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YouTube Friday 7/26 UPDATED
The newest song from the band ENMY, who I saw in concert back in November and I’m going to see again tomorrow. If you like this song, be sure to check out all their other stuff. I’ve liked every song of theirs so far, and right now, they’re my favorite band.
They played this song at their show, and I recorded the first minute or so of it. Enjoy.
YouTube Friday
YouTube Tuesday was something I did on here a long, long time ago where I would post a video of a song that had been stuck in my head at some point during the week. I haven’t done one in a while, and my dear Jaded commented that she liked those posts, so I thought I’d go back to doing them every once in a while. Since I’ve had the same song stuck in my head for the past 3 days, this seemed like the perfect time for the relaunch.
Through the Never
I have a playlist in my car that hovers around 700 songs. It takes me about 30 minutes to get to or from work every day (if there’s no traffic….which there usually is), so having music in my car is a must. I also have to have a variety, hence the 700 songs. I’ll just start my car, hit the random button, and hit play. Most of the time, it’ll give me a good mix of songs.
A few days ago, however, it randomly picked 3 songs from Metallica’s Black Album to play back to back. It started with The Unforgiven, then Sad But True, and finished with Through the Never.
Once the final song began playing, a thought occurred to me, and that thought was “For the past 20-something years (25 to be exact as I just Googled it), this song has gotten the short end of the stick.”
When you think of Metallica songs, which one is the first one that pops into your head? If you’re anything like me, it’s Master of Puppets. Start thinking about other ones. Is Through the Never in the top 5? Top 10? Top 20? Hell, I’d be willing to bet that most people wouldn’t have it in their top 5 from the Black Album. Most people would probably name the other two I’ve already mentioned plus Enter Sandman, Wherever I May Roam, and Nothing Else Matters.
To me, that’s a shame.
Now, I will admit that The Unforgiven is my favorite song on that album, but Through the Never is easily the second. And, the more I think about it, it kind of bothers me that it doesn’t get the love it deserves.
I may not change anyone’s mind with this post, but I hope you all at least give it a listen. It’s an awesome song.
My Weekly Soundtrack: Song Sequels
When you think of the word sequel, I’d say the first thing that pops into your head is movies, or maybe books. I doubt that you’d think of songs. Believe it or not, there are actually songs out there that have sequels.
This is the first of these that came out. It was off of 1991’s Black album. It’s The Unforgiven by Metallica.
The next song is the from the self-titled debut album in 1998: Voodoo by Godsmack.
In 1997, Metallica followed up The Unforgiven, on their album Reload, with this: The Unforgiven II.
In 2006, Godsmack released IV, which included their sequel Voodoo Too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKon7VUIP4c
Apparently not wanting to be outdone, in 2008, on their album Death Magnetic, Metallica released a third Unforgiven.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3m6et00DfQ
What do you think people? Song sequels: good idea or bad idea?
Song Story: Last Resort
When I did my first post about one of my song stories, I warned you that there would be some that were mundane (and probably pointless). This is one of those. I’d feel bad about telling you a story that you may not find interesting, but, hey, nobody’s forcing you to read this.
Anyways…
When Twindaddy split with the twins’ mother, he came to live with me for a while. They were around 6 at the time (Although you’d have to ask Twindaddy to find out for sure. I’m not very good at remembering things). This particular incident happened not long after he moved in. It was a time when I still had a little something to learn about what I can and can’t listen to when children are present….
The living room and the dining area of the apartment were all one big room. One day, the twins were at the dining room table doing their homework, while Twindaddy was on the couch playing Madden. My computer was situated right next to the TV, so I sat at the computer desk, manning the media player (we’d usually have our own music playing over the game because the announcers on Madden tend to be very annoying).
Our songs were selected randomly by the computer, and everything was fine….until Last Resort by Papa Roach started playing. At first, I thought nothing of it. In fact, I started singing along.
Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort
I looked over at my brother, fully expecting him to be singing along with me. Instead, he had a look of terror on his face. In the split-second I was wondering why he had that look on his face, I remembered what the next line of the song is. I practically leaped at the mouse to click on the Next button.
Suffocation, no breathing, don’t give a fu….
At this point, I always picture myself doing one of those movie “slowly opening one eye to see if the bad thing occurred” gags, although I’m pretty sure that never happened. It was more like I gave a nervous chuckle while the twins looked at me like I was crazy.
Either way, from that point on, I was a lot more careful about what was played whenever they were around.
My Weekly Soundtrack: 2/18/2014
Hello, everyone. Welcome to me.
It’s time for another edition of My Weekly Soundtrack. This week there will be a theme. My team lead at work has been going on for the past few workdays about song covers that are better than the originals. So, all of these songs are in that category, in my opinion. That doesn’t mean I don’t like the originals. I just think these versions are better.
Some of them have been on one of these lists before, but listen to them anyways. They’re awesome songs.
The first song this week is Last Kiss by Pearl Jam.
Second this week is Turn the Page by Metallica.
Our third song this week is Alien Ant Farm’s version of Smooth Criminal.
This week’s fourth song is Shout 2000 by Disturbed.
Seether’s take on Careless Whisper is fifth.
Careless Whisper isn’t the only George Michael song that was done better by someone else. Here’s Limp Bizkit covering Faith.
Last this week is Ugly Kid Joe’s take on Cats in the Cradle.
There you have it everyone. Hope you enjoy this week’s songs. Also, be sure and let me know which songs I may have missed with my list. Are there any covers out there that you think are better than the original?
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