Reviews Supplemental

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10 Feb 2017: HammerFall/"(r)Evolution" (2014)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-devolution.html

10 Feb 2017: Motorhead/"Rock 'n' Roll" (1987)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/party-every-day.html

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11 Feb 2017: ZZ Top/"La Futura" (2012)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-pasta.html

11 Feb 2017: KISS/"Alive IV" (2003)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/four-is-alive.html

i've been waiting on this one for a long time but it's finally time
this album's version of rock and roll all nite is my shit right here

the thing about this one is that the first six tracks are just KISS, then the last fifteen are KISS with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

this version of strutter is a 10/10, especially for a "thirty years later" live version
is "rock 'n' roll pneumonia" a brilliant intro for calling dr. love or a retarded one?

this version of detroit rock city is way too over-the-top
the original's like "oh well guess i'm gonna die ha ha"
this one's like "AH FUCK I'M GONNA DIE"

ending the album with rock and roll all nite was probably the best idea ever

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12 Feb 2017: Elvis Costello and The Roots/"Wise Up, Ghost" (2013)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-owl-ghosts.html

stick out your tongue reuses lyrics from pills and soap
i appreciated that

i do not appreciate the spanish lady singing a few tracks later

the first half of the album is great
the second half just isn't

12 Feb 2017: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer/"Trilogy" (1972)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/keith-greg-and-carl-would-have-been.html

hoedown is probably the best thing ever

as with most of the genre, there's some good shit padded out with dumb bullshit

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13 Feb 2017: Rod Stewart/"Smiler" (1974)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-frowner.html

best album name ever?
maybe

there's a cover here of you make me feel like a natural woman
i have no idea why but i won't complain

13 Feb 2017: Crosby, Stills, and Nash/"CSN" (1977)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/david-stephen-and-graham-would-have.html

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14 Feb 2017: ABBA/"Waterloo" (1974)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-napoleon.html

14 Feb 2017: Pat Benatar/"Tropico" (1984)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/you-put-lime-in-coconut-and-then.html

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15 Feb 2017: Phil Collins/"But Seriously" (1989)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-seriousness.html

a lot of the songs here would be better if they were shorter
bookended by the best tracks though

15 Feb 2017: Buckethead and Friends/"Enter the Chicken" (2005)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-get-by-with-little-help-from-my.html

to celebrate the release of the 250th album in buckethead's half-decade-long pike series, here's a buckethead album
pike 250 marks buckethead's 300th album overall, according to RYM
i wish i were joking

the album is probably better-known as "the one with nottingham lace"

notably, two of the tracks on this album are disallowed by spotify for whatever reason
they're less than twenty seconds long each so i doubt i'm missing much

this album has a bunch of guests, including SOAD guy (SOAD guy is the only one i recognise)
SOAD guy is as SOADy as ever

oh good a super-screamy guy
my favourite
nice guitar solo though

wow a r&b/hip-hop guy
legitimately did not see this one coming
best song so far (even if that's not difficult)

generic singy girl
excuse me while i fall asleep

i swear track 6 is meant to make me fall asleep for real i was joking about it on track 5 but fuck dude

the intro to track 7 sucks but once it gets going it's pretty sweet
then it's boring again
but then it's sweet again
then it gets pretentious
then it's boring again
then it's sweet again

track nine is AWFUL
the absolute worst of metal
i skipped it

track ten features a dollar store version of SOAD guy
no idea why he's here when actual SOAD guy is also here

buckethead would probably be really good in an actual band that had like a good singer
like i don't know guns n' roses or something
i am still hoping gn'r will invite buckethead back in to recut appetite for destruction in like two days
just because it would be sweet as fuck

ANYWAY
the final track is nottingham lace which is sweet as fuck
without it, this album gets an 0.5/5
with it as the closer, i'm spotting the album an extra point
if it weren't the closer, i'd probably be less generous

