Music Reviews
You’re Beautiful by James Blunt
James Blunt’s song, You’re Beautiful is a lovely song about a man who sees a woman and falls for her. You’re Beautiful is rather fatalistic in that from the beginning, the man declares that he will never be with the girl, so he knows that a relationship will never …
Doctor Who Series 1 Sondtrack (2005)
Like many other people I was really excited about the return of Doctor who in 2005, and very much the same every time that it has been back on our screens in the past 4 years. What I loved even more was the music that you could hear during …
Nine Inch Nails - Where Is Everybody (Song)
Where Is Everybody is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album The Fragile. The track opens up with a heavy synthesizer rhythm accompanied by drums and a bass line which goes over this part and plays an odd sounding lead rhythm. Reznor comes in with …
The Flaming Lips - Hold Your Head (Song)
Hold Your Head is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their album Hit To Death In The Future Head. Opening up with some noise effects, actual instrumentation begins to come in after around twenty seconds to create an atmosphere which sounds pretty empty and confusing in …
She hates me
She fucking hates me by Puddle of mudd is quite an interesting song. It is about how this girl was going out with this guy and then she ended the relationship and now the guy is thinking she Fucking hates him. maybe she does maybe she doesn’t but it’s …
Pussycat Dolls - Stick with you
Stick with you is one of the Pussycat Dolls’s song that has a low melodic tempo if usually Pussycat dolls is known as the energic of every song, so do with their move in dance, in ’stick with you’ Pussycat Dolls explore the soft side of the girl.
The lyrics …
Coldplay: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
In early 2007, there was news that Coldplay will release an album that will be different from the three previous albums. I was afraid, that this experiment will be a problem for Coldplay, who has become the leading band. However, after hearing that there are 10 songs on the …
Gogol Bordello - Boro Foro (Song)
Baro Foro is a song by Gogol Bordello which appears on their album Multi Kontra Culti Vs. Irony. The track opens up with a lone acoustic guitar pattern before the vocals join in quickly and gradually more and more instrumentation also joins. At the moment, the sound of the …
Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D
Don’t take Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D too seriously. If not, you will not like the music at all. Instead, if you just listen for pleasure, doing some things while listening and putting on this CD music while the guests are in your home for a birthday party …
Airplanes Pt. 2 - B.o.B ft. Eminem & Hayley Williams
Great and Inspirational. That are just two words of the very many that I could come up with to describe this fantastic song. This is a second version of the song “Airplanes”. It includes its original artists B.o.B and Hayley Williams of Paramore, but it also includes Eminem, a …
Survivor (2001): Destiny’s Child
Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Survivor
Album: Survivor
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
The three women of Destiny’s Child reunite with music video director Darren Grant once again (whom had directed most of their early music videos) for “Survivor”, the group’s first single and music video from their third album also titled “Survivor”, following …
Mobb Deep - Temperature’s Rising (song)
“Temperature’s Rising” is the third single off of Mobb Deeps classic album “The Infamous”. The song is the seventh track on the album. “Temperature’s Rising” features backup vocals from singer Crystal Johnson, who sings the chorus and the outro of the song.
