This performance is so killer, it’s crazy. It gave me goosebumps. Watching this on TV even got my head bopping up and down throughout the whole thing with a huge smile on my face. Such a perfect live performance. Kudos to this trio for braving the cold on a killer performance!! Awesome work guys!!!
Kev
I watched “The Inaugural Celebration” on HBO tonight, just for something to watch on TV. I didn’t watch it for Obama, I just watched it for the music performances alone.
Most of it was a real sleeper and a total borefest. There were a few really good performances tonight though.
The ones that were good: John Mellencamp singing “Pink Houses”, Garth Brooks doing a medley mix of songs (the dude still has the talent and the super stardom like he always had)…also Stevie Wonder, Usher, and Shakira tore the house down when they did the song “Higher Ground”, man that performance was amazing, usually I don’t like Usher’s music but he did really great in Washington D.C. The last performance was a surprise appearance of Pete Seeger singing the traditional folk song, “This Land Is Your Land”, that’s a history making performance right there. It was great.
I do wanna say that U2 was really bad tonight. I love the band U2, they are my heroes, but tonight, U2 sucked horribly. Bono sang like shit, the band sounded like shit playing outside. Yeah, I know it was freezing cold outside in Washington D.C., maybe that could explain them, playing like crap.
Even though I don’t really care for Barack Obama all that much, the only good thing about him getting elected, is President W. Bush being gone in two more days. That’s the only good thing about Tuesday is Dubya being gone. Good riddance to Bush.
Kev
Pictured above, Joaquin himself without the beard and his sister Rain. Rain Phoenix is a musician and singer herself, she has a band that she still plays with called the Papercranes. Rain is the front woman, guitar player and singer for her band. Check them out here, they actually sound really good.
http://www.myspace.com/papercranesmusic
River Phoenix, the actor and brother of the family, was also a musician when he was alive. River himself played guitar and sang.
So, it’s a proven fact that Joaquin grew up in a musical family. Before Joaquin filmed, “Walk the Line”, he was never a musician, he had to learn how to be one for the film. After that film and knowing how his family members are musicians as well, Joaquin wanted to be like his family.
Why did Joaquin choose rap/hip hop? He claims in that People article below, he has chosen to do that genre because it’s good storytelling. I would like to see Joaquin get into rock/country ’cause he sounded so good when he sang those Johnny Cash songs on the “Walk the Line” soundtrack.
Anyway, as far as Phoenix’s Lavo performance goes, that may have started out pretty bad, but hey, all rappers start out bad and horrible when they first start so Joaquin has a lot more work.
Maybe Joaquin will impress us all with his rapping when his album comes out. Who knows. He’s producing the album with Sean Combs who is a profesional rapper and Combs will give Phoenix good rapping skills. Phoenix sucked at the Lavo ’cause I think he was simply so drunk and fucked up. Maybe the Phoenix will get better in his rapping in the future. This is only the beggining.
Kev
Pictured above, Joaquin himself without the beard and his sister Rain. Rain Phoenix is a musician and singer herself, she has a band that she still plays with called the Papercranes. Rain is the front woman, guitar player and singer for her band. Check them out here, they actually sound really good.
http://www.myspace.com/papercranesmusic
River Phoenix, the actor and brother of the family, was also a musician when he was alive. River himself played guitar and sang.
So, it’s a proven fact that Joaquin grew up in a musical family. Before Joaquin filmed, “Walk the Line”, he was never a musician, he had to learn how to be one for the film. After that film and knowing how his family members are musicians as well, Joaquin wanted to be like his family.
Why did Joaquin choose rap/hip hop? He claims in that People article below, he has chosen to do that genre because it’s good storytelling. I would like to see Joaquin get into rock/country ’cause he sounded so good when he sang those Johnny Cash songs on the “Walk the Line” soundtrack.
Anyway, as far as Phoenix’s Lavo performance goes, that may have started out pretty bad, but hey, all rappers start out bad and horrible when they first start so Joaquin has a lot more work.
Maybe Joaquin will impress us all with his rapping when his album comes out. Who knows. He’s producing the album with Sean Combs who is a profesional rapper and Combs will give Phoenix good rapping skills. Phoenix sucked at the Lavo ’cause I think he was simply so drunk and fucked up. Maybe the Phoenix will get better in his rapping in the future. This is only the beggining.
