2012 Olympic Theme Song: Dizzee Rascal, Love And Theft, Chris Rene

"SCREAM"    DIZZEE RASCAL Ft. PEPPER

First he had the theme to the 2010 World Cup with his smash hit, "Shout", featured on a previous blog.   Now, Dizzee is back with the theme of the 2012 London Olympic Games.   For those unfamiliar with Dizzee, he's a British rapper, the son of parents from Ghana and Nigeria.    He has a fast rapping style called Garage MC'ing and experimental beats including metal guitars, ringtones, and video game sounds have been used on his songs.    Dizzee performed his song, "Bonkers" at the opening ceremony of the 2012 games in front of One Billion viewers!

"ANGEL EYES"     LOVE & THEFT

When it comes down to tough choices, finding the best of both worlds is often the ultimate option.  When it comes to the perfect woman, Usher described her as "a lady in the street and a freak in the bed".   One of hottest new country music bands, Love & Theft, describe her in a similar but more subtle way:  "Saturday night she’s rockin’ out by the bonfire, Flirting from that tail gate and crankin’ up the dial, Come Sunday mornin’ she’ll be singing with the choir,Drivin’ me crazy with that kiss me smile-------
 There’s a little bit of devil in those angel eyes
She’s a little bit of heaven with a wild side."

 

"TROUBLE"        CHRIS RENE

Simon Cowell's X-Factor is about to start their second season in the U.S.    New judges, Britney Spears and Demi Lovato, have been described as divas with their biting criticism of the new singers trying out for the show.   Chris Rene stole the heart of many on the first season with his autobiographical hit, Lil Homie.   The song was dedicated to his little boy and described Chris getting clean from drugs and wanting to make his little boy proud.    He's back with a new single, Trouble, that has a perfect Jason Mraz-like Top 40 hook and will have you smiling and singing along.

The XFactor Underdog: Chris Rene, Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa, Goldfinger

"I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU"      BETH HART & JOE BONAMASSA

Interesting pairing of two artists who consistently have put out high quality, consistent CD's but haven't hit it big time.    Beth Hart has a Janis Joplin-style of blues, rock, jazz, and probably got her most exposure for "Learning To Live" a motivational workout song used by Jillian of NBC's Biggest Loser.   Guitarist Joe Bonamassa has been putting out decent blues CDs for years.    This new CD also features a great version of "I'd Rather Go Blind"

"LITTLE HOMIE"                       CHRIS RENE

From Wednesday night's finale of Fox's X-Factor, Chris reprised his self-written song to his son about his promise to stay sober.   You had to get goosebumps watching Chris talk about how much his son means to him and wanting to make his son proud.   The song brought Nicole and Paula to tears.


That's how it's supposed to be,
Living life with loved ones close to me,
Shh, ahh, this is the remedy,
And I got the recipe, I don't need no Hennessy,
Yeah, it's been three years now,
Haven't had a drink and I'm starting to see clear now,
I'm putting all my fears down,
I can hear the cheers now,
Seeing peace signs when I look around,
Hey, young homie what you tripping on
Looking at life, like how did I get it wrong,
Life's too short, gotta live it long, 

"99 LUFTBALLOONS"               GOLDFINGER

An awesome punk cover of the 80's smash by Nene.     Just like the original, they throw in some of the lyrics in German!   Goldfinger are a L.A. punk/ska band who also do a great cover of Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him".     Did a little research on the band and they're big advocates for animal rights, which makes me like them even more!    99 Luftballoons was recorded in English and German in the 80's but surprisingly the German version is the one that did the best on the charts.   Goldfinger's cover also appeared on the video game, Gran Turismo 3.