CDs of the week

This is something I wanted to start waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when I first started this blog. Since I've been listening to so much music on a weekly basis, I was hoping to throw in my two cents on some of the stuff I've been listening to lately.

Here's a few of this weeks CDs:

Paul Weller, Illumination: Gave it a whirl while driving with my daughter. She was crying of course so couldn't really appreciate it. I was listening to his latest album at Borders which really had some kick ass tracks so I figured it couldn't hurt to pick this album up. For the most part, it was ok. He's more popular in the UK and I can see why since there are many UK related themes in his music (somewhat similar to Morrisey in my opinion). He gets good when he gets soulful but apart from that, I can only say I can only recommend two songs off this album to load to my Ipod.

Under the Influence of Giants: Again, at Borders happened to hear a few tracks. See the shit about Borders is that they prick tease you with a small snippet of a song and your immediately hooked. So after a few tracks I"m kinda noticing this album sounds way too "Scissor Sisterly" like for my taste. Not that I have anything against the Scissor Sisters. I think they're a pretty good group (anyone willing to do a discofied version of Comfortably Numb and pull it off gets a big plus in my book). The problem is that they're not as good. The opening track has a good hook but it sorta goes downhill from there. One song only going to the Ipod (actually not at all since the one song I actually liked was scratched on the #$#%^ CD!!)

Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Says I Am, That's What I'm Not: Heard alot about this group not knowing much about them and not sure what exactly to expect. I can only say they're a mix of Sex Pistols meets Ramones meets Oasis meets Nirvana which I guess doesn't help out much since punk is punk (ok don't jump down my throat for that oversimplification!!) I suppose if you're 15-18 and you've never heard any punk type music on the radio, you may be thinking this is the most original hardest shit in the world. I can't say I can add any of these songs to my Ipod. I think I'll add the real stuff instead. I think I'm started also to show my age...

Cat Power You Are Free: Kinda dissapointed in this CD. Heard people preaching about Cat Power aka Chan Marshall and found nothing appealing in any of the tracks. Guess not my style. Here's a performance of her with the Flaming Lips (one of my favorite new bands to date) doing Black Sabbath's War Pigs on Austin City Limits (one of the best shows still around).



As you can see, who in the hell would play acoustic guitar on War Pigs. So sad. She deserves no tracks on my Ipod.

The Allen Parsons Project, Best of: The only song I know of there's is Eye in The Sky. I was suprised to know that Allen Parson's doesn't even sing on any of the songs. He's kinda like a Mic Fleetwood who sits behind a drum kit but the band is named Fleetwood Mac. Some good 70s tunes like "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You," "Games People Play," and "Time." Definetly takes you back but for some reason, I'm resisting placing any of these songs on my Ipod. I guess I have feeling that one good listen is enough and will get tired of them quickly as I got tired of hearing the Best of War on my Ipod.

That's it for now. Guess not much is making to the pod unlike last week. I leave you with this lovely Snippet of Dr. Evil. Till next time.