As far as beats go “Temperature’s Rising” has …
Ibanez RG770DX
Ibanez has yet again created another guitar made for the guitarist in you! It is an RG770DX 1987 reissue that comes in either Ruby red or Lazer blue. The Neck is a Wizard neck that is thin for just gliding through easily with double octave or 24 frets. The …
H20 Solitudes CD 2008
I first heard this CD playing on a machine in a gift shop at callaway Gardens. It is a relaxing ambient type of cd, but melodic and not completely random sounds like some relaxation works are. These songs are performed by Chris Phillips, and is one in the line of …
Jay-Z - American Gangster
It has been long awaited for Hova aka Jay-Z to get back on ball with his flow. This album is a must have for any Jay-Z fan. This album is a definite must add to the Hova collection. Compared to his previous album “Kingdom Come” this album reigns supreme. …
Loving the Boyz II Men
I rarely appreciate R & B music and thinks these songs are just plain addition to the music genre but does not have “sense” to begin with. I guess I was proved wrong when Boyz II Men have emerged from the scene and made it well in the charts, …
If You Seek Amy by Britney Spears
Listen to this song, If You Seek Amy by Britney Spears. It is not bad at all and in the music video, Britney looks exceptionally pretty. I am a big fan of hers and since she was single right up till now that she has become a mother …
Closing Time by Tom Waits
Closing Time was the very first album from Tom Waits, one of the most noted and acclaimed songwriters in American history. Since its release, Waits has spent more than thirty years making some of the most innovative and original music in the world today. However, when Closing Time …
Rush by Paula Abdul
I remember Keanu Reeves started in this video as the man replacing the boyfriend of Paula because he died in a car race against him. The video is about teenage love, like the Teenage dream of Katy Perry but this one is more conservative. It is part of Paula …
The Hunting Party, by Linkin Park
I’m just like any other Linkin Park fan; I loved Hybrid Theory and Meteora, I had mixed feelings for Minutes To Midnight, and the other two releases — the names escape me — are forgettable, although some of their songs were catchy enough to be memorable. The Hunting Party, …
Me and Little Andy
‘Me and Little Andy’ is such a sad song about a little girl with her puppy knocking on a door in the cold and rain wearing nothing but rags. She tells how her parents have left her alone at the age of six or seven with her puppy. …
Danielle White
You may remember Danielle White from American Juniors in 2003. I remember that I was a fan of her from the couple episodes I saw, and I was happy for her that she made it into the group. I decided to see if there was anything new …
Jessie James Self-Titled Album
I don’t often purchase country music, but over the years I have gravitated toward certain artists like Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, and The Dixie Chicks. Recently, I have been listening to an artist by the name of Jessie James. She is a young country singer who just released her …
Suck It and See, 2011 Album by Arctic Monkeys
When I first heard this album, I was a little confused by it. It is just that I still had the memory of their early work, and I was simply at a loss as to the degree to which their music had changed since then. There are only slight …
James Morrison - Wonderful World - Single
When it comes to music I know when I really like an act or artist because I buy an album pretty much based on one or two songs and then just seem to listen to these songs over and over again.
This was the case with James Morrison. His song …
“The Sideline Story” by J. Cole album
I’ve recently began listening to hip hop and on my daily grocery visit to Target I came across to J. Cole’s album The Sideline Story sitting on the shelf and I decided to give it a try hoping to increasing my variety in hip hop. If it was not …
MGMT - Time To Pretend (Song)
Time To Pretend is a song by MGMT which appears on their second record, Oracular Spectacular. Being one of many singles to be released off this record, I’m sure this song is familiar to just about all MGMT fans and probably most people who listen to a rock radio …
Grenade- Bruno Mars
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 …
“Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5
This is trash, pure and simple. If raccoons knock over your garbage can at 3 AM, there will be no way to differentiate between the debris strewn across the street and this filth. From “This Love” on, Maroon 5 have been insufferable, and the easiest solution was to just …
Tool - Aenima
I bought Aenima after i had loved Tool’s next album (Lateralus). I found that Aenima is just as good. When Aenima was released Tool was just a promising name in the hard rock genre, this album enstablished the band not only as a great name worldwide, blessed by sales …
Ed Sheeran’s Album +
From playing gigs to five people, to selling out shows in Japan. + has gained Ed Sheeran worldwide recognition.
Sheeran has come a long way from his days of couch surfing and the release of his first ever EP The Orange Room. He’s toured with the likes of Example …
Get Me Bodied (2007): Beyonce ft. Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, and Solange Knowles
Artist: Beyonce ft. Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, and Solange Knowles
Video: “Get Me Bodied”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Beyonce and Anthony Mandler
“Get Me Bodied” has to be the most overblown, over-hyped, over-saturated, and simply over-the-top music videos that Beyonce has ever done. It’s literally so over the top that it is ridiculous …
Ray DVD
ray Charles as a fantastic musician of his time and today. the movie Ray is an excellent portayal of the life of Ray Charles, as well as a fantastic entertaining movie. In the movie ray charles is played by actor jamie Fox, who not only does an excellent job …
Secret Heart by Curtis Stigers CD
Secret Heart performed by Curtis Stigers is a very good to excellent album performed in a male jazz singer style similar to Harry Connick Jr. and Michael Buble.
