Music Reviews
The Rolling Stones - Break The Spell (Song)
Break The Spell is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Steel Wheels. This song starts off with sort of an odd sounding guitar riff which goes back and forth between the right and left channel in sort of a sweeping effect. Jagger comes in …
Iron Maiden - Futureal (Song)
Futureal is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their album Virtual XI. The song opens up with a pretty energetic guitar riff which works pretty well and would seem to lead nicely into the first verse. Harris’ bass has a very nice heavy tone as well which …
Shure SHR840 Headpones
I received these headphones almost a year ago during Christmas. Once you put them on your head there is no going back. As somebody who is an avid music listener, my everyday experience with my favorite artists has been forever changed. After several pairs of cheap twenty dollar headphones …
‘Love is Blind’ a song by Eve
‘Love is Blind’ is a song that is performed by rap artist Eve, featuring Faith Evans.
This powerful song tells a tale of a woman abused by her significant other. Her best friend is the song’s narrator, and tells the story of her friend’s tragic life. The narrator finally convinces …
“I Wish” (2000): R. Kelly
R. Kelly
“I Wish”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
“I Wish” is the first single and music video from his fourth solo album titled “TP-2.COM”. “I Wish” is a heavy string ballad about his deceased mother and other loved ones as well. This is another one of those celebrity-whining joints, complete with a children’s choir. …
The Beatles - For You Blue (Song)
For You Blue is the penultimate track on The Beatle’s final record, Let It Be. To be honest, For You Blue was a song which I never used to listen to at all. In fact, after a long time of not listening to the song, I had completely forgotten …
Gojira : From Mars To Sirius
France was not always romantic as we think. Although the region is not an area of rock music popular such as Sweden or Germany in the internationally. Everything will change when Gojira present as the antithesis of fashion, perfume, and synth-pop. From Mars To Sirius contains twelve songs with …
Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill
This is Pantera’s fourth album released in 1996, produced by Terry Date and Vinnie Paul, includes guest vocalist Seth Putman of AC. This album was recorded with the instruments being recorded and Phil doing vocals alone in a different studio because the band and Phil could not get along …
The Beatles - Blue Jay Way (Song)
Blue Jay Way, one of the more psychedelic or at least calming tracks by The Beatles, is one of the tracks to appear on what I would consider to be easily their most Also, to be honest, this track really strikes me as a work which I would associate …
“Ignition (Remix)” (2003): R. Kelly
R. Kelly
“Ignition (Remix)”
Chocolate Factory
Jive Records
Director: Billie Woodruff.
The director of the utmost ghetto R. Kelly video “Feeling On Yo’ Booty” returns here for an even more ghetto video “Ignition (Remix)”, the first single and music video from R. Kelly’s album “Chocolate Factory”. I guess R. Kelly finally realized his …
Halo (2009): Beyonce
Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Halo”
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Label: Columbia
Director: Philip Andelman
Allow me to present you the most annoying song of 2009 thus far - “Halo”, the fourth single and music video from the world’s most beloved hooker Beyonce (following “If I Were A Boy”, “Single Ladies”, and “Diva”) off of …
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Overview —“ Master Of Reality, Black Sabbath’s third shows the band continuing on with the extremely innovative metal sound that they developed on their self titled record and on Paranoid, but now they’re also including more melodic and acoustic songs, a sign of musical development. And for anyone thinking, …
Irreplaceable (2006): Beyonce
Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Irreplaceable”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Anthony Mandler
“Irreplaceable” is the third single and music video, following “Deja Vu” and “Ring the Alarm”, from Beyonce’s second album titled “B-Day”. The music video closely follows the plot of the lyrics which depict Beyonce breaking up with a man who has been unfaithful …
Animal Collective - Visiting Friends (Song)
Visiting Friends is a song by Animal Collective and is the seventh track on their record Sung Tongs. Something I’ll point out immediately is that Visiting Friends is the longest track on the record and clocks in at just over twelve and a half minutes. Opening up with some …
Music Video of Not Myself Tonight by Christina Aguilera
Not myself tonight is the first single of the album Bionic by Christina Aguilera. She shot the video in the beginning of April.
