LimeWire Music Blog

Finally my lack of being able to get eight solid hours of sleep due to having my eyes glued to the tube has paid off. This week, all killer, no filler. Usually, there are a couple of duds in the bunch, but the booking agents and talent coordinators of the late-night circuits must have gotten some nookie or something because they decided to schedule some pretty fucking awesome musical guests across the board this week. I don’t really need to hype them up anymore, just check them out for your self.

Snoop Dogg – The Tonight Show with Conan O Brien, December 9, 2009

This ain’t nothing but a party y’all, or at least that what Snoop says. Doing some promo for his latest album, Malice In Wonderland, Big Snoop Dogg hit up Big Conan’s show to perform his latest single “Gangsta Luv” bringing along R&B singer/songwriter The Dream, who is dressed in a damn pea coat like it was cold although they were both inside the confines of the NBC studio. With an O.G West Coast demeanor that only Snoop Dogg can pull off, he proved that you can stand in one spot and only bend your knees a few times and still rock a crowd. As a bonus, peep Kurupt in the background looking like he’s ready to steal somebody’s watch.
Grade: G (for Gangsta)

Morrissey – Lopez Tonight,  December 9, 2009

Despite having a few personal problems as of late, Morrissey still managed to make it to George Lopez’s set to perform “Don’t Make Fun of Daddy’s Voice.” Looking kind of like somebody’s uncle at the local karaoke spot. and wearing a ring that sort of made him look like the planeteers from Captain Planet, the aging rocker used some of those flailing old-man moves to divert the attention that he was actually singing about something getting stuck in another guy’s throat. Not quite doing “the big comb-over” but thinning, Big M still has more mojo in one of his strands of hair than a lot of these so called contemporary rockers.
Grade: B

Blackrok (The Black Keys, Mos Def, Jim Jones) – The Late Show with David Letterman, December 8, 2009

Jim Jones, Mos Def, and the Black Keys…what the fuck do they have in common? I know, a bad-ass collective that goes by the name of Blackrok. Combining their individual ingredients to create a dope medley of a musical recipe, this performance of “Aint Nothing Like You” on David Letterman’s show proves that the most unlikely of combinations can result in fantastic musical fascination. The synergy created by Mos’ signature brand of sing-songy serenading, Jim Jones’ waxing poetic about poverty and Dan Auerbach’s melodic wailing created by far the best performance of the week.
Grade: A

30 Seconds To Mars – The Tonight Show with Conan O Brien, December 10, 2009

First off, having a group of rough looking motherfuckers as your back-up singers, all with their arms folded and bobbing their heads in unison is probably the most incredible piece of choreography that one could ever ask for in a live performance. So with this setting the stage, before even one note had been sung, you knew you were in for a treat. Performing “Kings and Queens” from their latest album, This Is War, lead singer Jared Leto used his refined scratch vocals to belt out bar after booming bar complimented by what looked like the Suicide Girls glee club members and a dope string section complete with violins and stand-up bass.
Grade: A

Bon Jovi – Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, December 9, 2009

You know how they say 40 is the new 30? Well actually, 40 is the new 40 and Bon Jovi and the gang are finding their stride in being the old kids on the block. Definitely not cougar material anymore, JBJ (with a little bit of a Christian Slater vibe going on) showed that he and the boys still got it as they performed “Who’s Gonna Save You” to the delight of Jimmy Fallon and every woman in America over the age of 35. Other than the fact that guitarist Richie Sambora looks like he had a, ahem, long night with former flame Denise Richards, the Jersey boys repped for their hood with a semi-inspired performance.
Grade: B-