With the weather in Houston being off and on and my kids being sick, dog being sick and so on, I just want to relax to some songs that make me feel good inside.

I guess you can call the first few songs "GUILTY PLEASURES AGAIN" , but you can also not call it shit and just enjoy the music.  Some of these songs are absolutely PERFECT in my eyes and I suggest listening on headphones.

And by the way this is across many genres so just listen.....I have also started to put some of my favorite lyrics ahead of the song to let you feel what I feel when I hear these songs.

ENJOY!!!!! and feel free to comment where necessary.

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V.A.S.T. - Touched (1998)

First time I heard this it blew me off my chair....its freaking powerful!
"I looked into your eyes and saw a world that does not exist.
I looked into your eyes and saw a world i wish i was in.
I'll never find someone quite as touched as you
I'll never love someone quite the way that i loved you"

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Especially In Michigan (2006)
This fucking album is so underrated especially the guitar work and backing vocals by Frusciante.REVEL in it because its his last as part of RHCP.

"Throw me in the looney bin
'Cause I can take it on the chin
The cleavage of your pillow skin
(Is moving like a violin)"

BONUS because I absolutely LOVE this song.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Strip My Mind (2006)

Frusciante is to RHCP as Michael Anthony was to Van Halen in the backing vocals category.

"Hot as Hades early eighties ,
Sing another song and make me feel like I'm in love again - yeah
(how i lose the way i am)"

Shiny Toy Guns - You Are The One (2006)
No clue why I like this song so much I just do .....DON'T JUDGE ME

actually I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG.....80s throwback

"I try - to digest my pride
But passions grip i fear
When i climb - into shallow vats of wine
I think i almost hear - but its not clear"

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Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (1989)

Seriously this fucking song is still fucking amazing.

"The world was on fire and no one could save me but you
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do"

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Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (1990)

Whatever you do PLEASE listen to this on headphones as this is one of the most amazing songs on headphones.  So much going on in this song from Johnette Napolitano's stellar voice to eerie sounds in the very back.

Also I could have placed the entire album up here because its one of the most underrated albums of all time.

AND you're welcome

"In another life I see you as an angel flying high
And the hands of time will free you
You will cast your chains aside"

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SAME applies to the next song except its Peter Murphy's voice with same weird noises in  second verse.....TURN IT UP

Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up (1989)

ANOTHER one of my ALL TIME favorite songs for so many reasons

"You know the way
It leaves you dry
It cuts you up
And takes you high"

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GUILTY PLEASURE ALERT!!!!!

WHAM - Everything She Wants

This song is just so freaking awesome STILL....prove me wrong and that gay pic on the right is awesomely gay.

"Some people work for a living,
Some people work for fun,
Girl, I just work for you."

Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes (2010 Tour of the Universe Rehearsals)

FUCKING AMAZING!!!!!

"Now I'm not looking for absolution,
Forgiveness for the things I do.
But before you come to any conclusions
Try walking in my shoes"

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Everlast - What Its Like (1998)

I know this song is TIRED to some but listen on headphones again....INCREDIBLE!!!

"She gets some static walking through the door
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, And they call her a whore
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose"

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The Firm - All The King's Horses (1986)

Jimmy Page, Chris Slade, Paul Rodgers, Tony Franklin

"They say our life was just a fairy tale
No matter how we try, we must surely fail
But where are they now and could they ever understand
This ivory tower was built on rock, not sand"

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Rainbow - Stone Cold (1982)

and for the record.....album covers are just not as cool as the way they used to be

"Love was here and gone like a thief in the night"

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END WITH THESE TWO

Foo Fighters - Dear Rosemary (2011 Live on Letterman)

OK maybe this album cover is a throwback but then again so is Grohl

What a GREAT SONG by a band that just NEVER puts out bad music....the ONLY fresh sound from TODAY....and the album version has Bob Mould singing background on it.

