Music Reviews
Metallica - No Remorse (Song)
Overview —“ No Remorse, one of the later tracks on Kill —˜Em All, is yet another one of Metallica’s excellent examples of a track which was influential to the development of thrash metal. In fact, you could argue that pretty much of all the tracks which are on Kill …
Eminem-Curtain Call
Eminem- Curtain Call (The Hits)
Is it just me or is Eminem always supposedly retiring from the hip hop scene only to come back with yet another release? Well, not that I’m complaining of course, The more music from this rap genius the better as far as I’m concerned! This …
Rob Zombie-Past,Present,Future CD
This is a great collection, showcasing the best of Rob Zombie’s work, both with White Zombie and as a solo artist. With 19 songs, you certainly get your money’s worth. But as with all greatest hits collections, if you’re a big enough fan of the singer, you …
Miley Cyrus - Can’t be Tamed (album)
From being Disney’s pop sensation “Hannah Montana”, Miley Cyrus took a radical change and now claims she “Can’t be tamed”. Her second album as herself, entitled “Can’t be Tamed”, includes 12 brand new songs, all of which I found catchy. Here’s an idea of what to expect from each …
Subliminal-just when you thought it was over
Subliminal-just when you thought it was over
Subliminal’s new/ not so new album is something that was destined to get mixed reviews. On one hand, he continues his legacy of excellence and presents us with well crafted and executed songs. On the other hand, it is clear that …
Red Dawn soundtrack CD
This review is for the original motion picture soundtrack of Red Dawn which starred Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson and others back in the mid-eighties. The music on the CD was composed and conducted by Basil Poledouris.
Red Dawn is about the Russians invading America creating essentially …
Om shanti om Album
Om shanti om :- Its has been directed by farah khan, Music is by shekar and lyrics are from Javed Akthar . The music is mixed with both high energetic pepi numbers and slow soft romantic numbers. Darde-disco has already become the chart buster, mein agar kahon is a …
The Rolling Stones - Grown Up Wrong (Song)
Grown Up Wrong is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record The Rolling Stones No. 2. The track opens up with a lightly distorted guitar riff along with the drums joining in which gives the song sort of a blues-like rhythm although to no major …
Metallica - Overkill (Song)
Overkill is a cover performed by Metallica which appears on their album full of covers, both old covers and newly recorded covers, Garage, Inc. Overkill is just one of I believe four Motorhead covers which Metallica chose to end this record with, and like the other three it seems …
Album : Protest The Hero - Scurrilous (2011)
No band in the last few years has been the center of so much debate as Protest the Hero. On one side of the fence there is the haters that will not give them a fair go bacuae they have some ties with the metal-core landscape. But on the …
Caramelldansen
I can’t break free of this song. It’s not so much stuck in my head as I am just strangely addicted to it. It’s incredibly catchy. I don’t know what the draw is because at face value it’s a techno song that sounds a little like …
Soundgarden: Down On The Upside
This marks the saddest time in my life as a music fan. The last album of new songs that Soundgarden will ever put out. It was a good ride, but all ended here with Down On The Upside. But, if you gotta go out, go out with an album …
Finnish Metal Band, Children of Bodom - I Worship Chaos (2015)
Children of Bodom originated in Espoo, Finland. The drummer, Jaska Raatikainen and high school friend front man Alexi Laiho started the band as young teens. Their project was first named Inearthed, but soon changed the name to Children of Bodom.
The band had this fascination with the murders that occurred …
Bartender by Rehab
Bartender is a fun song that most people will love. Even if you don’t usually like this kind of music, it is just a completely fun song that will make you laugh at the thought of doing such a thing. I love this song although the language is rather …
Bob Dylan - Time Passes Slowly (Song)
Time Passes Slowly is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album New Morning. This track opens up with a piano which gradually builds up and somewhat reminded me of jazz if it would’ve continued, but unfortunately it doesn’t go on for too long. Dylan comes in …
Chicago band
“Chicago”, not to be confused with the city located in the United States, is the name of a popular American rock band. Just recently, I think last year maybe they had their first concert in Jamaica at the “Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival” and a lot of people, …
MGMT - Come On Christmas (Song)
Come On Christmas is a track by the neo-psychedelic rock band hailing from New York, MGMT. This song comes from their first record back before they were on a major label entitled Climbing To New Lows. Opening up with a heavy synthesizer, the track immediately has a recognizable sound …
Marilyn Manson Smells Like Children
Smells Like Children is a 1995 remix ep of Portrait of an American family, Marilyn Manson wasn’t happy with the results of Portrait of an American Family, this ep is the end result. This album not only has remixes of the previous album, it has several covers including the …
Fall Out Boy concert 9/16/07
On Saturday, 9/16/2007, I drove over to West Palm Beach, Florida to see Fall Out Boy in concert. I was chaperoning my daughter and her friends and though I like some of their songs, I’m certainly not a huge fan.
