Damn, that guy was annoying last night

Avett Brothers- I and Love and You – 3

I don’t even know why I bother. Inevitably I will trash a cd and then it will randomly show up months from now and I’ll love what I hear just to discover it’s the band I trashed months earlier. With that said, I thought that the Avett Brothers was largely unremarkable. I liked the cd but it just didn’t have anything that really blew me away. It was, for the most part, predictable. I think that overall it is a mood cd. When I don’t need to be motivated or inspired or lifted up, I might put on the Avett Brothers. Otherwise

The beat- The Beat - 3

I know who the Beat is, but I’ve never actually spent time listening to them. Since I know that they entered the scene after the Stones, Beatles, NY Dolls, Ramones and Springsteen, I know that the Beat didn’t influence these bands so I have to assume that they influences the Beat, A lot. Good, not great.

R. Cash- 4

Finally, a “Country” CD that I like. This was just a really good cd. It was like a female Chris Isaac disk. She’s better looking that Isaac though. Thoughtful sad country lyrics with just enough twangy country guitar made this a really good country cd.

Stone roses - The Stone Roses 3.5

I couldn’t have been more excited when I heard that Stone Temple Pilots and Guns and Roses were teaming up to form a real honest to goodness “Super Group”. I was a little disappointed that Axle’s voice had lost some of its edge, but maybe he gave up smoking. This is the One and Waterfall are rockin’ song as are several others. I’d like to have had a little more solid vocal presence. The music was catchy as were the lyrics, but the vocals were a bit weak. I liked it though. Did these guys sing the “Friends” theme?

Raveonettes- 4

Is Scarlett in this band? My understanding was that we are only reviewing bands that include Scarlett?

It actually does sound like her. Then imagine my surprise when I discovered that not only is Scarlet not in the band but there is a dude in the band. This is not dude music, it’s a bunch of hot chicks playing instrument music. Anyway, even with a dude I liked it. It was full of catchy haunting melodies and the singers sultry voice hooked me from the second the laser it the tiny little pits and reflected off in to the digital converter. My favorite of the month.

Dr. Dog – Greatest Hits

Not much time to truly evaluate fairly, but what I heard pretty much sucked. Actually it was okay, just not really my thing except the couple of songs that the woman sang.

1. Brilliant debuts/Worthy Comebacks- name your top 3 in each category.

Led Zeppelin - 1

Boston – Boston

Pearl Jam - 10

Comebacks:

Yes – 90125

AC/DC Back in Black

Aerosmith Permanent Vacation

2. Cover song or songs that take the original in a different direction. Maybe even better (in your opinion) than the original, but not necessarily so. As many as you can think of- or none at all!

All Along The WatchTower – Dylan - Hendrix

Whiskey in a Jar – Thin Lizzy - Metallica

Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac (1968) - Santana (1970)

You really got me – Kinks - Van Halen

Sunday Morning Commodores – Faith No More

The Scientist – Coldplay – Johnette Napolitano

3. Favorite instrumental songs-- any genre. Name your top 5.

YYZ – Rush

Jessica – Allman Bros.