Thanks Mr. A

This class over the school year has been a lot of fun. It was nice to come to this class at the end of the day and just chill. I'm really glad I took this class, I learned a ton about rock and roll, events happening in the world, and about good food. I enjoyed listening to most of the music in class, but did not like the rolling stones. I'm sad your leaving, but happy that I had the opportunity to have you as a teacher and I loved listening to the stories about your life. I hope your album does well and gets the credit it deserves, and thanks for everything you taught me. Stay safe and try not to get hurt again.

Bleachers

I think about a week ago I was listening to the radio and a song that I had never heard before came on, and I really liked it, so I Shazamed it, the songs was I wanna get Better by the Bleachers. I really like the sound of the guitar and the drums in this song, and I think the singers voice sounds cool. The song is pretty repetitive, but I think it sounds good. I listened to some of their other music and I didnt like it that much.

Lauren Hill

 I enjoyed listening to Lauren Hill's album last week or so. I think I liked her music in thr Fugees better though. She is an amazing rapper and singer, its is ridiculous of good she is. She makes Niki Manaje's music sound like crap (but Niki does sound pretty bad to begin with). She has some pretty cool lyrics, I also think that one line where she raps about crapping on the microphone is really good.

The Fugees

I enjoyed when we listened to the Fugees in class. I thought they were really good, and they had really good lyrics that were very creative and had meaning, and they weren't too repetitive. I think I recognized a couple of their songs, but most I hadnt heard. Hopefully sometime soon when I have time, I will look up more of their music and download it.

Green Day

From the parts that I remembered I thought that the Green Day documentary we watched in class was pretty cool. Before watching this I didn't know to much about Green Day's music, but I had heard it before and I though it was okay. After this film, I started to appreciate their music more and I think they are a great band. I think they have some pretty interesting lyrics in their music. One of my favorite songs by them is Brain Stew.

The Who

I know earlier this year I blogged about The Who, however I recently started to listen to them again and felt like I should blog about them. I really like their music, and when I think of roll and rock the Beatles and the Who immediately come to mind. Both, the Beatles and The Who, are my favorite rock and roll bands. Some of my favorite songs by the Who are Pinball Wizard, Baba O'Riley and Who Are You. I hope we can listen to more of the Who before the test ends.

Testing this week

I feel like this week went by pretty fast with all the EOC's, and IB and AP testing. Luckily I only had to take the US history EOC. I also chose not to take the AP english test because I knew I would do very good on it, and it was nice not having to study for it. I do not like taking standardized tests, I feel like most classes that require standardized test focus on the test too much and go through topics to fast and not thorough enough. It is going to be nice going to AP classes after the tests, because it will be alot more relaxed.

Yik Yak and Gaggle

I think that the stuff that has been said and posted on Yik Yak and Gaggle is pretty bad and its a cowardly way to bully someone, but some of the posts were pretty funny. Yik Yak can be a good app when used properly, however most of the students at Anderson used it the wrong way. I think that Anderson is kind of overreacting to these apps with the new no phone policy, and if students really want to use these apps they will outside of school. The best way for students to avoid "cyberbullying" is for them to just log off and stay off the website.

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Documentary?

On Thursday in class we watched a documentary on the Muscle Shoals studio, I think, and I thought it was a really good film. It's ridiculous how many hit songs and stars came out of that studio, and the manager of the studio was always able to come back after losing bands and musicians. I though it was awesome how he used both black and white musicians and singers and how they cooperated and worked together and all of this was in Alabama. I liked multiple songs throughout the documentary, but I can't remember what they were called.

ACL Lineup 2

Well, I don't remember too much about the second day we discussed ACL because it was kind of a while ago, but I do remember that I liked Gramatik and I thought Lettuce was a funny name. Gramatik sounded really cool and the beat was awesome. I also thought that the Head and the Heart was pretty good for a folk music and they similar to the avery bothers.

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.

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.