My favorite song was the familiar Days of Wine and Roses” that Stigers makes his own by using a more bouncy arrangement …
Sublime - Don’t Push (Song)
Don’t Push is a song by Sublime and the fifth track to appear on their debut record 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening up with a somewhat laidback feel, Don’t Push gradually builds up thanks to Nowell’s vocal performance throughout the track which features some harmonies and some multi-layered vocals …
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Overview - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the most, if not the absolute most, praised records The Beatles ever released during their career, and for obvious reasons. The song has a nice balance between Lennon and McCartney as well as between feels and energies. This track …
Hear Me Now by Secondhand Serenade
Hear Me Now is the third studio album by Secondhand Serenade, released on August 3rd. I was excited for this album, mainly because I’m a pretty big fan of Secondhand Serenade, and couldn’t wait for the release of the whole album. However, when hearing all 12 songs, I found …
CD - Sanctus Real - The Face of Love
The Face of Love CD by Sanctus Real was given to me by a friend. I hadn’t heard of them before, so I was a little unsure as to whether or not I would like this cd. As first listen, I was mildly impressed, but as I listened to …
The Show Goes On song from Lupe Fiasco
The Show Goes On is the song from the American rapper, producer artists and CEO of 1st and 15 Entertainment, Lupe Fiasco. I hardly know him and I just happen to saw his video at You Tube when I was looking for the Last Friday Night music video of …
The Flaming Lips - Hit Me Like You Did The First Time (Song)
Hit Me Like You Did The First Time is a song by The Flaming Lips and the second song to appear on their fifth album, Hit To Death In The Future Head. Opening up with a somewhat lighthearted pattern, Coyne thankfully comes in with a vocal performance which sounds …
Lady Gaga song, “Heavy Metal Lover”
Lady Gaga’s “Heavy Metal Lover,” from her latest album “Born This Way,” deserves a second chance. The first time I heard the song, I was only half-interested in what I was hearing. The first lines—”“I want your whiskey mouth all over my blonde south”—”caught my immediate attention, and I …
Metallica - The Thing That Should Not Be
Overview —“ The Thing That Should Not Be is the third track on Metallica’s record Master Of Puppets and is quite a different track in sound compared to the first two: Battery and Master Of Puppets. Whereas Battery and Master Of Puppets were extremely fast songs, The Thing That …
You Belong to the City by Glenn Frey
It seems to me that the rock song ‘You Belong to the City’ that became popular in the mid 80’s (1985, to be exact) tries to tell something and not just merely describing in a reflective way by using some sort of a second person address (like talking …
Robert Fuller: Am Fub der blauren Berge CD
You just never know what you can find on CD, including this musical contribution from western actor, Robert Fuller. Now before you ask what a cowboy is doing singing German songs, a bit a background is important.
Fuller actually began as a song and dance man as part of …
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 …
Broken, by Nine Inch Nails (1992)
Even though it is not a full-length album, Broken is still very important, and has numerous qualities which make it essential for Nine Inch Nails. I personally do like the songs on Broken a lot. I think that the music is very unique, interesting, and also forward-looking and trail-blazing. …
“Insomniatic” Album by Aly & AJ
I listen to a lot of musical artists that are around my age because they typically sing about subjects that are more relevant to me. Aly & AJ are a pair of sisters that sing together and have made multiple albums together. Insomniatic is one of their albums and …
Alone by Heart
Heart is an American band composed of two females with truly extraordinary great vocal powers. Both of them composed the rock band but they really make heart-warming songs. Unlike most bands, this two really make good music.
I like many of the songs of Heart. I always listen to …
Ashton 5-string bass guitar (musical instrument)
Recently I got myself a 5-string bass guitar and it`s a brand called Ashton which is the first time that I`ve heard of it and it`s also the first time that I`m going to use an unpopular brand of bass guitar.
This instrument is a product of Ashton Music, an …
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