Late Night Music Finals Edition Part 169......"Ready, Set, Go!"
I've spent all semester telling students to "Go" chase their dreams
and their goals, so why not make a list about it? I actually more to
choose from with this list than just about any other one I've ever done.
Who would have thought it?
In order to receive votes in this category, the SONG TITLE had to have some form of the word "Go" in it. Also receiving votes was "The Show Must Go On" by Famous Last Words, "All Lips Go Blue" by HIM, "Go The Distance" by Emma Blackery, "Let's Go" by Ashley Allen and "Go Get It" by T.I. NOT RECEIVING VOTES was "I Wanna Go" by Britney Spears and "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion.
"Let Her Go"- Passenger. This song about appreciating the little things in life put British singer/songwriter Passenger on the map earlier this year when it was released off his third studio album All The Little Lights, where it had international success peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. This video accompanying the single does a great job capturing Passenger's dedicated fan base and his love of performing. The first time I heard this song I thought it was The Lumineers, then it sounded like Ed Sheeran, but the more I hear it the more I really get a sense for Passenger's one of a kind sound. The success of this video and song helped put All The Little Lights at #28 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA
"Go"- Hanson. This 2007 single from the all grown up Hanson and their album The Walk saw success in the UK when it peaked at #44 on the British Singles Chart. It also became the first single by the band ever sung by youngest brother Zac, who is also the primary songwriter for the track (who also ironically, shares my birthday of October 22- look it up). I think most of you wouldn't be laughing so hard had Hanson had not been a bubblegum kid group in the 90's (I know I say that a lot). They are a legitimate talent as a band and have to had to fight harder than they should have to just to prove they are a good "grown up" band by starting their own label, 3CG Records. Hanson, even when they are waning in popularity always seem to make interesting graphic videos that really make you think. This one is no different. The irony and artistic quality of this video is really something to behold. These guys are seriously one talented family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPAeOlTvcmo
"Go Your Own Way"- Fleetwood Mac. This fantastic live performance was captured on Fleetwood Mac's live reunion album/concert tour The Dance released in 1997. 20 years prior in January of 1977, the single became the bands first top 10 single in the United States when it peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 off of the band's iconic album Rumours. I never understood how Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks could write songs about each other, play them, record them, and perform them like it was no big deal. That either shows unbelievable professionalism or just plain craziness. Throughout this whole concert, Stevie and Lindsey look at each other constantly almost like they are saying "yeah I wrote this song about you". I think this performance also shows the true talent as a band that Fleetwood Mac still has even today. Even the biggest haters of mainstream pop agree that Lindsey Buckingham has to one of the best guitar players ever. I would also like to add that I have his autograph on an LP of Rumours. Mick Fleetwood also has a style all his own on the drums. This is one band that I would love to see live despite the departure of Christine McVie. I just can't see how you can see them and not have a great time. I also like to think that the campaign of Bill Clinton was indirectly responsible for this reunion seeing how he brought the band back together during his first Presidential campaign when he used "Don't Stop" as his theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPbcGSI4P2g
"Here It Goes Again"- OK Go. This Grammy and VMA award winning video put OK Go on the map in 2006 when this single from their album Oh No peaked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. This elaborate treadmill dance routine remains one of the most watched videos in youtube history and and was named one of the greatest music videos of all time by Time Magazine. More amazingly, the band does the dance nearly flawless in one continuous take (there is supposedly no editing done in the final copy of the video), that took 17 tries to perfect by the band. In another ironic twist, bassist Tim Norwind rather than lead singer Damian Kulash lip syncs the lyrics in the video. For what reason? None is really given. That being said, this is without a doubt one of the coolest things on the internet and is a super catchy song that kinda reminds me of The Strokes, Elefant, with a little touch of Panic! At The Disco....more on them later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA
"Ways To Go"- Grouplove. This very strange single from Grouplove's 2013 album Spreading Rumours really shows Grouplove's talent and strangeness all in one. This single peaked at #120 on the Billboard Charts and had this very interesting video to accompany it. I am taking a wild guess that this song has something to do with North Korea just by judging by the resemblance of the fat Asian kid in the video to Kim Jong-Un, but then again, it could be about PSY. Do it Gangnam Style!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGvHnDeS12o
