Albums:
Nothing significant
Modern / Mainstream Rock:
#1:
Modern: The Foo Fighters - "Long Road To Ruin"
Mainstream: Puddle Of Mudd - "Psycho"
Debuts:
Mainstream:
#17 Saving Abel - "Addicted"
#19 Three Days Grace - "Riot"
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Top 1000 Songs #590-#581
#590 - "A Chip Off The Old Block" - Big Timber - Lean Down - The fourth and highest-charting song from Big Timber, "A Chip" is by far the best song that I've been introduced to via the punk rock scene in Pierre.
#589 - "Clampdown" - The Clash - London Calling - The fifth of eighteen Clash songs on the list, "Clampdown" is one of the band's loudest and boldest calls to arms.
#588 - "Dazed And Confused" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I - The sixth of twenty-four Zeppelin songs on the countdown, "Dazed" was the turning point where rock met metal and the blues met psychedelia.
#587 - "Fight The Power" - Public Enemy - Fear Of A Dark Planet - The first and only Public Enemy song in the top 1000, "Fight The Power" is the best political rap song ever written and served as the entire soundtrack for Spike Lee's classic film Do The Right Thing.
#586 - "Monkey Man" - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed - The third of twenty Rolling Stones songs on the list, "Monkey Man" isn't a very well-known Stones tune, though it didn't make it into the climax of Goodfellas, but it's among my favorites.
#585 - "God Is In The Radio" - Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf - The eighth of sixteen Queens songs on the list, "God Is" was yet another brilliant song from one of the best albums of the new millennium.
#584 - "Everlong" - The Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape - The second of ten Foo Fighters songs on the list, "Everlong" was one of the band's biggest hits and features one of the band's best choruses.
#583 - "Southern Man" - Neil Young - After The Gold Rush - The fourth of six Neil Young songs on the countdown, "Southern Man" was the first shot fired in the Neil Young - Lynyrd Skynyrd war of the mid-70's with this angry tirade against the South during Jim Crow.
#582 - "Falling To Pieces" - Faith No More - The Real Thing - The first of two Faith No More songs on the list, "Falling To Pieces" was one of the first great songs to combine rock and rap into something that doesn't kill both genres of music.
#581 - "Born On The Bayou" - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country - The third of five CCR songs on the countdown, "Born On The Bayou" is the most disingenous of the band's songs, as they were from San Francisco and most definitely not born on a bayou. Nonetheless, it's among their best.
#589 - "Clampdown" - The Clash - London Calling - The fifth of eighteen Clash songs on the list, "Clampdown" is one of the band's loudest and boldest calls to arms.
#588 - "Dazed And Confused" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I - The sixth of twenty-four Zeppelin songs on the countdown, "Dazed" was the turning point where rock met metal and the blues met psychedelia.
#587 - "Fight The Power" - Public Enemy - Fear Of A Dark Planet - The first and only Public Enemy song in the top 1000, "Fight The Power" is the best political rap song ever written and served as the entire soundtrack for Spike Lee's classic film Do The Right Thing.
#586 - "Monkey Man" - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed - The third of twenty Rolling Stones songs on the list, "Monkey Man" isn't a very well-known Stones tune, though it didn't make it into the climax of Goodfellas, but it's among my favorites.
#585 - "God Is In The Radio" - Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf - The eighth of sixteen Queens songs on the list, "God Is" was yet another brilliant song from one of the best albums of the new millennium.
#584 - "Everlong" - The Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape - The second of ten Foo Fighters songs on the list, "Everlong" was one of the band's biggest hits and features one of the band's best choruses.
#583 - "Southern Man" - Neil Young - After The Gold Rush - The fourth of six Neil Young songs on the countdown, "Southern Man" was the first shot fired in the Neil Young - Lynyrd Skynyrd war of the mid-70's with this angry tirade against the South during Jim Crow.
#582 - "Falling To Pieces" - Faith No More - The Real Thing - The first of two Faith No More songs on the list, "Falling To Pieces" was one of the first great songs to combine rock and rap into something that doesn't kill both genres of music.
#581 - "Born On The Bayou" - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country - The third of five CCR songs on the countdown, "Born On The Bayou" is the most disingenous of the band's songs, as they were from San Francisco and most definitely not born on a bayou. Nonetheless, it's among their best.
