Black Sabbath Review / Dead Kennedys Preview (Album 28)

So for being the first 'metal' album of all time, it doesn't surprise that it pales in metalic-ness versus new albums that share the same genre. One thing that stood out to me, was the harmonica in the second song, 'The Wizard.' That was awesome. To me it felt like any 80s or 70s rock album, except the lyrics - which seem to be the defining 'metal' point - were much darker than most other of the time. Certainly there are other dark points to the album. The cover and some of the guitar riffs. I really like the album. I would certainly listen to it again. Especially some of the songs with harmonica and excellent solos.

Favorite Songs:
     The Wizard
     Sleeping Village
   

Album: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Artist: Dead Kennedys

Release Year: 1980

"Dead Kennedys initially took inspiration from the original wave of UK punks such as the Sex Pistols, but became disenchanted with their anarchic posturing, so they created their own take on the movement." - Seth Jacobson

01 - Kill The Poor

02 - Forward To Death

03 - When Ya Get Drafted

04 - Let's Lynch The Landlord

05 - Drug Me

06 - Your Emotions

07 - Chemical Warfare

08 - California Uber Alles

09 - I Kill Children

10 - Stealing People's Mail

11 - Funland At The Beach

12 - Ill In The Head

13 - Holiday In Cambodia

14 - Viva Las Vegas

Streaming: Radio3.net

iTunes: Dead Kennedys

Spotify: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Punk music. When I hear new punk music I can only think about how all the songs sound the same. Listen to Rise Against or New Wave or Strung Out for some new school examples. Anyways, I can tell you already that I know Holiday In Cambodia. Maybe Viva Las Vegas, if it's the song I think it is. Enjoy.

~mfm

Jimmy Smith Review / Black Sabbath Preview (Album 27)

This is probably actually my least favorite part of the blog. Saying what I did or did not like about something. It's very hard to articulate what you are trying to say sometimes. Especially if you are trying to say it in a unique way. Anyways. Jimmy Smith. This is, without a doubt, the smoothest album I have ever listened too. When people say jazz, this is the kind of music that I think of. Downbeat, there are a couple of people keeping the beat and rhythm, while they take turns improvising. Jazz. It's very calming and fun and upbeat at the same time. If it were a movie soundtrack, it would be the part in the movie where we are down in a club in the 40s, just watching the club, and we see in the background Humphrey Bogart walk down the stairs as he enters and orders a drink as he looks around checkin' out the ladies. Then chaos ensues during a fist fight or a shootout and we need a different sound for that. The book sums this album up perfectly: 'Relentlessly groovy.'

Favorite Songs:
     Back At The Chicken Shack
     Honestly I like them all, but Back At The Chicken Shack stands out to me the most.

Album: Black Sabbath

Artist: Black Sabbath

Release Year:1970

"On the list for its enormous influence rather than its scintillating musical qualities, Black Sabbath's debut album is weighty in reputation as it is in sonic depth. With its opening, eponymous song routinely hailed as the unholy-trinity anthem ("Black Sabbath" on Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath) that kickstarted heavy metal, the dark, dark sleeve art and the sludgy production seeping all over the basic, bludgeoning songs, the record still sounds supremely evil today." - Joel McIver

01 - Black Sabbath

02 - The Wizard

03 - Behind The Wall Of Sleep

04 - N.I.B.

05 - Evil Woman

06 - Sleeping Village

07 - Warning

08 - Wicked World

*This is the European release set of songs. 

Streaming: Radio3.net

iTunes: Black Sabbath

Spotify: Black Sabbath

My dad has this album in vinyl. So pops if you read this, give it a spin for me.

~mfm