"Let It Go"- Demi Lovato. This Disney soundtrack ballad for their new movie "Frozen" was included on the original motion picture soundtrack by the newest of the "Glee" kids Demi Lovato. According to the producers of the film, they hand chose Lovato to do the song just because of her personal circumstances of the last few years. Her new adult look has got her looking like a real diva rather than a Disney Channel teeny bopper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHue-HaXXzg
"Let's Go"- Stuck In The Sound. Sometimes a song and video are just beyond brilliant. That's all I can say about this song and video by French band Stuck In The Sound. This song from their 2012 album Pursuit has 1990's grunge feel to it and has one of the most interesting and entertaining videos I've ever seen. It almost makes me think of David Bowie's "Space Oddity". I always like when foreign bands sing in English, which Stuck In The Sound apparently does on a regular basis. This song was not released as a single by the band, but remains one of their more popular songs among their fans across Europe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Gg9CqhbP8
"Go Gentle"- Robbie Williams. I still can't get over the fact that I was once a mere 2 feet from this guy. I've never seen more amazing hair in my life. Oh, to be born with great hair genes. This big band feeling latest single from Williams album Swings Both Ways has this parade type video filmed in downtown Los Angeles. It's always interesting to see guys with a boy band background try a new genre even if they have had success as a solo artist already. I could hear this song and never know that it was Robbie Williams singing despite having a very distinctive voice. This is seriously unlike anything he's ever done. Is it just me, or does Robbie Williams look a lot like Mark Salling (Puck) from "Glee"? Maybe it's the hair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3OWZaIpEDk
"Let Me Go"- Avril Lavigne featuring Chad Kroeger. I realize Lavigne and Kroeger are married, but did you have to include Nickelback on this one? I seriously almost disqualified it for that reason. Avril Lavigne is just so dang powerful and enchanting it is unreal. Her talent and diversity as an artist is unmatched by any female. This latest single from her self-titled album released earlier this year saw much success in her native Canada, while only peaking at #78 on the Billboard Hot 100. The look Lavigne has in this video seems to work better for her if you ask me. I like her music looking crazy, but she looks way better with this elegant look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU_U21W3pYk
"Where Did The Party Go?"- Fall Out Boy. This single off of Fall Out Boy's comeback album Save Rock and Roll was released just last week. Watching this video makes me think I'm watching an episode of one of my favorite TV shows ever "Revolution". I must add that the unreal weight loss of lead singer Patrick Stump is freaking amazing. His new look goes great with the new reinvented sound of Fall Out Boy which is way more pop than what they were known for before their four year hiatus. This video is interesting because a frantic hospital is the last place I'd think of if I was trying to pick a place for a "party". So where did the party go? My question is rather "why was there in the hospital in the first place?".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9hESWfeXG0
"Second Go"- Lights. This is actually the second time I've featured this little cute Canadian sparkplug. This single from her 2010 debut album The Listening peaked at #54 in Canada. This very interesting video, which reportedly was shot in only one take, was the first video she had that did not incorporate a space theme. She reminds me a lot of Tiffany and Debbie Gibson and other 80's artists with her use of keyboards and a techno sound. Seems to be a growing trend with the Canadian indie artists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPLRkyGU3cM
"Go To Hell"- Go Radio. This Tallahassee band was so good! Led by former Mayday Parade lead singer Jason Lancaster, this single was included on Go Radio's second and final 2012 album Close The Distance. With yet another parade video, this video and single helped the album peak at #54 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. Go Radio joins the list of other indie bands I get really into at the end of their run which kill the chance of me ever seeing them live. I wonder what we would have done before the invention of the internet and iTunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcslYzqwdjg
"Ready To Go"- Panic! At The Disco. This closing credit song to the 2011 movie "The Smurfs" was included on PITD's album Vices and Virtues. This Las Vegas band is usually the master of having songs without the song title in the lyrics, but makes up for all those times with a repetitive chorus in this song. They also broke their trend of silly videos with this raw look at a live performance from the band..........well except for the dude playing cello in his underwear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDf-_8KvGM
"Here I Go Again"- Whitesnake. This 1982 staple of British hair band Whitesnake put Tawny Kitaen in the hearts of teenage boys everywhere and Whitesnake at the top of the charts when this single went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 off of Whitesnake's album Saints and Sinners, but this version released in the United States in 1987, was actually of the band's self-titled album and easily became their biggest hit as a band. Tawny Kitaen would go on to be married to California Angels fireballer Chuck Finley, briefly becoming one of the hottest sports wives in a America. Maybe it's just me, but I always think of Will Ferrell working on his car in "Old School" listening to this song when I hear it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MXiTeH_Pg
