Music Reviews
Bob Dylan - Love Henry (Song)
Love Henry is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album World Gone Wrong. The song opens up with a light acoustic guitar pattern which serves as a nice introduction to the song before Dylan comes in with the vocals. Dylan’s lyrics focus on a story so …
Diggin Up Bones by Randy Travis
Digging Up Bones is one of the songs that Randy Travis does that really hits home with me. You see, to me the song is about a love that has ended but that I was not ready to end. When I was sixteen I met a man that was …
Boyfriend Number 2 by Pleasure P
I’ve been listening to Pleasure P’s Boyfriend Number 2 on YouTube for a while now and it has been my favorite song of his. I’m not a go out and buy posters type of girl, but I do like listening to Pleasure P’s music and I was even more …
Taio Cruz: Rokstarr
My name is Sophia Chartrand and I’m reviewing for Taio Cruz’s album, Rokstarr. What I’m going to do is, talk about every song on the album and my opinion about it.
1) Dynamite (5/5) - This song is really groovy. Dynamite is the best song for a club or …
Animal Collective - Feels (Album)
Feels is a record by Animal Collective which was their follow up to Sung Tongs. I’ll be honest and admit that I think Sung Tongs is an incredibly hard record to follow, but I can thankfully say that I think Animal Collective lived up to the challenge with Feels. …
The Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were one of my favorite popular music groups when I was younger. In fact, even though my best friend now seems to feel embarrassed about it, I can remember that we had our own mini Spice Girls group when we were eight and nine years old. …
Foster The People - Hustling (Song)
Hustling (Life On The Nickel) is a song by Foster The People which appears on their debut record Torches. The track opens up with an unconventional opening comprised of an electronic intro before other instrumentation joins in the track and a rhythm is actually established. Though the band takes …
Scars On Broadway - Kill Each Other/Live Forever (Song)
Kill Each Other/Live Forever is a song by Scars On Broadway which appears on their debut self-titled record. I’ll say right now that this track is extremely repetitive and there isn’t a lot of diversity in the song, but I’ll also say that Daron Malakian gives once of his …
Erich Kunzel: Bond and Beyond CD
Erich Kunzel: Bond and Beyond CD features Kunzel and his Cincinnati Pops Orchestra performing a number of movie and TV show themes that are detective, private eye, and crime type dramas. Kunzel has done several like albums, featuring different types of well known works. A friend told …
‘Thinking Of You” by Katy Perry
This my favorite Katy Perry’s song. And she wrote it! She is so talented and amazing. I didn’t thought she could write a very good song like this. Now I know she’s really a talented woman.
Thinking Of You is for all the girls who lost their boyfriends, either died …
Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (Song )
Carrie Underwood has been a staple of country music ever since she won American Idol. She offers elegant change in the genre and is considered as the country queen of her generation, achieving the likes of Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Shania Twain and Faith Hill in the past.
I …
Bob Dylan - Little Maggie (Song)
Little Maggie is a traditional song which is arranged and performed for his album Good As I Been To You. The track opens up with an acoustic guitar pattern which seems to have a nice move to it. Dylan comes in with the vocals in a somewhat deep tone …
The Doors - The Crystal Ship (Song)
The Crystal Ship is a song by The Doors which appears on their self-titled debut record. The song starts off with Morrison singing a few words before the rest of the band joins in with him. His vocal tone on this track is extremely melodic and has that very …
Animal Collective - Bleed (Song)
Bleed is a song by Animal Collective and is the third track on their EP release Fall Be Kind. Opening with a spoken word section, Bleed soon transitions into an incredibly empty atmosphere which is both positive and negative. On the downside, I’m not a huge fan of the …
Train in Vain - Annie Lennox
I’ve liked a few tunes by Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics. I’m not overly fond of mellow music, especially by female singers. When my friend loaned me her Annie Lennox Medusa CD I didn’t jump at the opportunity to listen to it right away. In fact, it …
The Flaming Lips - Raining Babies (Song)
Raining Babies is a song by The Flaming Lips and the third song on their record In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Opening up with a melodic sound which is surprisingly driven by the bass guitar, Raining Babies shies away from the more aggressive sound present throughout Unconsciously Screaming. Although …
Bob Dylan - Changing Of The Guards (Song)
Changing Of The Guards is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Street Legal. The track opens up with an organ part along with a steady drum and bass rhythm before Dylan comes in with the background vocals. Something to note about this track is that …
Let me go by three doors down
Let me go by three doors down is about how this guy tells this girl to let him go because he don’t know how to really love her. She is in his thoughts but he don’t know how to let her in. this song is a sad song in …
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold is the band Avenged Sevenfold’s 5th album, and is obviously self-titled. It is a great album with very little screaming, and extremely skillful guitar solos. Sadly, some songs on the album, like “A Little Piece of Heaven” are incredibly messed up, and really have no musical value …
Jewel - Foolish Game
Foolish game is the most my favorite song from Jewel. Though this song is not become hits anymore but it could be my soundtrack of my life ever.
