Music Reviews
Iron Maiden - Strange World (Song)
Strange World is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their self-titled debut album. The song starts off with a mellow clean guitar pattern which goes on for a while and establishes somewhat of an eerie mood to it which will fit nicely with the lyrics of the …
Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies
As Daylight Dies is the fourth album by Killswitch Engage, the third album for Roadrunner Records, and second album to feature vocalist Howard Jones, the album was released in 2006 and this time was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel. The album was reissues with a bonus DVD …
Dixie Chicks: Wide Open Spaces CD
The music was good, but how the mighty Dixie Chicks have fallen. Years back, they became country music outcasts, right in the middle of being huge successes. They made some untoward comments about then President George Bush. It was their end singing country. I believe …
Got Your Back (song) from T.I. featuring Keri Hilson
The opening strain of this song is like Knock you down from Keri Hilson. They lyrics shows that it is became Knocks you down part two. Actually that is what my friends said too but anyway this song is like other hip hop songs that came out it only …
Low by Flo Rida ft. T-pain
Low by Flo Rida ft. T-pain is a new rap song that is out which I like a lot. I know the words by heart and I have learned the dance. My one friend not long ago asked me to sing the song because I told him I knew …
Kumi Koda - show girl PV
The PV starts out with a sepia toned scene of Koda, who’s playing a woman of early 20th Century America being dumped. It then switches to color and remains that way for the rest of the video. I found the shift to be interesting as it conveyed her past …
Tell me I was dreaming by Travis Trit
Tell me I was dreaming is a love ballad by Travis Tritt. It is the type of song that typically brings tears to most of us. The video is not what I expected the first time I heard the song and then watched the video. It was a unique …
Dennis Brown (musician)
The late reggae singer Dennis Brown has always been and still is one of my favourite reggae musicians. Even though I am quite young myself, in fact, too young to remember when he started singing or when many of his biggest hits were released; I just do not …
Rocky Mountain High
John Denver sings the song ‘Rocky Mountain High’. He sings about how they destroy the forest and burn it to make way for more people to move further and further out into what used to be the wilderness which scars the land and ruins the natural beauty. This song …
Megadeth - Skin O’ My Teeth (Music Video)
Overview —“ Skin O’ My Teeth, another one of the four music videos and singles Megadeth released for their fifth record, Countdown To Extinction, is actually a song which has a darker meaning to it then I originally thought. I never used to think very much of this song, …
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Animal Collective are critical darlings and the penultimate band of modern psychedelia. Their distinct style blends multipart falsetto vocal melodies (a la Beach Boys), hypnotic beats, and electronic experimentation. While Animal Collective exhibits a high degree of computerization in their songs, make no mistake — these songs have a …
8 Days of Christmas (2001): Destiny’s Child
Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: 8 Days of Christmas
Album: 8 Days of Christmas
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Sanaa Hamri
“8 Days of Christmas” is a promotional single and music video off of Destiny Child’s 2001 Christmas album of the same name. Directed by Sanaa Hamri (who also directed “Nasty Girl” for them), the music …
Bon Iver - Holocene (Song)
Holocene is a song by Bon Iver which appears on their second self-titled record. The track opens up with a sound very characteristic to Bon Iver: a guitar establishes a very melodic atmosphere which is soon sung over by a delicate voice which accompanies and suits the guitar’s opening …
The Flaming Lips - Slow Motion (Song)
Slow Motion is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album The Soft Bulletin. Contrary to the name, the track actually opens up with a fairly fast tempo, but it’s nothing too quick. Continuing on, Coyne comes in with the vocal melody for this track pretty …
The Velvet Underground - Rock And Roll (Song)
Rock And Roll is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their album Loaded. Opening up with a fairly quick but empty sounding introduction, the intro makes good use of some nice bass fills, but unfortunately really lacks in a guitar riff to hold my attention. Nevertheless, …
‘Streets of Philadelphia’ by Bruce Springsteen
Written for the ‘Philadelphia’ soundtrack, the song ‘Streets of Philadelphia’ became one of The Boss’s most popular post 80’s hit singles and won four Grammy Awards as well as an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
‘Streets of Philadelphia’ coincides with the movie ‘Philadelphia’, which features Tom Hanks as attorney …
Sublime - New Thrash (Song)
New Thrash is a song by Sublime and is the ninth song on Sublime’s debut release, 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening with a solid power chord from a distorted guitar, the drums come in with a quick rhythm which definitely establishes the mood that’s going to be present for …
