Music Reviews
Television’s Greatest Hits - Volume 5: The 60’s and 70’s CD
Television’s Greatest Hits - Volume 5: The 60’s and 70’s is a collection of 65 TV themes on CD. Talk about fun. This CD transports the listening back in time to visit with old friends in all genres of television. A minute ago I listened to …
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Overview - Meddle, Pink Floyd’s fifth effort, is a record that I’d have to say is pretty much average at best. The record starts very strong and ends very strong, but the work in between is honestly just mediocre in my opinion. It isn’t that the songs are bad, …
Deftones (band)
One of my all time favourite bands is a band called the Deftones. I was listening to them ever since I was in my latter part of high school and even now that I am almost twenty two, I still have not fallen out of love with their music.
What …
The Offspring Splinter
Splinter is the seventh studio album by The Offspring, produced by Brendan O’brien and released in 2003, three years after the bands last album Conspiracy Of One. The album is a welcome step away from the last album, and I am really pleased to see the band’s return to …
You Don’t Even Call Me By My Name by David Allan Coe
You Don’t Even Call Me By My Name by David Allan Coe is a classic song to me. I used to think this song was done by Johnny Cash instead of David Allan Coe. Maybe they both did the song, I’m not sure. Either way it is a great …
Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand - Single
You have to wonder how some people manage to get a song in the charts, especially high in the charts and for me this is one of them.
Barbra Streisand by Duck Sauce I just feel is a little pointless. Why Barbra was chosen as the focal point for …
Dishwalla’s Every Little Thing
This Dishwalla song is from the 2002 album, Opaline. Out of all the songs on this album (one of them is “Angels and Devils”) Every Little Thing is the best and I’m not saying for this album only but with all of the songs they have ever done. When …
Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin
One of Led Zeppelin’s semi know song is the track Heatrbreaker off their second album, Led Zeppelin 2. I like this song because it has that signature riff throughout the sing that is played in octaves. It really has that late 60’s tone to it and Robert Plant’s vocals …
Nitro-Freight Train(song)
Probably one of the craziest glam bands out there in the eighties that wasn’t very popular back in the day was the glam metal band nitro. They had everything from the highest pitch sreaming from screamer Jim Gillette and the blazing guitar work of Michael Angel Batio. One of …
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (Song)
Yellow Submarine is a track by The Beatles which appears on both Revolver and Yellow Submarine. Although the track is written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, it’s actually the drummer, Ringo Starr, who takes lead vocal duties on this track. For those of you who have heard Starr …
Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
This album is the pinnacle of Bob Dylan’s career.During this time he reinvented the way in which the public experiences popular music.His songwriting skills are without a doubt intense, humorous, porphetic, whimsical, and highly entertaining.I have never in my life heard a man’s voice that is completely distinctive and …
“Be Without You”
“Be Without You”
Performer: Mary J. Blige
Every since I can remember, I have been a fan–I use the term loosely–of Mary J. Blige’s music. I say I use the term loosely because I don’t really consider myself a fan: Fans stand out in the rain for concert tickets; fans plaster …
Energy Never Dies
The album by black eyed peas called “the energy never dies” is awesome. It is a different kind of music. It’s all upbeat, techno, dancing music. I like all of the songs. One of my favorite is Boom Boom Pow. I also like the names of the songs. It …
Shure Wireless PG24 wireless microphone
One of the things I bought online for my band awhile back is the PG24 wireless microphone by Shure. Since Im a guitarist, a very big part of the band is singing back up vocals and being able to sing harmonies with power and more volume I needed a …
Monkey Business by The Black Eyed Peas
