Music

Music makes up most my life. Now most of my stories, or things i talk are usually 100% true, unless i state beforehand that it's exaggerated. I lived in a place i called Purgatory. It could be attributed to all the songs i listened to while i lived in my room. Where i used to live, i never went outside and my room was where i spent all of my time. As with any high schooler, music was my getaway. It took me to a place where nothing could touch me, nothing ever happened, and that was okay. In the real world, if you did nothing all day you'd be held suicidal, or you'd get no where in life, or people will just endlessly judge you. In my world, time was non-existant, and I was the only person there.

But enough of my pathetic social life, music! We are here to talk about music. What kind of music do I like... That's a hell of a question. It could go anywhere from Boston, to Kid Cudi. Lykke Li, to Atmosphere. Porcupine Tree, to Hey Ocean!. I mean there are tons of bands and artists I listen to. But i guess the main thing is, i love music that impresses me. Hey Ocean! is a pretty indie band, no one really knows them. But why do I love them? Their music video for "Alleyways" is amazing. It leaves me with such a good feeling. It's low budget, but it's probably one of the best music videos i've ever seen. They are my most positive band.

Now that we got the positive out the way, let's talk about real music. I'm not shakesphere lover, i'm not a fan of tragedies. I'm a fan of rebirth. So most of my songs might sound dark, but i see the light. You have to look close. So most of the time you'll catch me listening to bands like Porcupine Tree, Atmosphere, Massive Attack, Portishead, Tom Waits and The Eels. Those are probably at the top. I'm aware most of those bands are underground, i get it. Your probably hoping for some more pop culture references. I'm getting there!

So if it isn't all that artsy-fartsy stuff my friends seem to hate, it's usually classic rock. I'm a big big fan of bands like Boston, Queen, Foreigner, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, the Who, The Rolling Stones, Blue Oyster Cult, Cream, The Doors, the Police, Kansas, The Kinks, Rod Stewart, Styx and some more. I love classic rock, i grew up on it. I feed on it. It keeps me in my good moods. Plus i can break out and sing any of their songs at random.

Now if anyone has seen the movie "I Think I Love My Wife", there is an expression there that i will use to describe my taste's for the next few artists. I have what they call "Nigga' ears". I have some "Nigga' Ears". by that I mean I listen to a lot of Al Green, Earth Wind and Fire, Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday, Leadbelly, The Temptations and such. "Nigga Ears" don't necessarily conform to just rap music. Though i do love some rap music.

Segue! I have a loooooooot of things to say about rap music. But i'll talk about that in another post. This is strictly what i like, and don't like (as much as I feel I need to talk about it). I'm okay with Lil' Wayne. I like him. I liked Tha Carter III, I liked a lot of his unknown songs. He's a cool dude. When it comes to rap though, i usually just go for CYNE, Old Eminem, Atmosphere, Kid Cudi, Jedi Mind tricks, and Cunninlynguists.

....Oh you don't know any of them except Cudi? You were expecting Drake, Nicky Minaj, Jay-Z, T. Pain, T.I. or whatever? Ok i'm going to lay it down right here. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAP AND HIP-HOP!

A lot of people don't seem to understand that. An ex girlfriend of mine (*cough*Kim*cough*) once told me, "Oh i absolutely love rap music! It's my favorite!" I showed her some Cyne and Atmosphere, she started laughing. "This isn't rap! It has no beat! It's all 'Ugh uh uh uh'" That was her definition of my music, which was rap. She was wondering where all my David Guetta, and T. Pain shit was. They aren't rap, they are hip-hop. Before I go any further i have to make this clear. Rap, is centered around the lyrics flowing with the music. Beats are just there to enunciate the lyrics. The beats aren't that important. Hip-Hop is the other way around. And you can even see this in the name! RAP= Rhythm and Poetry. Hip-Hop= What you do when you hear the music. Hip-Hop makes you dance. Rap, is a statement. It's meant to tell a story, or spark a movement. Anybody calling themselves rappers and have their songs featured in clubs are liars. they are musicians. Still artists, just not rappers. If your wondering why i'm getting so worked up over it, it's just... give credit where credit is due. It's like putting a picture book on the National Bestsellers List. Yeah, it's a book, but it's a not a novel.

Whew... anyways, moving on. You know my rapping favorites, next would logically be my hip-hop favorites. Keep in mind i don't really have that much on my Ipod, i'm pretty mainstream ignorant. But i do have some favorites i keep an eye on. Nicky Minaj, i love her. Not just her body, but what she's doing for music. She's funny, she's a female eminem, and she's weird. We need a weird rapper! And she's actually one exception to the rap/hip-hop genre... fuck tangent! We'll discuss it another time! Anyways, I love Kid Cudi, and he actually duals hip-hop and rap. I think he's one of the best rappers out there. Drake is okay sometimes.... That's about all i got really. I told you, i'm not really all that into Hip-hop. Honestly I think Hip-hop kinda sucks. It's pointless to me. It's for all the teenagers who are tasteless and don't want to put that much effort into music, and all the artists that want hit singles, and don't want to put effort into music. Hip-hop is just one big machine really. It's kinda like... If music was art, Hip-hop would be stickers. They're cool and all, and it takes talent... but it's something you forget about really, and shouldn't care for it much. If your wondering what i DO listen to that makes me dance, well i'll take you to the real deal, Trip-hop.

