Music Reviews
Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart by Alicia Keys
As a singer, I’m not very fond of Alicia Keys. I think her voice sounds really weird and it is just not that pretty sounding. But I have to give her some credit because at least her voice sounds natural and doesn’t have any crazy sound effects on it. …
AFI Sing The Sorrow
Sing The Sorrow is AFI’s 6th full length and first major label album, released in March of 2003 on Dreamworks Records and produced by Butch Vig, Jerry Finn and Jade Puget. This is the album where the band started to change, they move away from punk and take a …
Cannabis Corpse - Dead By Bong (song)
“Dead By Bong” is the 5th song off of Cannabis Corpse album “Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt Rise” which was released in 2011. It was produced by Erik Rutan of “Hate Eternal” fame and whom I might add produced some of “Cannibal Corpse” newer albums. In other words, it …
Frank Sinatra - My Way - Single
Of all the tracks in the world that can inspire, especially if you feel you have been through a rough patch at some time in your life, then Frank Sinatra, My Way, just seems to sum everything up for you.
The song does mention quite a few things, so as …
Coldplay
My favorite genre of music is alternative, and one of my most favorite bands ever is Coldplay. Their songs are often my soundtracks to the things I do everyday. I have a favorite Coldplay song for when I feel sad, when I’m running, when I’m driving, before …
Every breath you take by the Police
Every Breath you take by the Police is a simple song. The song talks about how this guy is saying that every thing his girl does he’ll be watching her cause she belongs to him. This song has a simple beat which I like quite a bit. The lyrics …
Whips And Chains by David Allan Coe
Whips and Chains by David Allan Coe is a weird song. It is probably my least favorite song that he does. It just goes to show that you can write a song about almost anything though. I don’t think this one made it very big because I had never …
Higher Ground by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
HIgher Ground is a remake of Stevie Wonder’s original song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I really enjoy most of the music that the Red Hot Chili Peppers record, and Higher Ground is one of my favorites. Higher Ground, the Red Hot Chili Peppers version is a really …
The Grateful Dead - Wake Of The Flood
Overview - Wake Of The Flood, the sixth effort by The Grateful Dead, departs from the more folk and country rock that was found on Workingman’s Dead and on American Beauty but still does not venture back into the psychedelic sound they once had. The music still does have …
Megadeth - Insomnia (Music Video)
Overview —“ Insomnia, the lead-off track of Megadeth’s eighth record, Risk, is certainly a track that sounds quite a bit different than any song on the previous seven Megadeth records. In fact, pretty much all of Risk had a different sound and feel to it than the previous Megadeth …
Rhythm and Voice of Cultural CD Music
I recently just bought 2 CDs, which have a cultural mix to it, each costing between $19 - $23. I love different cultures and traditions all around the world, and it includes African and Latin music. The first CD is called Acoustic Africa. This CD features …
Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell (Song)
Run Like Hell is a track by Pink Floyd appears on their concept album, The Wall. The track opens up with just a bit of guitar noise before leading into the main rhythm of the song which is quite catchy and stays throughout the track. It’s not really worth …
Cannibal Corpse - Vomit The Soul (song)
“Vomit The Soul” is the 5th song off of Cannibal Corpse infamous album “Butchered at Birth”. This is classic death metal at it’s best. The album in general is genre defining, considering their albums released before this point of time had more thrash metal roots, I think with Butchered …
Scars On Broadway - Scars On Broadway
Overview —“ Scars On Broadway, the debut album by the band of the same name, is Daron Malakian’s first release after leaving System Of A Down. After listening to Serj Tankian’s album many people were extremely curious to hear how Malakian would compare, and I was no exception. I …
Riding with Private Malone
Riding with Private Malone is a song by David Ball about a guy who just got out of the military and buys a 66 Chevy Corvette from an ad in the paper. It describes how excited he was to get his dream car. It talks about how the car …
Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble - Texas Flood
Overview —“ Texas Flood, the debut album released by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble is a collection of excellent blues songs, and more importantly to me, excellent guitar playing by Stevie Ray Vaughan. I’ll be honest and say that I really don’t listen to very much blues rock …
Taproot-Welcome CD
Taproot is a band from Michigan that has made it into the mainstream, but I’ve never been sure how popular they really are outside of their home state. They’re definitely worth a listen, though. “Poem” is the most well-known song off of this CD, and for good …
CD: Dream Theater: Octavarium
Octavarium is a rock music CD by Dream Theater. Although it is not my favorite of their CD’s it is still very good.
