Quick follow-up to yesterday’s post and good news for anyone with ears! An 11th hour decision by the executive committee of the music branch of the Academy decided that in spite of some questions about the validity of “Falling Slowly,” the song is an eligible nominee for best original song. Huzzah!
A scant two years after the phrase “Academy Award-winners Three 6 Mafia” was born, this year’s Oscar music categories have tragically ruled Jonny Greenwood’s There Will Be Blood score ineligible and ignored Eddie Vedder’s Into the Wild contributions altogether. Now there’s speculation that “Falling Slowly”, written by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, from Once may be ruled ineligible for best original song. The problem stems from the song appearing on two albums (The Swell Season and The Cost) before the movie’s release — a seemingly big no-no according to Academy rules, which state: “An original song consists of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film.” This leaves two big questions remaining:
1. Was “Falling Slowly” written for the movie specifically and then ended up on CDs as the film was being gradually released?
2. Seriously, three song nominations for Enchanted?!?!
The new Gnarls Barkley disc doesn’t drop until April, but Mission Freak has scored a new cut from the album called “Run.” Rolling Stone may not have found anything as indelible as “Crazy” on Gnarls’ new album, but “Run” makes you wonder if maybe they’re just - (wait for it) - crazy. “Run” is a frenetically fun and upbeat first taste of the sounds that Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse will likely bring to your party playlists in 2008. Grab it below and give it a spin, kids!
There’s been a lot of famous fannies associated with The Strokes, but perhaps the most famous is the posterior that graced the British cover of their first album, Is This It. Now, the model/buttocks-owner and her story have been revealed…in video form, nonetheless. While it’s not the greatest rock mystery to ever be solved, props to Goldenfiddle for rippin’ the lid off it!!!
If the Lord of the Flies kids would’ve had acid instead of a conch shell, they may have been able to experience the psychedelic splendor that is MGMT’s new video for “Time to Pretend.” MGMT has assembled a visual kaleidoscope of light spectrum surfing, zebra hunting, kittens, Mayan temples, and much more - it definitely merits repeat viewings. Check it out below! (Thanks to Salad Days Music for the heads up!)
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