Music Reviews
Viva Forever by Spice Girls
One of Spice Girls song that I love as well would be Viva Forever. It has a certain Italian and Spanish-like sounding quality and Viva Forever by Spice Girls will always be on my mind whenever I have memories of the Spice Girls’ brand of music and wanting to …
I Quit by Hepburn
This song is so addictive!! And it’s been a long time since I heard this song, but I was so into it again because just now morning I was preparing myself after shower and I turned on the radio and I heard this song over the radio.
I …
The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel’s Death Song (Song)
The Black Angel’s Death Song is a track by The Velvet Underground which appears on their first record, The Velvet Underground And Nico. This song starts out in a somewhat dissonant fashion due to an electric viola being played and then Lou Reed’s vocals coming in pretty abruptly, I …
Prince - LOtUSFLOW3R
LOtUSFLOW3R
Every year, new Prince album, some would say. What makes Prince’s new 3 CD material special is the fact that he returned to what he knows the best - playing electric guitar. First CD LOtUSFLOW3R is full of great guitar playing which is not the case in his recent …
Pink Floyd - The Show Must Go On (Song)
The Show Must Go On is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their concept album, The Wall. The track opens up with harmonized voices singing together in a very melodic fashion over a very basic drum rhythm which gives the song a very calm feel. It’s sort …
All That You Cant Leave Behind 2000 Album by U2
Well, I remember how I bought this album for sure. I was on a special occasion, visiting the capital city with my mom. I was about 12 years old, and the special occasion was to buy a new sound system, the sound system I had been giving no life …
What Was Lost
The new two-member (Mike Sheppard & Vicky Backle) indie band, What Was Lost, from Vernon, New Jersey seem to have a unique and emotional style. I’m not too sure whether it’s the slow, sad voices or the crying of the guitar that makes this band so touching, but …
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - EXP (Song)
EXP is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on the album Axis: Bold As Love. EXP opens up this record and starts off with a very brief guitar bit which is basically the same thing as Stone Free. The song then quickly shifts into a sort …
The Beatles - March Of The Meanies (Song)
March Of The Meanies is an instrumental track which appears on The Beatles’ record, Yellow Submarine. Let me first start by saying that I really didn’t like many of the instrumental tracks on Yellow Submarine with the rare of exception of one or two, March Of The Meanies being …
Neil Diamond: The Christmas Album CD
I remember this seemed odd for a while, that Neil Diamond would do a holiday album since he’s Jewish. There was talk that since Barbra Streisand was doing another one, it somehow was okay for him to do one. I don’t recall the specifics much now, but …
Animal Collective - Infant Dressing Table (Song)
Infant Dressing Table is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their fourth release, Here Comes The Indian. The first thing I should mention about Infant Dressing Table is that it certainly takes its time to establish any type of rhythm. For the first few minutes of this …
Queens of the Stone Age - I Was A Teenage Hand Model (song)
The obscure titled “I Was A Teenage Hand Model” closes out Queens of the Stone Age’s debut self titled album at track 11. What makes this album so weird is that it was released on Roadrunner records which I am most familiar with them releasing Soulfly albums, which are …
Animal Collective - Mouth Wooed Her (Song)
Mouth Wooed Her is a song by Animal Collective and the tenth song on their record Sung Tongs. Opening with a calming acoustic guitar pattern, the vocals enter the mix after about thirty seconds with a melody that initially didn’t win me over, but is one that’s grown on …
Taylor Guitars
Well the first saying that comes to mind when I think of Taylor guitars is “you get what you pay for”. Now, in some situations I have experienced this saying to be untrue. Such as, overpriced restaraunts with poor quality of food, salon grade hair products that …
Ed Sheeran and Beyonce - Perfect Duet (2017 Song)
Ed Sheeran, one of the most popular pop star right now, teamed up with Beyonce, another popular singer today, to deliver what might be an apt title for a song: “Perfect Duet”.
Even though the song was released on March 2017, it was solo. This new one is freshen up …
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Bold As Love (Song)
Bold As Love is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on their album Axis: Bold As Love. The track is the final song on the album and I’ll say that it’s certainly a good song to end the album off with. The track opens up with …
Soundgarden: A-Sides
After all the years and tears, Soundgarden finally split. No doubt a sad day for all fans worldwide, but they left us with a compilation of hits that summarizes a great career.
