I'd like to spank the blonde chick from last night

Al Greene – Call Me - 2

One of the most boring voices in music as far as I’m concerned.  For those of you that didn't like Lovage go back and listen to it and then listen to this and you better not have rated this higher than a 2.  Al didn't moonlight as the singer for the Fine Young Cannibals did he?

Metric – Synthetica - 3

I have to admit that I bought this on a whim because I liked the song “Breathing Underwater”.  I hoped that the rest of the disk was similar, it isn’t.  It’s not bad and I’m glad I bought it.  It’s more “synthy” than I was hoping for, but I guess I should have guessed that from the title.  They have a touch of Berlin and a little Yeah Yeah Yeahs and that might be why I like them.  I wonder how they managed to get Lou Reed on the cd, as much as I think the guy stinks, they must be doing something right.

Pretenders - Pretenders II - 4

Without question, one of the sexiest women in music, or at least she was in hey glory days.  No other voice sounds similar.   The Pretenders have a sound that was perfect for the 70’s / 80’s transition, and they were able to avoid the 80’s sound and make great music right through and into the 90’s.  Amazing scream on “Bad Boys get Spanked”

Ella Fitzgerald – GH

Hello! Ella! She’s awesome.  One of the classiest voices in music.  I didn’t need the Christmas music, but I guess it was necessary.   I am a bigger Billy Holiday fan, like being a Stones vs Beetles, you have to choose only one.  She has a few more “Doo Wops” than I care for.   

Wooden Shjips – West – 3.5

Catchy out of the box and continued all the way through.  This is an awesome cd and just what I was hoping for.  Something emotional and with a steady moving beat.  A little Doors (the good stuff) and Pink Floyd Animals/Meddle era.     

Sitcom Neighbors – Charm - 3

Nothing fancy just straight forward easy listening pop.  I didn't get bored or angry listening to this.  One of those bands that is so familiar and I just don’t know why.  I just listened and thought, I think I’ve hear this band over and over.  They seem to have the formula pretty much figured out.  I’ll just leave it at that before I find something that I don’t like. 

*(this was posted in DropBox and I thought it was part of the meeting so I included it)

Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory – 1.5  (only for the music)

It’s interesting when one song is tolerable and the next makes me want to jam a pencil in my ear just to make it stop.  For having such a horrible voice you’d think that he would try to not annoy the crap out of you by using it the way he does.  The music had great potential if only they just stuck to it and shoved something down this guy’s throat when he opened his mouth to “sing”.  I guess they did tell the Rolling Stones something similar and look where they are.  One thing I do know is that these guys are no Rolling Stones.

1 - List you five favorite 8 minute or longer song. Live versions do not count.

1. La Villa Strangiatto, Xanado- Rush

2. Every Dream Theater song

3. Echoes, Dogs – Pink Floyd

4. In The The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

5. Third Eye, Rosetta Stoned - Tool

2 - List the last 5 songs you deleted from your MP3 player.

I’ve actually never delelted a song from my ipod.  The isea was that I wanted every piece on music I ever owned on the ipod incase someone ever came to my place and asked “do you have any Barry Minilow?”  The answer would be ”yep”

3 - Give us, we are all family, 3 guilty pleasures that you are actually embarrassed about.

Assuming you meant music guilty pleasures:

Most Air Supply Greatest Hits

Beautiful by Christina Aguilera

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

4 - Name an album you love but the rest of the world hates (beyond the DYN crew).

Alex Lifeson – Victor

Andrew W.K I Get Wet

The Mars Volta - Francis the Mute

Pygmy Love Circus – Power of Meat

5 - Can sound effects/vocal effects/spoke word be vital to a song or a detractor? If you think it can be vital please list 5 examples.

I used to think that if it wasn’t real then it isn’t music.  I don’t feel that way anymore.  Now my feeling is that as long as you can record it, it counts as whatever you meant it to be. Reproducing it live is more of a challenge, and I’m not one for recorded sounds live, but I’m sure that more bands do it than we are even aware of.