gyrating Richard D. James or scary models wearing bikinis.
2) Bjork – All is full of love
This video features Bjork as a robot. The video won multiple awards, including two MTV Video Music Awards for Breakthrough Video and Best Special Effects. It was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. The robot suit is also on permanent exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Watch below:
1) Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy
This video was shot on the same council estate where Stanley Kubrick shot many scenes in A Clockwork Orange. Watch the video below and prepare to be afraid.
Win Signed Copies of Echo!
Leona Lewis has teamed up with music video website MUZU.TV to offer 10 signed CDs of her new album ‘Echo’. To be in with a chance of winning just watch the video for ‘Happy’ at the Leona Lewis official MUZU Channel:
Win Signed Copies of Where We Are!
Westlife have teamed up with music video site MUZU.TV to offer 10 signed CDs of their new album ‘Where We Are’ To be in with a chance of winning just watch the video for ‘What About Now’ at the official Westlife MUZU TV Channel:
“Call on Me” is a dance music track based on a re-recorded sample of Steve Winwood’s 1982 song “Valerie”. It’s a song performed by Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz. It peaked a No.1 in both the UK and Ireland in 2004. Its Quirky because the video basically sells the song through its sexiness and heralded the way for the music industry to utilise the internet with viral video clips
“Smile” is a song by British recording artist Lily Allen from her debut studio album, Alright, Still. It was released in 2006, and peaked at No.1 in the UK charts for two consecutive weeks. It’s on our quirky video list because the lyrics tackle her dealing with the betrayal of her boyfriend, while enjoying his misery at the same time.
“Maneater” is a song on Furtado’s third album, Loose. Released as the album’s first single in Europe in May 2006, it became one of Nelly Furtado’s most popular singles, topping the singles charts in the UK. It’s quirky because it’s an uptempo electro-rock song that combines 80’s electro synths and a more dance-oriented beat. The up-tempo song has prominent electropop and synth pop influences and is lyrically related to how people become “hot on themselves” when dancing in their underwear in front of a mirror.
“I Kissed a Girl” is a song by pop singer Katy Perry, for her 2008 album One of the Boys. It was performed and a nominee at the 51st Grammy Awards. It was also nominated for Favourite Song at the 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards. It peaked at No.1 in the UK and went multi platinum with 510,921+ sales. This video is very quirky because it raised much controversy and promoted bisexuality and promiscuity.
America is a song by English indie rock band Razorlight, and is the fourth track to their self-titled second album, Razorlight. It became the band’s first #1 single in the United Kingdom. The single was the UK’s seventeenth best selling single of the year. This video is quirky because the song is about a “couch potato’s” feeling of isolation and boredom by American Culture, when compared to coverage on America.
So many bands have become big, but which ones were Teenagers when they hit the jackpot? We’ve narrowed it down to just five who made it big in recent years.
1. McFly.
McFly are a British, BRIT Award winning pop rock band who first found fame in 2004 with their single “5 Colours in Her Hair” from their CD “Room on the 3rd floor”. “Room on the 3rd Floor” is McFly’s first album, which debuted at number one in the UK albums chart, breaking the world record for the youngest band with a Number One album, a record previously held by The Beatles.
2. Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers are an American pop rock band that first came on the scene in 2007 with their single “S.O.S” on the self entitled album “Jonas Brothers”. The song peaked at #13 on the UK charts and #21 on the Irish charts. Now they have sold over 8.2million CD’s worldwide.
3. Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is the new-found phenomenon that has swept over the UK and Ireland in September of last year with her no.1 hit “Love Story”, from her album “Fearless”. “Love Story” was the first single released in internationally and peaked at no.2 in the UK charts.
4. Busted
Busted were a BRIT Award winning British pop band. They sold over 3 million albums worldwide, winning two BRIT Awards, Record Of The Year and performing on several sell-out arena tours. They were put on the map after their single “What I go to school for” reached no.3 on the UK charts.
Miley Cyrus, to most people, means Hannah Montana, or Disney. But, she has had many Top10 hits as both “Hannah” and Miley in recent years, such as “The Climb”. Her first single, as “Hannah”, was “Best of Both worlds” and debuted and peaked at No.43 in the UK. Miley then released an album entitled “Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus”. Her first single off this album, as Miley, was “See you again” and reached No.11 in the UK.
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