Wednesday's Wake Up...

Epic..

Monday Melodies.. The Greatful Dead

This is one of the first Dead songs I had ever heard and thanks to my hippie sister, I have grown to love the dead.  So, sis..  This one is for you!

Music Review #14: Teenage Dream or Nightmare...

My wife showed me the way to Katy Perry and to be truthful I am not a huge Pop fan unless its Michael Jackson but there was something in the quirky songs the told me to keep a look out for her.  The new album "Teenage Dream" is uber poppy and even has a feature from The Dog Father Snoop Dog on "California Gurls" that was more surprising then anything else.

I must admit that I do love simple lyrics and good hooks so there are some parts of this album that I cannot get away from loving and even dancing just a little bit as I listen to the album.  In "Firework" there are some killer strings, which I love in pop music and think makes a song stand out from all the rest of the drivel pop out there.  "The One That Got Away" is a song that I can get behind fully.  I liked it so much that I repeated it!  Songs that you can tell came from real live experience and not just written to make money are the songs that speak to me.  Maybe I am crazy but I feel like I can tell when a song is written from the heart or written from the side of making money i.e. "Peacock" total trash song.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel of this so called dream though.  "Not Like The Movies" is the best song on this album by far because it that glimmer of hope that I saw in her on the first record.  Awesome song, song writing is very flowing and its not something you would expect to hear as the ending track from this pop driven album.  Let's hope Katy does not pull a Jewel and go all hooker on us......

Summation: 3/5 because there are some gems in this album but also so made out of crap.
Favorites: The One That Got Away, Firework and Not Like The Movies

Music Review #13: Linkin Park Lost There Spark...

I have been relatively big fan of Linkin Park since "Hybrid Theory" and then feel deeper in love when "Meteora" came out.  The diversity of the hard rock mixed in with rap and then the culmination of the unbelievable screaming was just something I had never head before and I fear that I may not ever hear again...

The new album, "A Thousand Suns" turns out to be nothing like there old angry guitar driven rock/rap combo that we are all use to, but has been toned down so much that I would not be surprised if I hear there new songs on a adult contemporary radio station  I am very sad to say that I didn't finish the record.  Not that that it was the awful, but that I just could not take it seriously.

Summation: 2/5 because it is a solid album if you can't find your Enya records to fall asleep too...
Favorite Tracks: None

Tupac Amaru Shakur 14 years later..

R.I.P.Tupac Amaru Shakur

Monday Melodies... Iron & Wine

This song is awesome.  I had to toss up the Live version because it is much better then the studio recording...  Enjoi!

Austrian Death Machine - "Get to the Choppa" Metal Blade Records

Had a friend tell me about this band, its As I Lay Dying but sooooo much more... Check it out!!