Reviews Supplemental

12 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 219: Megadeth (done)
Week 220: Huey Lewis and the News (done)
Week 221: Good Charlotte (done), today's second review, and tomorrow's first review

12 Jun 2015: Mr. Big/"Lean into It" (1991)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-dreams-by.html

PAUL GILBERT

12 Jun 2015: Everclear/"Sparkle and Fade" (1995)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-world-by.html

I always confuse Everclear and Eve 6. To be fair, neither are interesting at all.

13 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 222: Today's second review

13 Jun 2015: Mastodon/"The Hunter" (2011)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-designs-by.html

13 Jun 2015: Three Days Grace/"Life Starts Now" (2009)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-amiibo.html

Sometimes, I think these bands are having an internal competition to see who can be the most generic.

Reviews for tomorrow are still up in the air. E3 takes priority, but I'll try to get two reviews out.

14 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 223: Both of today's reviews

14 Jun 2015: Men at Work/"Business as Usual" (1981)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-life-of.html

The main draw here is, of course, Down Under. Unfortunately (and expectedly), no other song on the album even comes close to it.

14 Jun 2015: Santana/"Supernatural" (1999)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-easter-eggs.html

In addition to having a song as part of week 223's DLC, this album was recommended to me by everyone's favourite terrorist-sympathiser, Purple.
I actually think there is a copy of this album somewhere in my house.

Yaleo would be great if it were about half as long (a running theme of the album).
Love of My Life might just be the best performance I've heard from Dave Matthews.

Smooth would be great if not for that weird-ass rapping section and everything after it. It feels like two different songs, and not in a good way. DISREGARD THAT SPOTIFY SUCKS AND IT IS TWO DIFFERENT SONGS smooth is great the song after it sucks

15 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 224: Today's first review
Week 225: Today's second review

15 Jun 2015: Shinedown/"Amaryllis" (2012)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-exit-by-mexit.html

exactly the same as the other one

15 Jun 2015: Evanescence/"The Open Door" (2006)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-jumping-by.html

really bad album
this is the worst nirvana cover i have ever heard
they completely changed the lyrics and melody and instrumentation

track twelve rips off the vocal melody of two become one and is way worse

16 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 226: Today's first review
Week 227: Pink (no)
Week 228: Today's second review

16 Jun 2015: Slayer/"South of Heaven" (1988)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-fraudulency.html

The worst thing about Raining Blood being their "SONG" is that it's nothing like most of the rest of their work that I've heard. I actually kind of like this album, but I absolutely loathe Raining Blood.
The best song here is a cover of a Judas Priest song.

16 Jun 2015: Cinderella/"Night Songs" (1986)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-mass-murder.html

OH RIGHT ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THIS

Brian Johnson moonlighting as a glam metal vocalist
bad band

17 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 229: Yellowcard (done) and both of today's reviews

17 Jun 2015: Eddie Money/"Eddie Money" (1977)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-grands-dinner.html

Got to Get Another Girl is probably the best thing Eddie Money ever did.

17 Jun 2015: Train/"Drops of Jupiter" (2001)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-xylophone-by.html

i regret this instantly
and fuck off with the stop smoking ads already

18 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 230: Rage Against the Machine (done)
Week 231: Paramore (done)
Week 232: Iron Maiden (done)
Week 233: Today's first review
Week 234: Florence + the Machine (no), today's second review, and tomorrow's first review

18 Jun 2015: Bullet for My Valentine/"Scream Aim Fire" (2008)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-sanity-by.html

About as generic as metal can get, but it's fine. Certainly not worth the first page of RYM reviews being so rectally ravaged.

18 Jun 2015: Cracker/"Cracker" (1992)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-knowledge-of.html

The songs go on for too long, the vocals are pretty bad, and the lyrics are VERY repetitive. Would not recommend.

19 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 235: One single Incubus song (done)
Week 236: Queens of the Stone Age (done), Angels and Airwaves (no), Owl City (no)
Week 237: Carrie Underwood (NO)
Week 238: Rise Against (done), The All-American Rejects (no), Mudvayne (no)
Week 239: Today's second review

19 Jun 2015: Midnight Oil/"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" (1982)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-prom-by-prom.html

poor

19 Jun 2015: Daughtry/"Daughtry" (2006)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-ease-of-use.html

Probably the most successful loser of American Idol. Fun fact: One of the members of this band was in Suicidal Tendencies.
The music itself is bland and inoffensive as can be. It's just, like, whatever.

