Friday 11, 2008

Stevie Wonder, “Superstition” (1972)

Pink Floyd, “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” (1979)

Bob Marley & the Wailers, “Could You Be Loved” (1978)

Pink Floyd:

I thought that this was a weird song. I was confused by the part where there were little kids singing or them. I thought that there were kids but in another way, I thought it was them because they have weird voices. Also I thought that it was not really necessary to have those parts at the end with the honk and people talking. I was really surprise that they were white and that they were well know with their music. I thought that they were going to be black because they kind of sound like that. Then when it started, it was something weird too. I thought that this song was not like the others ones I have heard.

Bob Marley and the Wailers:

I thought that this was a good song. I have heard and seen pictures of Bob Marley. I never knew that there was a band he was before he went solo. I really like the fact that this song has the rhythm of Jamaican beat like some of now day’s artist Damian Marley. He looks like Bob Marley but I don’t know if they are brothers or not. I would definitely hear this song again because it has a good beat and a cool background.

Stevie Wonder:

I have heard this song before in the radio, in the keyboard, and I think in “That’s So Raven”. I thought that this song has a good rhythm of the guitar and the voice was good. I never knew that it was a black person but there was something in his voice that kind of sounded like a black person. I wonder if he used some piano because I really like the background beat and rhyme it has. I like this song and I think that this is the only song that I have heard from him.

Picture Citation:

The Rock Dose. 12 Jan. 2008 .

"Bob Marley and the Wailers." 12 Jan. 2008 .

"2 Supergroup Rock Dream Teams in the Ultimate Battle of the Bands." Super Group. 12 Jan. 2008 .

Thursday 10, 2008

Aretha Franklin, “Respect” (1967)

Jimi Hendrix, “Purple Haze” (1967)

The Temptations, “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” (1966)

Jimi Hendrix:

I thought that this was a good song. This is more like rock and the other ones in Tuesday or Wednesday. I thought that it had a good tone and good background music with a guitar. I really didn’t like some parts how he sing because it look like he was just screaming to get him point out. I have never heard his music until today and also on the video we saw in class when he was in the hippie concert.

Aretha Franklin:

I really like this song and I have heard this song before. I have heard it on the radio and also in the movie “Are we there yet?” when the girl starts to sing. I really like her voice and when it started, I knew that this was the song I have heard before. I was surprise that someone would write a song about respect and this is the first person that I know do this. Also I wonder why she was so skinny and now she’s bigger and she was pretty. This song may go in my iPod and I think it would be the only one.

The Temptations:

I have never heard this song but I have heard of the group. I really like this song call “My Girl” from them and I think that this was one of the songs that they hit with and was listened a lot and still is. I also hear that song in a movie. I thought that this song on the list was alright and also it is really different than the song I have heard. I wonder why would they would name themselves like this in the first place I mean its not a bad name but just curious.

Picture Citation:

Art.Com. 12 Jan. 2008 .

"Aretha Franklin." 8notes.Com. 12 Jan. 2008 .

"Influences of the Rolling Stones." Rolling Stones. 12 Jan. 2008 .

The Who, “My Generation” (1966)

The Rolling Stones, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)

Gerry & the Pacemakers, “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” (1964)

Gerry & The Pacemakers:

I thought that this was a very calm music and I think that this was an alright song. This song, to me, is more like a slow jam. Also they make the song relaxing and the background music is calm. I have never heard this song before. I also thought that this was an interesting title because the sun can’t really catch you crying. Also I thought that they were weird when it came to their appearance but I know that most of the singers in that time dress and comb their hair like that. I wonder how are they today is they are alive.

The Rolling Stones:

I have heard before the name The Rolling Stones and I have seen a lot of people with the sign of the tongue with a read mouth. I thought that the rhythm of the song was alright and I think that there is an artist that has the same beat. When it started, I knew that the artist had gotten the beat from the rolling stones. She is also somewhat a rock star and sings in Spanish. I guess in a way I can relate to this song.

The Who:

I thought that this was a song that rebels more because of some of the things they say like this is my generation and other things. Also I thought that this was alright but the beat was bam!! This was the first time I hear this song and I think the last time. I like the first one better than this one or the rolling stones. Also they are not really singing but just saying in some parts. I felt that there were some parts that he was going to say bad words and he didn’t day them. This is the first music that I hear that does this on the list.

Picture Citation:

"Gerry & the Pacemakers - Original Hits." 12 Jan. 2008 .
Stumble Upon. 2008. StumbleUpon. 12 Jan. 2008 .
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Tuesday 8,2008

Bill Haley & His Comets, “Rock Around the Clock” (1954)

Elvis Presley, “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)

Jerry Lee Lewis, “Great Balls of Fire” (1957)

I thought that this song was alright. I have heard this song before by my parents and I though that the song had good rhyme but this is not really a type of sing that I would have in my iPod. I also like the how is starts him singing and then the music starts in the background. I never knew who sang this song and I didn’t know who the one who sand it was. When I click it, I was impressed that it was this song. Also what I didn’t know is that why someone would would make a song about going around a clock.



I thought that this was a different song that the ones I usually hear. Also this song is different than the other ones because this song is much slower and there isn’t that big of the rhyme just the guitar. When I was hearing this song, some of the parts in the song made me think that I knew this song but the words don’t. I was expecting a better song than this because this is my person and I thought that there was going to be more to it because this is know for the king of the music. To me I thought that this was not a good song of him but for some people they love it. This is an alright song but not a song that would be in my iPod or me hearing this. There are better songs that this one.

I thought that this was an alright song and there was a lot of rhyme and it wasn’t that bad. I thought that this is the second good one from the list. I wonder why this song is call like this because the song talks about him giving her things but there were some of parts that I really didn’t get because he was talking too fast on me and also because there were times that the music on the background was too much or just too loud.

Picture Citation
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