A-Sides is a great collection for those who don’t like purchasing every album to catch up on …
The John Lennon Collection
John Lennon will live on forever in his music. At this time when our nation is at war, it seems a mandate to re-explore the music of John Lennon and think about the themes of peace, love, and freedom.
The songs that move me the most in this collection …
Mourning Widows - Furnished Souls For Rent
Furnished Souls for Rent is Nuno Bettencourt’s 5th album where he plays in a “real band” (His 4th album Schizophonic was Nuno playing and doing everything on the songs) and features a much more stripped down and energetic sound than with Extreme or his solo albums. It has the …
“Sex Me” (1993): R. Kelly
R. Kelly
“Sex Me”
12 play
Jive/Zomba Recordings
“Sex Me” is R. Kelly’s first single and music video from his first solo effort titled “12 Play”. R. Kelly has decided to part ways from his Public Announcement group and do his own R&B thing, so this is where that started.
The video almost entirely …
MGMT - Of Moons, Birds, And Monsters (Song)
Of Moons, Birds, And Monsters is a song by MGMT which appears on their second album, Oracular Spectacular. The track gradually builds before VanWyngarden immediately comes in with the vocals and a bouncing rhythm behind him to back him up. I will say that right form the start, the …
Soap On a Rope Music Video
Another great music video by the newly formed supergroup chickenfoot is soap on a rope. As you may or may not know Chickenfoot is a supergroup featuring Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar, Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers on drums and the …
Jerry Cantrell Degradation Trip Vol. 1 and 2
This is Jerry Cantrell’s 2nd solo album released in 2002 on Roadrunner Records, the album is a reissue of Degradation Trip, reissued as a double album. The set was released as sort of a tribute to Layne Staley, I checked it out because I love Alice In Chains, and …
Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
Time After Time is a song by Cyndi Lauper. The song was recorded back in the 1980s, but it is still such a great hit. Cyndi has another version, which is like an unplugged performance, and it is live. I really prefer this version, but it remains a fact …
Jacks Mannequin - Everything in Transit
Ever heard of Jack’s Mannequin? You should have. Not because of rising popularity or the fact that the band recently accompanied Plain White T’s and Panic! At The Disco on tour, but because of the melodic, piano-filled tracks that fill debut album “Everything in Transit”. Jack’s Mannequin brings a …
Korn Take A Look In The Mirror
Take A Look In The Mirror is the bands 6th album and the title is a statement to the critics. The album was recorded at Jon Davis’s home studio LA California. Produced by Korn and Frank Filipetti. The album is one of Korns darkest angriest albums ever, taking a …
Self Made Vol. 1 by Maybach Music Group
At first I thought this collaboration album was going to be below average on my expectations but I was dead wrong. The Maybach Music Group (MMG) consists of rappers; Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill, Pill, Teedra Moses and Gunplay. Their first collaboration album titled ” Self Made Vol. 1″ …
The Rolling Stones - Cool, Calm, And Collected (Song)
Cool, Calm, And Collected is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Between The Buttons. The track opens up with a piano bit which seems to have a significant amount of ragtime influence to it, or at least this is how I hear it. Very …
Mingus Moves
The older, more powerful. This Predicate is feasible given, for a bass player who has great ability like Charles Mingus. Album under the title Mingus Moves (1973), has been released again. This is because public demand for jazz musicians were known eccentric. This album is a jazz album …
Staind
Staind is a band fronted by a singer by the name of Aaron Lewis. The band is quite famous for jumping between genres whenever they feel like it, from garage to grunge to emotional, they have it all! I�ve had the pleasure of seeing Staind live in concert, and …
Tainted Love (song by, Soft Cell)
I remember when I first heard Tainted Love on a radio station when I was visiting the United States. I was immediately hooked to this song but little did I realize it was quite an old song already. About 16 years old or just a bit more really.
