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  • Faithless - kings of intelligent dance. With all this dance music around - and a lot of it fairly crappy - it's great to see when the Godfathers of dance enter the stage. Faithless quite simply have their own style and manage to set the agenda each time they release new stuff. Listen to "We Come 1" and look out for their new album "Outrospective" in June.
  • CD Wow. I normally wouldn't advertise for online music stores in this forum but will make an exception. Knowing the prices for cd's in the stores and having taken a look at them in the online stores, one can only be repulsed by how much you have to pay to get your music. Which is why it's good to see that decent prices can still be obtained. At CD Wow you will pay no more that £9 for a cd and it comes with free delivery - no matter where you live. The assortment is rather small but if you're after new releases there's no better place to look.
  • Suzanne Vega: "Nine Objects Of Desire". Never been a huge fan but this album manages to create the perfect match between her sweet velvet voice and a groovy bass filled sound. Makes her intimate songwriting stand out even more - and also less dull...
  • Mono have split up, in fact they did that a while ago. So no more arty pop music from a very promisong duo. However, look out for Siobhan's (the singer) new project Velvet Indiana. Should be somewhere along the same lines.
  • I came across a huge list of the richest 100 UK based rockstars in Q Magazine and felt it was interesting enough to copy it and present it to you. Money in itself should never be the goal when making music - I think we all agree on that - but it is somehow a vague indication that we're probably all in the wrong line of business...

The 100 richest UK based rockstars as of 1998 (source: Q Magazine, August 1998)

1.

 Paul McCartney - £500 million 47. Sheena Easton - £15 million
2. Elton John - £150 million 47. Vince Clarke - £15 million
3. Mick Jagger - £125 million 53. Steve Winwood - £12 million
4. Phil Collins - £105 million 53. Dave Stewart - £12 million
5. David Bowie - £100 million 53. Spice Girls - £12 million each
6. Keith Richards - £100 million 53. Kate Bush - £12 million
7. U2 - £90 million each 53. Sade - £12 million
7. Sting - £90 million 58. Lisa Stansfield - £10 million
9. George Harrison - £80 million 58. Pet Shop Boys - £10 million each
10. Eric Clapton 58. Peter Gabriel - £10 million
11. Ringo Starr - £70 million 58. Andy Fletcher - £10 million
12. Charlie Watts - £60 million 58. Ray Davies (Kinks) - £10 million
12. Rod Stewart - $60 million 58. Andy Bell - £10 million
12. Dave Gilmour - £60 million 58. Liam Gallagher/Paul Arthurs/Paul McGuigan (Oasis) - £10 million each
15. Robert Plant - $55 million 65. Seal - £9 million
15. Mark Knopfler - £55 million 65. Mike Oldfield -£9 million
15. Jimmy Page - £55 million 65. Def Leppard - £9 million each
18. George Michael - £50 million 68. Morrissey - £8 million
18. Tom Jones - £50 million 68. Simon Le Bon/Nick Rhodes - £ 8 million each
18. Brian May - £50 million 68. Liam Howlett (Prodigy) - £8 million
21. Ron Wood - £45 million 68. Elvis Costello - £8 million
21. Roger Waters - £45 million 72. Jason Kaye (Jamiroquai) - £7 million
23. John Deacon (Queen) - £40 million 72. Gavin Rossdale (Bush) - £7 million
23. Roger Taylor (Queen) - £40 million 72. Brian Eno - £7 million
23. Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) - £40 million 72. Steve Harris/Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) - £6 million ech
26. Mike Rutherford (Genesis)- £35 million 76. Chris Rea - £5 million
27. Chris De Burgh - £30 million 76. Dave Gahan - £5 million
27. Tony Banks (Genesis) - £30 million 76. David Coverdale - £5 million
27. The Bee Gees - £30 million each 76. Roger Daltrey - £5 million
27. Englebert Humperdinck - £30 million 80. Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) - £4 million
27. Mick Hucknall - £30 million 80. Sinead O'Connor - £4 million
27. Dolores O'Riordan - £30 million 80. John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) - £4 million
27. Enye - £30 million 80. John Entwistle - £4 million
34. Christine McVie - £25 million 84. The Moody Blues - £3.5 million each
34. Bill Wyman - £25 million 85. Blur - £3.25 million each
34. Cliff Richard - £25 million 86. UB40 - £3 million each
34. Annie Lennox - £25 million 86. Wet Wet Wet - £3 million each
34. Noel Gallagher - £25 million 86. Francis Rossi/Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) - £3 million each
34. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) - £25 million 86. Paul Weller - £3 million
34. John Illsley (Dire Straits) - £25 million 86. Mick Fleetwood - £3 million
41. Pete Townshend (Who) - £20 million 91. Lighthouse Family - £2.5 million earch
41. Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) - £20 million 92. Sharleen Spiteri/Johnny McElhone (Texas) - £2 million each
41. Ozzy Osbourne - £20 million 92. Johnny Marr - £2 million
41. Van Morrison - £20 million 92. Joan Armatrading - £2 million
41. Julian Lennon - £20 million 93. Radiohead - £1.5 million each
41. Gary Barlow - £20 million 93. The Beautiful South - £1.5 million each
47. Robert Smith - £15 million 93. Eternal - £1.5 million each
47. Jim Kerr/Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) - £15 million each 93. Mike Pickering (M People) - £1.3 million
47. John Paul Jones - £15 million 99. The Verve - £1 million each
47. Martin Gore - £15 million 100. Robbie Williams - £0.8 million

Notlist

  • The European Song Contest, held in Denmark a couple of weeks ago. I bet a lot you watched it and have your own opinion. Mine is that - if we look beyond the substandard musical contents - a great opportunity was missed. The show was fairly ordinary and the two hosts very horrible. To any non-Danes out there, believe me, they could have done much better if they had only stayed away from making everything rhyme. Whoever came up with that crappy idea should be shot!! The only good thing about the show was that it was a fine opportunity to promote out little country...
  • Gangsta rap - and the whole world behind it. I've slashed Gangsta rap before.....but I think I'll just do it again. I read this book about Death Row Records and the whole Gangsta rap scene (Ronin Ro: "Have Gun Will Travel") and it really revealed how much the music is centered around a life of ridiculous gangbanging and crime. Most of it is all about slagging other groups or gangs and the music is pretty much the same. I went back and listened to some of my Gangsta rap albums and only the songs with a killer groove could stand being listened to. The rest was boring and pure garbage. To me, this genre has suffered the same cruel destiny as Heavy Metal did ten years ago. It has become a parody, a farce, an interesting momentum in music history - nothing more.
  • R.E.M. cover art. They were never the masters of cover art but I think R.E.M. have really hit rock bottom with their last two releases "Up" and "Reveal". Quite simply, it's butt ugly and should have been pulled off the table before reaching print. Michael Stipe himself has a big hand in those covers..........well....hmmm.....I guess I'd prefer a normal boring cover if he'd just stick to what he does best.


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