Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
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The Ten Best Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard
Pearl Jam - Brother : The song that supposedly almost killed Pearl Jam. Apparently during its recording, Stone Gossard ended up not liking the riff and refused to play it causing Jeff Ament to nearly quit the band. This song isn’t commercially available in a completed format. It’s on Lost Dogs but only as an instrumental; however, [...]
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Cover Me
There’s just *something* I like about cover songs and artists paying tribute to another artists. Many times cover songs are inferior versions of the originals. But here is my list of cover songs that I feel are just as good if not better than the originals:
Garth Brooks - Fishin’ In The Dark. Orignially recorded by [...]
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American Idol > President?
Supposedly, over 100 million votes were placed last night for American Idol. That’s ridiculous.
Why?
That’s almost as many votes that were cast in the 2004 US presidential election. According to Wikipedia, 122,267,553 votes were cast for president.
On another note, it’s now obvious who the judges and producers want to win this year. Archuleta sang well last night [...] -
Fixing American Idol
No, I am not saying American Idol is fixed. There are so many conspiracy theories out there concerning the outcome of American Idol, and this is not going to be one of them. What this will be, however, is my thoughts on how to “fix” the show and regain the ratings it has lost this year.
Limit the [...]
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“Undiscovered” American Idol?
So, yes.. I admit it. I’m an American Idol fan. While I don’t necessarily agree that this is the best year yet, the talent is definitely great.
Randy Jackson said something after Michael Johns’ performance last night that struck me funny.
Let me just add that this show is about being the best singer, undiscovered talent we [...] -
Amazing Songwriters
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to post here more, and I think I’ve achieved that. This my 33rd blog entry for 2007; not too bad. Going along with that post, this one will be about music as well.
It’s no secret that Pearl Jam is my favorite band. I’ve loved them ever since Ten [...]