Dixie Chicks

Lately i have been listening to the "Dixie Chicks", and it reminded me of just how good i think they are. They are one of the best female bands to ever happen in the history of music in my opinion. Their voices mix very well together, and all of these women can play a certain type of instrument which is really cool. Some of my favorite songs by them is "Travelin' Solider", "Not Ready to Make Nice", and "Cowboy Take Me Away". I will put all of these videos below in this order tool. But i think everyone should definitely check out this bands music videos because they are usually really cool and interesting! A lot of their songs i feel like many people can relate to because they have a lot of songs about love and hurt.

                                                   "Travelin' Soldier"

                                                "Not Ready to Make Nice"

                                                    "Cowboy Take Me Away"

The Band and Johnny Cash

After listening to "The Band" in class, i have to say that i do like them. I think that their vocals are really good and they also carry a really good beat.

                                            "Up On Cripple Creek"

I have always and will always be a huge Johnny Cash fan! I love the movie about Johnny cash too and it happens to be one of my favorite movies. Of course i love the legendary songs "I Walk the Line" and "Ring of Fire". I really like Johnny because his voice is so low and sounds really cool. It is really interesting at how Johnny's wife, June, passed away and how his career developed on after that. To me, after she was gone, Johnny really had nothing else to push him further in his career and future.

                                                  "I Walk The Line"

                                              "Ring of Fire"

Tom Petty

                                                             Tom Petty


I was watching a movie called "Chasing Liberty", and this song came on called "American Girl" and i really liked it. I went and looked it up, and found out that it was performed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. It was really interesting to me because my dad has always listened to Tom Petty, but i had never really paid much attention to him. Lately though i've been checking out and listening to a lot of his music and i really like him. I think that his voice is really smooth and it's a good rock and roll band to listen to. A few other songs that i came across that i liked were "The Waiting" and "You're Gonna Get It". I still have to say that "American Girl" is the best though and i think that everyone should check it out.

                                                         "American Girl"

Hunter Hayes and Carrie Underwood

 

Hunter Hayes is a new country singer that has recently came up in the country world. He is known for his really beautiful song "Wanted". He is a young, attractive, and talented singer that i think a lot of girls would love to hear! His voice sounds very natural and flows with his music very well. All of his songs are really emotional and mushy, so i think that many girls can relate to a lot of his songs.

 

"Wanted"

Carrie Underwood got her fame from American Idol. I don't really listen to much of her, so i don't have much of an opinion on her. I have watched her on TV, with like CMT awards, and i have to admit that she is a very nice live singer. The reason that i wanted to talk about her and Hunter Hayes in this  blog is because i am trying to go to their concert at the Cedar Park Center in April! I absolutely love Hunter Hayes so I'm begging my parents to get me tickets and let me go. It's going to be one freaking awesome concert, and i think anyone who likes country should totally try and go! If you haven't ever listened to or heard Hunter Hayes songs, go check out "Wanted", "I Cry With you", "Paradise", and "Some body's Heartbreak". They are all fantastic songs.

The White Album

"The White Album" of The Beatles was the ninth album the band had produced. I had no idea that at the time this album was made, Ringo had quit the band which then forced Paul MaCartney to play the drums a little bit on the album. This had to be the longest album that i had ever listened to because it was total of 93 minutes and 35 seconds long. I have to say that i did really like this album because it had a cool electric feel to it which i really enjoyed. It was kind of strange but i did feel like the album was long, but now a whole hour and half long. I thought that the album made it seem like time was passing by fast.

I really enjoyed the very famous song known as "Birthday" by The Beatles. I think that many people would enjoy this album so everyone should totally check it out!