In my opinion the video of Not Myself Tonight is full of inspiration of Madonna and Lady Gaga also dedication to Madonna. Her voice and dance is …
Lips of an Angel
Lips of an Angel is one of my least favorite songs of all time. When the song was first released, everyone I knew was playing it constantly. Every time I called one of my friends, it was their ring back tone and most of the people I knew set …
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton is a person that I admire for his musical abilities such as song writing, singing and instrument playing. Eric Clapton has produced so many albums over the years, and he has played in a number of bands such as The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek And The …
MGMT - 4th Dimensional Transition (Song)
4th Dimensional Transition is a track which appears on MGMT’s second album, Oracular Spectacular. Up to this point, MGMT has had five excellent tracks to precede this track on this record and they somehow manage to continue their streak of extremely strong songs with 4th Dimensional Transition. The intro …
Pink Floyd - Corporal Clegg (Song)
Corporal Clegg is a track by Pink Floyd which appears on their second record, A Saucerful Of Secrets. Something interesting about the first two albums by Pink Floyd was that the first album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, was primarily filled with the music of Syd Barrett …
The Beatles - I Want To Tell You (Song)
I Want To Tell You is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Revolver. Opening up with a lighthearted guitar riff that gradually fades into the song, other instrumentation also joins in which gives the track a whole sound before the vocals also come in with …
X&Y by COLDPLAY
To be honest, i’ve never been a great fan of coldplay, and So I wasn’t very excited about listening to their newest album, X&Y, released on june 6th, 2005. I put the headphone on, and steady notes of the same Coldplay-ish music came pouring in.
X&Y claims to have used …
Pink Floyd - Don’t Leave Me Now (Song)
Don’t Leave Me Now is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their concept record, The Wall. I don’t really want to go into much explanation about the story which goes on with this song since it’s useless to explain without the entire context of The Wall. The …
Meet Miley Cyrus Album
A lot of people try to trash talk Miley Cyrus for being a rebellious Disney Star who has made a lot of mistakes in the public eye by posting really bad pictures of herself on public social networking sites. Although I do not think Miley Cyrus is a great …
Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Overview —“ Appetite For Destruction, the debut album released by Guns N’ Roses is hailed as one of the greatest debut albums ever released by a band, and after listening to this album multiple times and continuing to enjoy it, I can understand why. It’s interesting to me because …
The Rolling Stones - It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (Song)
It’s Only Rock —˜N Roll (But I Like It) is a track by The Rolling Stones and the title track to their record It’s Only Rock —˜N Roll. This track opens up in a pretty laid-back way and the rhythm is pretty relaxed and the first verse of the …
Lee Ryan CD
Lee Ryan… A singer? According to me yes, but not only: The right word is an “Artist”!
The ex Blue singer came out this year 2006 with his new first personal album: “Lee Ryan“.
Total of 12 songs painted with the harmony of Lee angel voice…
Personally there’re not so cool songs, …
Adam Corolla
I love listening to Adam Corolla on 107.5. I listen to his show every morning on my way to work and once I get to work I turn it on in my office so I can hear the rest of the show. I love how honest Adam Corolla is. …
Twilight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the movie Twilight fits the story perfectly. It is one of my favorite CDs in my own collection. I am very picky about my music. Prior to listening to this soundtrack, I only knew of two bands that were listed.
The first time I heard the …
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind album
The roaring sound of thousands (or even millions) of fans of the most popular folk band of the decade might be deafening, #BringBackTheBanjo even trended in Twitter when they released the first taste of their electrified change.
“Believe” did sound like Coldplay, but only in its first half it borrowed …
UFO-Strangers in the Night (album)
I don’t know much about the classic hard rock band UFO but I heard they had Michael Shenker who happens to be the brother of Rudolph Shenker of the Scorpions and they both are amazing guitarists with a very similar style in the way they play. On itunes …
DMX Flesh Of My Flesh
If you are a DMX fan you will not be dissapointed in his second cd, also if you are looking for some real hard core hip hop music then I suggest that you pick this up because of the hard content on this cd which includes. “No Love For …
The Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man (Song)
I Wanna Be Your Man is a cover of a Beatles song performed by The Rolling Stones. Generally when I review covers I’m not all that familiar with the original version of the song but in this case I know the cover and I know the original as well …
Sweet Dreams (2009): Beyonce
Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Sweet Dreams”
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Label: Columbia
Director: Adria Petty
Beyonce ditches the black and white cinematography formula for color once again ( as she did for “Halo”). I’m not sure if a dream with Beyonce would be a nightmare or a sweet dream, it depends - If it …
Are You Sure Hank Done It This way is by Waylon Jennings
Are You Sure Hank Done It This way is by Waylon Jennings. It seems like he is asking a question about how Hank made it big because he is trying to copy him. I personally don’t think anyone needs to copy how someone else made it to be successful …
Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number - Aaliyah
I purchased Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number, the debut album by Aaliyah, in 1994 when it came out and I give the album high reviews. Aaliyah was only 15 years old at the time and I thought that the album had excellent beats, production as well as lyrics. …
Yahoo! Music
Yahoo! Music, through the Yahoo! search engine, offers free music listening. There are paid options, too. But the free version offers music through online radio stations according to your taste of music: anything from christian, pop, 1970’s, country, rock, pop,etc..
