Eddie Murphy hits Europe's dance charts

... with his 80s flop.

2006 has been kind to Eddie Murphy. Not only he's back on the screen in the juicy role of "James Thunder Early" in DreamGirls (seen clips on Oprah, he's back in top form! Some say it's Oscar worthy), believe it, he's currently topping the dance charts in Europe with a remake/re-edit/remix of his so-so hit of 1985 "Party All the time", composed and produced by Rick James (R.I.P). The 2006 re-hash comes courtesy of DJ/Remixer Sharam (Deep Dish).

Sharam said to Pete Tong: "We were trying to get Eddie to re-sing it or clear it but the powers that be in different parts of the music industry did not want to do it... ... we had to go with a different singer. Antoine from Second Sun nailed the vocals and a lot of people cannot even tell the difference"



View the "uncut" version on YouTube (more funny in every sense)

Or better, view the original '85 video on YouTube, when Rick had long blondie hair :) :), boy do I miss the 80s!


By the way, Sharam conconcted an incredible dance floor friendly remix of the 70s classic by Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" recently.

A few weeks ago, read an excellent "study" written by Chris Cottingham in the October 2006 issue of MixMag on those recycled 70s-80s hits titled "McDance".

Recycled 70s/80s hits are doing very well in Europe.

Wonder if Rick James would have been around, then, this wouldn't have been possible, he wouldn't have allowed it, he didn't want MC Hammer to rap on "Super Freak" (U can't tuch this!) even less have a dj doing a loop with Eddie's "Party All the Time".

Eddie in Dreamgirls image source: dreamgirlsmovie.com

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Podcasting popularity stabilized

According to a report published on BBC News, the popularity of podcasting has plateauded (my own words), and coincidentally, another report barely a month ago also concluded most of the music contained in IPods and portable MP3 players are CD transfers, not downloads from the net, including the much hyped I-Tunes store. People buy CDs, transfer them to their computer, share their CDs with others (cause they're overpriced), that's how it goes. People want the images that comes with the music as well, downloads don't provide that.

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Lionel Richie at the AMA failed to show he was a legend

You've heard that one numerous times from judges on those "I wanna be an idol" shows; "That's the wrong song for you!"

Lionel Richie sang "All Night long" in its entirety at the AMA (American Music Award) last week and failed to get the audience dancing (they did but forcibly, like almost at the end), you might have noticed how hard he worked to get the audience to respond, saying "Come on! Come on everybody! All night loooong!!! Come on!", with arms waving to get up, Jay-Z didn't have to 20 minutes or so earlier.

No one can sing it better than Richie himself but old school fans and those who look at Richie as the master of cool, (remember how he played the sax and was the essence of the Commodores), he could have tored the house down with a potpourri starting with Machine Gun followed by Brick House, Truly, Lady you bring me up, Three times a lady and do a sax solo to top it off, Kenny Rogers could have showed up to give an accolade, remember when Kenny and Lionel worked well together for a few years in the late 70s period.

I'm sorry Lionel, I have tremendous respect for you, but if I would have been your advisor that night, that's exactly what I would have orchestrated and the promotion of your new CD ("I call it love" wasn't a good choice either) should have been relegated to another award show. This was an achievement award and you missed a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate the three times a legend that you truullllllyyyyyyy are.

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Thank you Robbie, Fergie, Justin, Gwen, Gnarls... You made 2006 the most exciting year in dance pop in this decade

Alright I'm an underground soul and vinyl collector and never cared for pop music except in the 80s when I thought Madonna, The Fixx, Boy George, Robert Palmer, David Lee Roth and Phil Collins were real cool, never had much pop music in my collection.

Lately purchased the latest Gnarls Barkley, Nelly Furtado's Maneater on 12 inch, Fergie's the Dutchess vinyl EP and Gwen Stefani are on my want list now. What's wrong with me? Let me see what I had in my want list 12 months ago? Fred Everything, Wonderland Avenue, Copyright, Fudge... I'm not supposed to like pop stars even less buy their records?

How come I have Robbie Williams' latest in my 12 inch collection? Why would I care about Fergie going solo? They must be doing something right! Of course, they are bringing back the fun in dance pop. Thank you Robbie, Fergie, Justin, Gwen, Gnarls... You made 2006 the most exciting year in dance pop in the new millennium.

This brings me back in the 80s while still a teen living at my parents house, shopping for music involved a trip to the record store for the pop stuff and another one to the dj shop for underground imports. History repeats itself.

Now Fergie listen to me, now that you're solo, get rid of the stupid bum rappers, you don't need 'em, I hate it when they start their sh*t after you, they don't respect you anyway. J-Lo ain't down with Jah-Rule any more, Christina Aguilera don't strip no more, The "Pussy-Dolls" will follow in a few years.

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IXOS Disco Cube Dock: the latest in tacky cool

At one time or another, everything cool comes with tackiness, the latest in tacky cool is the IXOS pod dock, its -Disco dance floor-Rubik's Cube-Jukebox- hybrid appearance combines the latest in I-Pod functionality and utility and at the same time, you will look cool, hip or tacky depending on how old your friends are. The lights flashes to the beat, any 7 year old will love it!

It is compatible with all MP3 Players with a 3.5mm jack

Disclaimer: Flashing and blinking lights may provoke seizures on certain individuals

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Sade, Zhane, Poussez and Wii: pronunciation instructions needed

You might remember those artists (coincidentally all females) whose names were provided with an explanation to pronounce correctly, i.e.:

Sade (pronounced Shar-day)
but in my head I pronounce it like Marquis de Sade

Poussez (say Poo-say!)
that's accurate!

Zhane (pronounced Jah-Ney)
Try Jah love! Billy Zane


Now the Wii wasn't provided with pronunciation instructions nor as to what does the W and the ii stands for?

If you've watched TV lately, you've seen commentators pronouncing Wii as Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

How annoying!

If someone ask you to buy a Wii as a Holiday gift, you could reply ...

You want a Why-eye this year? It's sold out already! How about an Eye-pod instead?

and that someone to reply:

An I-Pod? Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

According to Wikipedia, it should be pronounced "we"

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Ck unveils disco watch, more 60s than 70s?

CK (Yes, the Calvin Klein CK) recently unveiled their latest watch, the Disco Mirror watch model K4022102, they say: "The elegantly designed cuff-based watch is inspired by a disco ball"

Any one with a trained eye will notice its metal design bears resemblance to 60s Paco Rabane's design aesthetic. Gorgeous and stylish? yes! Disco? Not so sure.

The CK Disco cuff is exactly the same as the watch where in place of the watch element, ingraved is the CK logo.

Image source : www.tradearabia.com

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