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Cinderella: The Rise & Fall of the Band, History of Tom Keifer Hotney 3 Streams • 3 years ago

The Rise & Fall of Cinderella, the band behind Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) & Nobody's Fool

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As Night Songs continued to climb up the charts, the band started to get hit with restrictions from Dave’s people. Labar would recall in the book nothin’ but a good time The better our album did, the more restrictions they tried to put on us. At one point Tom was told that he was not allowed to speak in between songs. We pointed out how ridiculous that was, so then they said, “Okay, you’re allowed to say the name of the city and the name of the song.” Cinderella soon jumped to a bigger tour linking up with Bon Jovi for their slippery when wet tour and that further catapulted their album up the charts. The group also learned something valuable on that tour, how to treat other bands as Bon Jovi showed them true hospitality. It was on that tour the band befriended comedian Sam Kinison who was friendly with a lot of the hard rock bands. He was originally supposed to appear in the video for Somebody Save Me, but the guys from Bon Jovi stepped in at the 11th hour and helped the band out,
It was during their first major tour the band would be picketed by some ignorant pro-censorship types at a show in Corpus Christi. The LA Times were along for the ride writing “ Apparently they figured Cinderella, like the heavy-metal band stereotype, was a quartet of druggies preaching the turn-on ethic in concert. “I said ‘Wait a minute,’ ” “I told them that we don’t do drugs and that you won’t find one lyric on any of my songs saying we do drugs or telling people to do drugs. You won’t hear it on the albums and we don’t do that kind of stuff on stage. I said, ‘You’re picketing the wrong concert.
Apart from the few hiccups, Night Songs would sell 3 million copies and it would become the second biggest selling debut LP since Boston’s which came out 10 years prior. The album went on to sell a whopping 3 million copies, a huge feat for a debut record. The LA Times would remark in 1986 “What makes the success of “Night Songs” so impressive is that new heavy-metal bands rarely sell very well. In fact, even veteran heavy-metal bands aren’t selling well these days.
Despite the strong commercial performance, critics didn’t initially praise the band. Rolling Stone panned the album for and i quote too much pose, not punch. But the reviews did little to bother the members with Keifer telling the Spokesman review i’ve never really ever read a bad review about us or another band that i thought was fair., it’s mostly a bunch of cheap shots .
The band’s secret weapon has always been Tom Keifer. Fred Coury would reveal how the band avoided the sop****re slump telling the Eugene Register A lot of people, they go on the road for the first album, just do the tour and then, they get off the road and the record company says ‘well, we need an album’s worth of stuff. They have a couple of months to write 10 songs & it just doesn’t work that way. They force it and the album just starts being horrible.’ But with Tom, he always writes on the road. “ He would go on to say that by the time the band got off the road for their first album Keifer pretty much had second album written. Keifer would admit that a big inspiration for the group’s second record titled Long Cold Winter would be the fact that until the band got signed he hadn’t really ventured too far outside of new jersey and pennsylvania so touring and seeing new places resulted in him feeling emotions he hadn’t had before and he poured those into music. Keifer wanted to take the band in a different direction soundwise. A lot of records were going after the slick production style of album’s like bon jovi’s slippery when wet and poison’s look what the cat dragged in. He would tell an interviewer
“With Long Cold Winter, we started to think about [production] more,” “We started to have more organic instruments -- pianos and acoustics. We toned down the slickness or the processing a little bit, although that record's still pretty slick.”
Absent from the recording sessions was drummer Fred coury who Keifer claimed was too young and inexperienced at the time. At the request of the band’s producer Andy Johns, Jeff Beck drummer cozy powell would play a majority of the drum traks on the record with Heart drummer Denny Carmassi playing on one tra

Lilith Fair: The RISE & FALL of the All-Girl Festival Hotney 3 Streams • 3 years ago

The rise and fall of Lilith Fair.

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But even some of the female artists who’d later become part of Lilith Fair would have to be convinced of its value. What’s funny is that Lilith Fair was not the first women’s music festival as the folky Michigan Womyn’s Festival — had already been going on for 2 decades, until it called it a day in 2015. Sheryl Crow would tell vanity fair in 2019

I remember talking to my agent about touring with another female, and the response was, “You don’t want to do that because it won’t sell tickets.”. But by the 90’s things had changed from a decade prior and either managers or record labels weren’t paying as close of attention as they should have. According to the LA Times women for the first time became the biggest purchasers of music--going from 43% in 1988 to 51.4% by 1997.

The full-fledged version of Lilith Fair kicked off in 1997 with 30 plus stops across North America with 60 plus artists. Regarding the name, it came from a biblical character, Adam’s wife who refused his orders to leave Eden. McLaughlin produced the festival in conjunction with Nettwerk Music Group's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond.

It helped that Sarah had a huge album that year as well - 1997’s grammy award winning Surfacing - which featured the popular songs like “Angel” about the overdose of the Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin and “building a mystery.”

The album sold 16 million copies worldwide and offered the perfect publicity to help bring some buzz to her new festival The 1997 incarnation of Lilith Phair was the top grossing touring festival of the year, outpacing lollapalooza. By the end of the decade it became the top grossing festival of the late 1990s.

Over the three years of the festival, there’d be 135 shows in cities mostly in the U.S. but along with a few dates in Canada as well. Featuring well known acts like Jewel, Sheryl Crowd, Liz Phair, Fiona Apple Paula Cole, Lisa Loeb, Jewel and Sheryl Crow.

The festival featured 3 stages - the Main Stage, Second Stage and Village Stage. The Village stage was for up and coming talent. Two artists that broke out in part thanks to their features on the Village Stage were Dido and Christina Aguilera.

Yet, even with all that commercial and artistic success, or maybe because of it, the festival came under harsh scrutiny, even from other female artists.

In a 1997 interview with Rolling Stone, Shirley Manson from Garbage criticized the tour saying:

“I think they only showed one side of who women are — it was this cozy, middle-class, we-all-love-each-other and share-a-view-of-the-world and let's-hold-hands-and-go-forth-unto-the-world and show-how-great-we-are thing. And there's a million other women who don't feel that Lilith said anything for them. That said, Lilith is important because there are women who really do need fellowship and support. Because not everyone is like me — a loudmouthed f--ker.”

In addition, the tour was attacked by music critics, the Christian right and other feminists. In the Dallas observer, critic Gina Arnold wrote “It is, in short, a total crock of sh*t.” The LA Times would highlight some other criticisms the festival dealt with including being called “Girlapalooza” . . . “Lesbopalooza” . . .

Critics of the tour called it exclusionary to men however the road crew and backup musicians were men in some cases.
The final Lilith fair in 1999 saw, Prince, who was going as “The Artist” as the time, also joined the festival for one show, performing “Everyday is a Winding Road” with Sheryl Crow. In interviews, Sarah McL often questioned why people assumed that celebrating women meant denigrating men by default. Lilith--attendees were made up of 30% men. Critics also lambasted the festival for not being diverse enough when it came to the artists on the bill, at least for the first year of the festival.

In response to these critiques and especially out of the fear that Lilith Fair would come off as simply a folk festival, festival producers who were flush with cash, greatly expanded the tiypes of artists and genres that were included in the 1998 edition including hip hop, most notably featuring missy elliott. The organizers also bumped up the number of shows from 37 to 57.

Journey's Disastrous Reunion with Steve Perry Hotney 3 Streams • 3 years ago

Journey's disastrous reunion with Steve Perry during the mid 90's resulting in the 1996 record 'Trial By Fire'

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You can’t really talk about the band Journey without mentioning frontman Steve Perry. He led the band to massive success in the 80’s, then quit, and then returned in the 90’s until finally saying goodbye to the band and becoming a recluse for almost 2 decades So what happened when he returned to the band and why did he leave again? That’s what we’re going to explore in today’s video.
Journey was massive in the 80’s. They seemed to release an album almost every year, had numerous hit singles, and even had their own video game released, which was a pretty big feat back then considering this was decades before guitar hero released standalone band games. That’s not to say the game was very good, in fact it wasn’t. I’ve done a video on that video game, the link is down below.
Perry would lead Journey during the group’s most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998. In between his stints with the band he also launched a successful solo career, but also became reclusive for almost 2 decades before finally returning to music just a few years ago.
Steve Perry was the son of Portguese parents in California and his dad being a vocalist and cowner of a radio station KNGS. Following his parents ending their relationship, he grew up on his grandparents farm with his mother. The defining moment for his life would be at age 12 when he heard the Sam Cooke song “cupid” and it was that moment that inspired him to begin a career in music.

In his early 20’s Perry moved around California playing in different bands. The moment that really changed his life was when he received a phone call from Journey’s manager who had been given a tape of one of Perry’s previous bands and was impressed with the singer’s voice. Journey at this point in time was more progressive in their sound and was fronted by Robert Fleishman. Fleishman didn’t prove to be a good fit for the band and didn’t get along with the group’s manager. The bands manager Herbie Herbert thought that he was cocky and believed Perry would be a great replacement. That’s not to say Fleishman wasn’t important to to the band , in fact he co-wrote one of the band biggest hits “Wheel in the Sky”

