Tuesday: I May Be Right

As an apology for yesterday’s post I’ll try to keep this one as short as possible.  The other reason… after my preaching yesterday I really have nothing to write about.  So I will take the day to school you on good music. (Which is, incidentally, why I manipulated a song title into today’s title).

I’ll come right out and say that I think a lot of the stuff out today is trash.  I can’t stand Lil Wayne or however you say his damn name.  He sounds like a pig about to be slaughtered, and that is one of the few things autotune can’t heal.  Lady Gaga’s music by itself is okay, but the psycho / oddball / \ meat-woman image doesn’t really work for me.  And I’m sorry, with the exception of Eminem and B.o.B rap / hip-hop is just not for me.

But then again there is the good that balances out the bad.  Rock, real-rock or alternative, is still the same as it always was.  Green Day is my favorite band, somehow managing to sound borderline-intelligent while still blasting eardrums out at the same time.  Coldplay is their polar-opposite, and with their clever riffs and Chris Martin’s falsetto they make a perfect combination.  I’ve been told several times that I shouldn’t like Linkin Park, without being given an actual reason, and I contend that (unlike the people in the last paragraph), their music is actually good.  On the electronic side Owl City is excellent (think Fireflies), and my uncle who makes club music never manages to disappoint.

Then there are the ones from the 70s and 80s that are still hanging around.  Bon Jovi is still excellent even if they’re a little past their time.  Bruce Springsteen is the realest voice of rock left.  U2 has a different sound than any band I’ve ever heard, unique and enigmatic without having to use the millions of electronic stimuli that most modernists need to make themselves sound bearable.  And then there’s Billy Joel, who is there whenever I can’t fins something to listen to.  He’s the only artist that never ceases to grow on me, like when I have my iPod on shuffle and hear an awesome song I’ve never heard before.  Nine times out of ten it’s Billy Joel.   So for the song today here is one of Joel’s greatest hits.  My favorite has to be Only the Good Die Young, but I’m putting this one up because musically it’s amazing that someone could do an entire song without and background music whatsoever.  Besides… it’s an awesome song!

SONG YOU SHOULD REALLY BE LISTENING TO:

 

And now I will get my geek on and give you a song you have never heard unless you’ve played a certain Valve game called Portal.  I’m sorry… but this is the better than Fireflies.

OTHER SONG YOU SHOULD REALLY BE LISTENING TO:

 

I know, that’s enough.  If I put any more someone may kill me tomorrow simply to stop the pointless babble clogging this website.  This geek bids you adieu!