Top 1000 Bands #590-#581
590 - Blues Traveler - The blues rock revivalist owned at least an entire summer during the mid-90s when people suddenly wanted to hear harmonica driven rock for the very last time before giving up on it forever.
589 - Army Of Anyone - The band that features the rest of Stone Temple Pilots created an excellent debut album of mainstream rock with crossover potential.
588 - Powerman 5000 - One of the best metal bands of the late 90's, Powerman 5000 was pretty straight-forward and while it's nothing earth-shattering, it's still pretty fun to listen to.
587 - Elliott Smith - I've thought he was somewhat over-rated after his death as all artists are, but he was still a great singer-songwriter who was always on the verge of becoming something big.
586 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - One of the latest bands to light the blogosphere ablaze, Clap Your Hands had a brilliant first album and a somewhat disappointing follow-up, though the second album was still good enough to promise a bright future for the band.
585 - Clint Black - One of the few respectable country artists in the 90's, Clint Black created a series of fun rock-flavored country songs that didn't pander to pop audiences.
584 - Sevendust - Their music has become redundant lately, but the first few albums they put out are among the best metal of the last 20 years.
583 - Mischief Brew - A folk punk band that visited Pierre a couple of years ago with rockin' acoustic protest ballads reminiscent of the Dropkick Murphys.
582 - Fuel - One of the bigger rock bands of the late 90's, Fuel had a series of huge hits on the Modern and Mainstream rock charts, though I haven't heard much from them lately.
581 - Jerry Cantrell - One of the two vocalists in Alice In Chains, Cantrell has released several solo albums of music slightly below the AIC level, but at a high level nonetheless.
589 - Army Of Anyone - The band that features the rest of Stone Temple Pilots created an excellent debut album of mainstream rock with crossover potential.
588 - Powerman 5000 - One of the best metal bands of the late 90's, Powerman 5000 was pretty straight-forward and while it's nothing earth-shattering, it's still pretty fun to listen to.
587 - Elliott Smith - I've thought he was somewhat over-rated after his death as all artists are, but he was still a great singer-songwriter who was always on the verge of becoming something big.
586 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - One of the latest bands to light the blogosphere ablaze, Clap Your Hands had a brilliant first album and a somewhat disappointing follow-up, though the second album was still good enough to promise a bright future for the band.
585 - Clint Black - One of the few respectable country artists in the 90's, Clint Black created a series of fun rock-flavored country songs that didn't pander to pop audiences.
584 - Sevendust - Their music has become redundant lately, but the first few albums they put out are among the best metal of the last 20 years.
583 - Mischief Brew - A folk punk band that visited Pierre a couple of years ago with rockin' acoustic protest ballads reminiscent of the Dropkick Murphys.
582 - Fuel - One of the bigger rock bands of the late 90's, Fuel had a series of huge hits on the Modern and Mainstream rock charts, though I haven't heard much from them lately.
581 - Jerry Cantrell - One of the two vocalists in Alice In Chains, Cantrell has released several solo albums of music slightly below the AIC level, but at a high level nonetheless.
Monday, March 17, 2008
New Movies This Week
See It:
Run Fatboy Run - Simon Pegg has starred in two of the funniest movies of recent years, Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz. This one looks just as funny, so it gets top recommendation this week.
Drillbit Taylor - The latest from the Judd Apatow team, this one doesn't look like it's going to be as good as Knocked Up or Superbad, but it might still be worth a look.
Skip It:
Shutter - Another stupid horror film based on a Japanese original or designed to look like it. Eventually these will stop making money, right? Right?
Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns - Wasn't it only 2 months since the least Tyler Perry movie came out? How fucking many of these things are there? Did he write 100 plays before he started making the first film or something. What the fuck?
Run Fatboy Run - Simon Pegg has starred in two of the funniest movies of recent years, Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz. This one looks just as funny, so it gets top recommendation this week.
Drillbit Taylor - The latest from the Judd Apatow team, this one doesn't look like it's going to be as good as Knocked Up or Superbad, but it might still be worth a look.
Skip It:
Shutter - Another stupid horror film based on a Japanese original or designed to look like it. Eventually these will stop making money, right? Right?
Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns - Wasn't it only 2 months since the least Tyler Perry movie came out? How fucking many of these things are there? Did he write 100 plays before he started making the first film or something. What the fuck?
New Shit This Week
DVDs:
Buy:
I Am Legend - One of the smartest and most entertaining action films of recent years comes out on a DVD with a bunch of extras and an alternate ending. Not quite worth the buy in Blu-Ray, but definitely on DVD.
Rent:
Atonement - The fifth wheel of this year's Oscar Best Picture race, Atonement isn't a bad film, it's just not particularly outstanding.
Love In The Time Of Cholera - The Oscar contender that wasn't, this movie was killed by bad reviews and bad word of mouth because it was... bad.
Southland Tales - I know nothing of this film, but it was directed by Richard Kelly, his first film since Donnie Darko. So yeah, I'm in.
Enchanted - Disney's best movie of the year comes out on DVD, with no Oscars to show for it as even 3 nominations couldn't get it the Best Original Song award.
Revolver - It's the style of movie that I like, but the reviews indicate it's not very good.
Skip:
The Seeker - The kiddie fantasy movie that never got it's feet off the ground. There were literally days of a Harry Potter film that out-earned this stinker.
CDs:
Borrow:
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward - A punk band that's making their first big step towards the mainstream. They aren't great, but they're still fairly decent.
Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams - Their first album was pretty good, so hopefully this one will be solid as well.
The Kills - Midnight Boom - They're getting a lot of attention, so this could be the band's big breakthrough if it's really good.
She & Him - Volume One - An indie rock experiment starring a popular actress singing for the first time.
Buy:
I Am Legend - One of the smartest and most entertaining action films of recent years comes out on a DVD with a bunch of extras and an alternate ending. Not quite worth the buy in Blu-Ray, but definitely on DVD.
Rent:
Atonement - The fifth wheel of this year's Oscar Best Picture race, Atonement isn't a bad film, it's just not particularly outstanding.
Love In The Time Of Cholera - The Oscar contender that wasn't, this movie was killed by bad reviews and bad word of mouth because it was... bad.
Southland Tales - I know nothing of this film, but it was directed by Richard Kelly, his first film since Donnie Darko. So yeah, I'm in.
Enchanted - Disney's best movie of the year comes out on DVD, with no Oscars to show for it as even 3 nominations couldn't get it the Best Original Song award.
Revolver - It's the style of movie that I like, but the reviews indicate it's not very good.
Skip:
The Seeker - The kiddie fantasy movie that never got it's feet off the ground. There were literally days of a Harry Potter film that out-earned this stinker.
CDs:
Borrow:
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward - A punk band that's making their first big step towards the mainstream. They aren't great, but they're still fairly decent.
Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams - Their first album was pretty good, so hopefully this one will be solid as well.
The Kills - Midnight Boom - They're getting a lot of attention, so this could be the band's big breakthrough if it's really good.
She & Him - Volume One - An indie rock experiment starring a popular actress singing for the first time.
Modern Rock Update
Albums:
Flogging Molly debuted at #4.
The Black Crowes debuted at #5.
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks debuted at #64 despite being the best album of the year so far.
Modern / Mainstream Rock:
#1:
Modern: "Long Road To Ruin" - The Foo Fighters
Mainstream: "Psycho" - Puddle Of Mudd
Debuts:
Modern: #20 - "It's Not My Time" - 3 Doors Down
Mainstream: None
Flogging Molly debuted at #4.
The Black Crowes debuted at #5.
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks debuted at #64 despite being the best album of the year so far.
Modern / Mainstream Rock:
#1:
Modern: "Long Road To Ruin" - The Foo Fighters
Mainstream: "Psycho" - Puddle Of Mudd
Debuts:
Modern: #20 - "It's Not My Time" - 3 Doors Down
Mainstream: None
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Top 1000 Songs #600-#591
#600 - "Same Old Song And Dance" - Aerosmith - Get Your Wings - The third of seven Aerosmith songs on the list, "Same Old" features the band at their coke fueled peak, with great lyrics and classic riffs.