I was pleasantly surprised. The opening acts were …
Animal Collective - Doggy (Song)
Doggy is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their record Campfire Songs. Opening up with an acoustic guitar strumming pattern, the vocals join in the track pretty quickly but they unfortunately sound completely buried in the mix at the song’s opening. Because of this, the vocals feel …
Insomnium - Across the Dark
The much awaited fourth album, ‘Across the Dark’, by Finnish melodic death metal outfit, Insomnium finally hit the US streets mid-September last year. I for one, couldn’t wait to get hold of my copy, having been a close follower of this band since their sounds first gripped me, dating …
Fair Warning Van Halen album
Any Van Halen fan knows one of their worst selling albums with David Lee Roth is Fair Warning. The reason it didnt sell as much but still charted some hits on the billboard was because fans loved what they did with this album but it didn’t appeal to many …
Apocalyptica: Apocalyptica
I have been very impressed with this band in the last bit and this CD only reaffirms my faith in them. This CD was given to me as a birthday present from my uncle who also loves these guys, He knew I liked them so when the CD came …
Barry Manilow: Summer of ‘78 CD
The liner jacket for Barry Manilow: Summer of ‘78 CD is nothing more than a very long credits listing, so that’s a little disappointing. There is a quick few lines signed by Barry on the last page, but that doesn’t help to make the liner worthwhile. When …
Animal Collective - In The Flowers (Song)
In The Flowers is a song by Animal Collective and is the opening track on their record Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up gradually, In The Flowers starts out with random noises here and there before a more definitive rhythm is established in the song for the vocals to come …
Iron Maiden - The Fallen Angel (Song)
The Fallen Angel is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Brave New World. The best way that I can describe the instrumental opening of this track is that it has a very driving sound to it both from the three guitarists, Harris’ galloping rhythm, and …
Album : Alice Cooper - Killer (1971)
By the time KILLER was released in 1971, Alice Cooper the man had slowly but surely began creating his gothic and spooky character. Gone was the flower child inspired fruit rock and in it’s place a progressively inclined psychedelic hard rock sound that really shows the beginning of the …
Bob Dylan - Tell Me That Isn’t True (Song)
Tell Me That Isn’t True is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Nashville Skyline. The song opens up with a simple guitar pattern along with a slight organ in the background as well. The song also features a steady bass line which pretty much provides …
One In A Million (1997) - Aaliyah
Aaliyah
“One In A Million”
One In A Million
Blackground/Atlantic
Director: Paul Hunter
Aaliyah jumps out with her third video and single from “One In A Million” titled none other than “One In A Million”, the album’s title track itself, following the same trend from her first and previous album. Here she is accompanied …
Billy Gilman: Classic Christmas CD
Billy Gilman is all grown up now, but back in 2000, he was still the young boy with a cute smile and a voice that hadn’t changed yet. That’s when we got Billy Gilman: Classic Christmas CD, a group of 12 delightful holiday carols, including a duet with …
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Stone Free (Song)
Stone Free is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience with appears on the album Are You Experienced? Stone Free starts out with a short guitar part before leading into a pretty interesting rhythm, certainly a moving one at that. Hendrix soon comes in with his voice to sing …
Don’t Forget Me by Captain and Tennille
The first time I heard this song was when I was nine and you would not imagine that age I certainly understood what this song is all about. Don’t forget me is an old song coming from Captain and Tennille the husband and wife team. This is a good …
Aerosmith ‘Music From Another Dimension!’ album
Released in November 2012, “Music From Another Dimension!” is Aerosmith’s 15th studio album and the first since their last album released back in 2004 titled “Honkin’ On Bobo”. This latest album features 15 brand new songs and is full of great material that I think will be …
The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey - Closer (2016 Song)
The Chainsmokers is definitely everyone’s favorite feel-good hitmaker right now. I have been a huge fan since Roses and I would really like to eliminate their song #Selfie from their discography because that song is atrocious and a disgrace in the music industry. So did this new Halsey collaboration …
