11/24- Stephen Tyler Rocks with Fox, MTV is Grounded, CCR does Rudolph, Current Top 5

STEPHEN TYLER ROCKS WITH FOX:

Stephen Tyler may or may not be with Aerosmith at the moment???  Over the last few weeks it has been said that he quit the band, is back on drugs, and that everything is fine.  Maybe he’s looking into joining Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones on a Robert Plant-less Led Zeppelin tour again?  Whatever Stephen Tyler is up to, one thing is known…he is still rockin’!  This past weekend he joined the likes of Gregg Allman and Roger Daltrey for a Michael J. Fox Parkinson‘s benefit.  The former Family Ties and Spin City star even played guitar!

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MTV IS “GROUNDED”:

I stopped watching MTV regularly around six years ago.  Their original programming has not really done it for me in some time.  But at least for the most part they have stayed ORIGINAL.  I will give them that.  They may not have stayed music, but they continued to produced programs that were unique to whateve the MTV brand stood for at the time.  That has all ended recently.  Over the last year they have started showing movies and now they have added a sitcom to their line-up….Grounded for Life!  Nothing against that show (I’ve never seen it) but why is it on MTV?  It has been added to their weekday schedule at 9/9:30am and again at 7/7:30pm.  They have also added South Park weekdays at 8/8:30pm.   Now South Park certainly fits in better with the MTV spirit of yesterday, but it’s a Comedy Central show.  MTV used to be so much it’s own thing…it was not necessary to borrow from sister networks to pad its schedule.  I know they can’t show music videos all day anymore with You Tube and all…but please come up with something original!  Being original is after all what defined MTV for over two decades.

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CCR (Revisited, Not Revival) DOES RUDOLPH:

I’m a big fan of the late 60′s “swamp rock” group Creedence Clearwater Revival.  John Fogerty is undeniable!  However, if you didn’t know, today the group is called Creedence Clearwater REVISITED.  This band does not include Mr. Fogerty as the remaining members of the original band and him did not leave on the best of terms back in the early 70′s.  John continues to tour, singing the CCR hits as only he can sing them, as the others tour as “Revisited” with a different lead singer.  Kudos to them I suppose, gotta keep making the money.  I wouldn’t particulary care to see them however as I realize John Fogerty was and is Creedence.  I have seen him a few times though and he still puts on one hell of a show.   The “Revisited” group however have released a cover of the Christmas classic “Run, Run Rudolph” for the Juvenile Diabetes charity CD, “Hope for the Holidays- Rockin’ Christmas for a Cure” .    Collective Soul, Weezer, and The Beach Boys are some of the other contributors.  CCR has put the track up on their website.

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My CURRENT TOP 5 ROCK SONGS:

I can’t say I enjoy a lot of current rock, but there are probably at least 5 current songs I can say I turn up driving around town.  A new weekly feature if you will.  Agree or think they suck?  Well…what’s your top 5 then?

Close Call- Chevelle- “Jars”

5- Godsmack- “Whiskey Hangover” (Getting a little tired of it…but it’s a great weekend drinking tune!)

4- Muse- “Uprising” (Always liked this band…it seems this song will take them a little closer to the mainstream than their previous singles)

3- Breaking Benjamin- “I Will Not Bow” (Notice how I typed Benjamin and not “Ben”….that is the name of the band…it’s really not that long…stop shortening it radio DJs!)

2- Alice in Chains- “Check My Brain” (Never thought I’d want to hear a song by the “new” version of this classic 90s grunge band, but I gotta say….this one’s pretty rockin’)

1- Three Days Grace- “Break” (New record is called Life Starts Now. Sounds like a good buy to kick off the new year).

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