"False starts, young hearts get shattered
Pick up the pieces coming down around you
You ran away, ran away, it was right on cue"

Foo Fighters - All My Lif e (2011 Live on Letterman)

"Don't let it go to waste, I love it but I hate the taste
Weight keepin' me down"

GOOD NIGHT KIDS....was it good enough for ya?

GRAMMY WRAP-UP

GRAMMYS WRAP-UP

Posted: February 13, 2012 in Music, Uncategorized
Tags: Adele, Foo Fighters, Grammy, Kanye West, Katy Perry, nicki minaj, Rihanna, Taylor Swift

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WOW where do I start with this fucking nonsense?

I watched because I care about the future of music and right now it needs to be euthanized on ALL levels.

Watching the Grammy's and Lady Gaga looks like something that got caught up in a BP oil spill clean up net. I personally think she looked better as a unhatched alien egg.

With that said….I sat through this so-called awards show with the hope that a nuclear device would be dropped on the arena killing only Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Coldplay, Nicki Minaj and Maroon 5.

I did watch to see Adele perform because not since the song “Funkytown” by Lipps Inc I have been engulfed in one song or songs by an artist.

Adele is FUCKING AMAZING from her singing voice to her speaking voice to her overall beauty regardless of her above average size.  At last check, a little meat on women’s bones is more attractive, just saying.

OK lets get down to it.

I guess I will break this down chronologically since that is the best way to remember.

The Red Carpet 

I happened to flip by E! and when I did TWO things came to mind…..

1) Why is E! STILL not in HD?

2) Why is Nicki Minaj dressed up like Red Riding Hood and walking with the Pope?

The answer to question 1 is probably because the Kardashians would show flaws in HD and the answer to question 2 is because she is a moron and her performance of “Roman Holiday” proved it.

The SHOW

Bruce Springsteen opened ……NEXT

Well LL Cool J hosted and that is not so bad as he led off with a prayer to recognize the death of Whitney Houston.

“There is no way around this. We had a death in our family”, ”our sister Whitney.” said LL Cool J

First OFFICIAL performance was from Bruno Mars and all I can saw is WOW

Song is ”Runaway Baby” and it is ONE CHANNEL but worth the watch…

Bruno Mars Grammy 2012 from thiagopcm on Vimeo.

….dude was channeling his inner James Brown and it fucking rocked to put it simple.  It was OLD SCHOOL.

And a damn good song to boot….I am not a big fan of his but he is definitely NOT like the other wannabe’s on the radio today….

Next Bonnie Raitt and Alicia Keys sing “Sunday Kind Of Love” by Etta James in a mini-tribute to her.  I am still trying to figure out when Alicia Keys ate Etta James remains

Adele wins FIRST of SIX.

Chris Brown performs and NO women were hurt during his performance…..thank God.

Next Fergie and some guy who was married to Jennifer Lopez’s ass give away an award for “Best Rap Performance” which is a misnomer being ALL rap is the same one tempo song with a fucking beeping noise in the background.  But hey you kids like it….I weep for the youth.

Kanye and Jay-Z win but why show up since you are too good for an awards show.  Or too busy making more stupid songs like “Niggas in Paris”….with the aforementioned beeping noise.

Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson sing and the world wonders when Kelly Clarkson ate Alicia Keys.

Jack Black intros Foo Fighters and the song is OK but it is not even close to being as good as “Times Like These” or “The Pretender” yet the crowd is jumping up and down like they all just won the lottery.

MEMO to Grammys: Can you please tone the crowd in the pit down as they are flipping morons swaying their arms back and forth and clapping off time to every song?  TOO MUCH RED BULL to those kids.

The Adele Target commercial is KEY…the little girl can sing….and Adele TOO

NEXT is Rihanna and Coldplay….Rihanna plays a song that sounds like  every other dance song with the repetitive club beat…..NEXT

Its 8:15 at this point and I am dying.

