Does anyone play guitar? And if so, can you tell me an easy way to play an F Chord or a Bm Chord? Both are hard to position your fingers...

smelly socks:

I can too

Nirvana: It was patronising to the tune of $100 million plus. I can live with that.

Do They Know It's Hallowe'en

Spoof version of Band-Aid classic :

A group of US and Canadian musicians, including Beck, have recorded a spoof version of Do They Know It's Christmas?

The new version of Bob Geldof and Midge Ure's 1984 charity classic is titled Do They Know It's Hallowe'en.

The record, which also features the Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, will raise funds for UNICEF.

Organisers indie musicians Nicholas Diamonds and Adam Gollner say they hope Sir Bob and Midge "don't kill us" for taking the p*** out of the song.

Diamonds said he thinks the original was "patronising".

"It just perpetuates this myth of Africa as this infertile ground where "nothing ever grows, no rain or river flows". It's obviously not true," he said.

"We wanted to balance it, while taking the p*** out of that song, but have fun doing it.''

Gollner added: "Hopefully, they would take it in stride and think it's funny, but also take a look at their message, which was kind of patronising. Let's just hope they don't kill me.''

The song also features Sum 41, Devendra Banhart, Buck 65, Peaches, the Postal Service, Rilo Kiley and comedian David Cross amongst others.

respectively on October 24th and October 12th are the Einstürzende Neubauten DVDs "Liebeslieder" and "Seele Brennt/Nihil" . "Liebeslieder" is a DVD (both in PAL and NTSC) of the most professional and ‘complete’ Video-Documentation by Einstürzende Neubauten, originally released in 1993 on VHS only. It holds a 100 minutes compilation of the period 1980-1993 mainly consisting of live concert footage, clips and interviews taken from the "Stahlmusik" video (1980), the "Die Grosse Untergangsshow" video (1981) by Wieland Speck, the "Die Berliner Krankheit" video (1981) by Klaus Maeck and Norbert Meisses, the "Ein Abend im SO36" (1982) TV documentary by Albrecht Metzger, the (30min) SF film "Spider's Goodbye" by Albrecht Metzger, the "Decoder" film (1983) by Muscha and Klaus Maeck, the "Halber Mensch" videofilm (1985) by Sogho Ishii and the the "(FM Einheit:) Stein" video (1992) by Walter Lenertz. Furthermore it includes the videoclips for the "Tabula rasa" tracks "Blume", "Salamandrina" and "Die Interimslieben" and a lot of material from the visual vault. "Seele Brennt/Nihil" contains two different films, previously unreleased on DVD. The documentation "Seele Brennt" is a portrait of this seminal industrial act, filmed last year and including previously unreleased film-material and exclusive interviews with the band. Additionally, it also contains material, that was filmed during the recording sessions for Neubauten’s album "Silence is Sexy". The third part of this DVD contains the entire cult movie "Nihil oder Alle Zeit der Welt" from 1987, featuring the members of Einstürzende Neubauten as actors. It’s a film about a group of young terrorists (Neubauten), fighting desperately against an obscure ‘professor’, that represent a personification of all things bad and ugly in today’s civilization.

This week

Well, if you were online 24/7 it'd never be behind your back!

Tell your mom to record it for us all!

arrr its not nice to talk about me behind my back, just found out that ive got to sing, sing a rainbow at this extravaganza thing lol

TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY


1897 Singer-songwriter Dorsey Murdock Dixon (Dixon Brothers) born in Darlington, S.C.

1926 Saxophonist Bill Justis ("Raunchy") born in Birmingham, Ala.

1927 Yodeler Kenny Roberts born in Lenoir City, Tenn.

1938 Singer-songwriter Melba Montgomery born in Iron City, Tenn.

1974 Natalie Maines (Dixie Chicks) born in Lubbock, Texas

1957 Bobby Helms' No. 1 single, "My Special Angel," charted

1985 Ricky Skaggs wins CMA Entertainer of the Year Award

1985 George Strait wins CMA Male Vocalist of the Year

1985 "God Bless The U.S.A." - written by Lee Greenwood - wins
CMA Song of the Year