Boyzone : Back Again … No Matter What
There are eighteen tracks that are packaged in albums titled, Back Again … No Matter What. Fifteen songs from the entire contents of this album, is the old songs of their property, the arrangement is not much different from the album The Best of those who were given the …
Ain’t that Ashame by Cheap Trick
I use Ain’t that Ashame by Cheap Trick to walk to when I go out for a brisk walk. It is a very upbeat song and Cheap Trick does one of the best versions of it that I have ever heard. It’s a great dance song with a bit …
Animal Collective - Panic (Song)
Panic is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their record Here Comes The Indian. Opening with a vocal section, the song drags on in this manner for several minutes before entering into an instrumental section which is no more interesting. Unfortunately, Panic strikes me as incredibly similar …
Metallica - Prince Charming (Song)
Prince Charming is a song by Metallica which appears on their album Reload, the second half of their double record Load/Reload. The song starts out with a guitar riff which is very blues-rock sounding and is pretty characteristic of many of the riffs on both Load and Reload which …
Green Day - Walking Contradiction (Music Video)
Overview —“ Walking Contradiction, the fourth music video released by Green Day for their album Insomniac shows the band in yet another hilarious music video. The music video for Walking Contradiction sort of reminds me of the music video for When I Come Around because both of the music …
CD KISS DESTROYER
DESTROYER
A multi platiunum success that was THE album that put KISS over the top after the success of ALIVE and provided KISS with the missing component that made them popular to the masses.
This didn’t sit too well with KISS fans as KISS departed from their “Live in the Studio” …
Led Zeppelin - Four Sticks (Song)
Four Sticks is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their iconic record Led Zeppelin IV. The track starts off with a pretty famous guitar riff from Page and you should also take note of Bonham’s rhythm behind Page as it strikes me as an interesting rhythm and …
Michael Jackson’s History:Past,Present and Future,Book 1
The death of Michael Jackson has sparked huge interest in his career over the last few years.However for any serious music fan, the artist has been in artistic decline since the release of his Thriller album in 1984.
The album History was one of the most hyped comeback albums in …
Barry Manilow: A Christmas Gift of Love CD
From 2002, Barry Manilow: A Christmas Gift of Love CD is a terrific salute to the holiday season. I love Christmas classics and I love Barry Manilow, so this was a natural CD to add to my music collection, and I wasn’t disappointed at all, except with the …
Metallica - Disposable Heroes (Song)
Overview —“ Disposable Heroes, the fifth track on Metallica’s third record Master Of Puppets takes a sound which is similar to the title track and somehow seems to manage it in terms of excellent songwriting and just a great sound overall. Whereas Master Of Puppets did have a more …
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (Song)
No Cars Go is a song by Arcade Fire which appears on their second record, Neon Bible. Before getting into the bulk of this review, I should mention that this is a re-recorded version of a song that appeared on the band’s self-titled debut EP record. The song opens …
Deering Goodtime Banjo
An excellent choice for any beginner banjo player . The low profile neck satin finish and rock maple rim make this banjo a keeper . I began on a cheap Asian banjo , that offered a very hollow sound similar to playing in a a cave , for …
Garth and Walmart by Garth Brooks
Garth and Wal-Mart is a parody done by Garth Brooks. I love this song. It should be a wake up call to all Americans that Wal-Mart is part of the decline in our lifestyle and economy here in America. Wal-Mart has already run out millions of small businesses who …
Surfer Rosa, 1988 Album by The Pixies
I am one of those people who found out about the Pixies after paying attention to the song in the end credits of The Fight Club movie. I unwillingly paid attention to that song, and tried to find out what the name of the band and the song was …
The Flaming Lips - Stand In Line (Song)
Stand In Line is a song by The Flaming Lips and appears as the sixth song on their fourth album, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Opening up with a somber atmosphere led by an acoustic guitar pattern and Coyne’s vocal performance, Stand In Line is interesting in that it …
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