"Go Rest High On That Mountain"- Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Ricky Scaggs. Shifting gears just a tad bit, Vince Gill wrote this song in honor of his late brother Bob and included it on his 1995 album When Love Finds You. Though the song only peaked at #14 on the Billboard Country Music Chart, the song still won the CMA Award for Song of the Year in 1996 and remains one of Vince Gill's most popular songs. This incredible live performance from GMA's TV special "Grand Ole Opry at Carnegie Hall" is quite remarkable. What a thrill to perform in such an amazing hall for music history. My only question is why Alison Krauss is carrying a violin (or is it a "fiddle") that is never played? All jokes aside, this is one of country music's greatest songs ever and has a great blend with a phenomenal trio with a blend that seems all too natural.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MXiTeH_Pg
"Let It Go"- Wiz Khalifa featuring Akon. I like the Akon hook on this song. The blend on this song from Khalifa's 2012 album O.N.I.F.C. which heavily features Khalifa's hometown of Pittsburgh. I'm usually not a huge fan of the modern rap out there, but Wiz Khalifa's diverse upbringing in North Dakota, Japan, and Germany I think really influenced his diversity as an artist and makes him better than most rappers out there today, at least the ones in the mainstream.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJn-EHd7VeU
"Ready To Go"- Republica. Talk about making a career just from getting your songs played in NBA games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgffRW1fKDk
"Don't Let Go"- En Vogue. This girl power theme song from the 1996 crime motion picture "Set It Off" proved to be En Vogue's last gasp and last major hit when it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. This proved to be Dawn Robinson's swan song, as she left the group almost immediately after the release of this song to form to short lived supergroup Lucy Pearl. The success of the single led the group to include it on their Dawn Robinson-less 1997 album EV3. En Vogue was another great 90's R & B girl group who had a similar sound, but not other girl group had better seductive choreography. Those dance moves are so sexy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSb5Sd_FCJ4
BONUS VIDEOS- "Tender"- Stuck In The Sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkbCw7oVkw0
"That Green Gentleman"- Panic! At The Disco.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f3K2sEHuIM
"Skyscrapers"- OK Go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb4lgOiHBZo
"Think About Me"- Fleetwood Mac.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFc_-JKKNs
"Lego House"- Ed Sheeran.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4BLVznuWnU
"Stay"- Mayday Parade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAfNjdcgp4E
In order to receive votes in this category, the SONG TITLE had to have some form of the word "Go" in it. Also receiving votes was "The Show Must Go On" by Famous Last Words, "All Lips Go Blue" by HIM, "Go The Distance" by Emma Blackery, "Let's Go" by Ashley Allen and "Go Get It" by T.I. NOT RECEIVING VOTES was "I Wanna Go" by Britney Spears and "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion.
"Let Her Go"- Passenger. This song about appreciating the little things in life put British singer/songwriter Passenger on the map earlier this year when it was released off his third studio album All The Little Lights, where it had international success peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. This video accompanying the single does a great job capturing Passenger's dedicated fan base and his love of performing. The first time I heard this song I thought it was The Lumineers, then it sounded like Ed Sheeran, but the more I hear it the more I really get a sense for Passenger's one of a kind sound. The success of this video and song helped put All The Little Lights at #28 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA
"Go"- Hanson. This 2007 single from the all grown up Hanson and their album The Walk saw success in the UK when it peaked at #44 on the British Singles Chart. It also became the first single by the band ever sung by youngest brother Zac, who is also the primary songwriter for the track (who also ironically, shares my birthday of October 22- look it up). I think most of you wouldn't be laughing so hard had Hanson had not been a bubblegum kid group in the 90's (I know I say that a lot). They are a legitimate talent as a band and have to had to fight harder than they should have to just to prove they are a good "grown up" band by starting their own label, 3CG Records. Hanson, even when they are waning in popularity always seem to make interesting graphic videos that really make you think. This one is no different. The irony and artistic quality of this video is really something to behold. These guys are seriously one talented family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPAeOlTvcmo
"Go Your Own Way"- Fleetwood Mac. This fantastic live performance was captured on Fleetwood Mac's live reunion album/concert tour The Dance released in 1997. 20 years prior in January of 1977, the single became the bands first top 10 single in the United States when it peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 off of the band's iconic album Rumours. I never understood how Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks could write songs about each other, play them, record them, and perform them like it was no big deal. That either shows unbelievable professionalism or just plain craziness. Throughout this whole concert, Stevie and Lindsey look at each other constantly almost like they are saying "yeah I wrote this song about you". I think this performance also shows the true talent as a band that Fleetwood Mac still has even today. Even the biggest haters of mainstream pop agree that Lindsey Buckingham has to one of the best guitar players ever. I would also like to add that I have his autograph on an LP of Rumours. Mick Fleetwood also has a style all his own on the drums. This is one band that I would love to see live despite the departure of Christine McVie. I just can't see how you can see them and not have a great time. I also like to think that the campaign of Bill Clinton was indirectly responsible for this reunion seeing how he brought the band back together during his first Presidential campaign when he used "Don't Stop" as his theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPbcGSI4P2g
"Here It Goes Again"- OK Go. This Grammy and VMA award winning video put OK Go on the map in 2006 when this single from their album Oh No peaked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. This elaborate treadmill dance routine remains one of the most watched videos in youtube history and and was named one of the greatest music videos of all time by Time Magazine. More amazingly, the band does the dance nearly flawless in one continuous take (there is supposedly no editing done in the final copy of the video), that took 17 tries to perfect by the band. In another ironic twist, bassist Tim Norwind rather than lead singer Damian Kulash lip syncs the lyrics in the video. For what reason? None is really given. That being said, this is without a doubt one of the coolest things on the internet and is a super catchy song that kinda reminds me of The Strokes, Elefant, with a little touch of Panic! At The Disco....more on them later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA
"Ways To Go"- Grouplove. This very strange single from Grouplove's 2013 album Spreading Rumours really shows Grouplove's talent and strangeness all in one. This single peaked at #120 on the Billboard Charts and had this very interesting video to accompany it. I am taking a wild guess that this song has something to do with North Korea just by judging by the resemblance of the fat Asian kid in the video to Kim Jong-Un, but then again, it could be about PSY. Do it Gangnam Style!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGvHnDeS12o
"Let It Go"- Demi Lovato. This Disney soundtrack ballad for their new movie "Frozen" was included on the original motion picture soundtrack by the newest of the "Glee" kids Demi Lovato. According to the producers of the film, they hand chose Lovato to do the song just because of her personal circumstances of the last few years. Her new adult look has got her looking like a real diva rather than a Disney Channel teeny bopper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHue-HaXXzg
"Let's Go"- Stuck In The Sound. Sometimes a song and video are just beyond brilliant. That's all I can say about this song and video by French band Stuck In The Sound. This song from their 2012 album Pursuit has 1990's grunge feel to it and has one of the most interesting and entertaining videos I've ever seen. It almost makes me think of David Bowie's "Space Oddity". I always like when foreign bands sing in English, which Stuck In The Sound apparently does on a regular basis. This song was not released as a single by the band, but remains one of their more popular songs among their fans across Europe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Gg9CqhbP8
"Go Gentle"- Robbie Williams. I still can't get over the fact that I was once a mere 2 feet from this guy. I've never seen more amazing hair in my life. Oh, to be born with great hair genes. This big band feeling latest single from Williams album Swings Both Ways has this parade type video filmed in downtown Los Angeles. It's always interesting to see guys with a boy band background try a new genre even if they have had success as a solo artist already. I could hear this song and never know that it was Robbie Williams singing despite having a very distinctive voice. This is seriously unlike anything he's ever done. Is it just me, or does Robbie Williams look a lot like Mark Salling (Puck) from "Glee"? Maybe it's the hair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3OWZaIpEDk
"Let Me Go"- Avril Lavigne featuring Chad Kroeger. I realize Lavigne and Kroeger are married, but did you have to include Nickelback on this one? I seriously almost disqualified it for that reason. Avril Lavigne is just so dang powerful and enchanting it is unreal. Her talent and diversity as an artist is unmatched by any female. This latest single from her self-titled album released earlier this year saw much success in her native Canada, while only peaking at #78 on the Billboard Hot 100. The look Lavigne has in this video seems to work better for her if you ask me. I like her music looking crazy, but she looks way better with this elegant look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU_U21W3pYk
"Where Did The Party Go?"- Fall Out Boy. This single off of Fall Out Boy's comeback album Save Rock and Roll was released just last week. Watching this video makes me think I'm watching an episode of one of my favorite TV shows ever "Revolution". I must add that the unreal weight loss of lead singer Patrick Stump is freaking amazing. His new look goes great with the new reinvented sound of Fall Out Boy which is way more pop than what they were known for before their four year hiatus. This video is interesting because a frantic hospital is the last place I'd think of if I was trying to pick a place for a "party". So where did the party go? My question is rather "why was there in the hospital in the first place?".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9hESWfeXG0
