Reviews Supplemental

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18 Jul 2016: Red Hot Chili Peppers/"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Covers" (2012)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-fortune.html

teenager in love gets real annoying real fast
keidis's voice does NOT work for search and destroy; it has no edge

the cover of i get around is nice (and not annoying like the original)
suffragette city sounds kind of like keidis doesn't care at all; not sure if that's good or bad

this ep is a decent listen but nothing you'll remember in a week
if you like rhcp i'd recommend giving it a shot but don't expect their best work

1/2/3/5: john frusciante
4: josh klinghoffer
6: dave navarro

18 Jul 2016: Fleetwood Mac/"Tusk" (1979)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/real-savage-like.html

dear god help me
looking at my list of albums to review this one had a note saying "please god help me"
so at least i'm consistent

DON'T TELL ME I NEVER DO ANYTHING FOR YOU

beginning with over and over was not the best decision
it's such a "whatever" song
and it's way too long considering

the ledge is just like a hoe-down
right there on the album
yeehaw

that's enough for me is the best song on the album

i remember once purple made a video that was brown eyes for fifteen minutes and i watched the entire thing so i kind of hate this song now
"can we create the most annoying song possible?" "LET'S TRY AND SEE"

i know i'm not wrong is just old hat by this point
someone create i know i'm not wrong gnorw ton m'i wonk i

i don't get all the hubbub about the title track
it's almost impressively "whatever"


so why did i have to listen to this album again
it's ridiculously mediocre

like I said, rite of passage I enjoy the experience of the album.

It's especially fun remembering that, when this album came out in the late 70s, it cost the equivalent of $50, and it still sold like crazy.

There are a lot of "what" songs, but there are also some amazing songs. Shame you don't like Nicksy.

My fave songs are Tusk, Sara, and That's All For Everyone

i've already reviewed both albums from today's rock band 4 dlc
billy joel
fuel

fuel having that one song that goes "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH IN MY HANDS IN MY HANDS AGAIN"

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if you didn't see my backstreet boys and *nsync reviews the other day read them because they might be the best reviews i've ever

19 Jul 2016: New Kids on the Block/"Hangin' Tough" (1988)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-original.html

it wouldn't be a boy band extravagazna[sic] without new kids on the block nigga
the O.G. boy band
can't say i'm too familiar though

you got it was a total "OH THIS SONG" moment
the second song is completely different and not very good

okay what happened
song 1 was great + memorable
the rest is bad and some of it is sung by a girl?

19 Jul 2016: Hanson/"Boomerang" (1994)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/comes-back.html

hanson's debut, before mmmbop
a pleasant album

lonely boy in particular is really nice
more than anything is great too

the cover of the love you save sounds kind of squeaky
a cover of a baha men song??? they have songs that aren't who let the dogs out?????????????

a nice debut for nice people
impressive that it was a self-funded project (well their father but whatever)

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20 Jul 2016: Foghat/"Under the Influence" (2016)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-influence.html

this album was completely funded by the fans (which is bullshit)
and it features
a rerecording
of
slow ride

goddammit foghat

this album sounds less like foghat because they have a new singuy
he sounds exactly like someone but i can't place it (he isn't that guy though)
oh they've got two singuys
one is HARD ROCK and one is a poor man's srv

there's a cover of i heard it through the grapevine here
it's just kind of
whatever
i like ccr's version because it's just a JAM if you get what i mean

20 Jul 2016: Chris de Burgh/"Into the Light" (1986)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/light-me-up.html

best-known for the lady in red
pretty good all over though

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21 Jul 2016: Sixx AM/"Prayers for the Damned" (2016)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-damned.html

finishing off a discography
nothing wrong with it

21 Jul 2016: RX Bandits/"And the Battle Begun" (2006)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/commence.html

nice album for nice guys
ends on its worst track though which is a shame

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22 Jul 2016: I am I/"Event Horizon" (2012)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-zp-theart.html

ever wondered what zp theart's been doing since leaving dragonforce? no?
he should not have left
both sides are worse off

can you just do that
just name a new song in the air tonight
just like that

as a note:
i've relistened to the entire dragonforce discography recently and i have come to really like it all
except the latest album
that shit's whack yo