This song is slow and can categorize in ballad song. The lyrics is tell about a girl who think that her boyfriend …
‘Whiskey Lullaby’ by Braid Paisley featuring Alison Krauss
In 2004, few songs were as popular as the country music song ‘Whiskey Lullaby’ by Brad Paisley. ‘Whiskey Lullaby’ was a beautiful duet that featured beautiful harmonies at the chorus and very touching lyrics. The song was accompanied by an equally moving music video that starred Rick Shroeder.
‘Whiskey …
Surfin in the USSR
Ray Stevens does this hilarious song called “Surfin USSR.” It is a song that makes fun of the Russians which have been notorious for being the worst enemy of the United States of America during the cold war era. It features Ronald Regan as the President of the …
Nirvana Nevermind
Nirvana’s Nevermind was released in 1991, produced by Butch Vig and released on DGC Records. The album features 12 tracks and a hidden track entitled Endless Nameless on most versions of the album. This is a classic album, considered one of the best albums of the 90’s, or even …
The Who - Tommy (Side II)
Overview —“ Side II of Tommy may only have four tracks to it, but due to the last track, it has a lot of music on it. Obviously since this is a concept record, all of the songs on here fit together with one another in some way or …
Not Myself Tonight by Christina Aguilera
Not myself tonight is the first single of Bionic album by American pop star Christina Aguilera. It is an up tempo dance song in electro pop genre. I think this is a great song by Christina Aguilera with music, vocal and electronic vibe. The electronic sound of the song …
Top 5 Michael Jackson Songs
After the untimely death of pop superstar Michael Jackson, it seems a fitting tribute to write a review of my all time top five hits by the King of Pop. Five songs are going to be hard to choose as there are so many amazing songs but I’ll give it …
The Flaming Lips - Superhumans (Song)
Superhumans is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their sixth record, Transmissions From The Satellite Heart. Opening up with a disjointed introduction before Coyne comes in with the verse of the song, he initially comes in with a tone that sounds significantly different than his voice …
Bleed Like Me, 2005 Album by Garbage
I was unimpressed by this release to a rather high extent. I think that the band did not go anywhere with this album, and it sounds rather backward and also kind of boring. Many of the songs on this album are cheap and forgettable, very easy to see through. …
Timeless Favorites: Lerner & Loewe CD
The Timeless Favorites: Lerner & Loewe CD comes courtesy of Reader’s Digest Music and gives us 20 tracks of famous songs composed by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. These are well known, much beloved songs from the stage and screen.
The journey begins with Robert Peterson’s masterful rendition …
The Black Eyed Peas
It was probably back in 2000 or 2001 that I first saw the Black Eyed Peas on VH1. It was a video where they were all getting blown onto this glass or plastic and the camera was behind it. So it lucked like they were in some kind of …
Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler - There’ll Be Some Changes (song)
“There’ll Be Some Changes Made” is a collaboration effort of 2 amazing guitarists. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame, and Chet Atkins of well… Chet Atkins fame contribute to this amazing song. Although the song itself is a cover version, the original performers of the song were Benton Overstreet, …
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
The first time I heard this song was at an open air food court while having supper with a friend. I liked it a lot, and after that I went straight to get an MP3 copy of it from the Internet, burnt it into a CD and have been …
Doin’ My Thing by Luke Bryan (CD)
I just purchased the Luke Bryan CD, “Doin’ My Thing”. This CD came out in October. I have fallen in love with this man’s voice. Let me tell you! There are some great tracks on this CD.
The song that had me desiring this CD in the first …
Lindsay Lohan - Confession of a broken heart
When I hear Lindsay Lohan would release an album, I’m not sure about her capability on vocal in singing, but after I listen her songs, I can say that’s pretty much good. Confession of a broken heart is one of Lindsay Lohan’s song that I like.
