30 posts tagged “music”

It pains me to say this but the album's is… meh.

 

::sigh:: I'm so sorry to say it, probably more than you know.

 

Is it because her vocals suck? Absolutely not. Her voice, as always, is amazing. But these songs don't show her range and her ability to feel. It definitely doesn't show her ability to suck you in to her emotions as she sings.

 

If you've never heard Jann Arden, well, first, you're probably not Canadian. She's a national treasure in the same vein that Anne Murray is a national treasure: something Canadians can laud and not feel ashamed of liking, unlike ::ahem:: a few others.

 

 

 

And I'm not talking Celine. She's made of awesome. And no, I'm not kidding. Sorry, weird tangent.

 

If you've never heard Jann Arden, this isn't a bad album for you to start with. But you definitely need to at least listen to her Greatest Hurts album then go back from the start and listen to all her entire discography.

 

The problem for me is that I've listened to her for years. I know she can do more. She made Insensitive.

 

 

 

She made Could I Be Your Girl. (Ignore the video, listen to the music)

 

 

 

 

Dammit, she made Good Mother, a song that makes me want to weep every. single. time. (Ignore the video for this one too. Her actual videos don't allow embeding)

 

 

 

She's made some of the most heart wrenching music in the world. She's amazing and this album is beneath her normal level of amazingness. This is a woman who can play with a freaking ORCHESTRA backing her and not be taken down by their sheer numbers.

 

And she sings You're So Vain? Really? One of the worst songs EVER?! And now I've just pissed off a ton of Carly Simon fans. Great.

 

Could it be that I was expecting something different from this album than what I got? Yes, it's completely possible. Is it possible that if I listened to it 10 more times I would love pretty much every song? Yes, absolutely.

 

Except for You're So Vain. I've hated that song for decades.

 

Time for my recommendation: Give it a listen, especially if you're not familiar with Jann Arden. But then listen to her Greatest Hurts cd. At the very least, you'll be familiar with her most popular songs. She's so much more than this album made her and I hope you get to see that.

Who is the best deceased musician/singer?
Submitted by sarahllr.

I really like this question even though I have no idea how to answer this. I can never remember who's alive or dead. I mean, Tupac's dead but he keeps releasing albums; it's just confusing! I thought Etta James was dead but then she threatened to kick Beyonce's ass (which would be fun and hilarious).

Is Nina Simone dead or just in seclusion? I think she's dead. She's quite amazing; she was ground-breaking in an era when women weren't supposed to be anything but quiet. She made music that still resonates and inspires those who listen to music and those who make music.

Elvis made current rock possible in that he was able to make it as mainstream and wide-spread because of his charisma, so I'm thankful for him, even though he also (to me) embodies the of excesses of super stardom and downward spiral that comes from someone without boundaries.

Hmmm, who else?

I'm thankful to Kurt Cobain as well because he was the symbol of my generation in the 90s and the grunge rock that I feel helped me become more myself and more aware of what is outside of my own secure circle.

There are just so many and I just realized how much I really do like this question. Thanks for reminding me to think about more than just the present but to acknowledge and appreciate how much amazing music came before my birth. I need to explore music more. I love it so much.

I need to sleep but here's some music that I really like right now:

 

 

 

 

 

I'm a little surprised myself. She's not screaming, there aren't any strange discordant notes and it's fairly happy sounding. How odd.

or if I'm just being seduced by how gorgeous he is and how amazing he looks without his shirt on. Please help?

 

But seriously, how gorgeous is he?! Is that even allowed? Oh man. He looks so much like:

 

Mmmm, Hill Harper. How beautiful you are. If some of you are looking to set me up, the second thing you should do is look for a Hill Harper lookalike.

The first thing you should do is slap yourself because you're looking to set me up. ::kisses::

Okay, so I was going to slag an Akon song (really, what can he do to me? He's half my size and I'm not 12 so I'm fairly certain throwing me off a stage would be beyond him) but I just looked up the lyrics and it's possible I'm mishearing. Supposedly the lyrics are:

I wanna make up right now now now
I wanna make up right now now now
Wish we never broke up right now now now
We need to lay up right now now now

I can mock him for wanting to "lay up" (really? Is basketball really the best way to make up? What if she dunks on your ass? Will you break up again?) but this is what I hear whenever the song ::deep sigh:: plays at work:

I wanna make love right now now now
I wanna make love right now now now
Wanna make love right now now now
We need to make love right now now now

I'm trying to figure out if my ears are perverts or if Akon can't enunciate properly. Why don't you decide for yourself:

 

Hmmm, perhaps my ears ARE perverts. But then again, the reason I did this post was mainly to put in songs about love and wanting something that actually are good (once again Akon, get as mad as you'd like. I'm still twice your size):

Kings of Leon "Use Somebody" (FINE, disable embeding, damn band. And cut your hair! It looks like mine when myh cowlick gets out of control). But it's a damn fine song. I love his voice, how it sounds vaguely dirty. Oh well, here's the song without their video:

 

I read somewhere that if you haven't made love to this next song, you need to rectify that immediately:

 

And this isn't about love and relationships, unless you're talking about loving yourself (not that way, dirty minds!). But I love Deborah Cox, I've missed her and she's so beautiful:

 

It's not a great song but damn, look at when the girl peels off her fake eyelashes! Is that what it actually looks like?! DAMN!

... sorry, I get distracted.

Writer's Warning: This will probably be a fairly bitchy (yet funny!) review, especially since I'm in a bit of a mood. Read on at your own peril. If you are, like many of my neighbours, a kind and gentle soul, you may feel guilty about laughing at varying song writers.

Unless you hate Nickleback; then you'll love this.

I've been working retail since the end of November for a rather large electronics retailer. As part of the store, there are tvs and music/movie previews playing and, for some reason, they're never turned off. SO, since the end of November, I've been forced to listen to music that should be used as torture.

Leona Lewis has this song that, for some reason, makes me think of this song by Usher (listen at your own risk):

 

This is the most ridiculous song. What kind of freaking exhibitionist narcissist are you that you feel the need to make LOVE in a public place? You can't just go home? You really need WITNESSES to prove you love her? GOD. If I drag my old ass to a club, I do NOT need to see you having sex. I would just like my drink so I can silently mock all the old men trying to pick up barely legals.

Then there's this song by... someone. I don't know her name. It's a country song and the chorus goes like this:

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

No oh oh oh oh oh oh

AND SO ON.

::sigh:: I'm ashamed I used to enjoy country music if this is what it's degenerated into. PLUS she's dancing around like a freaking idiot, doing the side to side, front and back leg movements while flipping her skirt around like she's actually dancing or something. Girl, what you're doing is what we used to do at elementary school dances because none of us could actually dance. You know what would have given you more to do during the video? If your song ACTUALLY HAD LYRICS.

And finally, Nickelback. Dude, I defended you when you first got huge and how do you repay me? With the last 3 craptacular albums that I wouldn't wipe with my ass. Yes, I know; people still buy it, the albums sell in the millions. I don't think it means they're ACTUALLY ANY GOOD. And while I didn't hate your first release from your most current album, WTF is up with your newest single "Something in Your Mouth"? Are you fucking kidding me with that song? Ooooh, you're talking about oral sex, you're so interesting and subversive.

WHATEVER.

Tom Morello is doing interesting music that, while aping the style of Leonard Cohen, has a particular artistic style and he's trying something new because he's made a ton of money and can. You? You've regressed to acting like you're 8 years old, giggling at a woman eating a banana.

And dude, learn to take a fucking taxi.

Now, I need music suggestions to take the ick out of my mouth from talking about these 3 awful awful songs. I'd like something from the R&B, Blues, Jazz family because it's not typically something I listen to. OR if you know any good rock or Southern rock, I'll take those suggestions too.

Yes, even I, the one who hates Christmas carols at Christmas, has a favourite Christmas carol. My absolute favourite carol? O Holy Night. I don't completely know why; I have the feeling it's because I like that big note that is fairly impossible for average singers to hit properly.

You know the note. That one, the one that's awesome and weird, all at the same time.

So I went youtubing to see if I could find a good group of examples. A friend (hi Eilan!) mentioned Josh Groban and I rather like him so I started there.

Eh. It's good but he doesn't go for the note. Dude, even *I* go for the note and I'm not someone you want to hear go for the note. Not going for the note just seems like a pussy thing to do, you know what I mean? But perhaps I'm wrong, maybe he did go for the note and I just missed it. ETA: Yup, I missed it. I think I was so disappointed in the first attempt, I forgot to listen through the song for the second. He made an awesome second note. What do you think:

 

LUCIANO went for the note, JOSH. IN ITALIAN:

 

And no matter what you say about Celine Dion (okay, okay, the things *I* say about Celine Dion), that woman has a great sense of humour about herself AND she has a really great voice:

 

I had no idea who the hell David Phelps was/is until the last little bit. All I could think was, "This guy's singing at the Grand Ol Opry. I should probably know his name, at least in passing. Nope, still don't know who he is." But he's a Gaither Family singer or whatever they're called. Anyway, he's with the Gaithers, they're a gospel group and that would be why he looks like he's straining to poop the entire song. Luckily for him, he sounds amazing:

 

See? Even DAVID PHELPS went for the note, JOSH. Unless I'm completely mistaken about your version, in which case I apologize for mocking you.

Want other versions? How about Carrie Underwood:

 

Beautiful voice, even though she's always seemed like someone I'd want to punch a lot. You might want to thank her, Josh, she doesn't really go for the note either. Plus she really shortened the song and made it sound a little assy.

No idea who Celtic Woman or Chloe Agnew are but they make good song:

 

I especially love how they didn't make the song all about them (thanks for that description, Emily!) but let their beautiful voices carry the song.

So many versions, so many bad choices. God, I love this song.

I was going to add NSync's version as a bit of a laugh but it was... well, it was and it wasn't needed.

But it's a lot better than my mood has been for the last week (thanks to Throkky, the most awesome; two of three of her kids [P was home with dad] and the most delicious jam, salsa and pickles she sent home with me!). So here's some music. Right now, it's my favourite song in the world:

 

Hmm, for some reason, Vox is finding it difficult to let me link to Throkky. Weird.

... what an odd title. I should probably change it, but I won't.

Does anyone know who Bonecrusher is? I'm interested in what kind of music he does. I saw him on Iron Chef America yesterday and he wasn't a tool (unlike those other two. Aside to the fat guy and the woman who still frosts her hair: SHUT THE FUCK UP. I don't care that you hate each other but you don't need to bag on the chef's food because you're trying to one-up each other in being tools). Plus he was really sweet and hugged the challenger because he loved the food.

I can find his videos on YouTube but I'd like suggestions on good songs to start with. Thanks! ::kisses::

 

*strangely enough, this post makes it sound like I'm in a good mood. I'm kind of not and I want a lot of people to die. But that's a fairly normal mood for me, I guess.

I think it's because I'm so happy to be going on vacation!

Which reminds me, you won't be seeing me around very much. I'll try to keep up but I'm going to be bumming off someone else's internet. I'll see about posting pictures too.

 

And who knew Alvin and the Chipmunks did a cover?

 

That's all kinds of wrong.