22 Jul 2016: Asia/"Alpha" (1983)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/the-best-magnet-warrior.html

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23 Jul 2016: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard/"Paper Mache Dream Balloon" (2015)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-machette.html

not as good as their latest album
trapdoor is annoying as fuck

23 Jul 2016: Helloween/"Walls of Jericho" (1985)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/call-of-walls.html

they extended this album in 1987
extended it with FILLER

in the MCBB link i separated the bonus tracks from the actual album with an extra line break
there is a reason the bonus tracks were not on the original album

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24 Jul 2016: Hanson/"Mmmbop" (1996)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-badooby-dop.html

this is another self-release
many of these tracks (including the title track) would be rerecorded for 1997's middle of nowhere

taylor and isaac's voices on the first track go HORRIBLY together
oil
and
water

ballad mmmbop? what the fuck
it's still the same great song as always of course, maybe even better

soldier's opening rips off children's story by slick rick

giving the album two mmmbops was a great decision
mmmbop always puts me in a good mood

24 Jul 2016: Backstreet Boys/"Backstreet's Back" (1997)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/all-right.html

This album's artwork would also be used for the US self-titled album, sans the Backstreet's Back lettering.
The thing about the US album is that it's set the way my brain recognises these tracks in terms of order. Like, I always expect it to go We've Got it Goin' On / Quit Playin' Games / As Long as You Love Me / Everybody / All I Have to Give / Anywhere for You / filler track I always skip / I'll Never Break Your Heart / Darlin' / Get Down / who even cares after that
But when it doesn't, it's like a bad speedbump for my brain. I noticed this on the debut as well. To my brain, it's almost like someone shuffled around The Abbey Road Medley.

So, when I was a kid, I had this VHS tape called something like "Backstreet Boys: All Access", which showed the making of the music videos for Everybody and As Long as You Love Me, with some concert footage and the videos of Quit Playin' Games and We've Got it Goin' On as extras, plus a preview of All I Have to Give's video, which wasn't released yet.
I played the fuck out of that VHS tape for whatever reason. Buy the DVD on Amazon for the low, low price of $100!

This album starts with what may have been the best opening trio of songs ever committed to record if they hadn't fucked it up.
Of course, it all starts with the title track, which is one of the band's signature tracks to this day. It's just a really fun song. The version on this album isn't the same as the version on the US album; it's shorter and has an extra vocal section sung by Nick.

As Long as You Love Me has always been my favourite Backstreet Boys song. It's perfect. But the version on this album is completely different, with a more pronounced drum beat, and the other instrumentation is lower. I don't like this version as much. It's just weird. The piano and guitar are very important to the song, and this version sounds empty without them. And the third verse starts later, which threw me way off. 2/10 version of a 10/10 song.

All I Have to Give has really grown on me over the years, and it's definitely in my top three Backstreet Boys songs.
After that, though, we get into the songs I'm unfamiliar with.

That's the Way I Like It is very standard pop music, but it's performed well.
10,000 Promises is on the other end of that spectrum. It's standard as fuck, and the performance doesn't do it any favours.

Like a Child takes a bit to build up to being good. AJ's first verse is the lowpoint of the song, and led me to believe that it just won't be a good song at all. The chorus could be better, as well.
Hey Mr. DJ has the most annoying instrumentation I've heard in a good while. No fucking clue how this made the US album, and I DEFINITELY don't have a clue why they slotted it between Anywhere for You and I'll Never Break Your Heart. And the falsetto "HEY mister DJ" repeating in the middle of the song? My ears are bleeding.

Set Adrift on Memory Bliss is a cover of a hip-hop song, turned into a ballad. I didn't like this song at all when I was younger, but I like it A LOT now. Best non-hit (for this group anyway) on the album, definitely.
That's What She Said is notable for being the first of the group's songs to be written (and produced) by one of the group's members, Brian in this case. This was before the whole "that's what SHE said" thing happened. It's a really good song I'm not biased at all really

Good Girl is one of those songs that's just like why
All the worst traits of '90s music with a dumb concept. I have no idea how THIS song made the US album. They chose the two worst songs on this album for the fucking thing. This is why I didn't review these earlier, because I thought "fuck, if Good Girl and Mr. DJ are what they chose for the US album, the rest must be unbearably awful". Fucking hell.

The album ends with If I Don't Have You, which is a nice ballad.
There was a song called If You Stay that was recorded when they recorded Set Adrift, which appeared on a film soundtrack and not the album. It's just okay, but that means it's already better than two tracks on the album.

So, this album is good. The two Godawful tracks hurt it a lot, but I still enjoyed it overall. Not as good as the debut, but still nice. I hope Millennium doesn't continue the downward motion.

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25 Jul 2016: Jeff Beck/"Loud Hailer" (2016)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-volume.html

begins with an annoying woman talking at me about how i'm a terrible person (i think)
i don't like the woman he got to sing
in fact, i hate her voice
a lot

somehow, whining about politics and war is even MORE annoying when a woman does it

"the internet is bad ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
it's full of rapists and serial harassers (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((("

"don't know what we want but we want it right now"
OH
JUST
FUCK
OFF

"oil is bad ((((((((((((((
stop using it (((((((((((((((((((((((
another fuel source?
stop raping me ((((((((((((((((((((((((("


listen
i skipped a lot of this album
i got halfway through a bunch of songs and just said "fuck you" and switched to the next one

i hate this album with every fibre of my being
it ticks all the boxes i hate
THE BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM IS THE FILLER INSTRUMENTAL

25 Jul 2016: Robert Palmer/"Double Fun" (1978)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/double-filler.html

begins with a stupid-ass political statement
i probably wouldn't be as mad about this if i didn't just come off of "whining about politics: the album"

the most lethargic cover of you really got me ever (the same year van halen released theirs)

apparently he had so much fun that when he doubled it, it rolled over into the negatives

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both new rock band songs this week are from bullshit pop artists i don't want to review

merry christmas

26 Jul 2016: August Burns Red/"Sleddin' Hill" (2012)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-christmas.html

instrumental rock versions of old christmas tunes
frosty the snowman is definitely a highlight
joy to the world has vocals, and they are the harsh screamy kind of vocals
fuck you

pleasant as fuck

26 Jul 2016: Lynyrd Skynyrd/"Christmas Time Again" (2000)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-christmas-somewhere.html

it's just whatever
like everything the new lynyrd skynyrd's done

JOIN US NEXT YEAR FOR NSYNC AND HANSON

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27 Jul 2016: Phil Collins/"Going Back" (2010)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-backwards.html

a covers album
phil said he didn't want to do anything weird, just play these covers straight

opening with that song was baffling; it's not very good
also having all the backing vocals also be phil collins is just weird

the who have made the original heatwave obsolete
some of your lovin' sounds like a rip-off of you've really got a hold on me

standing in the shadows of love is my favourite here

27 Jul 2016: Night Ranger/"Seven Wishes" (1985)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/stronghold.html

i'd just like to put a note here that i hate eddie money now
I TRIED SO HARD TO FIND HIS THIRD ALBUM FOR WHATEVER REASON AND HO HO HO FUCK YOU YOU ONLY GET TO LISTEN TO 1/2/4

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28 Jul 2016: Paul Gilbert/"I Can Destroy" (2015)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-destruction.html

paul gilbert is singing again
it's a miracle

opening with everybody use your goddamn turn signal was an interesting decision
by which i mean a bad one

so this isn't anywhere near as great as paul gilbert's classics
but i apreciate the effort

28 Jul 2016: Elvis Presley/"Girls! Girls! Girls!"
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/girls.html

most notable for return to sender
the thing about elvis albums is that they're pleasant, but the hit(s) stand(s) way above the rest, making the rest seem worse

somehow, though, the song just after return to sender are better than the songs just before

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29 Jul 2016: The Animals/"Animalisms" (1966)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/07/julio-and-case-of-missing-animals.html

there is one track of just clapping
why

the bonus tracks are better than most of the actual album

29 Jul 2016: Cheap Trick/"The Doctor" (1986)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/03/give-me-news.html

cheap trick somehow managed to be more consistently good in the '80s than in the '70s, barring heaven tonight