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Overview - Disraeli Gears, Cream’s second album, is a great musical album and has strong vocal performances as well in just about every track on here. I will say that most of the record is more laid back and mellow but they’re are still some great energetic tracks on …
The Rolling Stones - Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Song)
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg is a cover which is performed by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album It’s Only Rock —˜N Roll. I’m not familiar with The Temptations’ original version of this song but we’ll see how The Stones’ version of this track goes. The track …
Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes (Song)
Summertime Clothes is a song by Animal Collective and the fourth track on their 2009 studio album, Merriweather Post Pavilion. In contrast to the previous tracks on the record, Summertime Clothes dedicates more time and attention to the actual music on the track throughout the introduction of this track …
Yankee Rose By David Lee Roth
After Van Halen Split up David Lee Roth still pulled off an excellent solo career wih an ep like Crazy From the Heat and the 1986 release of Eat’Em and Smile. One of the tracks that most people are familiar with is the song Yankee Rose which is a …
Korn Untitled
The band’s eight studio album and second on Virgin Records, the second without Brian Welch, and the first without drummer David Silveria. The band used Terry Bozzio, Brooks Wackerman and Jon Davis on drums. The band Re-Recording most of The Matrix’s tracks for the album, weeding them out entirely. …
Ashes Divide Keep Telling Myself Its Alright
This is Ashes Divide’s debut album released in 2008 produced by Danny Lohner and Billy Howerdel. Ashes Divide was originally going to be Billy Howerdel’s side project outside of A Perfect Circle, originally he wasn’t going to be the vocalist, he decided to step up and do vocals as …
Chicks Dig It by Chris Cagle
Chris Cagle is a country singer who always sings very different topics, like ones you wouldn’t really think to sing about. This song is about doing things to impress girls. And I like it because a lot of is true when it comes to men and woman. Men do …
Martina McBride: The Way that I Am CD
Martina McBride: The Way that I Am CD has a liner jacket that I like a lot because it contains the lyrics in a much more readable font that most other jackets do and they are mostly on white or a light pink background. I love referring to …
Country Singer Toby Keith
Toby Keith has been one of my favorite country music singers since he came on the scene. Many people take offense to his sometimes “rowdy” appearances in songs such as “Who’s Your Daddy” and “How Do You Like Me Now?”. These songs are just a small part of what …
The Alternative to Love by Brendan Benson
I love the title of this album, The Alternative to Love by Brendan Benson pretty much. The album has a kind of oldies-sound or rather indie-sounding and very infectious. I love tracks like Alternative to Love, Feel Like Myself, Between Us and many more. Imagine an Oasis …
Animal Collective - Turn Into Something (Song)
Turn Into Something is a song by Animal Collective and the final song to appear on their album Feels. Returning to the sound that was prominent throughout the earlier tracks on the record, Turn Into Something has a far more upbeat sound and tempo in comparison to the previous …
Greatest Hits by Earth Wind & Fire
Remember this band, Earth Wind & Fire? Well, I do and my dad was putting on this CD album the other day while we were having a picnic lunch together as a family. The title is Greatest Hits by Earth Wind & Fire. Super cool, I tell …
Along Came Jones
The song ‘Along Came Jones’ by Ray Stevens is a classic type of song. It seems to be modeled after an old western movie where the bad villain takes a hostage and is foiled by a hero. The hero typically saves the hostage and is able put …
Shelter Of Your Love by Jimmy Cliff
Even though I like all genres of music, I have not had the opportunity to hear much reggae until I was watching the movie “Cocktail” starring Tom Cruise. There was a love scene between his character and Elizabeth Shue at an amazing waterfall and that is where I first heard …
The Golden Age of Grotesque (Marilyn Manson album)
One band I have always liked is the band Marilyn Manson. I first fell in love with them in my early years of high school in the early two thousands, and I was especially excited when I was in my first year of high school and they released a …
System Of A Down - Toxicity
Overview - Toxicity, System Of A Down’s second record, takes the heaviness, aggression, and attitude they had in their first record and combines it with some melody to produce an overall better balanced and more varied record. By no means does this mean that this record is light - …
Memory of A Longing Love by Spoon
Memory of A Longing Love or also what it is called as ‘Memori Sekuntum Rindu’ is very poignant, sweeping and sad. I have teared a few times whilst listening to this song, sung by the band Spoon.
