Effervescing Elephant is a song by Syd Barrett which appears on his second solo record, Barrett. The track starts off with just about twenty seconds of just faint background noise with not much going on. The thing I want to stress about Effervescing Elephant is that it’s a very …

Overview —“ Mama Said, a third music video released for Metallica’s album Load, is the music video for a song which honestly doesn’t strike me, and I’m sure most people, as a Metallica song. I mean even just thinking about the title and the artist, having the word Metallica …

Beyonce on Ellen is an episode on Ellen that I will always remember and love. Ellen is such a sweetie and she knows just the right amount of dosage of questions to ask. And as I have suspected all along, Beyonce is a woman of such grace and …

I think this is one of the best cds they have out. It had a combination of different mood songs. “This Love” is basically a bittersweet love song. I can’t stop thinking about this song. “Popular” is a good club song. It’s catchy, has …

If you remember the Hot Fuss, the debut album from The Killers, released in 2004, would you mind addressing the songs from the band, who came from Las Vegas, which affected the New Wave and Britpop, while Brandon Flowers (vocals), sing with a fake English accent, ironically it is …

This album was supposedly 15 years in the making and is rumoured to have cost Axl Rose 15 million dollars. There have been stories and rumours about its recording and release ever since Guns’ untimely demise in the first half of the nineties. As a big fan of the …

I think that this is one of the more touching songs that Carrie Underwood has sang. And it speaks of a subject and experience that I hold very close to my heart. I have five brothers and sisters who were in foster care for some time and now that …

First and foremost, I must say I am the biggest fan of La La Land even though I have not seen the film yet. At the beginning of the year I already knew La La Land will be my most anticipated film. I was really sad when I …

Unplugged is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album Hear It Is. Interestingly enough, the track opens up with a distorted guitar riff which actually has a pretty driving sound to it, certainly not the sound that the Flaming Lips would come to be known …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Emotion
Album: Survivor
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Francis Lawrence
“Emotion” is the third single and music video from Destiny’s Child’s third album titled “Survivor”, following the previous singles and music videos - “Survivor” and “Bootylicious”. “Emotion” is the laid-back, sentimental third single which one should expect from most R&B and …

Alberta #1 is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Self Portrait. The track starts off with a very blues sounding rhythm before Dylan comes in with the vocals for the track. As far as I remember, Self Portrait was one …

Boa is my favorite Korean singer; I admire her since she was 16 years old (about 7 years ago?). She began her first debut at 13 and then tried to spread into Japanese songs too. Actually, her voice is average, but I think she has a high range and …

Aaliyah ft. Ginuwine, Timbaland, and Missy Elliot
“One In A Million (Remix)”
One In A Million
Blackground/Atlantic
Director: Paul Hunter
Remix singles have the potential to do many things for listeners, but remix music videos are a hit and miss game when it comes down to it. The remix for Aaliyah’s signature hit, “One …

Despite the fact that this California based band had their songs featured in the hit film ‘A Walk to Remember’, I like many others, was not aware of this band and their amazing music until this album was released.
In 2004, several songs from ‘The Beautiful Letdown’ began to receive …

The second edition of the debut album from Tokio Hotel. I bought this album around October of last year after hearing them on a television channel called IMF which has recently gone out of business. I fell in love with the lead singers voice despite the fact …

Lil Wayne’s third album The Carter 3 was the most anticipated rap album of the year. Lil wayne has made himself into one of the biggest rappers in the world. His Carter series albums have been considered classics. Along with his solo albums, his mixtapes are also considered classic …

Three Angels is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on New Morning. Like the rest of New Morning, I really don’t find this track anything all that special and it surprises me that it’s by the same artist who wrote albums like Blonde On Blonde, Bringing It All …

I watched Making the Band on MTV once or twice, simply because I like entertainment and like to see what the new singing groups are going to come up with next. When I saw Day 26 on the program I was so disappointed. I have …

Astronomy is a track which was originally written by the band Blue Oyster Cult but for this review I shall be reviewing the cover version which Metallica reordered and placed on their cover record, Garage. Inc. I’ll waste no time in this review and state right now that out …

Overview —“ Just to make things clear right now, I’m reviewing the song and music video A Tout Le Monde from Youthanasia, not from United Abominations. So this is also the version to feature Mustaine singing by himself and not accompanied with Cristina Scabbia. I’ll admit that I’m more …

One genre of music that I feel is hugely underrated and underdeveloped is jazz/rock. It seems that rarely will I find a good jazz/rock combination band, despite the fact that the two styles of music compliment each other so well. The Reign of Kindo is a band that stands …

The fact that JLS were chosen to do the Children In Need Song for 2010 shows how popular they have become. I think it was a lovely type of ballad that they did and another example that they have more than one string to their bow. It’s also easy …

The Eagles Of Death Metal are a somewhat newer band that caught my attention. Being a Queens of The Stone Age fan, I really found this band to be quite different but at the same time very intriguing. It’s kind of hard to describe, it just feels… sleazy when …

“Man in the Box” is the song that garnered Alice in Chains attention in the early 90’s. The song was released on their 1990 album “Facelift” but was released as a single in 1991. Alice in Chains without a doubt is considered the heaviest band out of the Big …

Achtung Baby is my second favorite album by U2 after the 1997 album called Pop. Many critics praise this album. And I do agree with them. Many fans of U2 think that this album is of their best, and they are right. Music, can it be assessed objectively, should …