Foo Fighters win “Best Rock Performance” and Dave Grohl says the band made the album in the garage with a tape machine then made some remarks that were clearly directed at pop artists who opt to autotune rather than develop their musical talents.

“To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of music is what’s most important,” he said, as members of the audience began to applaud. “Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that’s the most important thing for people to do.

Dave Grohl is also wearing a Slayer T-shirt and for the record, Foo Fighters was the only real Rock group in that category anyway.

and in a TWIST OF HUGE IRONY Dave Grohl’s message about the simple essence of making music drowned out by an LMFAO segue and the lights going out on him as he screams “LONG LIVE ROCK”

Maroon 5 and Foster The People sing Beach Boys tunes in awful fashion then the Beach Boys come out and in awful fashion sing a Beach Boys tune, but they are so old everyone claps. Also, no one who is old enough to remember them never thought Brian Wilson and Mike Love would ever take the stage together AGAIN.

STEVIE WONDER comes out and NOW I am thinking we will have a jam but he just thanks Whitney and then Chris Brown wins an award for an R&B album entitled L.A.M.E. I mean F.A.M.E. but it was the best of the worst so go figure.  He thanks no one in particular when he should have thanked his anger management coach.

8:45pm and a band called the CIVIL WARS come out and tear my head off in awe…..FUCKING GREAT GROUP and its only TWO PEOPLE…..and then Taylor Swift comes on and it looked like fucking Hee-Haw for a second and the Twitter world felt the same way.

Taylor Swift is talented but I don’t think as talented as people say and I think people are afraid to criticize her because she might break in half.

Adele wins AGAIN

Katy Perry sings…..NEXT…nothing to see here unless you like this…..

Lady Antebellum win…..and then Gwyneth Paltrow walks up and you hear a collective sigh of relief when they realize she is NOT going to be singing.    She introduces Adele finally singing after vocal chord surgery….it is soulful and awe inspiring and after we get this 30 second standing ovation.  I think everyone thought the show was over only to realize it still had an hour and a half left.  I hit the DVR button so I could FF through the rest…..THANK GOD…so for sake of sanity I will do the same here.

Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood perform.

Glen Campbell performs.

Adele wins AGAIN

Similar to this and no choreography could capture the emotion of Minaj’s perfectly put-on nasty face upon losing Best Rap Performance

Bon Iver wins “Best New Artist” and Nick Minaj’s face when she loses is PRICELESS.

Jennifer Hudson pays tribute to Whitney Houston.

The “DEAD MUSICIAN” montage and noticeably missing are Etta James and Don Cornelious even though they mentioned them during show but they mentioned Whitney Houston and SHE was part of montage….BE CONSISTENT

The overhyped “Dance” segment with David Guetta, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Foo Fighters and Deadmau5 (scratching head)

Why does EVERY techno radio song have that SAME tempo that eventually rises to a peak then levels off so everyone can jump around?  its fucking ridculous and predictable but then again so is everything today.

OK BACK TO SHOW

Drake comes out and introduces Nicki Minaj and for the next 5 or so minutes we are treated to a copy of a Lady Gaga show which was copied from Madonna.  Words can’t describe how I feel about Nicki Minaj because she is just horrible.  Al l she can do is rap really fast but her music is predictable and lame and she looks possessed.

HERE IT IS….BEWARE as it’s HORRIBLE

Nicki Minaj - Roman Holiday @ The 54th Annual Grammy Awards 2012 (HD 720p) from Marcos Monster on Vimeo.

And I am not the only one as EVERYONE everywhere is like “WHAT THE FUCK DID WE JUST WATCH?”  She is leading the charge to END pop music as we know it.  There is NOWHERE else to go….every song sounds the same and everyone copies one another….NO ORIGINALITY whatsoever and NO DEPTH….Dave Grohl said it BEST.

And Adele wins RECORD OF THE YEAR putting her at SIX and a CLEAN SWEEP…Congrats to a REAL TALENT.

