The Star Online: Entertainment: Music
The Star Online: Entertainment: Music |
| Posted: 17 Nov 2012 10:47 PM PST Led Zeppelin's much anticipated Celebration Day concert release, which is out tomorrow worldwide, will only be released mid next month in Malaysian stores by Warner Music Malaysia. The package, which comes in a plethora of options for Led Zeppelin fans, is pending censorship approval from authorities here. Celebration Day documents Led Zeppelin's sold out show took at London's O2 Arena on Dec 10, 2007. This concert was the band's tribute to the Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What followed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band's signature blues-infused rock 'n' roll. Founding members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, to perform 17 songs from the band's celebrated catalogue, including landmark tracks Whole Lotta Love, Rock And Roll, Kashmir, and Stairway To Heaven. Celebration Day, available on DVD and Blu-ray and includes the entire concert in HD video and in 5.1, 48/24 hi-resolution audio surround sound, is an incredible document of the now legendary concert. The two hour feature length film is presented in high definition video, and stunning audio quality. The film is directed by Dick Carruthers who had previously worked with Led Zeppelin on its award winning 2003 release DVD – a release that remains one of the highest selling music DVD's of all time. A bonus DVD in the deluxe versions features the dress rehearsal at Shepperton Studios, filmed a few days before the O2 concert. According to Warner Music Malaysia, all the Celebration Day formats – once approved by local censors – will be made available here next month. |
| The staying power of 'Gangnam Style' Posted: 17 Nov 2012 09:26 PM PST SEOUL: President Obama, the mayor of London, China's top dissident artist and Madonna - every time someone signals the death of "Gangnam Style" up pops another high-profile figure to keep the phenomenon alive. In the four months since the music video by South Korean rapper Psy went viral on YouTube, it has been name-checked and imitated by an impressive roster of global notables from world leaders to sports stars and business tycoons. And the public has joined in with tens of thousands turning out for giant flashmob performances of Psy's horse-riding dance in cities like Paris and Rome. While many believe Gangnam Style will ultimately prove to be a one-hit wonder, the song has shown surprising staying power and an unlikely ability to penetrate international corridors of power. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called it a force for world peace. On the morning of the US presidential election, Barack Obama told a local radio station that he was confident he could match Psy's dance moves. "But I'm not sure that the inauguration ball is the appropriate time to break that out. Maybe do it privately for Michelle," he said. British Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson performed a joint Gangnam Style dance spectacular for their wives in September during a private gathering in the premier's country retreat Chequers. Johnson went on to reference the event in his keynote speech to the ruling conservative party's annual conference. If politicians have appropriated the song in an effort to boost their populist credentials, others have used it to drive home an anti-establishment message - most notably renowned Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei. Banned from traveling abroad, Ai posted a Gangnam Style dance parody on YouTube, during which he brandished a set of handcuffs in a clear reference to Beijing's efforts to silence his outspoken views. The video was removed by China's Internet censors, prompting the Indian-born British sculptor Anish Kapoor to gather 250 art world luminaries at his London studio this week to film their own Gangnam video in support of Ai. "Yes, it is desperately silly, but what is the paradigm of the artist? The artist does stupid things with serious intent," Kapoor said. Silly or not, Psy's influence has spread to some of the world's most famous academic institutions. Earlier this month, the 34-year-old rapper was invited to follow the likes of Ronald Reagan and the Dalai Lama in addressing the 189-year-old Oxford Union club at Oxford University. And a Gangnam Style video parody made by students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, featured cameos by Eric Lander, one of the principle leaders of the Human Genome Project, and Noam Chomsky. "Oppan Chomsky Style," the 83-year-old father of modern linguistics deadpanned into the camera while sipping a cup of coffee. For some commentators, it has all become a bit too much. "Can anyone kill Gangnam Style?" Britain's Guardian newspaper asked recently. After Google chairman Eric Schmidt gave a rather awkward horse-riding performance during a visit to Seoul, Time magazine declared the Gangnam Style craze "officially over" - but that was way back in September. If anything, Psy has since gone from strength to strength - gaining the ultimate showbiz accolade this week by performing a mash-up of Gangnam Style with pop icon Madonna during her concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. - AFP |
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