john lennon, i don't like your girlfriend
My friend Valerie, who I worked with at PNNL and lived with for a summer, let me know about this John Lennon tribute CD put out to raise money for Amnesty International.

I looked it up to see the artists on it. I was appalled for find out that Avril Lavigne was allowed to sing Imagine. Imagine is probably his most famous song and the one they always play when they talk about his death, meaning one of the few things like this in life which has almost brought me to tears. Luckily, I scrolled down enough to see that Jack Johnson also did a version which makes things slightly better. I have to admit that, from the clip on amazon, I actually really like Christina Aguilera's version of Mother. The emotion of that song shows through with her far-reaching voice. I also surprisingly like the Black Eyed Peas version of Power to the People. These are probably my two favorite tracks from the short clips I have heard. As much as I like some of the artists, I am not a big fan of covers as many of you know. It takes a really spectacular one to justify its creation. The postal service one is good, I guess, but I think it's funny that they appropriately picked one of the most romantic of John Lennon songs to do. I wonder what Yoko Ono has to say about this.

In conclusion, I will not be going out to buy this right away like I did with the "I am Sam" soundtrack or the "Love" soundtrack. I would buy "come together" before this which is called a soul/jazz tribute to the Beatles.

In other Beatles news, this possibly intriguing movie called "Across the Universe" will be out sometime soon. It is a musical set to Beatles songs. The main characters are named Jude and Lucy which is a bit cheesy. I'll have to see. I am also excited about the Hairspray movie coming out. I'll have to force myself out of the house to spend the money to see it.

In other music news, I am addicted to the ridiculous music quiz facebook application. Basically, I am addicted because Xi challenged me and I can never let him beat me at anything. I am the best of the two of us. For sure.
Plus, I feel good when I can correctly identify a song within one second. It feels almost good enough to balance out the fact that facebook is sucking away my soul.
- posted by Lyndsay @ 9:39 PM