Fun.

Fun. is one of those great bands that I feel has been ruined by the radio. Like I was so happy I found this album before everybody and was listening to it all the time (probably not a good idea because it contributed to the overplaying) and then many of the songs I liked were playing on the radio ALL THE TIME. I was like seriously, that ain't cool. It ruins songs for me and I just can't handle it. I had so many favorite songs from their new album and then BOOM ruined. I hate that that's what the radio does. Like they play 10 songs an hour or whatever and then "oh let's just repeat this list in a different order because we have nothing better to do". NO. That's what makes people like me hate you and the songs that you overplay stupid radio people. Fun. was a mix of genres that I really liked and had a variety of songs. My favorites of course were "Some Nights", "All Alright", and "Carry On". Of course I liked "We Are Young" but that was overplayed to the max to where I can't listen too it too much anymore. I hate the radio. Stick to Pandora, I'm tellin ya.

"Some Nights"

"All Alright"

"Carry On"

 

"We Are Young"

Jimi Hendrix

Usually, you know a band or a specific artists for some songs in particular that they play. But Jimi Hendrix, not one particular song comes to mind. The only thing that comes to mind when I think of him is his CRAZY amazing guitar playing. I mean, you listen to his songs and your like "dang he's good" but then you watch him and your like "DANG THAT'S CRAZY". This is what I experienced after listening to his album and then watching Woodstock. I listened to the album and I was amazed by his guitar playing skills and thought it was so cool that he just up and picked up how to sing and threw together a band. Then, I watched him perform at Woodstock and my mind was blown. He would do such crazy stuff with the guitar and it really didn't sink it how well he played until you actually watched him and saw his hands going crazy down the neck of the guitar. That's what really stuck for me with Jimi Hendrix. Plus his voice is really freaking awesome.

Here's the clip of him playing at Woodstock:

Two Door Cinema Club

Two Door Cinema Club is one of those bands where I just immediately think of ACL. I didn't personally go to ACL but this is the band that EVERYBODY was talking about after and I honestly didn't understand why, I didn't feel like checking them out, because I was too lazy. But they are awesome! They're the band that you can always be in the mood for. I think they are kind of a typical ACL band but I honestly don't know what it is that makes their songs so darn likeable. Just listen to a couple. The ones I like are:

"What You Know"

"This is Life"

 

Woodstock

Watching the documentary on Woodstock was really interesting to me. This is mostly because I haven't really learned about it before. Watching it though, kind of made me realize that it was a really unorganized, poorly planned thing, that to me was not worth it. I think that there was a giant deal made out of it, and then it didn't seem that great to me. Just think about this: going to a festival really far away, where it was dirty, extremely crowded, fumey and sleep-depriving. That just does not seem like a good time to me. Another problem I had with it were the bands. I didn't know a lot of them and the songs that they did play seemed to last forever, and that was in the comfort of air conditioning and chairs. Plus, can you imagine being rained on in the midst of all this? Not to mention poured? I would have bailed outta there so fast. I guess a lot of the people were just there for the idea and not really all the music they wanted to see. Heck, so many people were so far back that they could probably barely hear. So, in conclusion, Woodstock just would not be my thing. I wish it was cleaner, the songs were shorter and the bands were better.

Woodstock 1969