Rock music reviews

I was a depressed, angsty and lonely teenager until a week ago. And then, as I was walking to school, God appeared in front of me. I begged him for a cure to my woes.

And He answered "Salvation can only be found in the One, the only One who is higher than me. I created the universe, but this higher power created me."

Trembling I asked, "But... who?"

God smiled fondly, "Your race call Him 'The Hoff'".

And so I ran back home, purchased the CD from Amazon and revelled in holy bliss. The rest, as they say, is Hasselhoff.

The track 'Hot Shot City' is so particularly good it hurts.

When I popped this CD into my boombox, my pants fell down and I weeped like I did when "Charles In Charge" was cancelled. The pure beauty of the wafting music was almost too much for me to bear. It did indeed prove too much to bear for my next door neighbor, who moved out immediately and jumped in the ocean.

Now that I'm alone in this trailer, I can walk around with this erection and enjoy David Hulkerflink to my heart's content. I prance about to "Crazy For You." I do jetées to "Dü." I even do the limbo dance to "Do the Limbo Dance!" Meanwhile, they have turned off my gas and water, since I have let those payments lapse, big time.

But what the hey, life is too short to pay bills. I can just sit here in the dark, listening and masturbaiting to David's masterwork. Excelsior!

The song "Hot Shot City" is particularly good.

Step off, you twithead critics! Back down, you music connoisseurs! David Hasselhoff defies your attempts to label him!

Sure, you may write reviews of how he "stinks." You may dismiss him as a "hack," a "terrible, terrible, terrible attempt at a singer," or even "the most serious setback in the development of music in human history." But you know what? All that doesn't make a hill of beans difference, because I LOVE him.

That's because I have no taste. I cannot comprehend how awful his singing truly is. Unlike many others, I cannot make the comparison between his singing and the sounds a ostrich makes while violating a bucket of weasels. I have no frame of reference when it comes to "musical pitch" or "sense of shrill, unbearable caterwauling." But that's just me.

If I had to pick my favorite out of this batch of hass, it would probably be "Hot Shot City" because it is particulary good.

I have never liked Nicks voice much but it's been 4 years and I'm still listening to NOW OR NEVER and liking it. Too bad Nick didn't get the recognition he deserved, guess you need rap producers to make it in this buisness now-a-days.

What an excellent cd this is! I was using it at the hospital while my Mother was recovering from a stroke and several people asked for the name of it to obtain. Of course I said "I got it on Amazon!"

i loved his cd i was sad it didn't do better on the music charts and that he never released another cd. i saw him live and he was amazing

After witnessing a sweet performance and sweeter song on television's Ally McBeal, I had such high hopes for this CD. But a testosterone clone of the robot Charlotte Church was not on my agenda. Turgid ballads, irritating arias, a monotone baritone, and a misguided remake of "Vincent [Starry Starry Night]"; you have to wonder just who is responsible for all this. Then you notice roll call - David Foster, Walter Afanasieff, Richard Marx...then it all makes sense. My grade: C

I think that Josh Groban has about the most perfect natural male voice that exists. It may be true that he doesn't have a classic opera voice, and if that's true, then I'm GLAD! I, personally, don't care for the "heaviness" that opera training seems to give voices. I like a voice that sounds more natural... like Josh's.

You know... I was just reading reviews on a Celine Dion CD, and when you compare those reviews with these... it's ridiculous. The public, at large, just cracks me up. There are people complaining that Celine yells instead of sings, and then there are people here complaining that Charlotte's voice should have the power that Celine's has. Why can't people just enjoy what they like, instead of thinking that everyone should sing like their favorites? What's wrong with enjoying Celine's powerful voice AND Charlotte's soft voice? What's wrong with enjoying Boccelli's well-trained opera voice AND Josh's more natural style of singing? If you like more powerful voices then Josh's, and you were disappointed by them, then by all means rate the CD lower, and mention this, but you don't have to say it as though he can't sing at all! Millions the world over would give anything to be able to sing like he does!

That's my two cents...

I enjoyed the entire cd. His music inspires joy and calmness on a stressful day. I would recommend this cd to anyone interested.

I would like to edit my review because this has 2 good songs in For Whom The Bell Tolls, and Fade to Black. I'm not a huge Metallica fan. I just like about 3 of their good albums in Black Album, Master of Puppets, and this Ride the Lightning.

I'm a big Metallica fan. I have every one of their CDs (including the rare original "Complete Garage Days," which is contained almost entirely on Garage Inc.) This is one of their best. "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Fade to Black," "Creeping Death," and "Fight Fire With Fire" are all very good classic Metallica. For Who the Bell Tolls is my favorite lyric song (I love the lyrics). This album is slightly overrated but still good.