What makes this wonderful is that while you’re online, …
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill soundtrack CD
The Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill soundtrack CD is one of my favorites. This Disney movie starred Patrick Swayze as the legendary Pecos Bill, and it’s full of magic and adventure. The music expresses the wonder of heroes and the growing up of a …
OK Go (band)
OK Go has been my favorite band for about a year. I discovered the band through a friend, and since then their music has become something I can’t live without.
The member of OK Go are Damian Kulash (lead vocals and guitar), Tim Nordwind (bass guitar and vocals), Dan …
The Velvet Underground - She’s My Best Friend (Song)
She’s My Best Friend is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their record VU. The track starts off with a traditional rock and roll rhythm with Doug Yule coming in with the lead vocals of the track with a decent melody but he seems to sort …
Dash Berlin - Waiting Feat. Emma Hewitt (mixed by Sean Tyas)
Dash Berlin released this track titled “Waiting”. This was a track made in collaboration with DJ Sean Tyas. This also featured the vocals of Emma Hewitt.
This is a very good vocal trance track. The mix made by DJ Sean Tyas added more pizzazz to the track itself. The track …
Album : Bonfire - Branded (2011)
I have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with German hard rock band Bonfire. Some of their albums i really, really like and others don’t do much for me at all. For me, their whole output between about 1995 and 2007 was all pretty ordinary and most …
Justin Bieber My World 2.0 Album
Justin Bieber , a Youtube discovery is now making millions and topping music charts worldwide.The album included his top selling single ” One Time ” and “Baby”.
Here is an individual reviews on my favorite singles in his album.
One Time - This for me is the perfect debut single for …
Orgy (electronic rock band)
My first real introduction to the electronic rock band Orgy was when I was around fourteen years old. While that was a couple years after their first studio album Candyass was released in 1998, they were still fairly popular amongst a lot of teens especially since their vocalist …
Green Day - American Eulogy (Song)
American Eulogy is the penultimate track of the record 21st Century Breakdown, a record by Green Day. Before I begin, this track is somewhat similar to the two musical epics, as I describe them, from American Idiot of Jesus Of Suburbia and Homecoming. Yes, American Eulogy is shorter but …
Ain’t Goin’ Down ‘Til the Sun Comes Up by Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks put together a couple of party songs during his career. Ain’t Goin’ Down ‘Til the Sun Comes Up is one of them. Partying in the country generally means that you aren’t going to stop until you see daylight. You may not even stop then. That is what …
Happy Holidays - Volume 33 CD
Happy Holidays - Volume 33 CD features a variety of different performers. This is one of those charity albums where a portion of the profits benefit the marine Toys for Tots Foundation. There are twelve tracks in all.
Judy Collins starts things off with a lovely rendition of …
Tina Turner (singer)
When I was much younger, one of my favourite singers was the woman Tina Turner. These days, I still appreciate her and her music, but my appreciation just is not as strong as it was back in the day.
There were several things I had admired about this performer …
System Of A Down - Science (Song)
Science is a song which is by System Of A Down and appears on their second record, Toxicity. The track opens up with sort of a galloping guitar riff which plays on natural harmonics and leads into the heavy main rhythm of the track which has an excellent groove …
Bumblefoot- Everytime I shake my head it’s like Christmas (song)
Since it is the holidays everyone has to be a little festive especially with some good christmas music. I recently found a pretty cool song that is christmas related by virtuoso guitarist Bumblefoot or Ron Thal who now plays in the group Guns N’ Roses.
The track off one …
Here’s a Quarter Call Someone Who Cares
‘Here’s a Quarter Call Someone Who Cares’ is a song that I saw Travis Tritt perform live in Concert in Augusta, Georgia back in the early nineties. It was the first concert me and my husband had ever went to see together. I thought it made a rather …
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