I actually …
Nine Inch Nails - Discipline (Song)
Discipline is a track by Nine Inch Nails which appears on The Slip. Discipline opens up with a very drum beat and then gives way to some synthesizers which obviously add that industrial and electronic feel which I typically associate with Nine Inch Nails. The vocal melody to Discipline …
The White Stripes-White Orchid (song)
If you have ever heard of the band White Stripes you probably know that it is consisted of guitarist and singer extroardinaire along with his wife Meg White on drums. It’s a pretty simple band with no bassist or rhythm guitar and I think that’s what makes them …
The Flaming Lips - Pilot Can At The Queer Of God (Song)
Pilot Can At The Queer Of God is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album Transmissions From The Satellite Heart. Although the opening riff of the track has a surprisingly heavy feel to it, Coyne surprisingly comes in with a vocal delivery which works with …
The Osmonds: Christmas Memories CD
Harmonies are top notch as always on The Osmonds: Christmas Memories. This CD is a collection of songs as performed by The Osmonds, which this time around equals Merrill, Wayne, Jay, and Jimmy. It doesn’t matter the combination of Osmonds, the harmonies are always there. I …
Bob Dylan - Bunkhouse Theme (Song)
Bunkhouse Theme is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on the soundtrack for the film Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid. One thing I should mention is that the track is an instrumental which certainly isn’t a style of songwriting that is associated with Bob Dylan, although I’d …
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 …
Did I shave my leggs for this?
Did I shave my legs for this? Is a comical song by Deanna Carter. It is a comical song about a subject that is common in America today. In the song she is basically complaining about how her husband sits around all day long watching TV and drinking beer. …
Green Day - She’s A Rebel (Song)
She’s A Rebel is a track returns to the feel that previous songs on American Idiot had like the title track and Holiday. To put it very simply and briefly, the songwriting is simple, the lyrics aren’t amazing, the vocal melody is catchy, and somehow everything just comes together …
From the Bottom Up - Brownstone
Approximately 14 years ago in 1995, I had a chance to listen to the album From the Bottom Up by the R&B group Brownstone and I thought that the album was excellent, both from a music standpoint as well as a lyrical standpoint. I thought that all three of …
Crazy in Love (2003): Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Artist: Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Video: “Crazy in Love”
Album: Dangerously in Love
Label: Columbia
Director: Jake Nava
The Beyonce Knowles that used to be, wow, those were the days. This is the Beyonce whom we all know and love but, unfortunately, she doesn’t have it in her anymore, she’s been totally incapable of creating …
Chickenfoot Get Your Buzz On Live Dvd
The Chickenfoot Live Dvd Get Your Buzz on! is one of the Dvds I’ve been waiting for awhile and when the supergroup finally released a copy at best buy I picked it up and couldn’t wait to finally watch it live. When I saw this dvd it was actually …
Static-X Machine
Machine is Static-X’s second album, released in May of 2001 on Warner Bros Records. The album introduction starts with a sound that makes you think you may have the wrong album, and then picks up big time with Get To The Gone, Permanence, Black And White, This Is Not, …
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Ain’t No Telling (Song)
Ain’t No Telling is a track by Jimi Hendrix which appears on Axis: Bold As Love. This track is extremely short at only two minutes in length and the song wastes no time getting right into the bulk of the music. I can describe the track as being very …
311 band
Sometimes it’s good to just listen to music that stands apart from the regular. I find that escape when I listen to 311. Nick Hexum just has such a mellow voice and I love the how reggae sound they mix with the rock sound. Some of my favorite 311 …
‘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 …
Muse - Ruled By Secrecy (Song)
Ruled By Secrecy is a song by Muse which appears on their album Absolution. The track starts off very quietly with faint pianos coming into the track gradually along with a simple bass line and Bellamy’s vocal melody at an almost inaudible volume. As the song progresses, both the …
Three Imaginary Boys, 1979 Album by The Cure
It is probably not very often to encounter for a band like the Cure to be criticized, or even to not be praised, but I think that some of their albums are not very good, and this one, their 1979 debut Three Imaginary Boys is such a record.
I think …
Meat Puppets - Backwater (song)
Backwater is the number one single that appears on the Meat Puppets album “Too High to Die”. This song single handedly propelled the Meat Puppets into the mainstream audience. “Backwater” ended up reaching #2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
The song starts off with a bang. The lead …
The Flaming Lips - Fight Test (Song)
Fight Test is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their record Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. The song opens up with an echo-like effect and also sets up an atmosphere as if you’re in a huge arena of people watching a “fight test”, as the name …
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