RIDE THE LIGHTNING IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST ALBUM FROM METALLICA AND IS BETTER THAN MASTER OF PUPPETS AND AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.THIS ALBUM IS TERRIFIC WITH ANTHEMS LIKE RIDE THE LIGHTNING,FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE AND FADE TO BLACK AND IS CERTAINNLY BETTER THAN ANY ALBUM FROM CRAPPY BANDS LIKE FOREIGNER,GREEN DAY AND NIRVANA.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Her voice is gorgeous, just like a songbird!!!! So sad that she is now singing with the angels, before more of her works could be published.

I heard Fields of Gold on the season finale of Everwood and thought whoever was singing it had a beautiful voice. When I hear a song I like I usually just have to find out who sings it. I did a little research and found that it was Eva Cassidy. I tried to download the song from ITunes but couldn't find it. Soooo, my next stop was Amazon. I searched for Eva Cassidy, found the CD, and bought it. I really like the whole CD. Her music is very soothing to me. My favorite songs are Wade in the Water, Over the Rainbow, and Fields of Gold. I ordered Time After Time and just received it several days ago. I've listened to some of the songs, but not the entire CD just yet. Eva Cassidy has a beautiful voice.

apparently, the good do die young....it's a shame she's gone, because eva was full of emotion, with great lungs and tune to boot.

Live at Luther College is a great CD for any DMB fan. Tim Reynolds and Dave Matthews collaborate on this great acoustic live show. The show is very laid back and chill and less enthusiastic and upbeat than other live shows. If you're debating on a live CD or a studio CD, there is no question with the Dave Matthews Band. Studio CD's do not capture the spirit and originality of the band. The CD includes great renditions of both 'One Sweet World' and 'Jimi Thing.' Live at Luther College is a great example of DMB live.

The best, simply the best... You can't go wrong with this... Music, passion, love, laughter, honesty, a insanely talented guitar player, very emotional beautiful vocals and sweet sweet melodies, songs and lyrics performed flawlessly from the heart. Buy it right now!

Having lived with two DMB fans, one of whom virtually worships the man and his band, I have been exposed to the vast majority of their tunes. I think they're talented, but between Dave's somewhat indecipherable vocals and the sometimes over-the-top instrumentation, I find that whatever message they're trying to convey often gets buried.

That being said, "Live at Luther College" is most definitely one (or two, if a two-disc set can't count as one) of the ten recordings I'd want with me if I were stranded on a desert island.

I'd give all but maybe one or two songs a 5-star rating. Even the "Christmas Song," which, subject-wise, isn't exactly my cup of tea, is just too perfectly executed to deny.

There are thousands of recordings that use electric guitar and of which I'm a huge fan, but if I had to choose, I prefer the purity of acoustic guitar. The use of acoustic guitars alone gives this set a huge edge.

And Tim Reynolds is a virtuoso--probably as technically gifted as many respected classical guitarist, but with an equally impeccable ability to reinvent each of Dave's songs so that they have every bit as much groove, humor, emotion, and force (and often more) as they did with his full band backing him up. Dave isn't half-bad either.

And while they take their guitars to the very limits of unplugged rock, Dave's voice is still able to shine through clearly, and I can actually understand what he's saying more often than not (I've actually memorized most of the album, although there are some areas where I still mumble incoherent phrases in conjunction with what seems to be coming out of Dave's mouth).

Virtually all of the power and emotion is generated by the musicians themselves, not by special effects or gadgets, and you can really feel what a memorable experience it must have been to attend that show.

This is what I think of Master of Puppets. 7 lousy songs, only 1 good song in the instrumental song but the rest.....this music can get you all mad, and upset. Go buy the Foreigner and Dire Straits CDs...they are the master of love songs!!!!!! Not Metallica. I still like Metallica, but this was not their best work.

Master of Puppets is a really overrated album, which I don't like music that just seems the same. I've bought a lot of Metallica CDs and thought, these guys are overrated, I mean James Hetfield can't sing, he just screams. He's not anything like Mark Knopfler, or Lou Gramm. Anyway, to this album, well, I thought this was a really annoying album, the title track is just nothing but screaming. Orion is about the only decent song off the whole CD. Rest of the other songs deserves zero stars. Metallica only made about 5 decent tracks, 4 of the others are off the Black Album. Listen to those 5 and stop messin' around with Metallica's lame songs. I will never forget Lars Ulrich, I like Metallica because he's a great drummer(one of the best drummers period!).
I'll give this 1 star because Orion rocks!! Rest of the other songs are crappy.......Buy this and the Black Album and avoid all the other CDs from Metallica. Thanks,

Brothers in Arms.

