Yesterday was Will Smith’s 41st birthday.  Can you believe he’s 41 already?  So, in honor of his Freshness, what’s your favorite Will Smith/DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince song?  Mine would be above.

And, by the way, yesterday was a heck of a day for entertainment birthdays:  Mark Hamill (a.k.a. Luke Skywalker), the late Christopher Reeve (a.k.a. Superman), both Catherine Zeta-Jones and her hubby Michael Douglas, and Barbara Walters, among others.  Of course, how do I know all this crap?  It was actually my birthday, too. 

Recently, I realized more than ever before that part of the brilliance of U2 is the degree to which each member of the band brings something to the music.  For many a U2 song, take out any one of the band members–Bono, The Edge, Larry, or Adam–and the song is just not the same.  Each truly adds to the complexity of the composition.  Perhaps this is no more apparent than in U2’s rendition of the Bob Dylan classic (though many know it through Jimi Hendrix) “All Along the Watchtower” from Rattle and Hum.  Indeed, for as significant as The Edge is to the catalog of U2 music, there’s a case to be made that he’s the most subdued performer on this track.  There may be no finer example of the combination of the past and what in the late 1980s was the present of rock in a song showcasing all performers than this song.

What’s your favorite Beastie Boys’ tune? I have always liked Brass Monkey.

Guitar Hero has revolutioned the music industry. Those tunes have penetrated our society again, but the songs that this video game has picked are classics, but there are many more. We will countdown a list of tunes that are must haves.

In an effort to pay tribute to the music / fashion visionary Michael Jackson “The King of Pop”, tunesmate asks you, “What is your favorite Michael Jackson tune?”