Confession of broken a …
Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (2016 Song)
There is no doubt that Ed Sheeran is among the most talented singers in the world right now. His ability to write from his personal experiences or from his viewpoint of heavy themes drips heavily in the lines of his songs. What sets him apart from other great singer-songwriters …
My Romance: An Evening with Jim Brickman
Few years ago, I was new at work, I share classroom with my co-teacher who handles the deaf preschool class. In between classes, we have long breaks ( because we taught in a special school, classes are sometimes irregularly scheduled) and he would over and over listen to MY …
Bon Iver - Lump Sum (Song)
Lump Sum is a track by Bon Iver which is the second track on the band’s debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago. The track opens up with an airy atmosphere before an acoustic guitar comes in and establishes a more definitive rhythm, though some background voices help to maintain …
Lighters Up (2005): Lil’ Kim
Lil’ Kim
“Lighters Up”
The Naked Truth
Queen Bee Entertainment/Atlantic Records
Well, I was right about the Lil’ Kim trends which I mentioned a few reviews ago (the one for “The Jump Off”). An album every three years with only two music videos and singles (with the exception of her first album “Hardcore” …
Black Sabbath Paranoid
Paranoid is Black Sabbath’s second album released in 1970 under Vertigo Records in the UK and distributed by Warner Bros in the US. The band recorded the album the same year as their last album with the same producer Rodger Bain. The song Paranoid was recorded at the last …
Slayer - War Zone (Song)
War Zone is a song by Slayer which starts off like most of Slayer’s tracks do: very fast and very heavy. I will say that the double bass in the introduction of this track sounds nice but the guitar part just sort of strikes me as generic and doesn’t …
Song: It’s a Little Too Late by singer Toby Keith
It’s a little too late is a good song remake by singer Toby Keith. I have heard the original version and I have to be honest, I like Toby Keith’s version much better. It may be because I love the video and his humor. Toby Keith has an amazing …
Road House soundtrack CD
Road House was an action adventure film from the late 1980’s which starred Patrick Swayze as a philosophical bouncer named Dalton. This review focuses on the musical soundtrack for this Zen-like movie.
I’ll start with my favorite tracks, which naturally are the two songs which Swayze sings. Both …
Better Than Me by Hinder
Better Than Me by Hinder is a song about how a guy is feeling down about his girl and realizing that the girl deserves better than him. obviously he was not treating the girl right and has tried to convince himself that he is not going to miss her. …
I Don’t Wanna Cry (1991): Mariah Carey
Artist: Mariah Carey
Video: I Don’t Wanna Cry
Album: Mariah Carey
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Larry Jordan
“I Don’t Wanna Cry” is the fourth single and music video from Mariah Carey’s first self-titled effort, following the previous singles and music videos which are “Vision of Love”, “Love Takes Time”, and “Someday”. Larry Jordan, who …
Full Bug song by Van Halen
One of the worst songs that van halen made in the pre David Lee Roth era is The Full Bug. This song was featured on the Diver Down as most likely a filler to reach the time needed for the record to be released. Although the album showcases some …
The Beatles - Across The Universe (Song)
Across The Universe is a track by The Beatles which appears on their final record, Let It Be. Across The Universe starts out with a pretty stripped down instrumentation, just Lennon and an acoustic guitar, and it’s pretty much like this throughout the entire track although some other sounds, …
Never Say Never by Justin Bieber
Never say Never is the original soundtrack of the movie The Karate Kid staring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. The first time I heard about the song, even if Justin Bieber is not the singer, even it is not use in any movie; with its lyrics, I can say …
“Do It Again” (1999): Jay-Z ft. Amil & Beanie Sigel
Jay-Z ft. Amil & Beanie Sigel
“Do It Again”
Volume 3… The Life and Times of Shawn Carter
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Dave Meyers
“Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)” is Jay-Z’s first single and music video off of his fourth album titled “Volume 3… The Life and Times of Shawn Carter”. Jay-Z reunites …
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
Overview —“ Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, the debut album from Lynyrd Skynyrd is a nice collection of southern rock tracks with a very vocal and guitar driven album. Lynyrd Skynyrd is another one of those classic rock bands who isn’t really among my favorites in the genre but I do …
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