MASTER OF PUPPETS IS AMONGST THE GREATEST ALBUMS FROM METALLICA AND ANYONE WHO SLAMS THIS NEEDS TO BE SHOT.EVERY SONG IS GOOD SO I GOT TO GIVE IT NOTHING LESS THAN FIVE STARS.

I was first introduced to Lifehouse when I saw them opening for Matchbox 20 and Everclear. I was smitten, but I was 16, too. All my cd's were stolen a while ago, and as of late I'd been getting a hankering for some Lifehouse. Initially, the cd was refreshing to my ears, reliving old thoughts and memories through 'Hanging By a Moment' and 'Sick Cycle Carousel'. 'Everything' was one of the reasons I bought the cd. It's beautiful with little touches of a cello wafting throughout the song. Sadly, after listening to the cd, it began to feel a little dated in my current musical tastes. A lot of Lifehouse's sound gives me the feeling that you'd get from Christian Rock. They carry a powerful feeling, very positive, but with some darker undertones throughout their music. The reason I was really smitten with the band in the begining was because of their use of cellos or some pretty violins in some of their songs. They have the ability to make really pretty slow, soft songs, and enlightening, "perfect guy" type of love songs. These guys are perfect for any girl just ready to sway along to some cute guys professing their love for the ever impossible to find female in their lives. It's pretty music, but it gets boring after a while. Good for reliving the late ninties, and for some nice sing-along in the car music.

In a day when a great CD yields 3 good songs, Lifehouse delivers 12 per CD. Some songs you can't stop liking when you hear them over and over and over and over. If you buy a Lifehouse CD, any Lifehouse CD, you will have a problem, and that will be that you can't turn them off. Lifehouse is AWESOME and every song is it's own masterpiece. There really aren't enough stars to score these guys. I'll give them a solid 5. These guys rock.

Lifehouse will forever be remembered for their hit Hanging by a Moment, the first single off this CD. That is also why I got this CD in the first place. I can now officially say that I love Lifehouse! Their vocals are great, the guitars are nothing but superb and well, they're just plain close to perfect. If you like this CD, check out their new CD Lifehouse (which features another kickass song from them, You and Me) and their earlier CD, Stanley Climbfall. And just for fun, click the "yes" button to the proceeding question.

I was one of those people who dismissed Garbage when they first came out because I was a big fan of Curve. I know, I was a stupid boy. "Version 2.0" is when I realized this is an amazing band. I'd be shocked if any fan of techno, pop, alternative, or girl-fronted-rock-bands didn't love this disc. In itself it's almost the best of Garbage. They all sound like singles. Other than the obvious 3-4 hits, I was most impressed by "Temptation Waits", "Medication", "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing", and "You Look So Fine". If you've ever thought about getting some Garbage, especially this album, do it. Don't be a stupid boy/girl.

This is the best album this band has ever put out...at least it's the most consistant. From the opening track 'Temptation Waits' to the closing words of 'You Look So Fine' the album fits nice blaring out of your stereo. Shirley Manson and Butch Vig string together some brilliant electronic/rock tracks that are sure to please long standing fans as well as those new to the world of Garbage. I purchased this album when it was first released, and even know it is one of those albums that is hard to surpass for it is one of the only albums that has NOT gathered dust on my shelf. Classic tracks like 'I Think I'm Paranoid' and 'Push It' show the eletric borderline brutal side of Garbage with pounding bass and brutal beats acompanied by Shirley's distinct voice. And with songs like 'Medication' and the beautiful 'The Trick Is To Keep Breathing' SHirley and the boys show a softer side to the band. Radio hit's 'Special' and 'When I Grow Up' boast that this album is, as the later states, 'Special' but it's two songs in particular that really raise the bar...the brutal 'Hammering in my Head' and the cover 'Sleep Together' give to extremes of the spectrum. 'Hammering...' gives us pounding beats and blistering guitars while 'Sleep Together' boasts a beautiful melody and shining vocals. Garbage is truly cream of the crop, and this album is their shining moment!

