Holiday Playlist

I've been listening to my holiday playlist on my iPhone lately and by far the best holiday music is a mix of Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, and Vince Guaraldi with his Charlie Brown music. You can't frown when listening to the classic piano playing of "O Tannenbaum" that piano playing is a masterpeice. And so catchy and jazzy. I love listening to it while I'm decorating a tree or even riding around during Christmas time. Also Frank Sinatra has the voice of a God with his cool sounding pitch changes he makes any Christmas tune amazing. And Buble is Buble. Competitor for "The Next Frank Sinatra" along with Harry Conick Jr. His Christmas album has a lot of good tunes and his voice is kinda scary how good it is. Cause it sounds as if autotuned but yet you hear him live and he sounds the exact same. A little bit scary how cool his voice is. He sounds as if he's not even trying. So take my advice and if you want some good holiday songs on your playlist, make sure to grab these.

Frank Sinatra "Let it Snow"

Michael Buble "It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas"

Vince Guaraldi "O Tannenbaum"

And an add on to the list, Burl Ives "Holly Jolly Christmas"

12/12/12 Concert Benefit

Well on Wednesday a bunch of artist got together and put on a show donating all the money to the people up north damaged by Hurricane Sandy. And I got to say it was fairly entertaining. I didn't know anything about the lineup before but there were HUGE names there. All celebraties were there and it looked like a fun gathering. Anyways here is my opinion on every act. I didn't have a chance to see Pink Floyd

Bon Jovi- I turned on the TV and I see this douchebag fag. I hate this guy. I hate the band, I hate how much they are remembered, it's retarded. I will say that the crowd seemed to really enjoy it (what do you expect, it's a bunch of 50 year old 80s rock lovers) and I was suprised his voice was still working and not bad but nevertheless I hate Bon Jovi. Thank God I started watching as they were doing their last song. What's worse is they brought out another one of my most hated musicians, Bruce Springsteen. It wasn't a good start in my opinion.

Rolling Stones- Didn't see them, but my parent said they sucked which they must've because my parents are reallllyyyy big Stones fans. They said they played a lot of their new stuff and Mick couldn't hit a note. And Keith was really sloppy and his guitar was out of tune.

The Who- Even though they only have an old, fragile Pete Townshend and a suprisingly in great shape Roger Daltrey left, they still kicked major ass. They played some awesome jams and opened with "Who Are You" and they sounded good... except Pete Townshend (can't hit a note anymore singing wise) They played a tribute song to Keith Moon and John Entwistle a song that I had never heard before along with Pinball Wizard, Rain On Me, and the classic (my favorite song by them) Baba O'Reily.

Kanye West- Kind of hard to follow up The Who, especcially when the crowd is a bunch of middle-aged white people who most likely hate rap and hate Kanye even more. I was shaking my head when he opened with his new ghetto loud bass rap. And he was getting no reaction from the crowd. Then he pulled out classics that even old folks have a taste for like Touch The Sky, Good Life, Gold Digger, and closed off his performance with Runaway. Pretty good for a crowd who hates you and being the only hip hop act there.

Billy Joel- In my mind, Billy had the second best if not the best set of the night. He played fun songs everyone knew and his voice is still smooth, clear, loud, passionate, and just pitch perfect. The audience really loved it and so did I. His voice is something special, and his songwriting is great. I love Billy Joel and  seeing him put on a great show at an old age makes me want to get more into him.

Chris Martin- This was weird not seeing him with Coldplay. He has an awesome voice and I didn't know he could play guitar that good. He sang Viva La Vida acousticly and at the end he stopped and said to the crowd. "I know you all wanted One Direction but it's a little too passed their bed time, so instead you get 15 minutes of Chris Martin. But I tried to get PSY from Gangnam style to come out here but he said no.... so I went with plan B, Ladies and gentlemen from Athens, Georgia Mr Michael Stipe from R.E.M." and the crowd went nuts. Neither of them talked for a minute, Chris said "Is this really happening???" Michael went up there, said hi to the crowd and then Chris busted out in "Losing My Religion" and again the crowd went nuts. (Michael Stipe retired specifically so he wouldn't have to sing that song anymore) and then they closed off with a brand new Coldplay song. Good Show from him.

Paul McCartney- His first words were "This is for the Wings fans!" and I thought "Well that's two people in the audience." And I though it was gonna be one Wings song but he played like 4, I was so dissapointed until he busted out his guitar and played "Blackbird". Then he stopped and said "I saw these guys a few days ago, and they told me that 'We should totally jam sometime.' So I thought why not now? Ladies and gentlemen Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, and Krist Novoselic from Nirvana!" And again the crowd erupted. And they played a new song called "Cut Me Some Slack" it was pretty good, it was cool to Nirvana together after the years. Then McCartney went to the keys and closed off with "Live and Let Die" with fireworks, fire, confetti and the NY Fire Department, Nurses, Military and Citizens on stage as he closed the night. Then out of no where he said "One more time, Alicia Keys everybody!" and Alicia really closed the night singing her own version of "Empire State of Mind" with everyone chanting USA.


Overall a pretty good day for music. Best set goes to Billy Joel or The Who or even Chris Martin (he brought a legend out of retirement). I suggest watching the videos on youtube for youself

Led Zeppelin

I've listened to Zeppelin 1 and 2 and all of the "Best of" records when I was younger.... but I don't think I truly understood how awesome they are. This album is a game changer for sure. All elements of good rock. This is one of my few exceptions where I will take the sound over the substance in the lyrics. Which frankly, the lyrics aren't that bad.... they're not like Cream bad.
 My favorite song we listened to was definitely "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" I had deja vu when listening to it cause I remember my dad playing and singing that song in his own acoustic version of it. Regardless I love that song and Robert Plant's fucking voice.
That dude can whale while Jimmy shreds on the guitar. This band is awesome. The unique thing about Jimmy Pages' style of playing is it's not exactly extrememly complicated, he just finds a way to make a cool sound. He is an inovater. He's completely different from the rest. Hendrix has his divebombs and slides, Van Halen has his tapping, White has his pedal, Stevie has his bluesy rhythm, and Page has his innovative flavor. "Stairway to Heaven" isn't exactly a hard peice to play... it's just so awesome to hear that sound.

My favorite song so far by Zeppelin,

Odd Future

I'velistened to this group before and really didn't think much of them. I think I didn't have an open ear at the time, or something because I really like this groups music. I was watching some crazy videos of them on a regular day and they are literally insane people. They just cause so much shit and fuck around all day. And then out of no where someone will start free-styling a really good rhyme. I listened to the group leader Tyler, The Creators' album Goblin and it was a really good compelation album. It shows that not only is his message to his listeners to rebel and do what you want and don't let anybody tell you you can't do it. He is a good songwriter. He wrote a song called "She (feat. Frank Ocean)" which is about a stalker being obsessed with this girl and it goes through what is going through his head. It's a good track with a nice hook from Frank Ocean (another favorite of mine). His words definitely are powerfull because people listen to what he says. And it's not like drugs fucked his brain up. He refuses to do any drinking or smoking because he thinks it's stupid and pointless. He really is a person I respect because he stays true to what he does. He refuses to make clean versions of his songs, if you like it for what it is, you won't care if there are bad words. He leads a group of rebels in the music industry. He is one of the most unique people to step in the booth for his songs can have all sorts of meanings. Not just his meanings make him good. The way he raps is so signature, he puts in things that wouldn't make sense but together they some how make sense? I don't know. All I know is that I regret not seeing Odd Future in concert on Friday. Gosh their shows are insane and deadly.

This Group consist of Skateboarders, Rappers, and a singer. Rappers include Tyler, The Creator, Hodgy Beats, Jasper The Dolphin, Left Brain, Earl Sweatshirt, Syd Tha Dude, and Taco. Frank Ocean is a Singer/Rapper who is my favorite in the group.

My favorite song by Tyler is definitely "Radicals"

My favorite song by Frank is probably now "Super Rich Kids (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)"

And my favorite Odd Future song is tied with "Analog 2"

The Odd Future song that shows them most is definitely Oldie which features a verse from all of their best members, and starts with Tyler and finishes with Tyler telling their story and meaning in society.... great track Heres "Oldie"

Blink-182

I grew up with Blink-182, I love their music no matter what anybody else tells me. Travis Barker is an amazing legendary drummer. The first album I listened to was their self titled album "Blink-182" I love every song on that album. As I get older I realize that they aren't the greatest singers but the songwriting isn't terrible at all. It's not that it's legendary songwriting but it's that the songs like take me back to when I was in elementary school and middle school. It makes me think of the future cause a lot of the times those songs make me feel the way they feel. Blink is the anthem of high schoolers and teenagers in America. Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker, and Tom DeLonge made a huge impact on my life with songs like "What's My Age Again" "Feeling This" and "Miss You" This album is on the list of albums that have had an impact on my life such as Channel Orange (Frank Ocean), Kanyes first two albums, OutKast's Speakerboxxx and The Love Below, Nas' Illmatic, The Beatles (Sgt. Peppers and Abbey Road), and Jay-Z with Blueprint 3, Black Album, Blueprint, and Reasonable Doubt. Blink-182 is the shit and I don't care what any says about.

Favorite song by Blink-182 is "Feeling This"

Abbey Road

This album is fucking tight. Everything about it I like. I like how it has seperate songs then goes into a group of songs that sound like one. The lyrics in the songs are much harder and songwriting is just plain ridiculous. You can tell they are much MUCH better players at this point in their careers. This album is so good I'm listening to it right now. They completely changed their genre for me when I heard this album. They officially transitioned to Rock for good. "Come Together" is a classic with great singing and the guitar and drums kick ass on this track. And I never realized how much I liked the song "Something". Can't believe that song wasn't written by John or Paul. I love how that song has a soft melody then transitions to hard drums and belting singing. I love it. The entire album is gold. Hard songs like "I Want You" and "Oh! Darling" along with soft songs like "Here Comes The Sun" and "Because" makes this album a masterpeice. Anothere factor is their creativity with tracks like "You Never Give Me Your Money" (That part that goes like "1234567, all good children go to heaven" is sooooo cool and I don't know why) and "Octopus's Garden". They are just the best artist of all time, and this album shows why. They can do anything and they create and innovate everything used in music. Not because they are the best musicians in the world.... because they are the most creative people in the world.

I can't pick a favorite song on the album but if I had to pick one it would be "Something"