Music Notes: Rihanna Gets Rock Cover, Kylie Minogue Had An Affair, Taylor Swift Buys Home Across From Boyfriend
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Brendyn Rucker
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Rihanna’s ‘Where Have You Been’ gets covered with a rock flare. Justin Bieber was cast in a new basketball film. Kylie Minogue had an affair with one of The Expendables. Taylor Swift bought a home directly across from her boyfriend. These and a few other stories made today’s Music Notes.
“Somebody That I Used To Know” is one of the most covered songs this year. Gotye noticed, and released Somebodies That I Used To Know. It’s a mashup of nearly all the covers to date. [BuzzFeed]
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Kylie Minogue got it in with one of the Expendables: Jean Claude van Damme. Of course it was back in the mid-90’s, but you know what? We ain’t even mad at you. Girl do you! [Vulture]
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Fans have waited over two years for Passion Pit to release their sophomore record (Gossamer). What was the hold up? Being young. Michael Agelakos spoke up saying, “It wasn’t so much the record being a problem. You know in your mid-twenties, everything is a problem.” [Live105]
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You know who else is having a young-life crisis? Scotty McCreery. He took a tumble at a recent concert. Check out his “Oh shit!” face. [The Boot]
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Rihanna’s ‘Where Have You Been‘ gets a rock do-over by a husband and wife team. This is what it would sound like if covered by Nightwish. [MichaelAlvaradoMusic]
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Mark Wahlberg must have loved Bieber’s performance in ‘As Long As You Love Me.’ The Biebz has been cast as a budding basketball player in Wahlberg’s new film. Remember how much a career boost ‘Like Mike’ was for Bow Wow? Just saying. [EOnline]
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Taylor Swift bought a home across the street from her boyfriend of three months. Maybe you should take it slow Tay… [People]
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Muse shocked and awed with an amazing performance to close out the Olympics. There were explosions, a full choir and tons of swwping memorable moments. But no one watching NBC’s coverage saw it. Add that to a long list of failures NBC conjured for the Olympics this year. [KROQ]
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Thanks to Yoko Ono, here’s an amazing rendition of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ at this year’s Olympics. [Yoko Ono]
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Smooth and swaggy jazz saxophonist Kenny G filed for divorce. Reportedly, smooth jazz stations everywhere are playing Sentimental. Not really, but why not? [TMZ]
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We don’t give enough love to KPop here. So for the true fans, here’s the ‘Spy’ vid from Super Junior. Want more? Check out our KPOP & JPOP playlist. [SMTown]
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