Then to close out the show, Paul McCartney performs and like 4 other guitarists come out and in true ALL STAR jam style, they all try and play together…..it never works but the older musicians and Metallica with Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax , keep doing All Star JAMS.

OK I AM OUT…..thanks to Brenda for making me write this…..CHEERS TO THE REST OF 2012 as the music can ONLY go UP at this point.

WORST EVER...in music HISTORY

 

Me after listening to Minaj

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If eyes or ears start to bleed while reading and listening to this, PLEASE head to the nearest stereo and put on Van Halen's "Fair Warning" album.

The effects should wear off soon
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Blindside this MF

Just when I thought Lil Wayne was handed the WORST SONG EVER crown for "How To Love," I get blindsided like a Michael Oher block downfield in full steam stride.

This list is not to be confused with WORST of 2011 as this is ALL TIME.


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Apologies to:


Rebecca Black "Friday" 

Poor Rebecca

Aqua "Barbie Girl"
Ricky Martin "She Bangs"
Crash Test Dummies "MMM MMM MMM MMM"
Europe "The Final Countdown"
Baja Men "Who let The Dogs Out?"
Starship "We Built This City" 
Sisqo "Thong Song"

"Macarena" by those two Mexican guys

Ke$ha "We r Who We R"

Cunt

The Beach Boys "Kokomo" 

Nicki the How

Redknex "Cotton Eyed Joe" 

the song by Nicki Minaj "Stupid Hoe" TAKES it and KEEPS it FOREVER....this song makes the ABOVE and BELOW videos seem like "Stairway to Fucking Heaven"

A brief history in video form.  CLICK SONG TITLES TO LISTEN AND WATCH

Don Johnson

Don Johnson "Heartbeat" (1986)

Captain & Tenille "Muskrat Love" (1980)

Minnie Riperton "Loving You" (1979)

Richard Harris "MacArthur Park" (1968)

The Cheeky Girls

Cliff Richard "The Millenium Prayer" (1999)

The Cheeky Girls "Cheeky Song" (2002)

Billy Ray Cyrus "Achy Breaky Heart" (1993)

Achy Breaky Ape Drape Mullet

Kanye West "Gold Digger" (2005)

great so you cashed in on Ray Charles.....rapping over the same bass is not MUSIC...sorry

Kanye The Moron

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REPEAT ************DISCLAIMER*********** PLEASE READ

If eyes or ears start to bleed while reading and listening to this, PLEASE head to the nearest stereo and put on Van Halen's "Fair Warning" album.

The effects should wear off soon
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NOW the moment you have been killing your ears for.....

and the BASS sounds like Gold Digger...go figure one pathetic rapper stealing from another.

She's a Stupid How

Nicki Minaj "Stupid Hoe" (2012)

145718 people are FUCKING MORONS

and yes she is the female WEEZY which means she is the female version of Lil Wayne....no explanation necessary

BET banned this not because of being controversial but hopefully because it sucks dirty ass.

and insult to injury is having to sit through a VEVO ad to wait to see this fucking shit.

I guess my MAIN QUESTION is this.  When did music become so simple that THIS IS A HIT?

One of them is Lil Wayne

Does anyone ever think to themselves "Can I dance to it?" "Can you sing along to this?"  I mean the first time I see people in their cars singing "Stupid Hoe" I will run them off the road.

I just don't get where a bass drum and clapping is music.  And those repetitive lyrics that go nowhere.  Now I get that music trends have gone here, but do people really like this and if so, well I really don't want to see them.  The fact that they like this explains A LOT.

READ THIS: http://www.cratekings.com/official-top-11-reasons-why-hip-hop-is-dead-dj-trends/

This song PROVES beyond the shadow of a doubt that MUSIC as we know it is DEAD.

Now relax and ENJOY why we LOVE music in the first place.

Van Halen - "Mean Streets" (1981)

VAN HALEN 1980