I'm starting to see a trend in fast-food music lately! Fast, cheap, and easy, is always my motto.
Taco Bell
The fast food chain unveiled their Feed the Beat "Best of the Beat" winners (as determined by votes by fans). This year's winners are: Hit the Lights (myspace.com), Thousand Foot Krutch (official/myspace), and Fireflight (official/myspace).
I downloaded and listened to all the songs and they seem to all be of that power-pop/alternative/myspace-type music. I'm over-generalizing, but it's hard to determine what genre a band is based on one song.
Thousand Foot Krutch uses too much of that vocalizing technology on their winning song "Pulse", and Hit the Lights (named after a Metallica song!) are on the cover of AP's "100 Bands You Need to Know" on their April 2009 issue (although the singer Nick Thompson looks weirdly unhappy on the cover).
I think I'll spotlight Fireflight's "Unbreakable", there's a girl on vocals. From the looks of things, they will be doing a few dates with "Christian band" Switchfoot, based on the feedback for our article on them - they are extremely popular... so expect to see Fireflight doing really well in 2009, as I think Switchfoot's audience will most likely become instant Fireflight fans. (Speaking of fans, please see update below.)
If you like what you heard, all three tracks can be downloaded at feedthebeat.com.
Incidentally, all three bands won flight arrangements and recording sessions and studio time with a rock music producer, engineer, and masters for one song - according to the rules on Taco Bell's website. Although that doesn't sound like a lot, the estimated value is $15,000 ... that's a lot of taco bell food.
McDonald's
Not to be outdone by rival-Pepsi-owned Taco Bell, McD in association with Kidz Bop, are releasing about eight CDs with their Happy Meals.
If you don't have kids, but still want the CD, you can purchase them separately for about $0.99 each. The annoying thing is if you want to collect all eight, you have to go back every week. This week (April 24th to May 1st) you can get CD 1 & 2 - this will continue until the end of May.
There's no details on the cardstock packaging for the CD, so these are pretty much anonymous children singers. Some sounds like they are in their late teens (what qualifies for 'kids' anyway?). All the songs are covers, by the way.
As much as I love covers, these songs doesn't really offer much. Sexual innuendos like "I can go for miles if you know what I mean" on "Get The Party Started" are pretty much lost on children singing the line.
Still, for $1, these five songs are worth it for your children. For the adults, I recommend the McRibs if it's available.
Pizza Hut/Taco Bell
This is a very catchy, but dumb, that's d-u-m, song called "Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell" by Das Racist (myspace.com). The lyrics revolves around three lines:
I did check if there was a Pizza Hut/Taco Bell in New York (since the band is based out of there), and they are in fact singing about RL Pizza Hut/Taco Bell on Jamaica Ave. Note: the band should get the restaurant to sponsor a show there.
I haven't heard the original song, but the particular song I was sent is a remix by Wallpaper. (myspace.com) (note the period, as in "feat."). Wallpaper. seems to know what he's doing, after all, he's been remixing quite a few other artists (Jamie Lidell, Passion Pit, The Submarines, Restiform Bodies, and You Say Party! We Say Die!).
Anyway, enjoy the very catchy and awesome song, while you go through drive-through. See you at the Pizza Slut/Taco Hell combo.
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The fast food chain unveiled their Feed the Beat "Best of the Beat" winners (as determined by votes by fans). This year's winners are: Hit the Lights (myspace.com), Thousand Foot Krutch (official/myspace), and Fireflight (official/myspace).
I downloaded and listened to all the songs and they seem to all be of that power-pop/alternative/myspace-type music. I'm over-generalizing, but it's hard to determine what genre a band is based on one song.
Thousand Foot Krutch uses too much of that vocalizing technology on their winning song "Pulse", and Hit the Lights (named after a Metallica song!) are on the cover of AP's "100 Bands You Need to Know" on their April 2009 issue (although the singer Nick Thompson looks weirdly unhappy on the cover).
I think I'll spotlight Fireflight's "Unbreakable", there's a girl on vocals. From the looks of things, they will be doing a few dates with "Christian band" Switchfoot, based on the feedback for our article on them - they are extremely popular... so expect to see Fireflight doing really well in 2009, as I think Switchfoot's audience will most likely become instant Fireflight fans. (Speaking of fans, please see update below.)
If you like what you heard, all three tracks can be downloaded at feedthebeat.com.
Incidentally, all three bands won flight arrangements and recording sessions and studio time with a rock music producer, engineer, and masters for one song - according to the rules on Taco Bell's website. Although that doesn't sound like a lot, the estimated value is $15,000 ... that's a lot of taco bell food.
Not to be outdone by rival-Pepsi-owned Taco Bell, McD in association with Kidz Bop, are releasing about eight CDs with their Happy Meals.
If you don't have kids, but still want the CD, you can purchase them separately for about $0.99 each. The annoying thing is if you want to collect all eight, you have to go back every week. This week (April 24th to May 1st) you can get CD 1 & 2 - this will continue until the end of May.
There's no details on the cardstock packaging for the CD, so these are pretty much anonymous children singers. Some sounds like they are in their late teens (what qualifies for 'kids' anyway?). All the songs are covers, by the way.
As much as I love covers, these songs doesn't really offer much. Sexual innuendos like "I can go for miles if you know what I mean" on "Get The Party Started" are pretty much lost on children singing the line.
Still, for $1, these five songs are worth it for your children. For the adults, I recommend the McRibs if it's available.
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This is a very catchy, but dumb, that's d-u-m, song called "Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell" by Das Racist (myspace.com). The lyrics revolves around three lines:
Dumb isn't necessary bad, it's actually hilarious and funny as the two parties in the song are trying to meetup on Jamaica Avenue at the combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bell. Can you say "Harold and Kumar Goes to the combination Pizza Hut Taco Bell?"I'm at the Pizza Hut
I'm at the Taco Bell
I'm at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
I haven't heard the original song, but the particular song I was sent is a remix by Wallpaper. (myspace.com) (note the period, as in "feat."). Wallpaper. seems to know what he's doing, after all, he's been remixing quite a few other artists (Jamie Lidell, Passion Pit, The Submarines, Restiform Bodies, and You Say Party! We Say Die!).
Anyway, enjoy the very catchy and awesome song, while you go through drive-through. See you at the Pizza Slut/Taco Hell combo.
04/25/2009 11:38:06 ♥ vu (
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Looking at their impressive backcatalogue (they've been steadily releasing an album since 1990), I can only guess that like Menuedo, their singers staff changes every few semesters based on students.
So, listening to Off the Beat's "Unbreakable", it's definitely different without the use of music!
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