                                                        "Birthday"

Make up Blog #9

                                                           Lil Wayne

I am not into rap at all, but all of my friends seem to be. Of course i have heard of Lil Wayne many times, and i have never liked any of his songs. I always think that they are really obnoxious and annoying. One day i was driving around with my friend in her car, and this song "Blunt Blowin" came on by him. By the title alone i knew what this song was going to be about and i thought i was going to hate it. Surprisingly though, when it started playing i kind of liked the beat. Once i heard the lyrics, i thought that they were so ridiculous and funny that i actually liked the song! Now my friend and i always rap this song together and it's awesome. I really enjoy listening to this song because i just wonder where on earth people get lyrics like this from. I still hate Lil Wayne but this song for some reason entertains me.

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Broken Bridges is a movie starring the country singer Toby Keith, and the actress Lindsey Haun plays his daughter in the movie.

                                                    Lindsey Haun

The reason i wanted to talk about this movie is because it has two songs in it that are just amazing! The first one is a duet with Toby Keith and Lindsey called "Broken Bridges". It's a really simple song with a really nice guitar melody in it. The lyrics of this song are very sweet and emotional too. I don't want to say what the movie is about because you should go watch it for yourself, but the movie is pretty emotional. It is probably considered a chick flick, but Willie Nelson appears in it too so maybe that would make someone want to go watch it more.

                                                  "Broken Bridges"

The other song in this movie that is just amazing is by Lindsey Haun called "Broken". I love this song because it talks about through the hardest times someone is going through, there is always something good that comes out of it. Even if it's just becoming a stronger person out of a situation. It is a very inspiring song and i think it is one of the most beautiful lyrical songs i have ever heard, and i don't think that enough people know about this song yet alone the movie. I recommend everyone to check out this song and the movie! Hope you enjoy!
                           


                                                           "Broken"

Make up blog #7

A really good female singer that i like to listen to is Michelle Branch. She comes off really tough and somewhat punkish in her style (clothing, etc.) and music. I really like her because she is a great guitarist and songwriter. Her genre is mostly pop rock. She hasn't really done anything music wise since about 2005. I've read that she has appeared in some commercials and done some acting, but i personally haven't seen her on TV or anything like that. One of my favorite songs by Michelle is called "All You Wanted". It's a really good song to jam to if your having a bad day or something like that. I feel like i can relate to a lot of her songs because they are usually all about love and drama, which is mainly what teenagers are. Also, i think you should check out her music videos they are usually pretty interesting and entertaining.

                                                  "All You Wanted"


I have her album Hotel Paper and i would have to say that it is a decent album. To me, it's either that i love her songs or i just hate them. That being said, she does have many songs that i love so i do think that she is a successful song writer and music artist. This album was released in 2003, and i still enjoy to listen to it today. There are two songs on her album that stand out to me, and they are "Breathe" and "Where Are You Now". They are both upbeat pop rock songs that i like to jam to in my car at anytime. Check her out!

                                                      "Breathe"

                                            "Where Are You Now"

Make up blog #6

 

Everyone has heard of the Eagles before! Well my dad and I have always absolutely loved them. I remember always listening to them growing up, and i still do now. I have a CD burned that has all of my favorite "old school" songs on it, and my number one song is "Love Will Keep Us Alive" by the Eagles. It's a very beautiful song. It has the amazing legendary vocals, and a great melody to back it up. This song was one of the bands best hits of all time. It was performed for the first time in 1994, which if you think about it, it's not that long ago.

Another really good song by The Eagles to check out is "Desperado". I think that it is still today one of the favorites done by them among all Eagles fans. This song was released in 1973. The vocals in this song are absolutely breath taking and the piano is beautiful. My mom always plays it around my house because she knows that i love this song. 

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One of my all time favorite childhood songs is "Dreams" by Van Halen. This song was in this Power Rangers movie my brother and I loved when we were kids. My brother is now 21, yet every time we hear this song today we remember that exact movie and it brings back the best memories. This song makes me get really pumped up and excited. The electric guitar in this song is awesome too, plus i love the vocals because it sounds kind of rough but not forced. My favorite part of the song is the guitar solo, which is at about 2:42 in the video i put below.

                                                       Eddie Van Halen

                                                        Eddie Van Halen

There is also the legendary song "Jump" by the band Van Halen. I had always thought the guitarist, Eddie Van Halen, wrote all the songs for the band but it was actually the drummer. Not to mention that the drummer is Eddie's brother Alex Van Halen! Anyway, check out this band they are awesome!

                                                       Alex Van Halen

                                                            "Jump"

Make up Blog #4

A lot of people don't know that i am actually half Hispanic. My dad is Hispanic while my mom is white. My dad has 7 siblings, so you could say that my dad's side of the family is really big. We are the typically Hispanic family, really big, loud, fun and crazy. Our family loves to throw parties all the time, and at every party there is always Tejano music blasting. I don't completely know Spanish, but i know enough to understand usually what the Tejano song being played is about. I absolutely love to dance to all kinds of Tejano music with my brother, dad, uncles or anyone from my family. To me, this type of genre of music has a really good beat and rhythm, so it is really fun to dance to. One of my favorite bands my dad showed me is Hometown Boys.

Like i said, i don't completely understand everything that is being said in their songs, but i love the melody as well as the vocals. My dad use to play in a band with a few of my uncles, and Hometown Boys just remindes me of that. It's a really cool band and i know that a lot of kids don't listen to this kind of music, but i would really suggest checking them out. Here's a song called "El Pintor" by them that i really enjoy:

Make up Blog #3

Since Halloween had just passed recently, of course i had been hearing Michael Jackson's hit song "Thriller" all the time. I thought that it would be really good to talk about one of the greatest musicians to ever live. I love Michael's music, but i do think that he is kind of a creep, and i feel like most people would agree. I enjoy listening to Michael's really old music with the Jackson Five too. One of my favorite songs from them is "I Want You Back". I mean who doesn't love that song? Every time i hear it, i just want to stand up and dance! The back ground vocals are great, and of course little Michael's voice. I put the song below:

My all time favorite song by Michael Jackson is "Beat It". When i was little, i would always listen to it before i had a soccer or basketball game so it would pump me up. It has the sickest electric guitar solo i have ever heard. In the video i put below, it's at about 2:38.

Country

I absolutely love country music! I don't know who my number one favorite singer is, but if i had to choose a top 5, Brad Paisley would for sure be one of them. He's also married to one of my favorite actresses Kimberly Williams Paisley. Anyway, Brad has the typical "country" voice. It's very strong and flows with all of his songs, and not to mention that he is also an amazing LIVE singer too. A wonderful song by Brad is "She's Everything". Not only is the melody beautiful, but also the lyrics jerk at your heart. One of my favorite lines in the song is:

She's the voice I love to hear
Someday when I'm ninety
She's that wooden rocking chair
I want rocking right beside me
Everyday that passes
I only love her more
Yeah, she's the one
That I'd lay down my own life for

  "She's Everything"

My dad always says that country is way to mushy and emotional, but that's the exact reason why i love it! Brad's lyrics in this song just create this loving picture in my head of a 90 year old couple, hanging out in the country somewhere, and just sitting there looking at the sunset. I realize that it sounds really cheesy to some people, but i think that they need to just lighten up. Some other songs that are really great by Brad are "When I Get Where I'm Going" , "I'm Still a Guy", "Alcohol", "We Danced", "Little Moments", and so many other songs. Also, he has many good duet songs. A couple examples of some are "Remind Me" with Carrie Underwood which is a pretty recent released song, and "Whiskey Lullaby" with Alison Krauss".

Pink Floyd

After listening to Pink Floyd, i have to say that i don't really know what to think of them. They incorporated a lot of different sounds in their music, like bells or horns, and after a while of hearing that, i just got really annoyed. I especially remember listening to the song "Flaming" by Pink Floyd. It caught my eye because as i was reading the lyrics, i saw that they mentioned something about sitting on unicorns and i would have never expected that based off of its title. From the very start of the song there are weird noises like wind, howling, and whistles. I think that their songs are just really random and weird. I don't like the vocals either because to me it just sounds like some dude is just talking into a microphone along with weird noises. All that being said, I do think that this band is very unique for the time they came along and not many people back then had heard anything like them.

