Songs from Pandora that I liked

[helen99]

Station is a mix of pop and indie

Artist - Brian Jonestown Massacre
Album - Give it Back
Song - Servo
Album - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland - A Retrospective
Song - Mary Please

Artist - Finley Quaye
Album - Much More than Love
Song - Dice

Artist - Timbaland
Album - Shock Value
Song - The Way I Are

Artist - Dandy Warhols
Album - Come Down
Song - Not if You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
Song - Every Day Should Be a Holiday
Song - Orange
Album - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
Shakin'
(and pretty much everything else they ever did)

Artist - Rihanna
Album - Good Girl Gone Bad
Song - Shut up and drive

Artist - Pussycat Dolls
Album - Doll Domination
Song - When I grow up

Artist - Alphaville
Album - The Singles Collection
Song - Dance with me

Artist - Dead or Alive
Album - Youthquake
Song - You Spin me Round (Like a Record Player)

Here's where I'll mention I have a bit of a problem with a recent practice:

"You Spin me Round (Like a Record Player) was recently ripped off by Flo Rida and the lyrics changed in the 2009 song "Right Round (When you Go Down)". Similarly, O-zone's "Dragostea Din Tei" (Numa Numa) was ripped off by Rihanna on "Live your Life" and the lyrics changed. Rihanna also ripped off Soft Cell's 1981 single "Tainted Love" in her song "SOS" - the basic refrain music is identical to the original, but the words and other portions are completely different.

I would consider these songs "covers" if they were redone with the lyrics and melody basically intact, with perhaps modernized beats and mixing. and due credit and compensation were given to the original artists. I think Gary Brolsma's Youtube lipsynch of Dragonstea Din Tei as the "Numa Numa Song" always credited O-zone and made reference to the original title. But as far as I know, the original artists are never credited for the use of their music in the above-mentioned cases. Large portions of the music are simply stolen, while the words and entire portions are different. Selected identical pieces of the original are used (kind of like using dismembered body parts) with no reference or credit. This seems to be a common practice recently, and I hate it.

So... where are those copyright lawsuits when we need them (as opposed to persecuting college students for downloading music that they intend to buy later).


Artist - Rock Kills Kid
Album - Are you Nervous?
Song - I'm paralyzed

Artist - One Republic
Album - Dreaming out loud
Song - Apologize

Artist - Britney Spears
Album - Circus
Song - If You Seek Amy
Song - Piece of Me

Artist - No Doubt
Album - Rock Steady
Song - Hella Good

Artist - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Album - Take them on, on your own
Song - We're all in love
Album - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Song - Rifles

Artist - The Eels
Album - Electro-shock Blues
Song - Last Stop, This Town
Album - Beautiful Freak
Song - Not Ready Yet

Artist - Grand National
Album - Kicking the National Habit
Song - Talk Amongst Yourselves

Artist - Kent
Album - Vapen and Ammunition
Song - Sundance Kid

Artist - Ashlee Simpson
Album - I am Me
Song - Boyfriend

Artist - Kitty Hawk
Album - High School Reunion - A tribute to Those Great 80s Films
Song - If You Were Here

To be continued....