I always like how Dream Theater can start with one instrument and gradually add instruments into a great rock sound. However, this effect was overdone …
Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia (Song)
I said in my review of American Idiot that everything with Green Day is simple and basic. Well, Jesus Of Suburbia makes me look like an idiot with this statement. I will admit that the majority of tracks on American Idiot are indeed quite simple and basic, this album …
Bob Dylan - Ring Them Bells (Song)
Ring Them Bells is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Oh Mercy. Ring Them Bells is a pretty laid-back track and primarily just features Dylan singing along with a piano behind him in a pretty serious and somber tone in his voice in my opinion. …
Come With Me: Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page
Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page
“Come With Me”
“Godzilla”: The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Bad Boy Records
Due to some previous considerable success with his rock remix of “It’s All About The Benjamins”, Puff Daddy was selected to take another jab at the rock genre for motion picture soundtrack to 1998’s “Godzilla”. Here he …
The Beatles - Carry That Weight (Song)
Carry That Weight is one of the very last tracks on Abbey Road and although it is only 1:36 in track length, I feel like it offers quite a lot of music for that short amount of running space. I make a point to stress the time and length …
Kid Cudi - Day N Nite (Song)
Day N Nite (Nightmare ) is a song by Kid Cudi which appears on his debut record Man ON the Moon: The End Of Day. Opening up with a light synthesized intro along with Kid Cudi doing a little bit of vocal work to establish a rhythm, the first …
Radiohead - A Wolf At The Door (Song)
A Wolf At The Door (It Girl. Rag Doll.) is a song by Radiohead which appears on their album Hail To The Thief. Opening up with a slow and hypnotizing rhythm, Yorke comes in with a vocal delivery which is equally hypnotizing and seems to blend in with the …
SandMan
SandMan is a really good rapper from MN. He is an underground rapper but has created a big following on the net and on the streets as well. He has a very fast flow and very good lyrics. He can also sing and harmonize on his songs as well. But …
Tool Lateralus CD
Once in a while a band/artist comes along and totally shakes the foundations of conventional and un-conventional art. In this case, the band is Tool, and the art form in qustion is music. The album in question is Lateralus, a monolithic epic album that transcends all conventional boundries and …
OJ Da Juiceman - The Otha Side Of The Trap
OJ Da Juiceman hits the scene with his debut album —˜The Otha Side Of The Trap’, and proves that he is ready for mainstream success. This album is not for everybody, as a majority of the songs are “trap” songs, and a majority of the CD is about selling drugs …
Don’t Tell Me by Avril Lavinge
Don’t Tell Me by Avril Lavinge is a song I like to listen to when a guy tries to tell me what to do and I tell him to go buzz the heck off. I hate guys who do that and my friends do to. All the guy wants …
Song: Hey Ya sung by Outkast
The song Hey Ya is a goofy type of song by the singing group Outkast. I heard it first when my boyfriend would play it all the time. I never really paid attention to the lyrics until recently though because it was just, to me a weird song. I …
Breakdown by Guns N’ Roses
A great song by the band Guns N’ Roses off the Use your Illusion 2 album is the song Breakdown. It is a 7 minute song that opens up with a cool Axl Rose signature style whistle intro with banjo played by Slash and then it goes into a …
“The Joshua Tree” - U2 album
Before I even knew the name of their band, U2 was already one of my favourite rock bands back in the nineteen nineties when I was a little girl. All this was possible, thanks to the songs on their album “The Joshua Tree” which came out in the late …
Album : Mad Maze - No Time Left… [E.P]
How good has it been over the last few years to be a fan of thrash metal!! I like loads of different kinds of music, more than most people i know, but old-school thrash metal will always hold a special little place in my heart as it’s the music …
Christina Aguilera feat Alicia Keys - Impossible
This is not the new song from Christina Aguilera but this is my favorite song. In this song she also play with Alicia Keys, a very talented R n B singer too. So, I think this song is very interesting because of the two wonderful singer play in a …
Rammstein (band)
I first heard of the German rock band Rammstein when I had just left high school and had begun to crave metal and explore some of the heavier genres of rock music. Someone had introduced me to the music of Rammstein, which I became even more interested in hearing …
Screamin Blues Digitech pedal
This guitar pedal by digitech has to be one of the best investments I have made in my musical life. I love how you can play a nice simple scale on a regular clean setting and then immediately stomp on the pedal, yielding a more sustain and distorted sound. …
Smoke and Mirrors - The Receiving End of Sirens
I have been a huge fan of the more experimental indie rock sound that started to become popular in the late nineties for just as long as it has been around, as it is just one of those sub genres that never ceases to provide me with surprises and …
The Sound of Silence by Paul Simon
The song “The Sound of Silence” by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel a.k.a Simon and Garfunkel (who was a musical duo who became popular in the mid 60’s)was created with a great deal of wisdom. It was like the composer/s was in a trance while writing this. …
The Who - The Who Sell Out (Side II)
Overview —“ Side II of The Who Sell Out isn’t extremely different from side I, or at least I don’t think so, and it just isn’t quite as good. This isn’t to say that side II isn’t good though, some tracks on here still have some great parts to …
The Beatles - I Want To Tell You (Song)
I Want To Tell You is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Revolver. Opening up with a lighthearted guitar riff that gradually fades into the song, other instrumentation also joins in which gives the track a whole sound before the vocals also come in with …
Miracle Drug (song by, u2)
U2 is an Irish rock band that has many albums, one of my favourite albums from them is entitled “How to dismantle an atomic bomb” and one of the songs featured on this CD is called Miracle Drug.
It starts off pretty slow, with the singer following the slow …
Abba Gold: Greatest Hits album
Ever since I had first heard of them when I was little back in the nineteen nineties, I have always been fond of the music of the Swedish pop group Abba. That is why I was very happy a couple years ago when I was introduced to the album …
The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead
Overview - The Grateful Dead, the debut album of the band of the same name, introduces the band’s ability to write catchy songs and their ability to apply their style to a wide range of covers. The one word I can describe this album with is energetic. The energy …
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 …
Edwin McCain Songs
I have been married for 4 years now and before that was engaged for nine long years to the same man. All those years, some songs became a part of our love story. Most of these songs are just so amazing it speaks straight to the heart. Among …
Promises by Randy Travis
Promises by Randy Travis is great song. It’s one of a couple of different songs that I like to listen to when I need to relax or mellow out after a bad day. It is somewhat of a sad song. It reminds me that when everything seems like it …
Scars On Broadway - Exploding/Reloading (Song)
Exploding/Reloading is a track by Scars On Broadway which appears on their self-titled debut record. To recap, the first two songs on this record have been Serious and Funny, the former being quite an aggressive and fast track while the latter being far more melodic and moderately paced. To …
Bob Dylan - Man Of Constant Sorrow (Song)
Man Of Constant Sorrow is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan for his self-titled debut record. The track starts off with an acoustic guitar pattern primarily in the right channel of the song and Dylan’s vocals to the track primarily in the left channel. Dylan still …
James Blunt’s songs
I guess I can never get tired of James Blunt’s songs. I do think that he is one of the few singers who can seriously sing and at the same time mean his songs.
From the lyrics to the melody to the delivery, James Blunt’s music really touches my …
Soundgarden: Louder Than Love
The sophomore jinx? No, not for this band. Soundgarden’s second album, Louder Than Love is a testament to their domination over pretenders at the time. And one song says it better than any: Big Dumb Sex. The title alone is intriguing enough that it warrants a listen.
There are some …
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