#599 - "No Excuses" - Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies - The second of eight AIC songs on the list, "No Excuses" is such a good acoustic song that some radio stations mis-labeled it as a Nirvana song. It's one of the best-written AIC songs as well.
#598 - "Highway To Hell" - AC/DC - Highway To Hell - The second of nine AC/DC songs on the countdown, "Highway To Hell" is the highpoint of the band's run with original lead singer Bon Scott and is one of the best metal songs of the 70's.
#597 - "In My Life" - The Beatles - Rubber Soul - The seventh of twenty-two songs in the top 1000 by the Beatles, "In My Life" was voted the best-written song of all-time by a critics organization, though I prefer a few other Beatles songs myself.
#596 - "Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran - Greatest Hits - The first and only Cochran song on the list, "Summertime Blues" is one of the all-time classics songs of the 50's and early 60's, featuring some of the early rebellious attitudes that would eventually lead to the British Invasion and punk.
#595 - "Going To California" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - The fifth of twenty-four Zeppelin tunes on the countdown, "California" is the peak of Zeppelin's hippie phase and features fantastic lyrics and some of the best folk licks since Dylan went electric.
#594 - "Lady Madonna" - The Beatles - Past Masters, Vol. 2 - The eight of twenty-two songs on the list by the Beatles, I first discovered "Lady Madonna" as the theme song for the 90's show "Grace Under Fire". It features one of the best stories of any Beatles songs and a great chorus.
#593 - "Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Males" - Todd Snider - East Nashville Skyline - The first and only Todd Snider song on the countdown, "Conservative" is one of the funniest protest songs ever written and a shot across the bow at the theory that all country singers are right wing republicans.
#592 - "Wild Horses" - The Rolling Stones - Made In The Shade - The second of twenty Rolling Stones songs in the top 1000, "Wild Horses" is the band's greatest ballad, as they ventured away from their bad-ass image to make a sweet country love song.
#591 - "Excitable Boy" - Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy - The first of two Zevon songs on the countdown, "Excitable Boy" is the exact opposite of a song like "Wild Horses", a grim but hilarious songs about an insane boy who does crazy things and murders people.
#599 - "No Excuses" - Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies - The second of eight AIC songs on the list, "No Excuses" is such a good acoustic song that some radio stations mis-labeled it as a Nirvana song. It's one of the best-written AIC songs as well.
#598 - "Highway To Hell" - AC/DC - Highway To Hell - The second of nine AC/DC songs on the countdown, "Highway To Hell" is the highpoint of the band's run with original lead singer Bon Scott and is one of the best metal songs of the 70's.
#597 - "In My Life" - The Beatles - Rubber Soul - The seventh of twenty-two songs in the top 1000 by the Beatles, "In My Life" was voted the best-written song of all-time by a critics organization, though I prefer a few other Beatles songs myself.
#596 - "Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran - Greatest Hits - The first and only Cochran song on the list, "Summertime Blues" is one of the all-time classics songs of the 50's and early 60's, featuring some of the early rebellious attitudes that would eventually lead to the British Invasion and punk.
#595 - "Going To California" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - The fifth of twenty-four Zeppelin tunes on the countdown, "California" is the peak of Zeppelin's hippie phase and features fantastic lyrics and some of the best folk licks since Dylan went electric.
#594 - "Lady Madonna" - The Beatles - Past Masters, Vol. 2 - The eight of twenty-two songs on the list by the Beatles, I first discovered "Lady Madonna" as the theme song for the 90's show "Grace Under Fire". It features one of the best stories of any Beatles songs and a great chorus.
#593 - "Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Males" - Todd Snider - East Nashville Skyline - The first and only Todd Snider song on the countdown, "Conservative" is one of the funniest protest songs ever written and a shot across the bow at the theory that all country singers are right wing republicans.
#592 - "Wild Horses" - The Rolling Stones - Made In The Shade - The second of twenty Rolling Stones songs in the top 1000, "Wild Horses" is the band's greatest ballad, as they ventured away from their bad-ass image to make a sweet country love song.
#591 - "Excitable Boy" - Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy - The first of two Zevon songs on the countdown, "Excitable Boy" is the exact opposite of a song like "Wild Horses", a grim but hilarious songs about an insane boy who does crazy things and murders people.
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