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:

RED

So, Taylor Swift's new album came out this week. It is titled Red. It was very hyped up by pretty much every fan of her's out there. I am fan, so I was pretty excited. When I downloaded it Monday morning I saw the lineup and was pretty excited. After listening to it, I was a bit let down. I was let down, because the music was sort of all over the place. She did many different types of songs this album and showed more of her vocal range and also her song writing capabilities. Since we were talking about maturing as an artist in class, that was on my mind throughout the whole album. I personally believe that she is on the road to maturing. Nearly all of the songs on her other albums have been about boys and haven't had great lyrics. In this album, a little over half of the songs are about guys and there are a few songs with great lyrics. The last thing that makes me think that she is maturing as an artist, is that her music videos also look different. They look more professional, and less childish. I probably made the album sound bad, but its still quite good. I think everyone just hyped the album up a lot, and if they were a little let down like me, they will realize that the album is still really good. My personal favorites on the album are Treacherous, All Too Well, and Begin Again. Here is the album cover art and the songs.

Treacherous 

All too Well

Begin Again

This is the album cover.

Revolver and Cream

In our last class, we listened to The Beatles album Revolver and a little bit of Cream. Let me start off with Cream. We started of listening to  Cream without lyrics, and it was pretty good, they all played well and sounded good. Then we started listening to them with lyrics. They are god awful song writers. I have no skill in song writing, and I am fairly certain I could write better songs than them. Then we listened to Revolver. I have to say it was a pretty good album, and it is one of my favorite albums that we've listened to. My favorite songs in the album were Eleanor Rigby, For No One, and Got to Get You Into My Life. I liked "Eleanor Rigby" because it was different and I liked the sound of the stringed instruments. I liked "For No One" because I liked the sound of it and the lyrics were great. I liked "Got to Get You Into My Life" because it was upbeat and I enjoyed the lyrics. Overall the band grew, not by a significant amount, but they definitely grew. Here are my favorite songs from the album:

Eleanor Rigby

 For No One

                         Got to Get You Into My Life