Posts Tagged ‘Rhode Island’
May 12th, 2009
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Aerosmith are teaming up with a company that produces games for state lotteries for a line of Aerosmith-branded scratch tickets that will based on the band’s songs, Billboard reports. While most lottery tickets only give the scratcher a chance at winning money, the Aerosmith games will also have prizes ranging from free concert tickets to backstage passes to merchandise and even, for what seems to be the grand prize, a private concert from the Boston band. Gaming company GTECH will handle the production of the scratch-offs after sealing the deal with the band and their publishing company Primary Wave.
Fittingly, the games’ marketing theme will be the band’s hit “Dream On,” which will also provide the theme of one of the two-dozen different scratch tickets based on Aerosmith’s music. So far, only Rhode Island and New Hampshire have signed on to host Aerosmith-themed lotteries, but GTECH anticipates more states will join in soon. “Whether you’re 70 or 20, you know a handful of Aerosmith songs and have a connection to the band. You could probably count on one hand the number of bands that would be both palatable in government-sponsored gaming and recognizable to a broad demographic. That’s why we got very excited about Aerosmith,” GTECH senior VP Ross Dalton said.
According to Billboard, in addition to an upfront fee, Aerosmith have a chance to earn a bonus based on how many tickets are sold. Aerosmith are no strangers to games, having already spawned their own Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. As Rock Daily previously reported, Steven Tyler and the rest of the band will join forces with fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top for a tour this summer. Get the dates for the Aerosmith & ZZ Top jaunt here.
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• Aerosmith and ZZ Top Announce Summer Tour Dates
• Aerosmith’s Joe Perry Talks New Album Delay, Tour With ZZ Top
• At “Guitar Hero” Launch, Aerosmith Say They’re Headed to the Studio
April 11th, 2009
Photo: Caballero/WireImage
a-ha, “Take on Me” [The Twelves Remix]
Shouldn’t there be a million and a half remixes of this song? Wasn’t everyone born after 1986 played this in the womb? We’re fairly sure this is now Rhode Island’s state song. What gives, Internet? All we’ve been able to find is this revved up Twelves remix and >this endlessly watchable video.
Keri Hilson, “Since U Been Gone” [Kelly Clarkson Cover]
We’re tiptoeing slowly back toward being OK with “Gone” covers. For a while there, every new version of this song seemed about as witty and original as your co-worker who’s still showing off his Borat impression. If you’re
an indie rock band, you should not ever cover this song. If you’re Keri Hilson, and you’re going for a slipper R&B version, we’ll let it slide.
Bjrk, “Nattura” [Switch Remix]
Superproducer Switch has accomplished the impossible: he’s managed to make Björk even weirder. This song sounds like it’s set in some Pixar version of Jamaica, and Bjork is reduced to a jabbering phantom who shows up for a few minutes to speak her mind before vanishing into the local greenery. In other words, this remix is a mind-blower.
Easy Star All Stars ft. Frankie Paul, “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” [Beatles Cover]
The Easy Star All-Stars song-by-song reggae cover of Sgt. Pepper finds the Fab Four’s weird rasta center, and recontextualizes every song in such a way that there can finally no be debate — this time, every song is indeed about drugs.
We Are the World, “Why Can’t I Be You?” [Cure Cover]
We wish this cover was by the group of musicians who recorded the original “We Are the World,” because we’d really love to hear Dan Aykroyd get his pipes around this one.
April 10th, 2009
Photo: Caballero/WireImage
a-ha, “Take on Me” [The Twelves Remix]
Shouldn’t there be a million and a half remixes of this song? Wasn’t everyone born after 1986 played this in the womb? We’re fairly sure this is now Rhode Island’s state song. What gives, Internet? All we’ve been able to find is this revved up Twelves remix and >this endlessly watchable video.
Keri Hilson, “Since U Been Gone” [Kelly Clarkson Cover]
We’re tiptoeing slowly back toward being OK with “Gone” covers. For a while there, every new version of this song seemed about as witty and original as your co-worker who’s still showing off his Borat impression. If you’re
an indie rock band, you should not ever cover this song. If you’re Keri Hilson, and you’re going for a slipper R&B version, we’ll let it slide.
Bjrk, “Nattura” [Switch Remix]
Superproducer Switch has accomplished the impossible: he’s managed to make Björk even weirder. This song sounds like it’s set in some Pixar version of Jamaica, and Bjork is reduced to a jabbering phantom who shows up for a few minutes to speak her mind before vanishing into the local greenery. In other words, this remix is a mind-blower.
Easy Star All Stars ft. Frankie Paul, “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” [Beatles Cover]
The Easy Star All-Stars song-by-song reggae cover of Sgt. Pepper finds the Fab Four’s weird rasta center, and recontextualizes every song in such a way that there can finally no be debate — this time, every song is indeed about drugs.
We Are the World, “Why Can’t I Be You?” [Cure Cover]
We wish this cover was by the group of musicians who recorded the original “We Are the World,” because we’d really love to hear Dan Aykroyd get his pipes around this one.