Greg's World

Hanson- Shout it Out! 3
Okay, I guess that I misjudged Ken and I am guilty of pre-judging Hanson. I guess that I owe Justin Beiber a shot now too. I didn’t know their old stuff, but I would have confused them with Train if I didn’t know who they were. I’ve heard a lot worse. I can’t seem to get the fact that this is Hanson out of my mind. It’s like buying a Hyundai Genesis, no matter how they package it or how great it looks, it’s still a Hyundai. It they slapped a Mercedes star on the front I’d buy it and be happy, but because it has the Hyundai thing, it just doesn’t feel right.

Titus Andronicus- The Monitor - 3
I knew that I liked this band from the first listen and that is rare. Usually I hate it on the first listen and then it grows on me. I’m glad that this one is on the list. The Battle of Hampton Roads is one kick ass song. There is a Conor Oberst on crack thing going on too. There was a point after listening to four or five songs that I had had enough, but one song at a time and these guys are a blast. Alcohol not required but it certainly helps.

X - Los Angeles/Wild Gift – 3.5
These guys are wicked cool. Who else can sing every song monotone in the same note and just change the lyrics (I think they changed the lyrics) and change up the music and have a bunch of uplifting fun songs? Seriously? It takes a special type of person to appreciate X, so I guess I’m pretty special. I remember thinking back in the 80’s that Excene was pretty cute in an 80’s weirdo kind of way.

Mexico - Icarus Himself - 3
Cool

Bash and Pop - Friday Night is Killing Me – 2.5
Bashing won’t be a problem for me here. If they want to sound like Keith Richards sing with the Stones, then they did a pretty good job, the problem for me is that I never thought that (as cool as he is) Keith Richard has a particularly good voice and I’m not a huge Stone’s fan. I’d be willing to bet that everyone else in the group is giving this between a 4 and a 5, so I’m sorry to be the one to bring the party down.

Ghits – Blue Oyster Cult
I honestly didn’t know that I liked Blue Oyster Cult. I always thought that they were good, but so many of these songs could have been hits. Did someone at the record company hate them? Granted, some of the songs were a little more poppy than others. Going through the motions could have been on the Grease soundtrack. As a rule, you can’t sing about reapers and have cool eerie paintings on your album covers and then sing about foo foo stuff, but they make it work.
In this age of specialization can a public radio station survive without any
true format? Just play whatever songs whenever they want. Does a station
like this exist? I don’t feel that a radio station will be able to survive without an Internet presence.

When driving in the car while listening to the radio (if you still do) when
a "classic song" comes on do you listen to it or switch the station to
something else? Why? It depends on the song, often hearing a song will send me right to my iPod for the rest of that band’s catalog.

With satellite radio and the internet has the classification of oldies or
sounding dated seem to have lost its meaning? Half of the “classics” are sampled in new songs and the kids think they are new, ex. Kid Rock Sweet Home Alabama. They are even turned on to classics through the new bands.


What is the greatest 70's one hit wonder song ever recorded?
Paradise by the Dashboard Lights?

Sad Eyes by Robert John.