Journey

I absolutely love listening to old rock bands mainly because that's what my dad listens to, and I always love to join along with him. Out of all the bands that we like to listen to, the one and only Journey is for sure one of our favorites. This band is pretty much known by everyone, and If someone doesn't know who they are then they need help. Some of my favorite songs by them is "Open Arms", "Faithfully", and of course "Don't Stop Believing". Always when I listen to this band, I think of my dad and all the great times we have jamming out to these guys and it's awesome. All the songs Journey sing tell a really interesting and good story, and I feel as if this band has a lot of different songs that many people can relate to.

Stevie Wonder

I loved listening to Stevie Wonder in class because he is such an inspiration to all musicians around the world. It's mind blowing to me how he can be blind, yet still be one of the most amazing musicians to ever live. I think that I saw somewhere that Wonder plays like 14 different instruments. I would have to say that his very popular song "Superstition" is one of my favorite songs he ever did. It's also pretty cool to here that song covered by so many different artists over the years. I think it's really funny when I think of that song because it was once played on this show called "That's so Raven", which use to be my favorite show as a kid, and that song always make me think of that and it makes me smile. I'm really looking forward to listening to more musicians such as Wonder in the future, mainly in the genre of soul, funk, and you can even throw some jazz in there.

The one and only Carrie Underwood

The picture above is what Carrie Underwood wore when she performed at the Grammy's this year. She was for sure one of my favorite singers to perform overall at the Grammy's. I would have to say that although she did awesome, many of the other performances were awful in my opinion. For example, i do not know why they let Taylor Swift open for the Grammy's. I like T-Swift and all, but she is not good live and i only like to listen to her CD's because thats the only time she sounds good. Anyway, Carrie Underwood is one of the best singers live. She has this thing about her where you just can not take your eyes off of her, and her voice is so strong and smooth it makes everything awesome about her. I also like when she goes on these huge singing rages and makes it look so easy, like when she holds a note for like 5 minutes it seems.

Led Zeppelin

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Once i heard that we were going to watch Led Zeppelin in class, i was really excited and looking forward to it. Then after listening and watching the video for a bit, i was pretty disappointed. I was not interested in the video that much and the movie actually started to annoy me after awhile. The music just sounded like a big long guitar solo that got old after awhile. It was kind of cool to see the band perform, but i was not a big fan of how their music sounded. In the end, their music just sounded all the same to me and like a long horrible song that would not end. 

Bon Jovi

Lately i have not been really listening to Bon Jovi because i don't think he has released any new songs recently from what i know, but my friend the other day was talking about how she is going all the way to Nashville, Tennessee to see him perform. That actually really funny to me now because as i was looking at Bon Jovi pictures right now for my blog, i saw that he is coming to Austin in April. Anyway, i enjoy listening to Bon Jovi because as a kid my mom and i would always jam out to him and it always brings back really funny and good memories for me. I was looking into buying some tickets for my mom because Bon Jovi is one of her favorite artists, but after seeing the prices i do not think that is going to happen. It is hard for me to pick a favorite song by him, but i will put a few below that i really like.

                                               "Livin' On a Prayer"

                                                  "It's My Life"

                                                        "Wanted Dead or Alive"

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell is probably one of the most interesting artists we have listened to in class, in my opinion. Her songs always seem to tell a story in her life that means a lot to her, and it is really fun to actually sit down and see what she is trying to say in her songs. I did not like all of the songs she had because i felt like in some of them she was just talking really fast and it did not flow very well. Although, the way she can change pitch when she sings was ridiculous. She is for sure a very talented woman, and I do agree with Mr. A in what he said about Joni making it look effortless.

Remix/Cover

I was on Facebook one day, and i saw this video someone posted that was a cover of a really well known song. I haven't really ever been interested in listening to other peoples covers of songs, but for some reason i decided to watch this one. I have to say that i like the cover this guy did way better than the original song. The guy who did the cover is James Dably and i think that everyone should check out his music because they all sound really cool. I really like his work because his voice is really smooth, and he has his own acoustics in the background and i know it took a lot of work to do what he did. My favorite song he covered is Ignition by R Kelly and i will post the cover by James below.

David Bowie

I do not think that i have ever really watched a character such as David Bowie in music. His appearance is so unique and odd that it actually makes me want to listen to him more, but more so just watch him perform. From the picture i posted above, i honestly can't even tell if it's a boy or a girl so i thought he fits the description of what we talked about in class very well. I do enjoy listening to his music but i don't think i could say he is one of my favorite that we have listened to this year. In the song below you can really see his unique look and character and i think that everyone should check it out.

Space Oddity: