I've long wanted to go through my whole iPod and write about
the songs. I think of it as a musical
voyage of sorts. It's easy to write
about the really famous or popular or even good songs, but what about those
weird deep cuts? What about the songs
you are embarrassed to have on your iPod?
Am I confident enough to include them?
You'd never know if I didn't.
Anyway, I love music and I want to write about it. If you want to read, then here we are. I'm going to go through my whole library and
post about 500 words at a time. I'm
going to do my best to just write while the song plays. We'll see how it goes. If you like it, you should do the same. It would be fun to read.
It's fitting to start this journey with Pearl Jam. I'm a huge fan. I have all their albums, singles, a whole
mess of bootlegs and I've seen them live eight times. This song is like a demo or something and off
the Pearl Jam 20 soundtrack. It's nice;
one of those Eddie vocal chant type songs that he likes to do. It reminds me more of his solo stuff and I
can see why it never made an album. I
like it though.
I love Pinkerton. I just love it. I
was Weezer-resistant in my younger days.
I have a friend who just loves Weezer and I think that petty competition
made me want to dislike them. I don't
know how anyone can dislike Pinkerton.
It's probably the most fun album ever created. Sure, their songs are somewhat whiny and
often nonsense, but fun is fun. This
song is great. It's whiny, but on
topic. The message is easy enough to
relate to and the chorus is powerful. I
think I've liked maybe five Weezer songs since Pinkerton though. It's a shame.
Is it ok to like STP?
I can never remember. It seems
they are not as well-respected as some of their contemporaries, but I like them
just fine. Adhesive is not my favorite
though. It's a little swampy and
slow. It feels a bit disjointed and
certainly isn't enough of a ballad to capture my prolonged attention. I can't imagine ever thinking "I should
listen to Adhesive."
That's a mouthful. I
told a friend of mine that I prefer Californication-era RHCP to their funky,
loud early days. He looked at me like he
was my Dad and said, "Oh, Brad" as if I had told him I was thinking
of growing a soul patch or something.
Anyway, I do like recent RHCP. I
even like their newest album, although I do miss John Frusciante's amazing
guitar work/backup vocals. This song is
fun, but kind of silly. I guess the
premise is some sort of exotic dancer or something. I never really understand lyrics. It's part of my charm.
Blur is probably the strangest band that I enjoy. I'm not a huge fan of British rock or British
pop or whatever, but I do enjoy Blur.
This song sounds like most Blur songs.
There's some yelling, seemingly at me, and some fast guitar. I have to admit, I enjoy Blur's ballads a bit
more than their faster, harder songs. In
fact, you'll find that I prefer ballads in general, if you continue down this
trip with me.
