The Band

This past class we talked about how technology has changed the current day and listened to The Band. I actually really liked The Band. I thought it was really cool and unique how every time they walked into their house they had to write a lyric It was surprising to me how good the songs were too. I definitely did not think they would be lyrically as good as they were. My favorite song we listened to was "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". I liked this song the most because the lyrics were really good, and I liked the way it sounded. My second favorite song that we listened to was "The Weight". I liked this song because it was one of the songs they wrote a lyric when they walked in and out of their house and because it sounded good. Here is "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "The Weight":

Johnny Cash

This past class we listened to Johnny Cash. I personally didn't like him that much. I didn't like him that much because I'm not a huge country fan, his voice was too low for me, and his songs were too slow for me. I don't like country enough to want to listen to it for a whole album. When I listen to a country album I have to listen to it over a few days, because after a while it all sounds the same to me. Second, I didn't like his voice that much. I didn't like his voice very much because it was really low, and it made me want to fall asleep. Lastly, the majority of his songs were slow. I prefer upbeat songs to slower songs, because they're more exciting and they are usually loud.

Christmas Albums

I personally don't like when artists do Christmas albums. I feel that whenever artists do Christmas albums, its just for the money, and the music singing is sub par. It also bugs me whenever an artist chooses cliche songs for their album. I like the original Christmas songs much more than the remakes. Christmas albums also bother me because generally they are made for the sole purpose of making a little bit more money, when they don't bring that much joy to people. In general, Christmas albums bother me.

The White Album

In the past class, we listened to The White Album. This has been my favorite Beatles, because it went back to their old style of music. There was a lot more bluesy songs, and a lot less weird John songs. The songs in this album that I liked were: Back in the USSR, Ob-La-Di, Black Bird, Helter Sketler, and Revoloution. I liked all of these songs a lot because they were either upbeat, bluesy, had good lyrics, or just sounded happy. My least favorite song of the album was Wild Honey Pie. When I looked at the the lyrics it looked like it was going to be a really short bad song, but it was short and weird. The singing was odd and there were like a total of 10 words used. It was not my favorite song. Here is Revoloution and Helter Skelter:

 

Axis: Bold as Love & Distraeli Gears

This past week we listened to Axis: Bold as Love  and Distraeli Gears. Distraeli Gears was much better than their first album. I liked it much more because it sounded much more bluesy, and that made it much better. The lyrics were much better than the first album, but they still werent very good. Axis: Bold as Love was also a very good album, I liked it a lot. I liked it a lot, becasue it was really good jam music, and the lyrics were really good. My favorite song from the album was Sand Castles out of Sand.  Here it is live:

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

In the last class (November 7, 2012) we listened to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd. Personally I disliked this album a lot. I didn't like it because there was just too much going on for me. It was just odd, I felt like the whole album was that way. I also felt like there weren't many lyrics throughout the album. I felt like it was mostly noises and solos. There was one thing different about this album than most others that we have listened to though. The thing that was different was that it didn't have a bluesy aspect to it. You could say that music is changing, and I would say this album was a movement for the change.

Magical Mystery Tour

In class we listened to Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles. I personally liked the album, I thought it was really good, and I also thought there were some really strong songs in the album. Some songs I personally liked were I am the Walrus, All you need is love, and Penny Lane. I am the Walrus was a weird song. I'm not exactly sure why I like it, because the lyrics aren't that great, but the beat is good. I like Penny Lane, because it had a nice tune to it and I had heard it before, so it made me enjoy it a little more. Lastly I liked All You Need is Love because its a classic, and its just a nice and good song. Here is I am the Walrus:

Jimmy Hendricks

In class we listened to Jimmy Hendricks' first album. Going into the class I only knew that Jimmy Hendricks was one of the best guitarists of all time. After listening to his first album, that's rightfully so. In all of his songs he played so hard. Some of the stuff he did sounded just crazy. I felt like I could jam to all of his music. The thing about his music is that its upbeat and loud, and that's good for jamming music. Even though Jimmy Hendricks is a phenomenal guitarist, his drummer was also extremely talented. His album was pretty good, but the thing I liked most about it, was that I could jam to it quite easily.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Recently we just listened to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. This album was structured to be like a concert, because The Beatles had recently vowed to never tour again because of a near death experience in India. The album started off with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and that was a good start to the album. A few tracks in there was this weird song named "Lucy in the Sky with Diamiands". This song was maybe the wierdest song I've ever heard. Everything about the song was just odd. My favorite song of this album was "A Day in the Life". It was a good idea to write a song about a newspaper, because there is just so much to wrtite about. Overall I didn't like the album too much, because I felt like it was different. Here is A Day in the Life: