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CD Review: Jeff Bridges

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So I listened to the new Jeff Bridges album this afternoon while I did my chest workout at home today. Yes, the star of movies such as “Starman”, “TRON” and his most famous role as the Dude in “The Big Lebowski”, finally releases an album after all these years. What took him so long to find out that he had musical talent and to show it to the public? I have no idea, but I’m sure the film, “Crazy Heart” in which he plays a country musician gave him the idea to start a music career of his own.

I would have to say that I was pretty impressed with his debut album. It was actually very good for a country album. Surprisingly enough, Jeff Bridges new album sounds like old school classic country. Stuff that you would hear in the 60’s and 70’s. Most of the album is mostly mellow songs. There maybe like one or two upbeat songs, but they still have this classic sound. I was also impressed that this album has longer guitar solos and most country albums of today don’t have guitar solos.

Let me ask you a question. Do you like old time Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings or even Hank Williams Sr.? Then you would probably love this album. If you’re a country music fan and if you only like that mainstream country pop/rock like Toby Keith or Keith Urban, then you wouldn’t like this album.

Back to Jeff Bridges, it’s not just country music on it. There’s a little bit of everything on the album. Some of it can be rock and some can be a little jazzy. The songs can be a little dark and haunting at times. When Jeff sings, you can really hear the emotion and passion in his vocals. He can really sing good.

Over the years, there have been many actors turned singers like that list I did in this blog before, but I think Jeff is one that actually has real talent. If he wanted to, he could probably quit doing movies and concentrate on his music career. I have this feeling he’s going to do that soon. I’m sure his album will be a huge seller, I predict it will be no. 1 in the Billboard 200 for a few weeks. We’ll see it how the album sells. I’m sure it will do well. I’m sure this album will land him a bunch of nominations for the Country Music Awards as well.

This album is a true country record. The way country music is supposed to sound. Jeff and T. Bone Burnett probably heard all of this mainstream country pop/rock crap and thought to themselves, “This isn’t real country music, we gotta make a real country album”. And they did.

Even if you’re not a country fan, I suggest you listen to this album. You don’t even have to be a country fan just to listen to the Dude sing, because it’s fuckin’ awesome. He’ll probably concentrate on his movie career more than music, but who knows, maybe he will retire movies for music. I’d love to see him go on tour ’cause I would see The Dude in concert for sure.

Kev

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Cool Photos: Jeff Bridges reunites with cast of “The Big Lebowski” last night in NYC!!!

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Not only that Jeff Bridges celebrated the release of his debut solo album yesterday, he also reunited with the cast of “The Big Lebowski” last night in NYC. Everybody was there except for Joel and Ethan Coen who directed the film, they were no shows…but John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, and Julianne Moore were there. T. Bone Burnett was also there. While T. Bone Burnett didn’t score the music for the film, he produced the film’s soundtrack and picked the songs for the movie.

They were there to celebrate the release of the Limited Edition of “The Big Lebowski” Blu Ray/DVD which also came out yesterday.

Yesterday must be a thrilling and exciting day for Jeff Bridges. As you can see in the pics, Jeff is smiling really wide so he must of had that big smile all day. Congrats Jeff!

“The Big Lebowski” is one of my favorite comedy films by the way. I love the film too much. I plan to pick up Jeff Bridges new album tomorrow.

See the photos of the Big Lebowski reunion, here.

John Goodman is looking amazing. He’s definitely been working out and eating right ’cause every new pics that surface of John Goodman online, he seems to be getting thinner and thinner. So congrats go to John in his fitness success.

Kev

 

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Actors turned musicians over the years…

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An actor’s movie career can certainly help their music career if they play an instrument or sing. In celebration of Jeff Bridge’s releasing his debut solo album today, I thought it would be fun to name all the actors turned musicians over the years. Some of you may even be surprised of some of them

Here’s the list, I’ll name 15 of them in no order:

  • Billy Bob Thornton – He’s released a few albums of his solo career and a few albums with his other band, the Boxmasters.
  • Steven Seagal – The 80’s action star is a guitar player and singer. He had his own songs featured for his own films and released some albums. He’s been playing with his band Thunderbox, for years.
  • Johnny Depp – Yep, Johnny is a guitar player and have collaborated with other bands & artists. He used to play for his two former bands, The Kids and another band called, P.
  • Kevin Bacon – He’s in his band with his brother Michael, called the Bacon Brothers.
  • Scarlett Johansson – She released an album full of Tom Waits covers a few years back.
  • Joaquin Phoenix – He sang and played guitar for the movie “Walk the Line” but shortly after, joked about a so called rap career which he never released an album. His rap career turned out to be a hoax. Who knows, maybe someday he will do a real album down the road. Not a rap album, but maybe he can do a rock n’ roll or a country album.
  • Jack Black – An actor turned musician who actually has some talent. He’s a good singer and I love the Tenacious D. I wish they would get together to make another album.
  • Adam Sandler – His music career became very popular when he did “The Chanukah Song” on SNL, later he got himself a record deal and released his debut album, “They’re All Gonna Laugh At You” in 1993.The album have been certified platinum 2x’s.
  • Jared Leto – He has his band with “30 Seconds to Mars” and they’re still together. Making new music and touring.
  • Bruce Willis – This action star is a harmonica player and singer. He has also released a few solo albums but he haven’t released a new album in a long while.
  • Gary Sinise – He plays bass guitar for the Lt. Dan band, which is named after his character from the film, “Forrest Gump”.
  • Clint Eastwood – Clint is a pianist, and he has composed his own music for some of his films that he directed. He have never released any albums of his own yet.
  • Jamie Foxx – Jamie released his first album “Peep This” in 1994 just a few years after his first film, “Toys”, came out.
  • Gwyneth Paltrow – Her music career started to get recognized after her movie, “Country Strong”. She never really released any full length albums yet, but she has released a few singles.
  • Brittany Murphy – Before her death, she was going to launch a music career but she only did one song with Paul Oakenfield. The name of the song is “Faster Kill Pussycat”, you can hear it in youtube.
I’m sure there’s plenty more but these are the most notable ones. I’m probably going to get Jeff Bridge’s new album this week.
Kev
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Report: Jeff Bridges set to release debut solo album with producer T-Bone Burnett…

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There have been a lot of actors turned musicians over the years. They all start off with their careers in their movies, but their success in the movies have helped them get record deals. There are plenty of “actors turned musicians” such as Billy Bob Thornton, Steven Seagal, Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, Kevin Bacon, Dan Aykroyd, Jack Black, Jared Leto, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Steve Martin, Russell Crowe, etc. Jeff Bridges will join that bandwagon.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow recently just turned into a singer for her film, “Country Strong”, but will she release a solo album too after all the recognition she’s getting for her music? Wouldn’t surprise me if she has an album coming too.

Jeff will release several of his own original songs he wrote himself and he will sing some cover songs on his album.

The Hollywood Reporter, reports.

How much do you want to bet that Jeff is going to land a bunch of Grammy awards for this album since T-Bone is producing. Wouldn’t surprise me either.

Kev

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Thought: Could the Coen Bros. win big at the Oscars again this year?

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Why didn’t “True Grit” get any nominations for the Golden Globes this year? Probably because the film came out too late. “True Grit” may possibly get some nominations for the Oscars though. Just because the “Social Network” won big at the Golden Globes last night, doesn’t mean the film will win at the Oscars. The Coen Bros. first won big at the Oscars in 2008 for the film, “No Country For Old Men”. This could be Coen Bros. year again. Don’t be surprised.

Kev

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Brock praises last night’s episode of SNL with Jeff Bridges!!!

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So I stayed up late last night and watched the whole episode of SNL that Jeff Bridges hosted. I was impressed with the show. It was really good. Saturday Night Live used to suck balls, big time. Which is why I stopped watching for a long while, but SNL were on FIRE last night. It was such a good show, I wasn’t bored and they didn’t make me fall asleep. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time either. Jeff Bridges did a great job as expected. The Cookie Monster appearance was golden. I was expecting John Goodman to appear as Walter from the “Big Lebowski” movie but that didn’t happen sadly. Other than that, it was such a great show. The segments were really good. Especially the Miley Cyrus show which they made fun of her bong controversy, The Kardashian impersonators was a really good scene, and I liked the Weekend Update.