I was very critical of the Black Eyed Peas’ newest album simply because I feel like it doesn’t really feature their own voices. It is so heavily edited and overly synthesized that I feel like I am listening to a bunch of robots in a recording studio, not the …
Metallica And Lou Reed - The View (Song)
The View is a song by Metallica and Lou Reed which is the second track on their collaboration album, Lulu. Opening up with an incredibly simple and pretty boring riff, Reed comes in with the vocal melody of the track which honestly just sounds like a mess to me. …
The Flaming Lips - Lucifer Rising (Song)
Lucifer Rising is a song by the Flaming Lips and a bonus track to appear on their fourth studio record, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Opening up with a heavily distorted introduction, I’m slightly reminded of a sound that Radiohead would go on to embrace many years after this …
Nickelback music
Nickelback makes great music. The sound is awesome and I really enjoy listening to their sound. I love the drums that are played in most of their songs. The music that flows from Nickelback’s band is nothing short of great. Nickelback rarely makes bad music and they haven’t made bad …
Disturbed: Ten Thousand Fists CD
After two years of waiting Disturbed has finally released their third album. Anyone who has heard the single “Stricken” should indeed know that this album “rocks”, and by “rocks” I mean it “rocks” hard. From the the first track “Ten thousand Fists” to the end you can …
The Sound of Music - The New Broadway Cast Recording CD
The Sound of Music - The New Broadway Cast Recording CD is from the well known play and movie musical’s return to the stage in New York at the Martin Beck Theater. The year was 1998 and the producers wanted to give the play a fresh go. …
Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars
I do not know anything about Bruno Mars. This year and just this month, I learned about him when his single was playing on the radio. One time I was riding in a public utility vehicle and was listening to my favorite local radio station 94.7 when the song …
Metallica - Kill ‘Em All
Overview - Metallica’s debut album, Kill ‘Em All, is an album that I would consider to be a break through for thrash metal and an extremely innovative album. Despite this, the album is far from perfect and extremely far from what Metallica was truly capable of, as they proved …
Bob Dylan - Ninety Miles An Hour, Down A Dead End Street (Song)
Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) is a cover performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Down In The Groove. The track opens up with Dylan starting the vocals right away with a notable piano behind him and the tempo having the tempo of …
Jefferson Airplane - Bark
Overview - Bark, Jefferson Airplane’s sixth effort, makes it clear that the band really isn’t what they used to be and don’t exactly have that same type of wonder that they used to. Bark features a lot of new concepts including a violin in a few tracks, a track …
Judas Priest: Screaming For Vengeance
There is a title that screams for attention. It is Judas Priests cd that sits on top of the stack…Screaming for vengeance.Song one of this 1982 rock classic is a combo actually of an electric riff and a following song that feeds off the electricity that sparks from …
“I’ll Be Your Sunset” by A Rocket to the Moon
A very techno but soothing song. The vocals aren’t very focused on in here, instead it is more blended into the instrumentals, and it makes the mind serene. This is one of the few songs I approve of the use of auto-tuning, because of how capable of bringing us …
Pet Shop Boys (music group)
One genre of music that I can certainly say that I love is “Electronic Dance Music”. Of course this is a bit unusual for someone like me who is mostly into hard rock and heavy metal music. However, it is something that I have been interested in from I …
The River by Good Charlotte
The River by Good Charlotte is a song about how beautiful can not stay beautiful. this song is about how this person got baptized in the river and now they believe. This song to me mainly talks about sins and how the kids should find their way back home …
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 …
Time Again- Self Titled
Whenever I hear a Time Again album it reminds me of one of there biggest influences, Rancid as both lead singers have a similar vocal sound. I feel Time Again have the ability of even becoming bigger than there idols.
