APRIL 2011
There is a disconnect in my chart keeping - I stopped, for some reason, in March of 1998, then continued my charts in April 1999. This will drive me crazy in the future if I want to look up a song.
OK, this is weird - Adele DEBUTS at #1, and knocks GODSMACk down a notch. I never expected this to happen. I NEVER like vocal performers. But hell, she has good songs; I usually don't enjoy a lot of vocalist performers, but she's definitely an exception.
The "Someone Like You" performace at the Brit Awards (see video below) is phenomenal. It is so rich, so perfect, so deep. She was so beautiful and voluptuous. Her face was like a modern Mono Lisa, but twice as beautiful. What a great, but sad song. Why did it debut at $1? Well, I ended a relationship in early March. This will undoubtedly be the last one I ever have. I just can't imagine doing it again. It was a complicated thing - she lived over an hour away for starters. So I happened to come across Adele's song at about that time. It was very timely - and it hit me hard. The song's story isn't ours to a tee, but the fact that it's sort of a breakup song was relevant to my minor obsession with it.
Listen to it - the audience loved it. The swooping camera angles...everything is magical about it. I love Adele, and moreso for the fact that she's, well, cool - not an anorexic sex kitten type, prancing around in underwear.
Way back in 1999, my favorite group of all-time, BLONDIE, charted with "Maria". That album (their re-union effort) was a disappointment for me. At the time of the following albume ("The Curse of Blondie"), I think they charted two songs, neither a #1. Well, another Blondie album has come around, and I'll have to check out the songs on youtube.com. Maybe they will score big - they always will be my favorite band of all-time, but the post-reunion stuff has left me underwhelmed. Oh well.
APRIL 2011
1. "Someone Like You", by Adele -, 1, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qemWRToNYJY
2. "Rolling in the Deep", by Adele 1, 1, 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw
3. "I Blame You", by Godsmack 2, 2, 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU57vA0--rQ
4. "Cosmic Love", by Florence and the Machine 4, 4, 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EIeUlvHAiM
5. "Shake Me Down", by Cage the Elephant -, 5, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v27TRan1SBI
APRIL 2010
1. "Private Hell" by Alice in Chains 2, 1, 4
2. "ATX", by Alberta Cross 3, 2, 2
3. "Jars", by Chevelle 1, 1, 5
4. "Sort Of" by Silversun Pickups 4, 4, 3
5. "It's Your Decision", by Alice in Chains -, 5, 1
APRIL 2001
1. "Beautiful Day", by U2
2. "Outside", by Aaron Lewis/Fred Durst
3. "Hemmorhage (In My Hands)", by Fuel
4. "One Step Closer", by Linkin Park -,4,1
5. "Hemmorhage", by Fuel
APRIL 1999
1. "Shimmer", by Fuel
2. "Save Yourself", by Stabbing Westward
3. "Whiskey in a Jar", by Metallica
4. "Freak of the Week", by Marvelous 3
5. "Maria", by Blondie
OK, this is weird - Adele DEBUTS at #1, and knocks GODSMACk down a notch. I never expected this to happen. I NEVER like vocal performers. But hell, she has good songs; I usually don't enjoy a lot of vocalist performers, but she's definitely an exception.
The "Someone Like You" performace at the Brit Awards (see video below) is phenomenal. It is so rich, so perfect, so deep. She was so beautiful and voluptuous. Her face was like a modern Mono Lisa, but twice as beautiful. What a great, but sad song. Why did it debut at $1? Well, I ended a relationship in early March. This will undoubtedly be the last one I ever have. I just can't imagine doing it again. It was a complicated thing - she lived over an hour away for starters. So I happened to come across Adele's song at about that time. It was very timely - and it hit me hard. The song's story isn't ours to a tee, but the fact that it's sort of a breakup song was relevant to my minor obsession with it.
Listen to it - the audience loved it. The swooping camera angles...everything is magical about it. I love Adele, and moreso for the fact that she's, well, cool - not an anorexic sex kitten type, prancing around in underwear.
Way back in 1999, my favorite group of all-time, BLONDIE, charted with "Maria". That album (their re-union effort) was a disappointment for me. At the time of the following albume ("The Curse of Blondie"), I think they charted two songs, neither a #1. Well, another Blondie album has come around, and I'll have to check out the songs on youtube.com. Maybe they will score big - they always will be my favorite band of all-time, but the post-reunion stuff has left me underwhelmed. Oh well.
APRIL 2011
1. "Someone Like You", by Adele -, 1, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qemWRToNYJY
2. "Rolling in the Deep", by Adele 1, 1, 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw
3. "I Blame You", by Godsmack 2, 2, 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU57vA0--rQ
4. "Cosmic Love", by Florence and the Machine 4, 4, 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EIeUlvHAiM
5. "Shake Me Down", by Cage the Elephant -, 5, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v27TRan1SBI
APRIL 2010
1. "Private Hell" by Alice in Chains 2, 1, 4
2. "ATX", by Alberta Cross 3, 2, 2
3. "Jars", by Chevelle 1, 1, 5
4. "Sort Of" by Silversun Pickups 4, 4, 3
5. "It's Your Decision", by Alice in Chains -, 5, 1
APRIL 2001
1. "Beautiful Day", by U2
2. "Outside", by Aaron Lewis/Fred Durst
3. "Hemmorhage (In My Hands)", by Fuel
4. "One Step Closer", by Linkin Park -,4,1
5. "Hemmorhage", by Fuel
APRIL 1999
1. "Shimmer", by Fuel
2. "Save Yourself", by Stabbing Westward
3. "Whiskey in a Jar", by Metallica
4. "Freak of the Week", by Marvelous 3
5. "Maria", by Blondie
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