Heart Attack

I am in love with Demi Lovato and today (Monday February 25) she released a single called Heart Attack.  I instantly became attached to it. Some people don't think so, but I think she has a really good voice and it definitely stands out in this song.  The lyrics are really well written and already today I've listened to it more than 10 times.  I really hope she will be releasing an album soon but I think this single will keep me distracted for a long time until she puts an album out. Here is the song! Enjoy!

Patti Smith

Patti Smith is a big N-O. I couldn't stop myself from wishing her album would end.  Her voice was very annoying to me whenever she would "run off" with her voice.  Also, it sounded to me that she was drunk and just making up lyrics as she went along and I didn't like that. I was searching around on YouTube to find any more songs from hers I liked and I came across this one.  It's "Because the Night", the song Bruce Springsteen wrote for her, and it sounded really familiar so I checked it out. I didn't hate it as much as I hated her album Horses.  Here it is!

Stay

I heard this song in the Grammys for the first time a couple weeks ago and I fell in love with it. The song is Stay by Rihanna and its a completely new song for Rihanna. I used to love Rihanna when the songs SOS or Umbrella were out but ever since she released songs like S&M and What's My Name, I haven't really liked her as much. I love this song Stay so much because it reminds me of the old Rihanna! The lyrics are what really stood out to me the most when I first heard it. Here's the video from the Grammys!!

Ramones

This week we listened to the Ramones and I can't say that I liked them. I have never been a fan of this genre of music for one, and I felt like their music was way to repetitive to like. Another thing I didn't like was their voices. It sounded like they were just screaming into a microphone.   Most of their songs like Blitzreig Bop sounded like they were a garge band just wasn't feeling at all.  Although some of their songs were pretty catchy, I don't think it's a band I would enjoy listening to again.

Carrie Underwood

I have been a huge fan of her since the day she tried out for American Idol.  She is pure perfection! I went to her concert a couple years ago here and it made me like her even more! I know all of her songs, seen all the videos, you name it. She has grown so much as a singer/artist. The lyrics of her songs never fail to impress me and her voice is out of this world.  Here is her try-out video for American Idol and a recently uploaded video so you can see how much she has grown! Enjoy!

Bobby Womack

This week in class we listened to Bobby Womack.  After listening to him, I have mixed emotions on whether I like him or not. I really enjoy listening to his soulful voice he has! It's very soothing and it makes me really like listening to him.  What I didn't enjoy was the bluesy feel his music portrays. A song I really enjoyed was "Woman's Gotta Have It". His voice stood out to me in this song the most and this is the song that made me really like him. I hope to listen to more of Bobby Womack in class soon!!

Jason Mraz

So I saw Jason Mraz in concert a couple years ago and instantly fell in love with him.  His single "I'm Yours" was a big hit for a long time.  Then he had the single "I Won't Give Up" which became pretty popular. This new song I really like isn't very big....yet. It comes up all the time on my Pandora and its become one of my favorite songs.  It's "The Woman I Love".  The lyrics are really really good and the chorus and the beat is very catchy!  I really hope this song becomes popular but not too popular where it's annoying in about a week. Here it is!

Imagine

Today in class we listened to John Lennon's solo album Imagine. I didn't really like it compared to the Beatles as a whole. But, I didn't hate it completely.  John Lennon can write and that point is proven by the song Imagine.  I love love love this song! The lyrics are amazing and this is one of my favorite songs. Something that threw me off of liking John Lennon was his voice in some of the songs.  It just wasn't quite there for me.  Some of the songs were really good and some were bad, as in I had no interest listening to the whole thing. I wish The Beatles would have done the song "Imagine" together and stayed together.  I look forward to more of The Beatles!