Anyway, during our class discussion on Thursday, Mr.A mentioned how Anton dissed almost the entire class due to their music taste. I could agree, I had no idea what I was listening to because almost everybody played rap. But this dude's blog is great!
"I especially hated anything that Christian had played, and I don't know
how anyone can listen to it without stabbing their ears out because it
is god awful."-Anton Wesley
Our teacher Mr. A said that at one point in time, all the students will start blogging about the same thing. That happened to be last week. And for some reason, I'm always late to the party. Last week in class, each of us had to share 2 songs for a total of 8 minutes to the class. And although there were "variety" in this class, I did not remember a single thing that day. Maybe it's because almost everybody played rap. The only thing I remembered was Anton's song, which was pretty good. That and this one dude's song that had a white guy singing about NWA and near the end of the song, the guy started using Blackbird's guitar melody and put his own lyrics into it. It was hilarious. At the end of the day, I had no idea what was going on.
Anway, this week my classmate played Ice Cube's "Today was A Good Day" as part of our assignment. WOOOH what a broad sense of vocabulary in this song. Despite the language in the song, I really like this song. The smooth drum and guitar melody made my day. It made remember what rap was kind of like back then. Ice Cube's flow wasn't too bad either. It's really old school, and it is nothing like any rap music today, which is more loud and upbeat with rappers saying stuff but we can barely understand them (AKA Future, Lil Wayne).
I recommend listening to it if you're haveing a good day
ps. I like how Ice Cube turned from thug to Child-Friendly Actor.
When my friends showed me Tyler the Creator a while back in 2011, I was like "Dang... this guy is crazy". He's a pretty good rapper in my opinion, better than most rappers in this generation. I think he's good because of his lyrics and his beats aren't too bad either. MOST of the time, his lyrics is good, other times it's just vulgar. He's one song that I enjoy listening to is IFHY. The slow organ in the background with this weird kick drum thing is great. Video is weird though, and lots of uhhhh colorful vocabulary.
My classmates and I were shown Pattis Smith and her whiny voice as a lesson of "punk". Like the previous blog about the Ramones, Punk is not about the stile of clothes your wear, not the hair style you rock, not about how many piercings you have but The Press criticizing the bands or artist for their rebellious behavior. And I guess you could include Patti Smith as a punk because her voices does not do her justice. PLUS her Google picture is provocative. Seriously, search Patti Smith in Google and look to the right and you will see Patti Smith with a see through top. No bueno but somehow, it's still all bueno. I wasn't enjoying her music because its sounds like a jumbled load of whines. It's like a mix of strawberries and avocados but the main ingredient is soylent for the smoothie.
I didn't find Beyonce lip-syncing America's National Anthem offensive, because singing in the cold strains the vocal cords and her performance would not have been great. Red Hot Chili Peppers cheating on the people with unplugged guitars is a OKAY. They put on a great show and people should remember it as just that. However, I do understand why people are arguably mad about it. They want a REAL show, and they feel cheated. BUT what kind of person buys a Superbowl ticket for the half-time show and not the game? Nobody. Nobody goes to Subway and orders a burger with a super-sized soda, Nobody goes to Taco Bell and orders a chicken sandwich, Nobody goes to McDonald's and ask them for a quality food. They're there for the main dish, not the side dish.
The Ramones were an American Punk band that was formed in The Queens of New York of New York City, New York. Yeah I know, confusing right? I was introduced to this band as a lesson of what punk was during their time. I've learned that it wasn't the music that was punk, but their behavior that was written about by journalist. I was surprised to learned that they made the song 'Hey Ho', unknowing that this loud, annoying, took-some-trashcans-and-pots-from-the-streets-and-banged-them-together band wrote the song. By the end of the day, my head was hurting from the distorted guitar and loud ruckus of a drum. This type of music isn't really for me.
Around the time when Michael Jackson died, I felt no sympathy at all. All I remembered saying that day was "Aww, that sucks". I knew very little of him and he didn't really impacted my life. From what I heard, he was a great singer, he turned black to white, and he was charged for molesting a kid(which I didn't think he did by the way. Look it up, the family that sued was greedy, Chris Tucker PERSONALLY knew they were trouble, told him not the trust them, but eventually, Michael got robbed by them. Of trust and money. Mainly money.)
Funny thing is, during the day of his funeral, something weird happen. Mom and Grandma was in the kitchen, Grandpa was switching through channels, and Dad was smoking in the garage. You know, typical family stuff. But then it happen. This is 100% real. No BS. Grandma jokingly asked Grandpa "Do you really care about that guy". Grandpa replies " I don't give a f**k about him" or something like that in Vietnamese. Then CHHK TK. Static. The TV turns off. We call in Dad to fix it and he said nothing was wrong with it. No Wires were popped, no signs of struggle. After he checked it, the TV turns back on. And from that day I knew, Don't mess with dead people.
Ironically after that, I bought his Essential Album a month later and DAMN was that a good album. Most essential albums from any artist consist of their popular songs on it. My favorite song of that album is "You Rock My World", "Remember Time" and "Butterflies". I'm just a fan of the R&B feel of those songs. The instrumental is smooth and light, while MJ expresses his soul in it.
From time to time, I forget that Michael Jackson is black and not white. Just a personal thing. I had a dumb blonde moment (no offense to any blondes, I think every one of them are hot, and statistics says that hot people are more likely to be smart and socially capable of getting away with anything, but as of the moment, I'm going to make the stereotypical dumb blonde joke) when I was watching his "You Rock My World" music video and Chris Tucker in the beginning said "This is why I don't eat with black people".