                                               "Flaming" by Pink Floyd

The Beatles

 After listening to The Beatles in class, a song that stuck out to me for some reason was "Yellow Submarine". It's the weirdest song i have ever heard, but for some reason it really makes me laugh and i love singing along. I think Paul McCartney had to be on some major drugs when he wrote this song though because it is just so random to me. 

To talk about The Beatles seventh album Revolver, i guess i could say that i thought it was alright. I liked their previous albums we listened to a lot more than i did this one. I see that this album was a big accomplishment and break through to what the ability of a studio can do, but i feel like there was too much going on with the instrumentals. Honestly, i think that i could have just listen to The Beatles sing in their harmony without any music, and i would still absolutely love them. I still like this album and i would be interesting in burning it sometime. Just as an ending statement, i think their previous albums were better.

Flo Rida

All of my blogs to this point have really been about songs and bands that i really like, so i though i would make one on a song or band that i just cannot freaking stand. So being said, i would have to say that one of the artists that i can just not bare to listen to for 10 seconds is Flo Rida. Honestly his name just pisses me off, and i think that his music just completely sucks. To me every time i hear or listen to one of his songs, i think that he is just saying the same thing over and over again a hundred times. His voice sounds like he is just talking into a microphone with some type of affect on it. All this being said, the song that i hate the most by Flo Rida is his stupid song "Whistle". That song is the most derogatory song i have ever heard in my entire life, but i feel like i don't have a lot of authority to say that because i don't listen to rap all that much. All that song is talking about is oral sex. I completely realize that this is not even close to the first song talking about sex or drugs or anything in that nature, but i really just cannot stand this song. I hate Flo Rida, i hate his songs, and i think he needs to stop making music because his 15 minutes of fame have past. Everyone needs to listen to his song "Whistle" and see how bad it is. Don't waste your time checking out any of his other stuff because it sucks too.

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I really like listening to country music. My favorite station is for sure 100.7, and one day when i was driving home i heard this song come on "Angel Eyes". I had no idea who it was by or anything like that, so i went home and then looked up the song and found out it was by a band named Love and Theft. Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson are the two singers in the band, and they both play the guitar.I hadn't heard any of their songs before, but after i had checked them out, i really really like them now. My favorite song by them is "Angel Eyes" and it happens to be a really popular song right now anyways, so it is always on the radio. What is really interesting about this band to me, is that they are a male debut! Their voices blend and go so well together and it is awesome. Other than their really popular song, i think that people should check out their other songs like "Runaway" and "Don't Wake Me". I will post these three songs below, but i totally would recommend anyone who likes country to check them out, and i think that they only have 2 albums released so far. Oh and the music video to "Angel Eyes" is great so go check it out!!!

                                                           Angel Eyes

                                              Runaway

 

Don't Wake Me

Make up Blog #3

 After listening to Jimi Hendrix in class, i really like him. His talent with an electric guitar is just unreal, plus the fact that he was self taught. I had heard some of his songs before on the radio, and my dad likes him, so it wasn't the first time that i had been exposed to him. It was really cool to learn some interesting facts about him, like that he was left handed. I remember hearing a kid say that he had no idea that Jimi Hendrix was black, and that made me laugh pretty hard. To me, and i feel like many other people would agree, Jimi Hendrick is a legend and one of the greatest musicians to ever live, not to mention an awesome song writer. Jimi did so many things with the electric guitar that no one had ever done before. He was for sure one of the biggest influences of the 20th century.


I absouletly love the introduction to this song Foxy Lady. It just makes me feel like damn this is going to be one sick ass guitar song, and sure enough that is what it is.

The song below is one of Jimi Hendrix's most famous songs Purple Hayes: