I was inspired today by the deep and thoughtful preachings of Ke$ha’s song “Dinosaur”

“Dinosaur”

[Chorus:]
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R
You are a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R
You are a dinosaur
O-L-D M-A-N
Your just an old man
Hitting on me what?
You need a cat scan

[Verse 1:]
Old man, why are you starrin’ at me, mack on me and my friends?
It’s kinda a creepy
You should be prowling around the Old folk’s home
Come on dude!
Leave us alone

At first we thought that it was kind of ill when
We saw that you were like a billion
And still out tryin’ to make a killin’
Get back to the museum

[Chorus:]
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R
You are a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R
You are a dinosaur
O-L-D M-A-N
Your just an old man
Hitting on me what?
You need a cat scan

Hey dinosaur, baby you’re pre-historic
Hey dinosaur, that’s what you are HA
Hey carnivore, you want my meat I know it
Hey dinosaur, that’s what you are HA
Yea, you’re pretty old

[Verse 2:]
Not long til’ your a senior citizen
And you can strut around with that sexy tank of oxygen
Honey your toupee is fallin’ to your left side
Get up and go bro!
Oh wait your fossilized HA!

Then you offered me a martini
Walk away with your hips with in sinking
Then you say, Honey wanna come with me
I’m about to barf seriously

[Chorus:]
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R
You are a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R
You are a dinosaur
O-L-D M-A-N
Your just an old man
Hitting on me what?
You need a cat scan

Hey dinosaur
baby, you’re prehistoric
Hey dinosaur
That’s what you are HA!
Hey carnivore
you want my meat, I know it
Hey dinosaur
That’s what you are HA!

Hey dinosaur baby,
you’re prehistoric
Hey dinosaur
That’s what you are HA!
Hey carnivore
you want my meat, I know it
Hey dinosaur
That’s what you are HA!

D-I-N-O-S-A
You are a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A
That’s what you are HA!
D-I-N-O-S-A
You are a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A
That’s what you are HA!

Her album Animal is hilarious…I just hope that’s what she was going for cause…well…wow!

Along with writing and recording “the beta collection” we’re also drawing up blueprints for a new live show – literally. Dan has already produced at least six different stage plots for us to discuss / try out. We’ve also been discussing lighting setups and other great visual ideas to add to our show. We’ve been away from the live stage for a while now and I can tell the three of us are overly eager to get back at it – but before we do we want to ensure that we are bring out 100% possible best to the stage. And we’re drawing on our long list of past concert experiences for guidance.
After attending the recent Muse concert (which was amazing) Dan and I started a discussion about our favourite concerts of all time – and what made them so. In the end we both were of the understanding that all the smoke and lights and visuals were nice, but it was the showmanship and songs that held our attention long after the concert was over. He spoke vividly of a Pearl Jam concert in a tiny hockey rink in small town Ontario where the band played past curfew and Eddie Vedder “threw his heart on the stage and stomped on it – like here you go, this is rock and roll.” And the Coldplay performance during their Rush of Blood to the Head tour when Chris Martin held so many thousands captive with his every word and movement.
I recalled Silverchair’s Diorama tour, still my favourite concert to date, in which everything, sounds, lights, performers, worked as one to create and amazing sonic and visual spectacle. And of a young upstart band called Say Anything I witnessed play a total of FOUR songs and fell in love. They weren’t even listed on the bill and had just released their debut “say anything…is a real boy”(which if you don’t own it run out and buy it NOW NOW NOW) but were the best band of the night. They had no flashy stage set up or props, but commanded attention, even when falling on patch chords, and had more than enough energy to light the city of Montreal for weeks after that night.
It was the interaction between the crowd and the band on those nights that made them what they were – not the pyrotechnic effects. Sure we’re working on lights and other on stage set ups, but mostly we’re working on our show to ensure that we can create that amazing connection between everyone, every time we hit the stage, with great energy and great music.

In 2008 we released an album entitled Hold Back Light Show.  We want to know which of these songs are your favourites so that we can make sure to keep them in the live set!  Thanks for taking the time give us some feedback!

These songs can be streamed on our MySpace page.

Hold Back Light Show is available on iTunes.

I love music DVD’s. Correction. I love some music DVD’s. I enjoy the interesting content you get that you can’t get at a concert.  It seems like bands and artists are so hit and miss when it comes to making a good DVD.  It’s easy isn’t it??  Just make it interesting!!!!

I bought the Kings of Leon: Live at the O2 London, England DVD.  I loved the last two albums.  A lot of people loved the last one.  As for the DVD…well it’s ok.  I mean it’s just a live show.  They don’t do anything crazy.  It’s no more advanced or interesting than my Police DVD I bought that is just concert footage from Atlanta way back in 1983 during the Synchronicity Tour.  In fact Sting has the upper hand in the stage banter catagory as  the Kings lead singer Caleb Followill came off a bit arrogant.

Muse had a DVD included with there album and it was essentially just concert footage. The difference is Muse incorporates robots, giant satellites, confetti and a cover song.  They also shot the DVD with more than 3 or 4 cameras!  This was also just an accent to the album as it came packaged with it…unlike Kings of Leon.

Some of the best DVD’s I’ve seen have come from Pearl Jam, Coldplay and Keith Urban.  These DVD’s had behind the scenes footage and intimate moments that were amazing and it offered a real sense of connection to the artists.  It is always great to hear interviews or see bloopers or just nice candid moments.  It allows you to really sink your teeth into the product, which is ultimately the artist…not the music.

My favorite DVD is actually a movie and an album.  The Last Waltz by The Band is one of the best music moments of all time. It’s also better than most of the DVD’s that come out these days and it was shot 30 years ago.  It has live footage, interview footage, candid footage, staged footage and if you watch it enough times you’ll see the bloopers like Neil Young struggling to find the key, Eric Clapton’s guitar strap letting go halfway through a solo and a drunk Van Morrison doing high kicks.

What are some of your favorite music DVD’s????