Pearl Jam documentary

Before watching this documentary I really didn't know how Pearl jam was. While watching it  I recognized at lot of their music, and I liked a good amount of their music. That sucks that they had to change the name of the band. I thought it was interesting that they preferred to play small club shows rather than big concerts. Its was pretty cool how they wanted to make the tickets to their concerts cheaper some more of  their fans could afford to come. Because of this documentary I think that I will probably go see them at ACL if I go.

ACL Line Up

I really like the ACL line up this year, and I think I will probably go for my first time this year. I really want to see Eminem and Outkast, I really like alot of their music, but if I could only see one, I would go to Eminem because I've heard more of his music and I think he is amazing. Some other bands I'm interested in seeing are Beck, Pearl Jam, Foster the People and maybe Childish. I'm sure there are other bands I would enjoy that are going to be there that I haven't listened to.

Games on my phone

There are some pretty cool and fun games and apps you can get on your phone,  and they can be pretty entertaining. I don't think I really like to play on my phone though, basically it just means I have nothing better to do or I'm bored, I think I could manage to live without games on my phone just fine. I think its kind of annoying seeing or being with a bunch of people and everyone is just staring at their phones in silence, even though most of the time I am one of those people just staring at my phone.

Nirvana

This week in class we listened to some music by Nirvana and I thought it was okay. Some of their music I really liked and then alot of it I didn't like that much. While listening to the albums I recognized alot of songs I heard during my childhood amd throughout life. Of the songs I didn't like, I think most of them didn't have that much singing and alot of guitar. Two of the songs I really liked were Lake of Fire and Plateau, in both of those songs I really liked the sound of the guitar and drums, and the lyrics were interesting. Another thing I like about Nirvana is his voice, I think its awesome, it kind of has a stratchy tone to it.

Frank Ocean

Lately I have been listening to alot of Frank Ocean's music and I think it really good. I like his voice, though sometimes he sounds kind of sad when he is singing, I also really like the beats in his music. And in his music lyrics are interesting and good, they are very creative and he is not too repetitive.  Some my favorite songs by him are Forrest Gump and Super Rich Kids. In Super Rich Kids, I like the sound of the background singers.

Tupac and Biggie

I thought the documentary about Tupac and Biggie was pretty interesting and cool. Before watching this I knew that both Tupac and Biggie were both great rappers that were shot and killed, but other than that I didnt know to much. I think that it was Suge Knight who organized the killing of Tupac, because he owed Tupac millions of dolllars, Tupac was planning to leave his music business,  and he seemed pissed. I have also seen videos that say that Tupac is still alive, they bring up some interesting points, but I doubt that he faked it, and I saw some pictures of Tupac dead and that would be pretty hard to fake.

Old Hip Hop

Another topic we talked about this week in class was old hip hop, I think that alot of the old hip hop is really good. The music was very goodgood, it had creative lyrics, good beats, and there wasn't too much cussing compared to how much there is today. I thought that the song with Will Smith singing was pretty good, and it reminded me of the fresh Prince theme song. Alot of the music I had heard before, and most of the stuff I had heard I knew really well, because alot of it was in movies, tv shows, or overplayed on the radio.

Hair Metal Day

This week we had hair metal day, honestly it wasn't that bad. There were some songs that I thought were just horrible, but there were also a couple I liked. I feel like I either thought the song was pretty good or just horrible. Most of the male bands looked like females and were constantly touching each other and looked pretty gay. Many of the music videos were pretty weird and random. One of the few songs I actually liked was Every Rose Has its Thorns by poison. I'm not really sure why I liked that song, maybe because it had a slower pace and was more tame compared to other hair metal.