Ice JJ Fish

Before listening to this horrible music, I had no idea it was going to be this bad, I assumed it would at least sound like singing. It sounds like he is crying and singing at the same time, and it also songs like he is squealing. His dance moves are almost as bad as singing. I think it was Gavin who said that Ice JJ Fish actually thinks of hisself as a good rapper. There is no way he could think of hisself as good, unless he hasn't heard his own music. It's  a shame he had to become famous because of how bad his music is.

20 Feet From Stardom

This week in class we watched 20 Feet From Stardom, and I liked it alot, it was very interesting, cool, and kind of sad. I think this film is tied for first place of  my favorite documentaries that we have watched in this class, the other documentary I liked was the one about rappers and prison. I thought that those ladies had amazing voices, and it was ridiculous how good at singing they were. I think its horrible that the background singers didn't get enough credit for their great singing, and that it was hard for them to leave background singing and become or have their own band. Before watching this I was never aware of what these ladies had to go thru and the talent they had.

Random music I've started to listen to

This week I have started to/been listening to some music by the Gorillaz, Joe Walsh, and Frank Ocean. All of the artist are pretty different and each have their own sound. I don't really know how I came to listen this music, but I do remember I started to listen to Joe Walsh because I heard one of his songs on the radio. Some my favorite songs by the Gorillaz are Clint Eastwood and feel good Inc, I really like the song Forest Gump by Frank Ocean,  and I also like life's been good by Joe Walsh.

Paul Simon

Today in class we listened to Paul Simon's album called Graceland I thought it was pretty good. I really liked the beginning of the album,  but about half way through it or so, I started to not enjoy it as much. I didn't really like the second part of the album because the songs kind of started to slow down the beat, repeat words at either in the beginning or end of the song, and I thought it just sounded kind of weird. Some of my favorite songs of the album are Diamonds on the soles of her shoes, and you can call me Al. I think that Paul Simon is a great musician, he uses unique lyrics and his songs use lots of different or unusual sounds.

Listening to music while working out

Running and lifting waits can be pretty boring, listening to music, to me, makes it more enjoyable. Whole working out,  most of the time I like to listen to the Beatles, preferably the first part of the white album, I'm not sure why, maybe because its fast paced, happy and upbeat. I don't think I really listen that well while I'm lifting, most of the time I feel like I just use it as background sound.

Rap

One of the main topics  we discussed this week in class was rap. I really like rap, I think that my love for rap and rock and roll is about the same, some days, depending on how I feel and what's going on,  I prefer to listen to just certain types of music. I like rap that has a good beat, a nice flow, and creative lyrics that aren't too repetitive. I thought that one woman rapper we listened to during class was very good, and I liked her music.