Best of all, I loved the Eminem and Lil Wayne performances. They were so good and amazingly tight. I’m not into rap music much but Eminem and Lil Wayne, wow, they put on quite the show. I hope Lil Wayne stays out of trouble and stays out of jail ’cause he is talented. He did better than Eminem honestly. Even though I like Eminem, it seems to me that Lil Wayne should have been the musical guest alone. Rap music being performed with real instruments and a real back up band? That’s why that performance gets my respect. You can like rap music or hate it, you can’t deny the talent in Lil Wayne. There’s something special about that guy. That’s why Lil Wayne is in the headlines all the time.

This is such a great performance, I had goosebumps watching it. The performance was haunting. Congrats to Lourne Michaels and SNL gang, keep up the great work! Proud of you guys! 🙂

Watch it below.

Kev

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“Crazy Heart” starring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Last night, I watched the movie, “Crazy Heart”, the drama starring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Collin Farrell and Robert Duvall also have roles in this film. I bought the DVD for this movie over the weekend and I never saw the film before until now. Yes, the reason I wanted to watch is because Jeff Bridges won an Oscar for this role. It turned out to be a very good film. Beautiful I must say. Told a great story.

It’s about this famous country star, Bad Blake (Bridges role) who is trying to have a better and bigger career in music. Bad Blake keeps playing the small bars and bowling alleys when he should be getting bigger deals playing bigger places. He is strictly a country and western singer. Bad Blake is an alcoholic who has a bad attitude with people, he swears & cusses a lot, which is how he got the nickname, “Bad Blake”. Blake finally gets a good gig in Sante Fe by not playing in a bowling alley but playing in a big arena. While there he meets this woman named Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal’s role), who is a journalist for a newspaper that wants to interview him about his music career. Of course, they ended up falling in love after Jean noticing Blake becoming friends with her 4 year old son, Buddy. Later on, Blake’s romance with Jean begins to fall apart and so does Blake’s life & music career.  That’s when Blake finally realizes he needs to go to AAA to get sober. Do Bad Blake and Jean get back together after getting sober? Watch the film yourself and find out.

I’m not into romance and love stories that much, but I didn’t find this a romance movie. It’s about a guy suffering alcoholism and trying to deal with it in life. It’s a film about alcoholics trying to become a better person. There are plenty of alcoholics out there in the real world, and I think this film was meant to help them too. Maybe that’s the point of this film being made is helping real alcoholics to get sober.

Jeff Bridges maybe well known for his role as the Dude in the “Big Lebowski”, I agree that’s a great role, but his role as Bad Blake is better in my opinion. Bad Blake is similar to the Dude but Jeff played Blake better. Jeff Bridges has always been an amazing actor. Some of my other favorite movies he’s been in are: “Starman”, “K-Pax”, “King Kong” and “Tron”. I find “Crazy Heart” to be his best film. Seriously,  check it out if you haven’t yet. You may not be a country music fan but you don’t have to be. Just watch it for the story and the acting.

Kev

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Report: Jeff Bridges to reunite with the Coen Bros. for “True Grit” remake…

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Actor, Jeff Bridges is in talks with the Coen Bros. to star in the remake of “True Grit” western that originally starred, John Wayne. Jeff once worked with the Coen Bros. in the 1998 comedy film, “The Big Lebowski” as the role that everybody knows, The Dude.

Does this mean that John Goodman could have a role in “True Grit” also? We’ll just have to wait and see.

Variety Reports:

http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/09/the-dude-in-true-grit-talks.html

I used to like the Coen Bros. but their last couple of movies has been shit lately. And I have a feeling their, “True Grit” remake would probably be shit too.

My top 5 Coen Bros. movies are:

  • Raising Arizona
  • Fargo
  • The Big Lebowski
  • The Man Who Wasn’t There
  • O’ Brother Where Art Thou

Everything else they did wasn’t that great.

Kev

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Report: Release date set for “Tron: Legacy” and “The Green Hornet” pushed back…

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Release dates has been set for “Tron: Legacy” and Seth Rogen’s “The Green Hornet”. “Tron: Legacy” set for Dec. 17th of 2010, and “Green Hornet” pushed back to the same weekend that “Tron” is being released. So that means it’s box office competition!

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008127.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1

I look forward to seeing “Tron: Legacy” than the “Green Hornet”. I’m not excited for the “Green Hornet” so DVD on that one it is. I will see the new “Tron” movie in theater though.

I fuckin’ loved the first Tron movie and very excited for this sequel!

Kev