Surprisingly Perry would tour with the band while Fleishman was still fronting the band, but to avoid arousing any suspicion Fleishman was told he was a roadie’s portugese cousin. Then during a sound check ahead of a gig in Long Beach, California, Perry sang with the band on stage while Fleishcman was off stage. Fleischman was informed shortly afterwards that Perry was the new singer and he was out of the band.
Perry brought a much more pop influenced sound to the group and the addition of the singer alienated the group’s long time fans of their progressive sound. Not that it really mattered though considering Perry appeared to be the missing piece to the band needed to reach a new level of success. Following the addition of Perry, the band would go on to dominate the 80’s rock scene with hit album after hit album. After the group’s 1983 album Frontiers they would some time offer before
reassembling in 1985 to work on their follow up record Raised on Radio. It was during the sessions the wheels came off as Perry’s mother had fallen ill, making the singer unavailable for large periods of time as he was attending to his ill parent. His mother would pass away during this time and the band would manage to finish the album and Raised on Radio would be the group’s final record with Perry for the decade. Further adding to Perry’s emotional state was that him and his girlfriend had broken up. Journey toured to support the album, but by the partway through the promotional tour Perry told the band he was done as he was mentally exhausted from the whole ordeal and the band disbanded in 1987. Perry would barely be on speaking terms with his bandmates.
Following his departure from the group Perry in 1988 began recording his second solo album Against the Wall, which would be temporarily shelved. According to Perry he didn’t have the passion to continue to work on new music at the time and between 1988 and 1994 he largely kept out of the spotlight for the most part making one off appearances

Dirty Heads - Rescue Me (Official Music Video) Hotney 3 Streams • 3 years ago

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Jared Watson - Vocals
Dustin Bushnell - Vocals & Guitar
Matthew Ochoa - Drums
Jonathan Olazabal - Percussion
David Foral - Bass

Produced & Directed by Jay Teegrardin and Jared Watson
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Lyrics:

California rescue me
I’ve been so low
I’ve been weak
And too long since I’ve had peace
Well California, California rescue me

In a meditative state
Feeling great in the south of it
Medicated weight
Think I need another ounce of it
Child of the sun and the sun of the sea
Salt water when I bleed
See eras when I dream
What a day, what a day, what a day now
Living like a weekend in the middle of the wave out
What you say, what you say, what you say now
Never gonna leave her down

California rescue me
I’ve been so low
I’ve been weak
And too long since I’ve had peace
Well California, California rescue me

Rescue me
Rescue me
California, California rescue me

I’m trippin’
California sun drippin’
Palm trees on the weekend
Suicides on the Lincoln
Got the Cali Cali all day
Smoke that Cali Cali bombay
Close my eyes, I rest in the shade
Follow me and come feel the fade yeah

What a day, what a day, what a day now
Living like a weekend in the middle of the wave out
What you say, what you say, what you say now
Never gonna leave her down

California rescue me
I’ve been so low
I’ve been weak
And too long since I’ve had peace
Well California, California rescue me

Rescue me
Rescue me
California, California rescue me

This meditative state got me feeling right
California dreamin’ on a winter’s night
Everywhere I look all the leaves are brown
All the skies are grey, try to bring me down

This meditative state got me feeling high
All the clouds are partin’ only blue skies
Always catching vibes from my hometown
As long as I’m alive, can’t bring me down

California rescue me
I’ve been so low
I’ve been weak
And too long since I’ve had peace
Well California, California rescue me

Rescue me
Rescue me
California, California rescue me

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Marshmello & Kane Brown - One Thing Right (Official Music Video) Hotney 3 Streams • 3 years ago

Teddy Swims - Let Me Love You (Mario Cover) Hotney 3 Streams • 3 years ago

Watch the official live video for Let Me Love You (Mario Cover) by Teddy Swims.
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Lyrics:
Baby, I just don't get it
Do you enjoy being hurt?
I know you smelled the perfume, the make-up on his shirt
You don't believe his stories
You know that they're all lies
Bad as you are, you stick around and I just don't know why

If I was ya man (baby, you)
Never worry bout (what I do)
I'd be coming home (back to you)
Every night, doin' you right
You're the type of woman (deserves good thangs)
Fistful of diamonds (hand full of rings)
Baby, you're a star (I just want to show you, you are)

You should let me love you
Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need
Baby, good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love's supposed to be
Baby, you should let me love you, love you, love you

Your true beauty's description looks so good that it hurts
You're a dime plus ninety-nine and it's a shame
Don't even know what you're worth
Everywhere you go they stop and stare
'Cause you're bad and it shows
From your head to your toes, out of control, baby you know

If I was ya man (baby, you)
Never worry bout (what I do)
I'd be coming home (back to you)
Every night doin' you right
You're the type of woman (deserves good thangs)
Fistful of diamonds (hand full of rings)
Baby, you're a star (I just want to show you, you are)

You should let me love you
Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need
Ooh, baby, good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love's supposed to be
Baby, you should let me

You deserve better, girl (you know you deserve better)
We should be together, girl (baby)
With me and you it's whatever, girl, hey!
So can we make this thing ours?
You should let me love you
Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need
Baby, good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love's supposed to be

Baby, you should let me love you, love you, love you
Let me love you, that's all you need, baby

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