1985 The Judds win CMA Single of the Year for "Why Not Me"

1985 George Strait wins CMA Album of the Year for "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind"

1985 Reba McEntire wins second straight of four CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Awards

1985 Chet Atkins wins eighth of nine and fifth consecutive CMA Instrumentalist of the Year Award

1985 Sawyer Brown wins CMA Horizon Award

1985 Flatt & Scruggs inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame

1985 The Judds win first of three straight CMA Vocal Duo of the Year Awards

1985 Anne Murray & Dave Loggins win CMA Vocal Duo of the Year (for "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do")

1985 Hank Williams Jr. wins CMA Video of the Year for "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"

1983 Singer-songwriter Sarah Ogan Gunning died

2000 Zeke Manners, of the original Beverly Hill Billies string band, died of heart failure at age 89.

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A LOOK AT COUNTRY MUSIC & THE PEOPLE MAKING IT TODAY

Patsy Cline Joins RIAA Diamond Club

With her Greatest Hits album just certified for shipments 10 million copies, the late Patsy Cline has been added to a short list of artists earning an RIAA Diamond Award.

Others previously surpassing the 10-million level include Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, the Dixie Chicks, the Eagles and Kid Rock.

Cline died in a plane crash in 1963 at age
30. Her Greatest Hits compilation was released in 1973.

Other gold and platinum certifications officially announced Tuesday (Oct. 11) include triple-platinum status for Keith Urban's Golden Road for shipments of 3 million and a platinum award for Gary Allan's Alright Guy for ship- ments of 1 million. Gold awards for shipments of 500,000 copies each went to Dierks Bentley's Modern Day Drifter, Jo Dee Messina's Delicious Surprise and LeAnn Rimes' This Woman.

Eric Clapton writes life story

NEW YORK - Rock legend Eric Clapton is writing an auto- biography for Doubleday that will also be released by Random House in audio format. Clapton, 60, will be writing and collaborating with his close friend Christopher Simon Sykes, RollingStone.com reported Thursday. The book is due out in 2007. Clapton will do a North American concert tour around the time the book comes out and the release will also coin- cide with a complete retrospective box set of his recordings. Clapton was preparing this week for a Cream reunion in New York. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member will join bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker at New York's Madison Square Garden Oct. 22-26.

baddessi: Add them yourself! Press alt plus 13 or 14.

bumble: ♪♫ ♪Chatty called her an angel. I just agreed! ♫♪♫

Cool thanks! : )

baddessi: ♫♪ S m a r m ♪♫

bumble: I dareya! But you have to sing it, cuz this is the music board...

NOT a floosie: I can't - it's too obvious.

Go ahead Bum....say it! We all know you want to!

baddessi:

chattytea: I'll bet she does!

ruh roh, now you guys are in for it!!!

Thanks Stratman, I didn't think of that one! lol

baddessi: teenangel has the voice of an angel.... but dont tell her I said that.....


(SEE I do read this board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Eriisa:

RollingStone

will do

teenangel: I'm sure you'll be brilliant! Let us know how it goes!

only just learnt them

lol hope so :P

teenangel: ooo, I like both those songs! I bet you'd do a bang up job on them!

lol woll do

teenangel:

teenangel: I don't think that'll be a problem with the arrangement. I've sent your mum a personal message about it.

teenangel: oh well- you're on your own then...
tell her I said it was ok, maybe that will help

oh well like bumble said shes getting old she wont be able to catch me

she does lol

teenangel: no worries, she doesn't read this board : )

um john lennon imagene and michael jackson heel the world

teenangel: Yes but she's awfully old now and her eyesight's failing and she won't be able to read any of this.
Hang on - she's younger than me!

What song will you be singing?

lol nope only me you and every one that is reading this board:P

teenangel: Okay - we'll keep it between ourselves. She'll never know. :D

nah am just the quiet one going for the sake of missing lessons yep i could teach you a few things ask her if she still has her bumbble bee jacket and what would she do if she looses all of ger teeth LP u didnt hear it from me

teenangel: Oi, cheeky! I've had plenty of practice winding your mum up. But I bet you could teach me a thing or two about that!

