new music

i forgot how much i love working at a radio station. i say this, cuz, while "real" jobs have perks like 401K plans and life insurance, the radio biz has...

FREE CD's!!! so here are reviews of the two latest:

first up...Guns N Roses "Chinese Democracy." a loooooong 14 years between studio albums has produced something i, at first, dismissed. my initial thought was "THIS is what we've waited all this time for?" granted, i was listening to bootlegged mp3s. the sound quality wasn't the best, but it was an interesting listen, attempting to figure out where Axl's head was at.

i still don't know.

what i DO know is, after being the recipient of a generous gifting of the cd (of which i am truly grateful!), i am really liking most of it. the initial impression of a few of the songs being something that could be a hit on top40 radio with the switch out of Axl's vocals with someone like, say, Usher, hasn't changed. but, hearing all the songs together the way they were supposed to be heard has altered my opinion. it woulda sounded better in the mid 90's...been more of a surprise that would have been something new and unlike anything else out there...rather than being released after all the musical styles represented are now passe. aaahh Axl. please don't take this long to give us new music again! and, next time, please don't call it Guns N Roses. just call it Axl, cuz i'm really missing Slash and Duff.

then there's Nickelback...

the new cd "Dark Horse." it's polished, radio-ready rock for the masses. i am one of those masses. it really friggin rocks. favorite song? "something in your mouth" it makes me laugh, just like "figured you out" and "animals" did. it sticks in my head, just like "figured you out" and "animals" do. naughty naughty naughty. and i LOVE that stuff!!! yet another generous gift from the music department has me rockin' in the car no matter what...