Thrift Shop- Maclemore

Okay, I usually despise rap, but this song is the jam. The beat is bangin and Maclemore's voice is really cool. My friend plays it in her car a lot and it is just a really fun song to jam out to. We have some fun times listening to it. Also, the lyrics are really funny, they are about stuff he is getting from the thrift shop, and it just makes me laugh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes

Let It Be

This is such a good song and I have been litening to it ever since i was a wee lad. Pauls voice is just so soothing and the piano is played perfectly. It is a song that I love to listen to when I fall assleep, and as you probably know by now, I love those type of songs.

Good People

I was listening to Jack Johnsons song Good people and it really got me thinking. He says "where'd all the good people go? I've been changing channels I don't see them on the TV shows" This is so true that it was all I could think about all week. We live in this society where your morals don't matter anymore. All that seems to matter is your image and reputation. It is a lot harder to find the true and genuine people anymore. The media keeps telling us girls that you need to be pretty, skinny, and rich to have a great life. Like Jack says when he is talking about not seeing them on the TV shows, there are shows like Jersey Shore where the people are just trashy and all they care about is partying and appearance. Why would we want our generation and generation to come to watch this type of stuff? We need true role models in our lives. Not the ones we see on television. The media is telling us to live in a materialistic world instead of focusing on what's real. Appearances wont last forever, but your character will. We all need to just take a step back and try to be a good person by gods standards, not society's. All I want people to get from this is are you truly a good person that tries to brightens everybody's day, or are you the person who is just thinking all day if you picked the right outfit or if your hair looks good. I know people won't read this, but I decided to blog about it because it is important to me and has been on my mind all week. But the song is really good and you should definitely check it out.

Remix Manifesto

This documentary was very interesting and it got me really thinking and I wrote like a whole page of notes on it. First, I would like to say that Girl Talk is super cool and what he does is amazing. I do feel like Warner Brothers needs to back off because they didn't create the song, so why should people ask them if it is okay to use it? However, it is a big controversy and I understand why people would Paton their works. If somebody tried to take my song and use it illegally and me not getting paid for it, I would be pretty darn pissed. But I would rather have people using my songs and loving them, than people not listening to them at all. But I believe that when an artist dies, their songs should be free game to anyone. The reason I feel this way is because the people are dead and they obviously cannot get paid anymore, and are not around to care or say anything. Also, their legacy can continue through remixes and covers, instead of their music just dying out. I have very mixed opinions on this subject. I guess for me it really matters what the circumstances are.

Classical music

I just wanted to rant about this genre of music. It is soo boring. For me, it is good for only one thing, putting me to sleep. I would really love to talk about this genre of music with somebody who enjoys it because I am not really sure why anyone would. To me, all of the songs sound the same and they are sooo long!! Also, there are no lyrics so you really have nothing to pay attention to and lyrics are what make a song unique. This is mainly why I think all of the songs sound the same.

Black Sabbath

This band is awesome! I already new about them because a few of their songs are on guitar hero. Iron man is a pretty cool song and it always reminds me of the movie iron man. I love the guitar solos in their songs and that is mainly what i luke about this band. The vocals are good as well. The only thing that i don't really love about them is the length of their songs. I just think they are a little bit too long and i like song that are usually 2 or 3 minutes long.