"Second Go"- Lights. This is actually the second time I've featured this little cute Canadian sparkplug. This single from her 2010 debut album The Listening peaked at #54 in Canada. This very interesting video, which reportedly was shot in only one take, was the first video she had that did not incorporate a space theme. She reminds me a lot of Tiffany and Debbie Gibson and other 80's artists with her use of keyboards and a techno sound. Seems to be a growing trend with the Canadian indie artists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPLRkyGU3cM
"Go To Hell"- Go Radio. This Tallahassee band was so good! Led by former Mayday Parade lead singer Jason Lancaster, this single was included on Go Radio's second and final 2012 album Close The Distance. With yet another parade video, this video and single helped the album peak at #54 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. Go Radio joins the list of other indie bands I get really into at the end of their run which kill the chance of me ever seeing them live. I wonder what we would have done before the invention of the internet and iTunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcslYzqwdjg
"Ready To Go"- Panic! At The Disco. This closing credit song to the 2011 movie "The Smurfs" was included on PITD's album Vices and Virtues. This Las Vegas band is usually the master of having songs without the song title in the lyrics, but makes up for all those times with a repetitive chorus in this song. They also broke their trend of silly videos with this raw look at a live performance from the band..........well except for the dude playing cello in his underwear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDf-_8KvGM
"Here I Go Again"- Whitesnake. This 1982 staple of British hair band Whitesnake put Tawny Kitaen in the hearts of teenage boys everywhere and Whitesnake at the top of the charts when this single went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 off of Whitesnake's album Saints and Sinners, but this version released in the United States in 1987, was actually of the band's self-titled album and easily became their biggest hit as a band. Tawny Kitaen would go on to be married to California Angels fireballer Chuck Finley, briefly becoming one of the hottest sports wives in a America. Maybe it's just me, but I always think of Will Ferrell working on his car in "Old School" listening to this song when I hear it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MXiTeH_Pg
"Go Rest High On That Mountain"- Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Ricky Scaggs. Shifting gears just a tad bit, Vince Gill wrote this song in honor of his late brother Bob and included it on his 1995 album When Love Finds You. Though the song only peaked at #14 on the Billboard Country Music Chart, the song still won the CMA Award for Song of the Year in 1996 and remains one of Vince Gill's most popular songs. This incredible live performance from GMA's TV special "Grand Ole Opry at Carnegie Hall" is quite remarkable. What a thrill to perform in such an amazing hall for music history. My only question is why Alison Krauss is carrying a violin (or is it a "fiddle") that is never played? All jokes aside, this is one of country music's greatest songs ever and has a great blend with a phenomenal trio with a blend that seems all too natural.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MXiTeH_Pg
"Let It Go"- Wiz Khalifa featuring Akon. I like the Akon hook on this song. The blend on this song from Khalifa's 2012 album O.N.I.F.C. which heavily features Khalifa's hometown of Pittsburgh. I'm usually not a huge fan of the modern rap out there, but Wiz Khalifa's diverse upbringing in North Dakota, Japan, and Germany I think really influenced his diversity as an artist and makes him better than most rappers out there today, at least the ones in the mainstream.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJn-EHd7VeU
"Ready To Go"- Republica. Talk about making a career just from getting your songs played in NBA games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgffRW1fKDk
"Don't Let Go"- En Vogue. This girl power theme song from the 1996 crime motion picture "Set It Off" proved to be En Vogue's last gasp and last major hit when it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. This proved to be Dawn Robinson's swan song, as she left the group almost immediately after the release of this song to form to short lived supergroup Lucy Pearl. The success of the single led the group to include it on their Dawn Robinson-less 1997 album EV3. En Vogue was another great 90's R & B girl group who had a similar sound, but not other girl group had better seductive choreography. Those dance moves are so sexy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSb5Sd_FCJ4
BONUS VIDEOS- "Tender"- Stuck In The Sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkbCw7oVkw0
"That Green Gentleman"- Panic! At The Disco.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f3K2sEHuIM
"Skyscrapers"- OK Go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb4lgOiHBZo
"Think About Me"- Fleetwood Mac.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFc_-JKKNs
"Lego House"- Ed Sheeran.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4BLVznuWnU
"Stay"- Mayday Parade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAfNjdcgp4E
OK Go
Stuck In The Sound
Demi Lovato
En Vogue
Fall Out Boy
Go Radio
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