The Olsen Twins: Staging Their Own Battle Of The Bands, Musical Tastes of Old People
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have announced their own “Battle Of The Bands.” What does this mean? Well, let’s let the girls speak for themselves, according to a March 22 post:
“…tell all your musician friends (only unsigned bands or independent recording artists can qualify–no major label acts) to come here to this blog and leave comments telling us about their music. That’s ultimately how you’ll be able to enter to qualify as one of our 10 finalists in the final BATTLE OF THE BANDS play-off. Leave us a comment here on the blog, leave us a link to your web page or MySpace page (wherever we can listen to your music), and then you’re in for your chance to be in the Top 10…Online voting for the BATTLE OF THE BANDS will begin here, at mary-kateandashley.com, April 9th.”
And then on March 28th, Mary Kate posted this update:
“Hey everyone. It’s Mary-Kate. So, the Battle of the Bands contest is going to be amazing. I’m really excited about all of the interest and feedback we’ve been receiving for this contest. We’ve listened to your music, and we can’t wait to narrow all of the entries down to our final Top 10 (we’ve already got a few favorites in mind). We’ll post the Top 10 Finalists here on mary-kateandashley.com, starting April 9th…”
I’m still not entirely sure what any of this means, but one interesting thing I found were the twins listing their favorite bands of late as Pearl Jam, Crosby, Stills & Nash (what no Young?), The Doors, Radiohead, Razorlight, Cream, Bob Dylan.
What’s up with all the classic-rock/blues-roots stuff? What are they like 50-year-hippies? Actually, come to think of it, they dress like a bunch of granola-munchers. The only thing missing on that list is the Grateful Dead and they would officially qualify as the perfect girlfriend for my ex. Cripes, that’s not a good thing.
So stay tuned for more cryptic Battle of The Band news from the Olsen twins. I guess.
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Sounds to me like a lame idea.
Comment by Sarah Polley — March 30, 2007 @ 5:43 pm
I think the idea is AWESOME. A great way to reach their fans, as well as fellow artists, and utilize the fairly new concept of discovering talent via the internet. And I think they have Great taste in music! Wonderfully open-minds!
Who are you, Sarah Polley, to call their idea lame!?! I think You in Ramona was lame. I had to watch that show in second grade after reading the book, and later came across it on television and I kept thinking who is this freaky looking girl?
The Olsens have so many good qualities, balanced perfectly with human flaws. If you only have rude comments that may offend the people who love them dearly, who have loved them since they were innocent babies and hope for them to surpass their struggles, please keep them to yourself. Or you will most likely hear from people who only have negative opinions of you…. creep.
Comment by I wil ALWAYS love the Olsens. — March 30, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
That’s totally not what the Olsen Twins look like. I went to their barbecue last summer.
Comment by Matthew T. "Matt" Sussman — March 30, 2007 @ 8:51 pm
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Trackback by Right Wing News — March 31, 2007 @ 1:46 am
I’d rather go to Homerpalooza.
Comment by DJRadiohead — March 31, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
Matt, you were there too? Yeah, totally not them.
Comment by the commentator — April 2, 2007 @ 8:06 am
they have a very…umm, different taste in music, which is suprising, cause i thought mary kate and ashley listened to madonna and ryan cabrera, well, guess i thought wrong. oh, and pearl jam rules forever!!
Comment by nori — August 1, 2007 @ 12:25 pm