This album is fantastic on numerous levels. Probably the most fantastic thing about it is that it was released in 1998. When you listen to this album, it is difficult to believe that. Combinations of rap and rock music were very popular, but not round at that time as …

Die another day is the soundtrack of the film “Die Another Day” of James Bond series. It is written by Madonna. The music video was shot by Tractor Brothers officially known as Tractor. The concept of the video is Madonna is caught and interrogation. She is grilled by getting …

‘Vaan Nila’ is a fantastic song from the movie Kadhal Virus. This movie was produced and directed by Kathir. A.R.Rehman scored the music for this song. The lyrics are penned by Vaali. The song sung by Karthi. This is one of my favourite song. …

Sad Songs is a track by Andrew Jackson Jihad which is the tenth track on their latest album, Knife Man. Opening up with a catchy rhythm, the vocals quickly come into the song with a melody that is just as catchy as the rhythm itself. Something to note about …

The Kenny Rogers: There You Go Again CD is labeled as enhanced and purports to offer some extras when listened to on your computer. One of the things I like about it is that when the home screen appears, instrumental music from the title track plays. When …

Iowa is a great metal album. This album firmly establishes what metal music should be like. And I find it truly amazing how such a great metal album came out exactly at the right time, from the point of view of the state of the music industry. Due to …

I’m not totally a fan of girl groups but something about this song caught my attention. I was originally browsing in Instagram when one of my friends posted a song that what I thought to be original. It had a caption “Secret Love Song” and I listened to it, …

“Caterpillar March” is the seventh song off of the stellar Kyuss album “Blues for the Red Sun” It is a rather short but powerful song, at only one minute and fifty six seconds in length. Despite being such a short song, “Caterpillar March” musters up more talent that can …

Apples And Oranges is a single by Pink Floyd which is one of their earlier singles and is written by original member Syd Barrett. The track starts off with a guitar part which has a strong effect on it which gives an odd sound to the instrument before Barrett …

What a meaningful song. A song about doing anything for the person you love. “Yes I would die for you baby, I would catch a grenade for you.” This is a great song, awesome melody, catchy and just a great lesson to top all that off. Bruno Mars really …

I would recommend this song to all and sundry. Its appeal simply transcends all age boundaries, as evidenced by artist Susan Boyle’s unprecedented popularity in YouTube circles and the rest of the Web. For those who are not aware, Boyle was a much-maligned contestant of Britain’s Got …

Billy 7 is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on the soundtrack Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid. The track opens up with a simple acoustic guitar pattern before Dylan comes in with the vocals. For those of you who have heard the rest of this soundtrack, these …

Cotton Eye Joe was a popular dance track in the 1990’s by the band called The Rednex, which as their name suggests, they take upon the gimmick of that of a redneck. Country music, hillbilly blues and some classic techno dance beats! What more can a music fan ask …

Dreams from The Corrs is awesome. The Corrs is at their most peak/popular during the late 1999s or early 2000s, I’m not so sure. In between those times, I was so heavily into buying their CD singles and albums.
Their songs are very Irish-influenced since they hail …

Worried About You is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on Tattoo You. Worried About You is a pretty slow ballad which starts out being led primarily by Jagger’s voice and then a heavy bass line to go along with him. At first I didn’t think it …

Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) is a cover performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Down In The Groove. The track opens up with Dylan starting the vocals right away with a notable piano behind him and the tempo having the tempo of …

Dreaming is a song by System Of A Down which appears on the second half of their double record Mezmerize/Hypnotize. Dreaming starts off with a very quick guitar riff from Malakian which has an interesting sound before an extremely powerful drum rhythm along with the bass and Tankian’s vocals …

Make out club by gym class heros on the paper cut chronicles is a song about how a guy has made out with so many girls and he is telling all his buddies about all the girls he has ever made out with. He brings up every girl because …

Suck is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their EP Broken. Suck starts off with a fairly slow to moderate tempo with synthesizers having the main rhythm which gives the track that very characteristic industrial and eerie tone which has become associated with Nine Inch Nails. …

One More Drink is from Ludacris’ latest 2008 album Theater of the Mind. It has a very different sound from usual Ludacris songs, but it is my absolute favorite song of his so far. The blend of a claps and beats to dreamy bells is
stunning. This makes the song …

I’m not trying to be biased or anything but I think people should ought to know that I am among the biggest fans of Mumford & Sons in this planet. I literally own all of their albums, as well as other live performances because their music is so much …

Elton John is a famous musician who now is properly called, Sir Elton John, since he was given the title by the Queen of England. Well deserved! Elton John has been around since before I even thought about music, but since I grew up in a family that loved …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Bug a Boo
Album: The Writings On The Wall
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
Wow, um, was Destiny’s Child second album, “The Writings On The Wall”, mostly centered around male-bashing in general? Geez, first “Bills, Bills, Bills” and then this came out. And I thought TLC’s “No Scrubs” had …

Overview —“ Wake Me Up When September Ends, the fourth music video released for American Idiot by Green Day makes commentary against the United States going into Iraq. The music video definitely returns to the form of a performance and story music video, this time the story is extremely …

DJ Tomek ft. Lil’ Kim and Trooper Da Don
“Kimnotyze”
Beat of Life, Volume 1
Sony BMG
This is probably the only music video that I have seen thus far where Lil’ Kim actually looks more desirable and less like thrash which she has portrayed herself as in many of her past music …