Any time I hear the song Californication I think it's gonna launch into this song. Every single time.
This is a really good song though, which should be obvious since it's one of their most recognized songs. Hey, what can I say, I like their hits.
So the bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers is named Flea, and he is amazing to watch. Seriously, check out a live video or a music video, you'll see what I mean. Look at this man, he clearly has nothing left to lose now that his tooth is missing. He also has fantastically colored hair.
Or ya know, maybe he does have more to lose... Of course I'm talking about the loss of blue hair, ya know. Not the loss of clothes.
Also, #PoorBlogFormating
Other than that, I don't have too much to say, ya know? They put out some really catchy music that is popular for a reason. If you've never heard their stuff I strongly advise you give them a listen, it's well worth the 3 minutes to hear what they do.
I used to own their album Californication, and some songs off of the others, but I don't know what happened to that.
New blog feature, the Album Spotlight! This is basically an album review, but for older releases that I missed originally, wasn't born yet, or that I just didn't have a blog at the time.
Yeah, I know, Limp Bizkit sucks. You know what though, I don't care. This album is really good in a lot of ways, from general musicianship, to the production quality, even down to the novelty factor.
Let's start out with the guests on the album. We've got the remix of Rollin' that's subtitled "Urban Assault Vehicle" featuring DMX, Redman, and Method Man. When I first heard this song I flat out hated it because of the way it's slower than the usual Rollin'. This wouldn't be an issue, but rather than retake any of Durst's lines, they just slowed them down to match what they needed which sounds really bad in a couple areas. If you listen all the way through though you'll see that it's a great song. The flow that the 3 rappers have is fantastic and 100% worth listening to the track for.
The other guest is Xzibit on the track Getcha Groove On. It's a very different sound from the rest of the album and very worth hearing just for Xzibit. I'm not familiar with his usual material yet, but he fits in this song like a glove.
Standout track wise it's got a couple really good ones. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the song Hot Dog since it has the dubious honor of saying f*ck a total of 48 times over the course of it's play time. It also lifted it choruses from a couple Nine Inch Nails songs, which is actually really cool.
Also you've gotta hit up the regular stuff like the singles My Way, My Generation, and Rollin'. There may have been some others, but I'm not familiar with the popularity of anything but these two. Both are good and catchy, but there's still other tacks that are as good or better.
Full Nelson reminds me of a Rage Against The Machine type song. Not too much actually sounds like it, but near the end when he mentions building an empire and some of the intro guitar stuff seems a bit like it.
Livin' It Up is a driving song that is a bad song to listen to while driving because it talks about living life in the fast lane. Maybe you aren't like me, but if a song talks about going fast I tend to drive faster. Unfortunate face about what I do I suppose.
I straight up love the bass line in The One. It's constant 16ths in the beginning sound really tight, and in general it's a generally enjoyable sound. It's smooth, it's got nice musical harmonies going on, and more importantly it's clean so I can put it on my work playlist.
Hold On sounds a lot like an Alice In Chains song, so I automatically like it a lot. The vocals are doing things that I didn't think Fred Durst was actually capable of, aka sounding good. Seriously, give it a listen and tell me that it's not really nice.
As I'm sure all of you (or most of you) remember, about 3 years ago Van Halen released their first album in 14 years, and the first album with their original singer David Lee Roth in 28 years. It was kinda a big deal, and almost everybody agreed that they really just shouldn't have put out anything since their time in the spotlight had come and they should step aside for newer groups.
Of course I'm sure there were a few people who applauded the return of "real" music, but we're not talking about that.
Still though, I recently got my first tattoo and it made me think of this song. What better way to say "Hey look, I got a tattoo!" than by pairing it with a reasonably catchy song!
I made sliced onions and mushrooms cooked in red wine. Then I put it on rice.
It looked like crap and tasted so freaking good it's not even funny.
On a side note, here's today's song. It's a rather catchy piece with a really fun bass line that I keep meaning to learn. I like it a lot though, and I figured you'd all enjoy the break from all things Rap and Metal we've had recently.
How's the break working for you all by the way? I've been trying to venture out to some of the other music areas that I don't listen to as often so you can get a better mix from a single source.
There are very very very few country artists that I actually like and Mr. Paisley is one of them.
This song came to mind because I've really had a crappy last month or so, so I decided that since my day off is tomorrow I'd do something fun.
The thing that is fun is Cooking With Alcohol pt 2.
Part 1 was when I made a Rum Ham and I set a small pot of rum on fire. Today I'm just using wine, so there's much less chance of freak fire. I'll let you know how it pans out tomorrow.
(Note, this was written Thursday evening, so "tomorrow" is actually today and so forth.)
I don't remember how I found out about this song, but I like it a lot. There's a lot off emotion in the song, and musically it's just really tight and well done.
I'm really tired, so I don't have too much else to say, apologies.
Oh hai Disturbed, it's been a while. Since October of 2011 actually.
Officially announced yesterday, Disturbed has ended their indefinite hiatus with the announcement of an album in August and they're resuming touring. Kinda a big deal, right? Well, at least if you're into that stuff.
Enjoy though, it's a decent song. If you like Disturbed, this song is good.
The video is actually kinda cool cause it looks half animated, half live action.