Trip-hop is the evolution of hip-hop. Hip-hop is a caveman, and Trip-hop are street artists. I love Trip-hop. It is beat and just sexy voices. If you want good Trip-hop:Massive Attack (default), Portishead, Tricky, Sampleminded, Dutch, Flying Lotus (Technically Electronic), Lykke Li, Thievery Corporation, Trespassers William, Lamb, and i'm sure there's tons more. If you want good music to show your significant other a good time, throw away the stereotypical Barry White (no disrespect, I love him) and put on some Trip Hop.

Of course going through my rebellious teen years i have to have some hard rock music somewhere. Something rebellious to make me hate my parents, or society in general. So yeah i listened to Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Rage Against the Machine (so of course Audioslave...), Billy Talent, The Bravery, The Deftones, Filter, Fightstar, Flyleaf, Incubus,Jimmy Eat World, Good Charlotte (When they were good), Pennywise, The Pixies, Presidents of The United States of America, Soundgarden, Sublime, Sytem of A Down, Thrice and Yellowcard.

Alright i think i basically covered everything. Now i'm going to name the miscellaneous. These are bands that i absolutely love, but really have no genre of their own, or have several genres they can fit in, or are unknown, or are so weird, but cool i saw it fit to mention them here. these people include:Matt and Kim, Death Cab for Cutie, Megaran, YTCracker, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Gorillaz, Pogo, Norah Jones, Nas and Damien Marley, Flogging Molly, MGMT, Friends of Lizzy, Ephixa (youtube), Broken Social Scene and there is still more probably.

More or less, again i love music that brings something interesting. That can take you somewhere, or show you something. Especially music that tells you a story. It's why i don't listen to mainstream to much. It's all... surface really. It's not at all that i hate the mainstream, it just has nothing to offer me.

What's popular in music right now? I'm going to read you the top 10 in music right now. the top 10 artists who wrote the top 10 songs and are popular right now. Starting from 1: Adele, Rihanna, Flo Rida, David Guetta, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, LMFAO, Kelly Clarkson, Jay-Z and Kanye, and last Jessie J.

I don't mind Adele, she's a form of trip-hop to me, and honestly we need to get that out there IMHO. Rihanna and Katy Perry... I don't like Katy Perry, and Rihanna is talented, but it's the same song every time to me. Bruno Mars... same thing as Rihanna, it's hip-hop, people are easy. I don't... hate LMFAO. I just wouldn't put them in my ipod. Honestly, great dancing music, shit gets you pumped! I'll leave it at that. I missed Kelly Clarkson actually, she needs to come back, she could sing! I don't even know what kind of music Flo rida makes, i just assume he sucks at this point. I don't why David Guetta get's a lot of credit for songs when he never sings. Mediocre DJ. Jay-Z and Kanye... I like them really. Kanye's beginning to piss me off though, and Jay-Z is always talented. And Jessie-J... i'm going to be honest, off hand, i have no fuckin' clue who that is.

Ok literally just checked her out, and... she can sing. No problem there. but she looks like she's jumping on the Nicky Minaj and Lady Gaga train... so she's Katy Perry. What i want to get clear about me, I love Lady Gaga, and her weirdness. She ate a piece of paper on the David Letterman show. I did that in 7th grade! Haha i love her, she's funny. And she can sing, and she got some catchy songs. I don't listen to them, but they're fine with me. Nicky Minaj, is like the Lady Gaga of rap. But also with alter egos, and funny voices. I love that! Those are gimmicks, i love gimmicks! That's a show! Entertainment! What the biz is all about! Katy Perry seems like a teenage Lady Gaga to me. A teenager convincing everyone she's weird, but still trying to be attractive. She's no Zooey Deschanel! Zooey is freakin' talented, weird, but doesn't try to be. She just is. So i dislike Katy Perry. As for Jessie J... I like her better than Katy Perry. Haha I'm sorry if i'm pissing you off here! But From what i was reading Jessie J is a songwriter. So she's weird, she can write and she can sing. She's not relying on beats. But it enunciates her vocals. That is the definition of music. She talented? Yeah! Girly? Hell yeah! Would i listen to her? Hell no! But there's no denying she talented. Just like Justin Bieber. Is his music good? No. Can he sing? Yeah! Can he dance? Yeah! He's good at what he does, i feel no need to hate on him. He brings something to the table.

I think that's all i got for now. But that is a basic cover on music. Now you know my tastes. I'm going to do a lot more of this, hopefully you guys will be into it. whoever waste's their time with this.

Send me idea's for topics, what you want me to give my opinion about. I'd love to start a video blog, but too broke for a good camera. Maybe in the future though if this goes well.

P.S. Movie review coming sometime.