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16 Feb 2017: Bush/"Man on the Run" (2014)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-man.html

felt like listening to shitty music again for old times' sake

16 Feb 2017: Guns N' Roses/"Live Era '87-'93" (1999)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/like-suicide.html

i've never listened to this and i feel like i definitely should have at some point
(it's a double album so i never bothered unfortunately)

beginning with nightrain is always a good idea
the performance starts out kind of poor but then it gets going and it's 10/10 as usual

this version of mr. brownstone is a lot better than the studio version

i like this version of my michelle a lot too; the guitar tone sounds a lot "darker" if you get what i mean
the vocals are also strangely good (i can't put my finger on it, but i really like the choruses)

so, an electric version of the acoustic version of you're crazy
best of both worlds, really

not sure electric used to love her works too well but it's a neat novelty
that guitar solo on patience though wow and that last note? daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn nigga

there's a cover of black sabbath's it's alright here
odd choice but i'm down

i don't really care for the piano intro they gave november rain
it screams "bathroom break"

does this version of rocket queen even have a guitar part

sweet child o' mine sounds really strange when izzy's part is louder than guitar hero slash's
and that weird outro is kind of fucked up

knockin' on heaven's door proceeds about how you'd expect
but then
after the "crowd singalong" segment
axl yells
"COME ON GIVE ME SOME REGGAE"
and they begin playing the song in a reggae tone
the part where axl and the crowd are all yelling "knock knock knockin' on heaven's door" is pretty great though

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17 Feb 2017: Elvis Presley/"Back in Memphis" (1970)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-nashville.html

the sequel to from elvis in memphis, which was GREAT
both albums share the same bonus tracks and i did those last time so i'm not going to do them this time thanks

inherit the wind almost hits "trying too hard" but elvis toes the line just enough for it to work

17 Feb 2017: Whitesnake/"Live in the Heart of the City" (1980)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/aint-no-love.html

there were just two snowstorms in one week and the snowbanks are six feet high so fuck you i'm doing a live album

come on is a lot cheerier here than on the studio album
the intro of walking in the shadow of the blues is 10/10 (i'd kiss my fingers but you wouldn't see me do it so)

lovehunter's riff here sounds so weird
but then
after the song
there's a fucking "bathroom break" jam for like five or six minutes (attached to the same track on the album naturally)

why does he talk about setting angels ablaze so much

ain't gonna cry no more is just kind of bland without the uh instruments in the intro
which is a shame because it might be my favourite whitesnake song

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18 Feb 2017: Survivor/"Reach" (2006)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-any-more.html

finishing the discography
track 10 is an attempt to be bon jovi
i couldn't tell the difference

probably shouldn't have bothered to record this

18 Feb 2017: Black Sabbath/"Live Evil" (1982)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/review-weiver.html

i am just really enjoying live albums right now okay

this one is interesting because dio performs some ozzy-era tracks
also the album title is a palindrome (why isn't the word palindrome a palindrome)

dio's N.I.B. sounds more angry than evil
ozzy always made black sabbath (the song) sound really dark and evil and kind of creepy; dio just can't

what the fuck is dio doing to war pigs
the crowd noise is too faint for the singalong to heaven and hell to work at all

dio tries too hard on paranoid

basically
black sabbath songs
only work with the guy who sang them originally

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19 Feb 2017: Animal Collective/"The Painters" (2017)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-electric-blue.html

came out yesterday as i'm typing this
it's leftovers from 2016's painting with
i apparently reviewed that one but i don't remember anything about it

the best song is the cover of jimmy mack

19 Feb 2017: Brian Setzer/"Rockabilly Riot Volume 1: A Tribute to Sun Records" (2005)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/here-comes-records.html

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20 Feb 2017: White Denim/"D" (2011)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-c.html

20 Feb 2017: Aerosmith/"Classics Live" (1986)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/the-first-of-two.html

this version of train kept a-rollin' is really short for some reason
it barely feels like the same song

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21 Feb 2017: Aerosmith/"Classics Live II" (1987)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-moderation.html

they had to be done right in a row
before walk this way, the crowd sings happy birthday to the bassist

21 Feb 2017: The Greg Kihn Band/"Next of Kihn" (1978)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2008/08/may-he-rip.html

"i just want to be the understander" may be the worst line ever
even worse when it's the chorus

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22 Feb 2017: The J. Geils Band/"Bloodshot" (1973)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2017/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-blood-gun.html