Version 2.0 is my favorite album of all time. This is the first record i enjoyed every song from beginning to end. All the songs are so brilliant and genius. Shirley Manson is the best frontwoman that ever existed. God i love her voice, it so seductive and growls like an untamed tiger hunting for a simple kill. Butch Vig is a god! You look so fine, one of the best love songs of all time, the first time i heard it i was hooked when she leaps into the chorus, so gorgeous has great lyrics: "you look so fine i want to break your heart and give you mine." The song Medication is so raw with lyrics like: "Somebody get me out of here, i'm tearing out myself, nobody gives a damn about me or anybody else." I think i'm paranoid is so perfect i love this song, "I fall down just give you a thrill, prop me up with another pill..." Temptation Waits is so sexy and the guitars are layered beautifully: "You come on like a drug i just can't get enough..." Version 2.0 will be in your collection til the day you perish. It will be in mine. This album is sooooo good that i hooked my brother on this album as well, share with friends and family, it will get you talking, also check out Beautifulgarbage as well.

When I am in the mood for some Floyd, Wish You Were Here is usually a great quick fix. Stuck in between some major records, Wish You Were Here provides a break and refreshing intermission. I think Gilmore shines (no pun intended) in his guitar work and Waters is as gritty as ever.

Still hits the spot!

As evidenced from the above statement, I consider Wish You Were Here to be not only one of the best collections of music to be put out by my favorite non-classical musicians, Pink Floyd, but also to be one of the greatest albums ever. Four of the five tracks are absolute masterpieces, and the remaining Welcome to the Machine is still a great song which is only outshone by those surrounding it.

In comparison to Dark Side of the Moon, I consider this to be of equal importance. WYWH may not have been quite as groundbreaking as DSotM (although it was still groundbreaking), but it was a unique departure from the rest of the music scene in the mid-70's, which was in the process of becoming saturated with Funk (not that funk itself was bad), cookie-cutter pop hits, and the beginnings of identical disco hits (although I have a spot for the Beejees).

Above all, perhaps, was the simple emotions and truths expressed in the album. The overriding theme, of course, was that of the band's missing Syd (both parts of Shine on You Crazy Diamond and Wish You Were Here). This portion of the album was the more emotional of the two arbitrary divisions I've set forth - emotional in the sense of a personal reaching-out to their friend and former bandmate Syd, and how they were dealing with his not being there to share in the experience of musical success. The secondary theme was that of the effects, sometimes pernicious, of the music business, specifically the corporate nature of it. Those topics, combined with some of the most infectious lyrics yet created, solid and inventive musicianship, and wonderfully magnificent guitar solos interspersed throughout, along with that Pink Floyd "special quality", make this a quintessential album, one requisite for any good record collection.

We've had an awful lot of 'the greatest album of all time', and 'not the greatest of all time'. 'Miles Davis's Kinda Blue is better', someone wrote here (I happen to own that one too). For a start it's wrong to compare Floyd to a jazz group, or Jimi Hendrix, or that Floyd were influenced by King Crimson, as the same person suggested. For a start Floyd just happened to be successfully around before King Crimson, but we won't worry about such trifle matters.

What DOES matter is the ability to musically communicate. Where Pink Floyd succeed is in the passion in David Gilmour's guitar playing and to a large extent in his singing. Again you will find passion and emotion in Roger Waters' lyrics. Some might say a bit too much at times. Then there is the versatility of Rick Wright's keyboard playing, whether on organ, piano or synths, he plays a huge part in fleshing out the sound of Pink Floyd. Just listen to his synth playing on SOYCD, or his remarkable organ solo on 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun' (Live at Pompeii). Lastly there is the solid competent percussion of Nick Mason, who blends in perfectly with the other 3 members.

On the WYWH album, we have all these elements that come together perfectly. This is demonstrated superbly on SOYCD. It's an emotional song that communicates effectively with so many listeners, even those who have only remotely heard of Syd Barratt. On 'Welcome To The Machine' and 'Have A Cigar', Roger Water's lyrics revile those shallow, unscrupulous characters who care only about money, but not people, and have no appreciation of quality. Who's going to disagree with him? He wasn't being hypocritical either. He certainly would not be making music or performing live today, if money was his only objective.

The musicianship on all of the tracks is first rate. It may not be as technically complex as that on a Miles Davis album, but it is just as enduring and in many respects more endearing. For me, 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is as spiritually uplifting as anything written by the great composers. It's just a different type of music, but emotionally it can succeed on the same level. A band has to be pretty exceptional to compete to a similar degree on that level, and in my view Pink Floyd are pretty exceptional.

Yes, Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' is a tremendous album, and from experience I still have my original well preserved vinyl copy from 1975, and revisit it time and again, so I reckon it's had some positive effect.

By the way, which one is Pink?