I hope you're the star of the show!

um extravaganza at the local theater or something like that but most people are dropping out so he needs me (i think) and bumble if thats what you were put on this earth for you had best get good at it :P

teenangel: I knew I was put on this planet for a reason - just to wind you up!

What's the show?

lol he wouldent dare suspend me lol he needs me for the show lol, oh well bumble getting me into trouble... AGAIN :P

teenangel: He wasn't? I can't think why!
Never mind, just think of all the jobs you can do around the house to help your mum now you've been suspended!

right ill have a look in some of my local music stores when im out shopping on saterday thanxs

teenangel: I know my daughter's found some backing soundtracks to songs she wanted to perform in school when she was young at a store that sells sheet music, in the karoke tapes department. They could order just about anything to be made without vocals, that you could plug it in and sing along with. Is that what you mean? Have you tried that?

bumble.... my teacher wasent impressed when i told him that:P

Stratman71: Just curious. Number One this week of what chart??? It never really said.

MUSIC NEWS

Nickelback Take the Chart

Nickelback hit Number One this week, selling 325,000 copies of their fifth effort, All the Right Reasons, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This is a career high for the Canadian rockers, who came closest to the top spot in 2001, when Silver Side Up bowed at Number Two. In a distant second is veteran Chicago rapper Twista, whose latest The Day After moved 129,000 units for his own career watershed.

Nashville artist Sara Evans has made her crossover with her sixth album, Real Fine Place: While 2003's Restless came in at Number Twenty on the pop chart, her latest bowed at Number Three (126,000). And country bad girl Gretchen Wilson's sophomore album, All Jacked Up, last week's Number One, dropped three spots to Number Four (120,000). Sheryl Crow's fifth studio album, Wildflower, also fell three spots, to Number Five (106,000). Down one place is hip-hop superstar Kanye West's sophomore effort, Late Registration, which has finally dropped out of the Top Five in its sixth week (Number Six, 94,000).

Other big debuts this week come from Fiona Apple, whose much-delayed third album, Extraordinary Machine, sold 94,000 CDs for the crooner's highest chart debut yet, at Number Seven. (1999's When the Pawn . . . peaked at Number Thirteen.) And Glasgow dance rockers Franz Ferdinand took their sophomore effort, You Could Have It So Much Better, to Number Eight (81,000).

Meanwhile, chart mainstay Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business climbed a spot to Number Nine (80,000). And country crossover queen Faith Hill's seventh album, Fireflies, made a surprise return to the Top Ten (Ten, 79,000) on the strength of "Mississippi Girl," a song written for her by Big and Rich that has been topping the country chart for weeks now.

Other debuts in the Top Twenty include Miami rapper Trina's third album, Glamorest Life, which opened at Number Eleven (77,000). And rocker Melissa Etheridge's Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled moved 66,000 CDs to come in at Number Fourteen.

Slipping this week were Dirty South rap posse Three 6 Mafia, whose The Most Known Unknown fell thirteen spots from their Number Three debut to Sixteen (62,000). And dancehall artist Sean Paul's third effort, The Trinity, dropped ten places to Seventeen (61,000). But unhappiest of all is incarcerated rapper Lil' Kim: the pint-sized hip-hop diva's fourth album, The Naked Truth, plunged from Number Six to Twenty-Five (44,000) in just its second week on the chart. So much for a comeback.

Next week, expect Alicia Keys' Unplugged album, featuring special guests from Common to Maroon 5's Adam Levine -- as well as two new songs -- to battle Nickelback.

This week's Top Ten:

Nickelback's All the Right Reasons

Twista's The Day After

Sara Evans' Real Fine Place

Gretchen Wilson's All Jacked Up

Sheryl Crow's Wildflower

Kanye West's Late Registration

Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine

Franz Ferdinand's You Could Have It So Much Better

Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business

Faith Hill's Fireflies

Scandanavia electro pop sensations Alice In Videoland return with their Brand New album "Outrageous" on the Swedish National label. Bringing together a unique mix of electro-clash and punk attitude "Outrageous" showcases the bands incredible talent and flair for fun, energetic pop songs - their unique combination of styles mixing electro, 80's rock, dance and pop with fantastic results.