The White Album

I thought that the White Album was a little bit too random for my taste. It was kind of all over the place. For a couple of minutes you would hear a great, normal song, and then the next you would hear a really weird one that lasted 20 seconds. I didn't necessarily like that because I like it when the album all comes together as a mix of sounds that work. But this album, was random sounds and lyrics and I didn't like that. Some of my favorite songs were "Dear Prudence", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Blackbird", "Helter Skelter", and "Cry Baby Cry". Some of the weirdest or my least favorites are "Piggies" and "Revolution 9" because I think the lyrics in "Piggies" are weird and "Revolution 9" is just all around weird.

Here are videos of my favorites:

"Dear Prudence"

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"Blackbird"

And least favorite out of all:

"Revolution 9"

Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran is my loveee. He writes the greates songs like ever. I just recently heard about him and was kind of like "why is everyone so obsessed with him, no one could ever be that great"..but he is. The second you listen to his album you fall in love. First of all, he has the voice of an angel. Second of all, he has a lot of variety in his songs. Thirdly, all of his songs are catchy and I can literally listen to them on repeat for hours. He kind of reminds me of John Mayer but his sound is more of a pop sound than soft rock, like John Mayer (my other love). His album "+" is amazing. Here are some of my favorites from that album:

"Lego House"

 

 

 

"The A Team"



"Drunk"

I really like these songs because it's something new and different. I haven't really heard someone like this and songs that are a mix of pop and John Mayer basically and I love it.

Magical Mystery Tour

I think that Magical Mystery Tour is one of the Beatle's best albums. I honestly don't understand how these were the songs that didn't make the cut for Sgt. Peppers because I think that the album is like 10 times better. Don't get me wront, Sgt. Peppers had some really awesome songs like "A Little Help From My Friends" and "A Day In The Life". I just think that this album had a much greater quanitity of awesome songs. It kind of contradicting for me though, because I love Paul McCartney and have always thought that his songs were better and his singing was better than everybody elses; but this album is all John, and even though it's a little weird and creepy, you can't help but not like it. My favorites from this album are "I Am The Walrus", "Hello Goodbye", "Baby You're a Rich Man", and "All You Need Is Love".

What I also love so much about the Beatles is that they always sound good, whether they are on the recording or they are playing live, they always kill it. That's what I think is so cool and attracting about the Beatles: they always sound awesome, live or not.


Favorites:

"I Am The Walrus"

"Hello Goodbye"
















"Baby You're a Rich Man"

"All You Need Is Love"

I also want to add that their music video for "I Am The Walrus" is priceless and their mustaches in this time period really gross me out.

Chris Young

Chris Young is a country singer who I love. I need to see him in concert like immediately. He has a really deep voice and he sings amazingly live. He has the prettiest voice and I especially like the lyrics to his songs. His album that came out a while ago is called Neon and I still listen to it all the time because I just don't get tired of his music or his voice. My favorites on that album are "Neon", "You" and "Tomorrow". I also like the songs "The Man I Want to be" and "Voices" on the album the Man You Want to be.

Here are some song lyrics that I really love from the song "You"

The bluest skies don't seem so blue
And the stars seem to be a little dimmer too
Now that your around you put them all to shame
Let me break it down because I'm trying to say is

No one gets me like you when you kiss me, girl
You rock me harder than some down town band
I thought I knew what love was but I didn't have a clue
I never found anything that makes me feel like I do about you

I love these lyrics so much just because they are so sweet. Here are the videos of the songs that I like

"Neon"


"You"

 

 

"Tomorrow"



"Voices"



"The Man I Want To Be"

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

I thought this album was alright. Definitley not my favorite but it did have some really good songs on it. I like that it was kind of a fun album not all dark and serious like some of their other albums and/or songs. Paul McCartney is my absolute favorite beatle, so when I see his influence in this album it makes me like it more. I really like how some of the songs on this album had an orchestral influence and also just an orchestra in the background. I think it sounds really cool to add that stuff in and I like that the Beatles were being experimental. I do think that they kind of stole some ideas from the Beach Boys album Pet Sounds, but that's what people do in music I guess; someone finds something cool, then everyone uses it. In a way that's good, but I think that that's also what can make certain genres of music boring for you: when everyone is doing the same thing. And I think that the Beatles kind of did that to the Beach Boys: stole their cool sounds so that they would sound cool. For example, they both used crazy sounds like dogs barking and stuff like that, and the Beach Boys were kind of orchestral also. The annoying thing is that everyone thought that pet sounds was a dud of an album when in actuality I liked it better than Sgt. Peppers. Sgt. Peppers was at the top of the billboard for something like 27 weeks in the UK and 15 at number 1 in the US, but the Beach Boys barely got noticed back then for their amazing album. Anyways, here are my favorite songs on Sgt. Peppers are:

"A Little Help from my Friends"



"A Day in the Life"

 

 

 



Rascal Flatts

Okay, some people might not like Rascal Flatts, or maybe not like their newer music, but I am in love with them. This is a band that I listen to consistantly on a daily basis. All of their songs have variety and their lyrics are always so sweet. They are such great song writers. I also have kind of an obsession with the singer's voice just because I think it is so beautiful and always perfectly on the note. My favorite songs by them are "Mayberry", "He Ain't the Leavin' Kind", "Summer Nights", "Prayin' for Daylight" and "My Wish". I know that that is a lot of favorites, but honestly they have a rediculous amount of songs. I have 9 albums of their's on my spotify. It's awesome. So here are my favorite-favorites:

"Mayberry"



 

 

 

"Prayin' For Daylight"



 

So did you listen to his voice? It's legit beautiful. I could listen to this band all day and a lot of times I do...anyways I'm also going to see a Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan concert tomorrow (so excited) so those are also some beautiful voices to check out.

Metal

Honestly, I think metal is just..awful. Like I can't even listen to it for more than 30 seconds without wanting to like break whatever is playing it. It's just so heavy and scary. I have the exact opposite taste in music (chill and happy), so it's really just a downer for me. The words are always weird and I really just can't stand how heavy the electric guitar is; like I can't handle it. Before being in the history of rock class I never really understood that the Beatles' early stuff was really rock and just the start of it. I always was turned off to rock because it was so heavy and I didn't like the electric guitar sounding that way. Metal is like the epitome of what I don't like. I've realized now that the vast majority of rock and roll is stuff that I really like, and this just does not fall in that category. Plus the band names are really creepy..for example:

Three Inches of Blood
Venom
Dirty Ghosts

AH that's creepy. So, conclusion: I hate metal.