Kev
Joaquin speaks out to People magazine on the night of his gig at the Lavo about his future rap career. He admits that a lot of people will think this is a joke and a lot of people would think he sucks, but he doesn’t seem to care though. He’s serious about his rap career ’cause he’s grown bored of years and years of working on film, and he wants to do something fun for a change.
After his Lavo performance, he spent a lot of time meeting fans and taking pictures with them and stuff. I’m sure the fans that were there to see him, they were there because they are a big fan of his movies and hoping to get to meet him in person. They certainly weren’t there for his music. Joaquin wasn’t getting much of a crowd reaction with those videos.
More on it here:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20253488,00.html
That’s fine if Joaquin wants to get into a music career, he just doesn’t need to quit his movie career because of it. There are many actors and musicians that do both in between. Like Will Smith and Billy Bob Thornton for example. Other examples: Kevin Bacon, Scarlett Johansson, Madonna, Jack Black, Rob Zombie, etc. the list can go on. Those are people that do acting and music at the same time.
Phoenix shouldn’t have to give up movies ’cause he’s a really good actor and he threw that all away.
Kev
Perez Hilton, the gossip blogger, put up a few exclusive Joaquin Phoenix clips at the LAVO. The Phoenix really did perform a full rap performance.
Check ’em out here:
http://perezhilton.com/2009-01-17-joaquin-phoenix-is-this-a-joke
Notice the second video where the Phoenix falls, I wonder if he did that because he’s so drunk or stoned, you can tell he’s on something ’cause the way he walks and dances on that stage.
I too hope he doesn’t end up like his brother River.
I feel the documentary he’s making with Casey Affleck will be a box office smash, Joaquin is already doing a good job creating controversy on the web so his film and his rap album would probably do well.
I too hope that Joaquin is pranking us about retiring from film. Joaquin, the next Andy Kauffman and Sascha Baron Cohen?
Kev
LOL, TMZ has it up already, which I figure they would get it first…
See the video here:
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=e14e99c2-29f3-4447-b64c-f67a85864036
If Joaquin is serious about becoming a rapper, he needs more lessons and coaching from other profesional rappers big time.
1) He needs to lose the beard, and get a gangsta image.
2) He needs to learn how to dance ’cause you can see that he’s clearly drunk as shit.
3) His rapping sucks and I think his rap career will fail.
In that song he’s rapping sounds like he’s bashing the Academy for not giving him an Oscar win as TMZ described.
The Phoenix was nominated for Gladiator which he never won and he was also nominated for his role as Johnny Cash in “Walk the Line” which he also never won.
Kev
See this blog here who posted photos of Joaquin on stage at the LAVO from last night’s gig, yes, that’s really Joaquin Phoenix for reals!!
See them here:
http://www.dishiness.com/?p=4088
Oh my, that’s Joaquin’s image as a rapper? A bushy bearded Allman Bros./Grateful Dead look?
That last pic of Joaquin with a blonde woman, I wonder if he’s dating that woman or she’s just some random fan just partying with him? Probably just a fan.
When the youtube videos of Joaquin at the LAVO start going up, I’ll post ’em, if anybody at the LAVO other than Casey Affleck videotaped him that is.
Kev
According to reports about Joaquin Phoenix performing in Las Vegas tonight, I googled it and found out where he is appearing. He will be appearing at a nightclub called the LAVO in Las Vegas, start time is 10:00 p.m.
According to this calendar event, Phoenix won’t be performing music, he is just hosting. Maybe Phoenix will rap a little bit at this club just for fun but I think he’ll just speak through the mic. I see that at the LAVO it’s just a DJ night.
See the link here:
http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/events/2009/jan/16/5259/
So if you live in Las Vegas or near it in Nevada, stop by the LAVO for a meet and greet with Joaquin.
Kev
According to reports about Joaquin Phoenix performing in Las Vegas tonight, I googled it and found out where he is appearing. He will be appearing at a nightclub called the LAVO in Las Vegas, start time is 10:00 p.m.
According to this calendar event, Phoenix won’t be performing music, he is just hosting. Maybe Phoenix will rap a little bit at this club just for fun but I think he’ll just speak through the mic. I see that at the LAVO it’s just a DJ night.
See the link here:
http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/events/2009/jan/16/5259/
So if you live in Las Vegas or near it in Nevada, stop by the LAVO for a meet and greet with Joaquin.
Kev
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