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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
And I Knew That You Meant It
I've seen many concerts in my life, and I have to say that Chris Carabba has the best live voice that I have ever heard. This video was taken at UTK's 2008 Volapalooza.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
I recently watched the movie Cadillac Records, definitely under-rated in my opinion, and I was inspired. I have decided to turn the focus of my blog from myself to music, the latter being a much more interesting topic for everyone. I have always been obsessed with music. When I was younger, I wanted to be a singer. When reality set in, I began to work towards becoming something slightly more practical, a psychologist. However, the love for music is still with me and always will be. I believe that a good mix tape has the power to change a person's life. For this reason, I am officially turning this blog into Good Music for Dummies. I will discuss artists that I believe do not receive enough attention for their achievements. I will let everyone know what I am currently listening to, changing on a weekly basis. The reason for this is music is powerful. It has the power to cheer you up, make you cry, and get you hype. Everyone has that one song that when they hear the opening guitar chords, they get chills up their spine. For this reason, and to hopefully increase peoples' musical vocabularies, I am entering a new domain.
SO...LET'S GET STARTED
Like I said before, I was inspired by the movie Cadillac Records, so my first artist of choice is Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry is not exactly unbeknownst to adults, but I doubt many people my age could name one of his songs. This is such a shame, especially considering the huge influence he has made on the musical world. Before rock-n-roll as we know it today existed, there was Chess Records. Many artists that have gained much more notoriety were majorly influenced by the men and women at this label. For instance, most people do not know that The Rolling Stones named themselves after a Muddy Waters song. Since his song, we now have "Rolling Stone" magazine, and songs by Bob Dylan and The Temptations. Berry also inspired many artists, including the Beach Boys, who he sued and won for their using of his song "Sweet Little Sixteen" in "Surfing in the USA." Sadly enough, Berry was only one of many African-American artists whose works were stolen. Most of these artists did not ever get awarded any retribution, in monetary form, or even just recognition.
So you might be wondering what's the point of all of this? Well, as I always heard in history class, "You can't know where you are until you know where you came from." We need to learn to respect our musical roots. If you want to check out Chuck Berry's music, I recommend "Riding Along in my Automobile," "Maybellene," and "You Never Can Tell." Other similar artists that you can also check out are Howlin' Wolf, try "Smokestack Lightning" and Muddy Waters, "Hoochie Coochie Man." Listen and you might surprise yourself. It might even inspire you to turn yourself on to a whole new musical genre.
The Infamous Chuck Berry Duckwalk
Image from examiner.com
SO...LET'S GET STARTED
Like I said before, I was inspired by the movie Cadillac Records, so my first artist of choice is Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry is not exactly unbeknownst to adults, but I doubt many people my age could name one of his songs. This is such a shame, especially considering the huge influence he has made on the musical world. Before rock-n-roll as we know it today existed, there was Chess Records. Many artists that have gained much more notoriety were majorly influenced by the men and women at this label. For instance, most people do not know that The Rolling Stones named themselves after a Muddy Waters song. Since his song, we now have "Rolling Stone" magazine, and songs by Bob Dylan and The Temptations. Berry also inspired many artists, including the Beach Boys, who he sued and won for their using of his song "Sweet Little Sixteen" in "Surfing in the USA." Sadly enough, Berry was only one of many African-American artists whose works were stolen. Most of these artists did not ever get awarded any retribution, in monetary form, or even just recognition.
So you might be wondering what's the point of all of this? Well, as I always heard in history class, "You can't know where you are until you know where you came from." We need to learn to respect our musical roots. If you want to check out Chuck Berry's music, I recommend "Riding Along in my Automobile," "Maybellene," and "You Never Can Tell." Other similar artists that you can also check out are Howlin' Wolf, try "Smokestack Lightning" and Muddy Waters, "Hoochie Coochie Man." Listen and you might surprise yourself. It might even inspire you to turn yourself on to a whole new musical genre.
The Infamous Chuck Berry DuckwalkImage from examiner.com
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