20 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 240: The B-52s (no), a "literally who" (no), and today's first review
Week 241: Foster the People (done), The Strokes (done)
Week 242: Killswitch Engage (noooooooooooooooooo)
Week 243: Whitesnake (done), Hoobastank (no), and today's second review

20 Jun 2015: Staind/"Staind" (2011)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-custom-moves.html

My expectations for this one aren't very high, let me tell you.
Wannabe is probably the worst song ever. It's a legitimate fucking contender. It needs to be heard to be believed.

20 Jun 2015: Cutting Crew/"Broadcast" (1986)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-mystery-by.html

Quote :

04: ... wow.

Sounds about right.

at your suggestion, i can't believe i actually listened all the way through the song

i can't believe someone got so mad at a troll they wrote a song about it. like, wow

21 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 244: Foreigner (done), Nightwish (no)
Week 245: The Black Keys (done)
Week 246: Rock Band Blitz

All right, so Rock Band Blitz came out on week 246, and it's pretty much a glorified DLC pack because the game is garbage extremely mediocre.
Here's the artist list that I've done or am not doing:
All-American Rejects (no)
Avenged Sevenfold (done)
Blink-182 (done)
Fall Out Boy (done)
Foo Fighters (done)
Foster the People (done)
fun. (done)
Iron Maiden (done)
Kelly Clarkson (no)
Kool and the Gang (done)
Living Colour (done)
Maroon 5 (done)
My Chemical Romance (done)
Pink (no)
Queen (done)
Quiet Riot (done)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (done)
Rick Springfield (done)
Shinedown (done)
Soundgarden (done)
Tears for Fears (done)

Today and tomorrow will both be Rock Band Blitz.

21 Jun 2015: Barenaked Ladies/"Stunt" (1998)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-blaze-it-by.html

I'm pretty sure there's a copy of this album somewhere in my house. It's not mine. My mother LOVES It's All Been Done.

21 Jun 2015: Collective Soul/"Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid" (1993)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-underwater.html

I believe the version of Shine they used was a rerecording. Interestingly, in spite of all the master track hullabaloo in GH3, Cult of Personality was the original version.

Shine might just be the most generic example of popular rock music in history.
Also, the album is really fucking quiet.

One-trick pony, but the trick isn't even something cool like a loop-de-loop or even pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
Scream is the best song here. It's actually different and kind of neat.

22 Jun 2015: Rock Band Blitz/DLC
All the Rock Band Blitz songs were later released as regular old DLC.

22 Jun 2015: Elton John/"Too Low for Zero" (1983)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-goats-by-goat.html

Ten years after the latest Elton John album I've listened to. This album features two classics, I'm Still Standing and I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues.
Naturally, it begins with filler rather than either of those songs.

22 Jun 2015: Great White/"... Twice Shy" (1989)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-awakeness-by.html

The sequel to their 1987 album, Once Bitten. That was not one of my bad jokes.
The shortest songs here are both 4:51, so we're in for a riiiiiiiiiiiiiiide.

There is exactly one good song on this album.
SPOILER: It's the one you've heard before.

Since this was a pointless album, let's do something fun.
Great White's famous song, Once Bitten, Twice Shy, is a cover of an Ian Hunter song. I have never heard the original before in my life.
Ian's version is probably better. If it had the guitar solo, I'd say that without hesitation.

23 Jun 2015: DLC
Week 247: Today's first review
Week 248: Today's second review

23 Jun 2015: Linkin Park/"Living Things" (2012)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2015/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-parents-at.html

I FUCKING LOVE LINKIN PARK
SAID NO ONE WITH TASTE EVER

ON SPOTIFY, THE ALBUM NAME AND TRACK NAMES ARE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

To be completely honest, CH3ZD4R is wasted on Linkin Park. Their music is absolute shit. I really hope he does more shit with Stone Temple Pilots, because I like him there. Maybe not as much as Stapp, but he's still pretty nice there.


In an okay world, CH3ZD4R would be with STP full-time, and Stapp would reunite with Velvet Revolver. Third time's the charm, right?
In an ideal world, Stapp would get back with STP, and CH3ZD4R would join Velvet Revolver. That would be fucking sweet.

Either way, STP should record a greatest hits-type album with CH3ZD4R on vocals. It would be neat to hear CH3ZD4R singing Plush or Trippin' without crowd noise and in good quality.