Battle of the Bands:Commercially Rocking with Queen

Welcome to the late, late night version of the Battle of the Bands.



How it works: I post two versions of the songs. You listen to the songs and let me know which one you thought was the best in the comments. I count up the votes and announce a winner at a later day which will be around May 21.

Short, sweet and rocking tonight!

The Song: We Will Rock You by Queen

Challenger One: Nickelback

Challenger Two: Pepsi Commercial Britney Spears, Beyonce, Pink and Enrique Iglesias 

Yes, I went a bit commercial. Who will win? Nickelback or the Pop filled Pepsi commercial? Remember your vote decides, Please vote in the comments and I will see you soon!

Happy Birthday Pink!

Today Pink celebrates a birthday and we celebrate her music on my blog. Pink was a contestant on one of my Battle of the Bands contest you can relive that battle here.

You've certainly heard this song..."Just Give Me A Reason"

Here she is with "So What"...

"Raise Your Glass" to her for her birthday...

I will wrap it up with "Try"..

Do you have a favorite Pink song? What do you think of her as an artist? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. I'll be back soon with a new post!

Battle of the Bands 5: Babe, I'm Going to Leave You

I'm back for my fifth installment of Battle of the Bands. Here is how it works:

Listen to the song clips in the blog post. In the comment section vote for the one you like the best. Feel free to explain why you voted the way you did. The battles take place on the first and 15th and winners will be announced on the 7th and 21st. I will normally post the winner in the comments. Of course have fun and enjoy!

If you are still looking for more musical fun after you vote, you can check out these sites for more battles:

Far Away Series

Your Daily Dose

DiscConnected

Tossing It Out

STMcC Presents "Battle of the Bands"

A Writer's Life in Progress

Curious as a Cathy

The Creative Outlet of StratPlayer

The Sound of One Hand Typing

Alex J. Cavanaugh

I am changing it up this time will have five choices. Originally I was just going to limit myself to Pink versus Miley Cyrus. I figured everyone who entered would think I lost my mind or wondered what the heck I was on if  I did that. However, I am curious what you think of  the covers.

I wanted to get Joan Baez singing "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" written by Anne Bredon since it is considered the original version but I can't find it on youtube! 

I added The Plebs version because the arrangement is different. Also I noticed looking at the 45 in the video,  they didn't credit Anne Bredon just like Zeppelin didn't do at first...

Here is The Association doing there version of the song...

Here is Miley Cyrus performing this classic song...

Pink rocks out to this song...

Obviously Pink and Miley pulled from Led Zeppelin's version..

Ironic Battle Number 5 and I share 5 songs. There it is, enjoy, vote and comment. Please visit the others and do the same. If you are doing your own battle let me know as well!

Sara Evans at the Fair

Sara Evans was quite a contrast from Grand Funk Railroad as far as entertainment choices. Grand Funk Railroad is a classic rock band while Sara Evans is contemporary country star. Still the stage was set up or an intimate fair experience.

Sara Evans in concert...



Sara Evan played an hour long set or so packed full of hits like :Grow Abit Stronger"..

"Suds in the Bucket"

And " I Could Not Ask For More"

During her set she also played a cover of the song "My Heart Can't Tell You No" which ROd Stewart brought to the limelight in 1988..

However, that cover could not prepare one for her encore which was a series of covers of popular songs performed by Sara backed by her six piece band.

Here she is live covering Bruno Mars hit "When I Was Your Man"

She also covered Pink's monster hit "Just Give Me A Reason" during her encore..

Sara Evans gave a fun show. Her country hits do make her a star and her choice of covers displayed her love of other music and showed off her vocal talents. She also appealed to a larger group of ans with her choice of covers. They may have been unexpected choices however she did perform the songs well.