I have quite a variety here, in reference to a time line that is.
This is the latest effort from Daft Punk. It is not a
standard release from the group as there are live orchestral movements related to
the movie as well as the standard Daft Punk electronic music. It was released
in 2010. I was very excited about this soundtrack when I heard that Daft Punk
was involved with it. I almost pre-ordered the soundtrack directly from Disney
when I found out about that too. There are some very spectacular moments on
this soundtrack. This usually happens when the orchestra are not involved in
the music. The big hit single from the album is a song called Derezzed. It is a
short track with very big beats (just under two minutes). The song is just music, just the way I like
it. There was a video to help promote the song and the soundtrack too. It
features the duo that is Daft Punk walking into the Flynn’s arcade to play a
video game. The video game is a jousting game. They play the game and that is
about it. There are some other good points in this sound track that could have
been very easily used a promos as well. Those songs feature the big beats or
distorted bass lines that are very prominent in today’s electronic music. A few
of those tracks that I would choose as highlights are; The Game Has Changed,
End Of Line and Tron Legacy (End Title).
I just found out that there are seven additional tracks that can be
found on the two disc vinyl edition of the album. I intend to get a copy of
this because I want to own as much of the music from this movie as possible. It
is very good music and there is not much music in this world that uses a full
orchestra to compliment electronic music. Although the music comes off as a bit
wishy washy it is a great start in the use of electronic music in tandem with
the grand sound of an orchestra. I would recommend this album to anybody who is
into either classical or electronic music. It will bring at least reasonable
doubt to the lovers and the haters of both genres.
This is a compilation EP released on 10” vinyl originally.
Please don’t get this confused with Super Black Market Clash. They do not
contain the same tracks. This collection of B-sides was released in 1980. The
tracks that were contained on the album were only available in the US as import
singles. I happen to run across this 10” record at a local record store. It
looked to be in pretty good condition and I knew how important this record was
in music history, at least in the US
anyway since the songs were common in the UK. Four of the nine songs are
reggae influenced remixes. If you are into the clash this is an interesting set
of songs. This collection was rereleased in a 12” and cassette versions. It was
released on CD for a short while but was discontinued when Super Black Market
Clash was released.
This was a solo effort from Iggy Pop released in 1986. David
Bowie was the main collaborator on this album. Although Bowie did not play any instruments on the
album he did co-write almost all of the songs on the album. The big hit single
that was released from the album, Wild Wild Child (Wild One), was a cover of
Johnny O’Keefe’s original song, Wild One. This song had a big influence on me
as a kid. I was eleven at the time and thought that the use of synthisizers
with regular rock sounds, Guitar and the like, was a brilliant idea. Apparently
Iggy Pop did not think so as he has stated that they album was a big failure
for him. The other singles released from the album include; Cry For Love,
Isolation, and Shades. Of these three other singles the only one that I may
have had any interest in was Cry For Love. I am just a romantic at heart and
this song did have a little something in it that I was interested in. The album
as a whole is pretty lame but if just those couple of songs are taken off it
would have gone un heard in most homes. I bought the album for a reasonable
price used. The record itself was in amazing condition so I couldn’t turn it
down for the price. I will say this about the album, the title track has a fun
beat that may be its saving grace after Wild Wild Child (Wild One) that is.
This is the fifth album from Led Zeppelin. It was released
in 1973. There are only eight songs that make up this album. I could swear that
I know every song that is on this album from being played on the radio. There
were only two songs that were released as singles from the album though. The
first single released from this album is called Over The Hills And Far Away.
This song has become a staple in the classic rock radio stations. For a long
time I would not have anything to do with this type of music. This was all that
my father listened to when I was a kid, classic rock radio stations that is. It
took me a long time to get over the fact that it was my fathers’ music before I
would listen to it because I wanted to listen to this type of music. It really
is some great music now that I have found the music on my own again. It is just
to bad that you can’t find the music on vinyl as easily as you could when it
came out. Now it takes either some serious hunting to find a good copy or a lot
of money to find a sealed new repressing of the music. This single was backed
by the B-side (AA-side?) of Dancing Days. This was not the lead single but was
a fantastic song in its own right. This is yet another song that typifies the
classic rock genre. It was not issued as a single but was strong enough to have
been so. The way that the guitar sings in between The vocals is absolutely
genius. The keyboards that back the song are perfect as well. The second single
from this album is called The Crudge. The bass line from this song is super
funky. If that was all that there was to this song I could listen to the song
all day, over and over. As the song stands the synth part of the song is so bad
that I cringe every time I hear it come in. The guitar on the song is super
simple but works so well with the song. As this album stands it is brilliant, I
would listen to it every day except that there is so much other music that I
want to hear too. I find it very hard to review albums that have been reviewed
millions of times. I mean what hasn’t already been said about these classic
albums that I could say differently. There isn’t much that I could possibly say
that could be different. I guess what I really want to say about them is that I
have found them again after not being forced to hear them from my father and I
love the music that they have to offer. I would hope that people like me will
read these posts and it will give them a drive to hunt down their parents old
collections or hunt the music down themselves and be able to enjoy the music
that they contain instead of dreading the music that their parents loved.
That is all I have for now...
Interesting view of music from childhood. I grew up without a radio and basically just know the songs I heard in the car. I was 11 when the Beatles came to America, got my first little transistor radio and was there for the whole British Invasion. Of course I was contrary, George Harrison was my favorite and I loved Gerry and the Pacemakers. Musically, the 60's were a great time to be a teen.
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