Thursday, November 19, 2009

Train - Save Me San Francisco


1. "Save Me San Francisco"
2. "Hey, Soul Sister"
3. "I Got You"
4. "Parachute"
5. "This Ain't Goodbye"
6. "If It's Love"
7. "You Already Know"
8. "Words"
9. "Brick By Brick"
10. "Breakfast In Bed"
11. "Marry Me"
12. "Half Moon Bay"
13. "The Finish Line"
14. "Parachute"

Two websites selling The Beatles' back catalogue shut down indefinitely



Two websites that previously sold and streamed songs by The Beatles have been closed down indefinitely by a US judge.

BlueBeat and Basebeat started selling individual tracks for as little as 25 cents (15p) earlier this month. The band's record label EMI won a preliminary court injunction ruling the site had been selling the tracks unlawfully.

Now US District Judge John F Walter has prohibited both sites and their owner, Hank Risan, from streaming or selling songs by the Fab Four and other artists, including Lily Allen and Coldplay, for good.

A court date had been set for Friday (November 20) but the judge ruled on the issue beforehand based on pleadings by attorneys for Risan and the music label.

EMI claimed the sites were selling high-quality versions of copyrighted songs, which had never been legally released digitally, reports Associated Press.

Risan defended the company saying the songs being sold had been re-recorded – making them exempt from copyright. He claimed the tracks were both different to the original recordings and identical in sound, thanks to a new technology called "psycho-acoustic simulation".

However, the judge presiding over the case ruled that Risan hadn't been able to back up his claim.

Following the initial proceedings, it was announced The Beatles' remastered back catalogue is set to be released next month on a new format – an apple-shaped USB device.

Aerosmith admit Steven Tyler may have 'drug abuse going on'


Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford has said he believes singer Steven Tyler is still struggling with a drug problem.

The band's singer has been estranged from the rest of the group despite a recent onstage appearance with guitarist Joe Perry since August, when he fell from a stage in South Dakota and forced the group to cancel the rest of its summer tour.

Now Whitford has admitted he thinks their singer is likely to be battling drug addiction.

"This guy has a tremendous history of drug abuse, and you have to be suspicious that this is something that is probably going on with him," he told rockradio.com. "I think that's got to be a part of this irrational behavior. People in recovery and stuff, if you're really doing it, it takes a lot of work.

"Historically or statistically, the majority of people in that situation don't make it. I have a feeling we might be looking at, you know, someone who's just really struggling very badly with this."

The band also revealed that despite his recent onstage appearance, which saw the singer declare he was not quitting the band, none of them have had any contact with him in months.

Drummer Joey Kramer also admitted the group are unsure how to carry on, but they all want to continue with Tyler.

"You know, getting someone else is one of the questions," he explained "We all know that there's really no way to replace Steven, but we want to continue touring together.

"We even have a 40-year anniversary coming up and it's a milestone. We want to be able to celebrate it together and there's millions of fans out there that are dedicated to us."

His comments come alongside Joe Perry's recent comments that the band will carry on without Tyler if they have to.