Holiday Music

This is one of my favorite times of the year regarding weather and music.  The cold weather makes me want to sit inside and listen to frosty the snowman all day long.  Another perk of holiday music that it is nearly impossible to be in a bad mood while listening to it which makes me listen to it more because it is a very stressful time of year with finals and shopping for presents.  I really like how the sound of music this time of year is a universal sound of happiness and joy.  

White Album

The white album was extremely random; that is just about the only way I can describe it.  I think that the randomness could have been more effective in a shorter album of 10-15 songs rather than 30 songs for over 90 minutes.  Some of the songs like one about Bungalow Bill are not only random within the album but just weird songs in general, no matter the setting.  Another problem that I have is the length of many of many of the songs ranging for less than one minute to more than right minutes.

Jimi Hendrix

I think that Jimi Hendrix may have been the most talented musician that we have listened to so far in class this year.  The part of the movie where he played his guitar with his teeth was just amazing.  I also am still wondering as to why he lit his guitar on fire and then smashed it into pieces. The only logical reason I have thought of is that is was some sort of "sacrifice" toward a greater musical power but that that doesn't make too much sense.  Regarding his musical talent I was very impressed and enjoyed it a lot but his personality seemed rather odd.

Zeppelin

My biggest critique for Zeppelin so far is that there are too many guitar solos.  I mean they are very well done but I am just not a fan of instrumentals.  I enjoy a song the most when I can sing along as loud as I can and as bad as I can.  I also think that some of the songs were unnecessarily long which bored me at times.  Other than that I do not have a very serious opinion of his music and/or style of performance. 

Movie

I think it was really cool how a bunch of random parts and gizmos can make a "guitar".  Although the sound is not exactly the same it is still a really awesome thing to do.  The sound of guitar is the key to rock and roll in my opinion and it doesn't matter how you make it as long as it gets the job done.  I also thought it was really cool how the guitar riff could be made so much better with that one device (I can't remember the name of it) but I know it is used for many songs and by many people.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The beginning and end of Sgt. peppers is very good, the middle is not bad but compared to the rest of the album it just doesn't compare.  I really like the idea of combing this album with several songs from Magical Mystery Tour to create a so called "super-album" which could compete for the best album of all time.  It was also really cool listening to how they encorporated styles from Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys into their already great music.  I can't imagine receiving praise from the Beattles like that and I definitely would not have released another album if I was Brian Wilson.

Small vs big shows

I have never to been to a large performance of any type but I feel like I would not fit in very well.  A small venue with one it maybe two bands appeals to me much more. It would be much easier to focus in the music and not the event itself.  I see the appeal of larger events but they definitely a directed toward a set group of people.  Another reason is that I do not like a wide range of music so I could chooses a smaller event with just the music that I like, rather than wander around a park hoping to find a good band.