I’m reviewing Time Agains 1st ep of 6 tracks. Daniel …
Jai Ho - Pussycat Dolls
Slumdog Millionaire fever is setting fire even in music industry through its sensational soundtrack ‘Jai Ho’. The first time I heard this song, I was confused whether it is English or Hindustan. The beat makes me dance even if I had repeated the song over and over again. It’s …
Here, Here, and Here Album by Meg & Dia
I did not really know much about Meg & Dia until I heard one of their songs while on MySpace. That is where they became popular initially. They won the MySpace band award for Warped a few years back. Meg & Dia are two sisters who released two albums …
Bob Dylan - The Man In Me (Song)
The Man In Me is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record New Morning. This song is actually pretty well known not so much because the album was good, as it wasn’t, but because it’s the opening song for the film The Big Lebowski. As a …
Chi-Lites
Once many people get to know me it will soon become clear to them that I am not the type of person who likes listening to soul music. In fact, I think many people will be surprised to find out that I actually know a lot about old soul …
The Last Goodbye- Mckenzie Comer
I know many people have not heard of McKenzie, well this girl has an incredible future ahead of her. She is a fourteen year old Aussie singer, with a voice that could move moutains. She has not gotten an offical record label to sign her yet but she has …
Venom - Black Metal
Overview —“ Black Metal, the second album released by Venom, continues in the very heavy and fast sound that Venom introduced on Welcome To Hell and once again proves why they’re considered so influential to both the thrash metal and black metal genres. I think that out of all …
Bob Dylan - Talking World War III Blues (Song)
Talking World War III Blues is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. The track starts off with an acoustic guitar riff which has a nice rhythm that lends itself well to a harmonica bit which soon comes over it before Dylan …
October 1981 Music Album by U2
And just what were U2 thinking when they were recording, and subsequently, releasing this album? It is one of the mysteries I have always been puzzled by. I am a huge U2 fan. Probably, currently not as big of a fan as I was in the past, in my …
Apocalyptica: Inquisition Symphony
Well I have been following this band for some time and I must say that they have impressed me. This latest CD as well as the first, contain mostly covers but it is still a great work of art. It contains covers of Metallica, Pantera, Sepultura, and Faith No …
Maneater
Maneater by Nelly Furtado is a true song for a lot of chicks now days because they make guys fall in love with them left and right and then they make them do what they want. It kind of sickens me even though I have got guy friends that …
System of a Down The Self Titled Album
System of a Down is one of my most favorite bands. They’re a hard rock band and they usually dabble in heavy sounding music that more often than not has double or deep meaning behind the lyrics. In this review, I want to talk about their very first album, …
Lil wayne Carter 3
Lil Wayne’s third album The Carter 3 was the most anticipated rap album of the year. Lil wayne has made himself into one of the biggest rappers in the world. His Carter series albums have been considered classics. Along with his solo albums, his mixtapes are also considered classic …
Sledding With Tigers - Hung Overture (Song)
Hung Overture is a song by Sledding With Tigers and appears as the fifth track on the band’s second album, The Hill Sheep. In the previous track on the record, Ten Fourty-Five, I noted that there were several sections where the instruments were actually completely empty from the track …
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Bruce Springsteen released Magic in 2007, an album eagerly awaited by fans and critics alike. His first outing with the E-Street Band since 2002’s The Rising, a lot was expected of the Boss this time around.
Hopes, high that this album would be as impressive as the one from …
CD - Sanctus Real - The Face of Love
The Face of Love CD by Sanctus Real was given to me by a friend. I hadn’t heard of them before, so I was a little unsure as to whether or not I would like this cd. As first listen, I was mildly impressed, but as I listened to …
Local H - Bound for the Floor (song)
“Bound for the Floor” is a single by the Illinois band Local H. The song appeared on their debut album “As Good as Dead” and is by far their most popular song. “Bound for the Floor” reached the number 5 spot on Billboard Modern Rock.
Often considered “post grunge”, “Bound …
System Of A Down - Old School Hollywood (Song)
Old School Hollywood is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their record Mezmerize, the first half of their double album Mezmerize/Hypnotize. The track opens up with a synthesizer along with a drum pattern, something very rare for System Of A Down to utilize but an …
System Of A Down - War? (Music Video)
Overview —“ War, as it’s name suggests is a song all about War, a topic that System Of A Down has explored multiple and various times throughout their career, probably at least once on each album. Generally I’d get sick about listening to the same topic if it kept …
Don’t Trust Me by 3OH!3
Don’t Trust Me by 3OH!3 (pronounced 303) is a great song that has recently come out. However, due to its popularity, the song has become slightly overplayed. I had this song recommended to me on itunes months before it became popular and now it played so frequently, …
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 &35 (Song)
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Blonde On Blonde. The track starts off with a moderately paced drum rhythm before leading into a section which features a brass band, an interesting yet somewhat strange use of outside instrumentation …
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