Unfortunately, the lead singer of this band Spoon had been killed …
When you kiss me - Shania Twain
When you Kiss Me was sung by Shania Twain,she is a great singer and very talented woman.A Canadian singer-songwriter, known for her prolific work.When you Kiss Me is one of her song that I liked best.More of a country song that suits every generation.I really love this song, not …
Megadeth - Almost Honest (Music Video)
Overview —“ Almost Honest, another music video and single released by Megadeth for their album Cryptic Writings is a song that seems to actually really remind me of Trust. I’ve read a bit on similarities between the two, but I have to say that I actually do agree and …
American Hero Concert
When I first heard about the American Hero Concert (held this past Saturday), I was interested in attending it. Both because it was at Swan Park, just down the street from me and because I grew up an Army brat and understand the importance in showing both support for …
Megadeth - Black Curtains (Song)
Black Curtains is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Youthanasia. The track starts off with an extremely generic rhythm from Mustaine whcih makes me dearly hope that something better will soon follow this intro. The verse soon kicks in and this section is slightly better although …
The Colour And The Shape
The Foo Fighters came about when the grunge band Nirvana ceased to be due to Kurt Cobain’s untimely death. I have always loved the Foo Fighters and the relationship to Nirvana has absolutely no bearing on my opinion of this cool band. I have seen them in concert as …
Muse - Showbiz
Overview —“ Showbiz, the debut album by Muse is my first time really listening to the band. I’ve heard various tracks from scattered albums but I’ve never really sat down and actually listened to a Muse record —“ after listening to this one, I’m glad I did. I enjoyed …
Green Day - American Idiot (Song)
American Idiot, Green Day’s opening track to the album of the same name, is a song driven by political fury and those simple and basic punk riffs which the band always embraced. I don’t want to get into detail about the issue of Green Day —˜selling out’, if you …
Zoolook, 1984 Album by Jean Michel Jarre
When I was a little boy, we had only about five CDs in the household. This was back in mid 1990s. And one of these CDs was this, Zoolook. And I remember how amazed I was, as a seven year old kid, listening to this music. Some of the …
Jefferson Airplane - Lather (Song)
Lather is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their album Crown Of Creation. The song starts off with a nice acoustic guitar part coming through the left channel before Grace Slick comes in with the vocals for the first verse. Thus far I enjoy the overall mood …
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
This CD collection, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is definitely amazing. Lauryn Hill is simply a Diva in her own right and with her very unique voice, the finished product of this album is simply satisfying for me. Her huge success first started with the track “Killing Me …
Contra by Vampire Weekend
Contra is the sophomore album by New York indie rock band Vampire Weekend. The opening track “Horchata” contains a rather calm verse that is occasionally punctuated by energetic drumming that reveals similar African roots as on their previous self-titled album. “White Sky” is a bouncy and whimsical track that …
Metallica - Leper Messiah (Song)
Overview —“ Leper Messiah, the sixth track on Metallica’s Master Of Puppets, is a song which has a similar sound to the previous track, Disposable Heroes, although not quite as fast but just as heavy, if not more so. If you have read my reviews for the tracks on …
Can We (1997): SWV ft. Missy Elliott
Artist: SWV ft. Missy Elliott
Video: “Can We”
Album: Release Some Tension/”Booty Call” Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: RCA Records
“Can We” is the first single and music video from SWV’s third album titled “Release Some Tension”, following the previous “It’s About Time” and “New Beginning”. “Can We” is also a single and music …
Eminem - Rain Man (Song)
Rain Man is a song by Eminem which appears on his album Encore. The track starts off with a pretty slow tempo and a laidback rhythm which Eminem establishes a rhythm for with his vocal performance. The opening vocal melody seems a bit awkward at first, and I will …
Pancho and Lefty by Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson
Pancho and Lefty by Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson reminds me of a the wild west days. When I listen to it I can picture someone like Butch Cassidy riding off into the sunset after a robbery and being chased by the US Marshalls. I often visualize that it …
Slayer - Haunting The Chapel
Overview —“ Haunting The Chapel, Slayer’s first EP, is three tracks which pass by incredibly fast and all have an extremely aggressive feel to them. The drumming by Lombardo, who is one of the few drummers who I actually tend to pay attention to, is excellent as always and …
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