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12-21-12 Footnotes
Show 369: Supergroups, Alicia Keys Review
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1 This week Jim and Greg ponder the history of the Supergroup. This is the rock phenomenon where musicians from different bands blend together to form a new group. Take one 1 guitar virtuoso, sprinkle in a legendary drummer and add a dash of star singing—sometimes this is a great success, and sometimes the ingredients just don’t mix. Recently there have been a number of new supergroups such as The Good, the Bad and the Queen, Them Crooked Vultures, Tinted Windows, Dead Weather and Monsters of Folk. For Jim the keys to a winning supergroup are that the members be individually “super,” and that they have chemistry together. Greg adds that there needs to be more compelling the super-union than just business.
Here are some hits and misses throughout history:
Traveling Wilburys
Chickenfoot
Million Dollar Quartet
Cream
Blind Faith
Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young)
UK
Golden Palomino
Electronic
Temple of the Dog
Audioslave
Lucy Pearl
2 Since sweeping the Grammys in 2002 with her debut album, Songs in A Minor, some things have changed for piano pop star Alicia Keys. She's married to producer Swizz Beatz and has a young son named Egypt. Alicia might be a "Brand New Me," but on her fifth studio album, Girl on Fire, she's out to convince us that she's still “red hot.” Does she succeed? Unfortunately, Greg says there's no spark here. While there's no questions Keys has chops, and she's heavily involved in the songwriting, album number five still doesn't let us in on who this pop diva really is. He adds that Alicia reminds him of a talented pro-athlete who, when faced with an interviewer, spouts mindless clichés. Jim agrees—there’s no soul here. Girl on Fire is a piece of pop product circa 2012, and it gets a double Trash It.
Songs Featured in Show #369
Traveling Wilburys, “Handle With Care,” Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, Wilbury/Warner Bros. Records, 1988
Tinted Windows, “Kind of a Girl,” Tinted Windows, S-Curve, 2009
Chickenfoot, “Soap on a Rope,” Chickenfoot, Redline, 2009
Damnocracy, “Take It Back,” demo, self released, 2006
The Million Dollar Quartet, “Just a Little Walk With Jesus,” The Million Dollar Quartet, Sun Records, 1981
Cream, “SWLABR,” Disraeli Gears, Atco, 1967
Blind Faith, “Can’t Find My Way Home,” Blind Faith, Polydor, 1969
The Good, the Bad & the Queen, “History Song,” The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Parlophone, 2007
The Jeff Beck Group, “I Ain’t Superstitious,” Truth, Epic, 1968
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Teach Your Children,” Déjà Vu, Atlantic, 1970
UK, “Night After Night,” Night After Night, E.G. Records, 1979
Asia, “Heat of the Moment,” Asia, Geffen, 1982
The Golden Palominos, “Omaha,” Visions of Excess, Celluloid, 1985
Electronic, “Get the Message,” Electronic, Factory, 1991
Foo Fighters, “Everlong,” The Colour and the Shape, Roswell/Capitol, 1997
Temple of the Dog, “Hunger Strike,” Temple of the Dog, A&M, 1991
Lucy Pearl, “Don’t Mess With My Man,” Lucy Pearl, EMI, 2000
Alicia Keys, “Girl on Fire (Inferno Version),” Girl on Fire, RCA, 2012
Alicia Keys, “Fallin’,” Songs in A Minor, J, 2001
Alicia Keys, “Brand New Me,” Girl on Fire, RCA, 2012
The Black Angels, “Telephone,” Phosphene Dream, Blue Horizon, 2010
Sufjan Stevens, “Justice Delivers Its Death,” Silver & Gold, Asthmatic Kitty, 2012
Twin Shadow, “Five Seconds,” Confess, 4AD, 2012
Def Leppard, “Pour Some Sugar on Me (2012 Remastered Version,” single, Bludgeon Riffola/Mailboat Records, 2012
The Coup, “Me and Jesus the Pimp in a ’79 Granada Last Night,” Steal This Album, Dogday Records, 1998
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