Jimi Hendrix Live at Woodstock

We watched Jimmy Hendrix live at Woodstock, and it was amazing. He is such an amazing guitarist that it is unbelievable. Some of the things he did on guitar were crazy. The fact that he could sing and play the guitar, the way he did, is amazing. Just listening to an album doesn't do him justice because half of the show is seeing him play. A thing that was unfortunate for him, was that the majority of the crowd had left, because he showed up a day after. There may have been more people at his concert if there was a published schedule, but it still was really good, and I enjoyed seeing him play a lot.

Abbey Road

This week we listened to Abbey Road. I thought it was good, but I liked The White Album more. Abbey Road was good, because it was the last album when The Beatles truly wrote as a band and because it sounded like some of their older stuff. My favorite songs of the album were Carry That Weight, The End, and Her Majesty. I liked Carry That Weight because I thought the chorus was good. I liked The End because it was sounded good, Ringo had his only solo ever in it, and because it had an iconic line, "The love you take is equal to the love you make." Lastly, I liked Her Majesty because after the end it was tacked on and it gave a little bit of light-heartedness to the end of the album because it sounded happy.

Woodstock Festival

In the past class we watched the Woodstock festival. Woodstock was interesting cause it was overnight and cause there were so many people. The people who set up cleared fields and set up the stage, campsites, and places to bring food and water. There were only expected to be about 50,000 people a day, but they were terribly wrong. From the stage there were people as far as the camera could look, and there were bands playing all through the nights. The festival itself was both a failure and a success. It was a failure at first, because it lost 3 million dollars, and that was back in 1969. It was a success because it pleased the people, and later made money from the documentary and and album. The Woodstock festival was important to music history because it was one of the first times where bands played in front of massive crowds.

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: