Thursday 24 November 2011
Sherrié Austin - Circus Girl
Posted on 17:47 by Unknown
The return of one of my favorite country singers Sherrié Austin is a welcomed surprise. I wasn't sure what she would have for songs because her last album was a little bit of a snore-fest. This album is a nice redeeming of her talents as a song writer. Since her return to Nashville from New York and the theatre stage she's changed her focus lyrics wise towards the thirty plus female crowd. I have to say this album is her best since the debut Words from 1999 because she's comfortable and has no pressure from a major label pushing her to be hip to the youth like a Carrie Underwood or Sara Evans both whom are hit and miss with Evans continually losing by reaching for the prize with weak material.
On Circus Girl Sherrié really sounds like she's lived these songs personally and with her excellent voice and charisma she exudes credibility. The albums opener is also the albums title track that upon the first line of the song is a home-run. After the perfect verse it slides into a wonderful chorus that is undeniably awesome. I have to say that this song is one of my favorite country tunes of 2011 and hopefully will be everyone else's at some point in the near future. This is one of those country albums that is easy to digest and has a very Cashville sound in the current era but because she's singing words she wrote it all works where many other Nashville stars fail miserably.
The next three tunes are all winners and "I Didn't" make me smile as I myself have friends who fit exactly what she's singing about. They seem to believe they are something extraordinary when they obviously are not according to their mates. "If I Was A Man" is another in the excellent category which is followed by a gooey ballad that I'm not to particular on but it's not a terrible song at all. The album ebbs and flows very well with another highlight track "He's All Yours" that is as the title implies and cheating song from the point of view of angry wife. She picks up the pace with "Bad For Me" which could have been on a Miranda Lambert album it is that damn good. It has the spirit and brashness of the immortal K.T. Oslin who is an artist that is sorely missed by myself.
Sherrié writes and good theme song for that thirty plus crowd who is trying to find themselves after another relationship falls apart for no good reason, one that just didn't have it is all. She follows "Friday Night Girls" with "Sleep With Me" that is pretty much the next step in the story which probably is also following a few cosmo's. The album begins is closing sequence with the uptempo "That Kind Of Happy" a powerful song about standing up and doing so with your own might not bowing down and falling into another one of those story book love tales. "Streets Of Heaven" is a ballad Austin released previously but does a nice job of re-inventing the song with a little better production. This stunning album comes to conclusion with a Christmas themed tune called "Naughty Or Nice" which is the albums lead-off single that she duets with besty "Shane Stevens". It's a perfect fit as the albums closing number because the tune is so catchy, fun and charming that it leaves the listener with such a nice feeling it's not hard to hit the play button again and run through the entire album one more time.
Sherrié Austin has outdone herself with Circus Girl and even with the minor flaws she proves once again that she's not just a beautiful face she's got more talent than almost every other country star in Nashville today. This is easily one of the best albums of 2011 and almost the best country album of 2011 too bad she had such stiff competition with Miranda Lambert and Brad Paisley who both released great records this year as well.
On Circus Girl Sherrié really sounds like she's lived these songs personally and with her excellent voice and charisma she exudes credibility. The albums opener is also the albums title track that upon the first line of the song is a home-run. After the perfect verse it slides into a wonderful chorus that is undeniably awesome. I have to say that this song is one of my favorite country tunes of 2011 and hopefully will be everyone else's at some point in the near future. This is one of those country albums that is easy to digest and has a very Cashville sound in the current era but because she's singing words she wrote it all works where many other Nashville stars fail miserably.
The next three tunes are all winners and "I Didn't" make me smile as I myself have friends who fit exactly what she's singing about. They seem to believe they are something extraordinary when they obviously are not according to their mates. "If I Was A Man" is another in the excellent category which is followed by a gooey ballad that I'm not to particular on but it's not a terrible song at all. The album ebbs and flows very well with another highlight track "He's All Yours" that is as the title implies and cheating song from the point of view of angry wife. She picks up the pace with "Bad For Me" which could have been on a Miranda Lambert album it is that damn good. It has the spirit and brashness of the immortal K.T. Oslin who is an artist that is sorely missed by myself.
Sherrié writes and good theme song for that thirty plus crowd who is trying to find themselves after another relationship falls apart for no good reason, one that just didn't have it is all. She follows "Friday Night Girls" with "Sleep With Me" that is pretty much the next step in the story which probably is also following a few cosmo's. The album begins is closing sequence with the uptempo "That Kind Of Happy" a powerful song about standing up and doing so with your own might not bowing down and falling into another one of those story book love tales. "Streets Of Heaven" is a ballad Austin released previously but does a nice job of re-inventing the song with a little better production. This stunning album comes to conclusion with a Christmas themed tune called "Naughty Or Nice" which is the albums lead-off single that she duets with besty "Shane Stevens". It's a perfect fit as the albums closing number because the tune is so catchy, fun and charming that it leaves the listener with such a nice feeling it's not hard to hit the play button again and run through the entire album one more time.
Sherrié Austin has outdone herself with Circus Girl and even with the minor flaws she proves once again that she's not just a beautiful face she's got more talent than almost every other country star in Nashville today. This is easily one of the best albums of 2011 and almost the best country album of 2011 too bad she had such stiff competition with Miranda Lambert and Brad Paisley who both released great records this year as well.
Sunday 20 November 2011
2011 American Music Awards
Posted on 17:07 by Unknown
This years show kicked off with a stellar performance from Nicki Minaj that featured David Guetta. She was great and took her costuming to yet another level. The staging was fantastic with the cool cabled dancers and the giant robots shooting smoke during her medley that included the excellent "Superbass". What might just be the best part of the show after it all plays out was Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift singing word for word to "Superbass" from their seats while dancing together. That is so cool to see at an awards show which isn't so typical with all the egos that are inside the room at one of these shows.
The first award of the night went to Maroon 5 which was nice to see a real band of musicians win an award on the show. This line-up of perfomers tonight has good potential to make this one of the best shows they've aired in the shows long running history. I still remember the show I enjoyed the most and my favorite performance of John Mellencamp doing a duet with the legendary Mitch Ryder which for me blew the roof off the place. This show could rival it but that sort of performance will probably never happen again. Taylor Swift wins for favorite country female which I don't take issue with because of how genuine she is even though she beat my girl Miranda Lambert I know Taylor deserved it.
Justin Beiber with his poor live singing does a Christmas tune "Under A Mistletoe" which was barely passable and since my daughter enjoyed it with such a big smile it helped me get through the awfulness of it. I still don't get why this kid has become so popular but it proves with an excellent promo team out there spinning their web and piles of money anyone can be famous. Obviously talent has nothing to do with it. The Bland Perry does their only decent tune which is not as good as the industry tries to make it seem. We all know that Brad Paisley, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and many more are much better with better tunes than this one. But mediocrity seems to be what the masses are buying today.
Chris Brown does just another black singer thing, which is whine in a mic to some ridiculously boring over the top bullshit R&B song. I can't stand this music genre because every single song sounds like the last one. When he breaks into the dance portion of his performance and lip syncs it improves to enough to temporarily halt my power nap I was about to experience. The video screens and lighting effects were better than the song and the dancing though. The Rap/Hip-Hop award goes to easily the only talented person nominated being Minaj who has sold a ton of music this year and she's not disappointed musically all. Kelly Clarkson's performence was as expected BRILLIANT. This girls a legend in the making and in twenty years when she's at the same level of success as Madonna and Reba remember I called it years before and stood by it from day one. There are very few vocalists that have the gift that lies within her and she proved it one more time tonight on this show.
Wow Rhianna wins R&B/Soul award and I'm shocked that the best of the three nominated won. Enrique absolutely ripped it when he performed tonight. I've become a huge fan of his over the last few years and I look forward to hearing new music from him because he writes nearly perfect pop singles. Ludicris comes out to close one of the nights best performances overall and one that I enjoyed the most. Jennifer Lopez was decent but did exactly the same thing she's always done pretty much wearing the same outfit she's been performing in for the last five years.
The show took dump in the Country Band/Dup/Group category handing it to the untalented Petunia Pig and her two dweebs otherwise known as Lady Antebellum. Another group that sings faceless drivel that has nothing good about it. The deserving winner of the award who was nominated is Zack Brown Band that released an album worth listening to and spending money on. But again popular doesn't always mean talented in the music world. Sugarland not nominated is shameful as well. We can only hope that Sawyer Brown gets noticed for their excellent current release next year.
Wow Onerepublic sucked major ass, well their singer did anyhow. He couldn't hit the chorus notes even remotely and I'm sorry but this shows how good their producer is that makes him sound like he can sing. Too bad the rest of band look bad because of his poor live singing on the major stage. The guy can't even keep his breath as he sings. He's winded and tense and off key what a joke and this is what your friends and family are spending money on instead of real talent. Katy Perry did a great job on "The One That Got Away" and she got a special award for being the first female artist to have five number one singles from one album. Considering how great and talented she is I can see her doing this at a regular pace. The best new artist going to Hot Chelle Rae was the best choice and proves that The Bland Perry aren't really as popular as these shows try to lead everyone to believe because that award was fan voted.
Mary J. wasted five minutes of all our lives with a terrible song and whiny shriek-fest. I don't care if she can sing this was bloody awful and if I wanted to hear this kind of crap I can put nearly any black artists album on and hear this verbal diarrhea. Beyonce! Really, Really, REALLY? Rhianna was robbed as Beyonce's album is the worst album of 2011 and the proof is in the lack of sales and the release of five singles in two and half months with none of them catching fire at all. Everyone is a bomb just like that piece of shit album they are all contained on. She's overrated and continuously releases awful music but gets promoted over the more talented artists for some unknown reason. This last fifteen minutes of the show have been a complete down turn with too many black awards and their lack of anything rock is ridiculous. There are a few more genre's of music than stool pop (R&B, Soul, Rap, Hip-hop). I'd like to see some more genre's included how about Sunshine Pop, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Rock N' Roll and others?
Maroon 5 and X-Tina rocked the house with their disco tune "Moves Like Jagger" which included Taylor and Selena dancing and singing from the crowd, they are so cute. I don't think Adam and X-Tina like one another at all. Gym Class Hero's Feat. Adam Levine again solid performance by a group that knows how to blend the genre's well to be appealing to everyone. The hasn't been quite as good as I hoped but it is surely one of their best productions. I have to say the lighting design team are amazing. Some of their staging and effects are low key but still very effective. Really impressed with that side of the show.
UGH! Drake sucks ass even though he's Canadian I can't stand his horrible flow. It's always the same every single song or feature he does. Why can't black people say the word "ask"? They say "aks" I mean they do go to school right? They have the ability to speak properly but use lazy English and create some stupid form of language that sounds pretty idiotic. Favorite Pop/Rock had no rock but Bruno Mars won so I'm completely good with that. He's very talented and I look forward to hearing him grow as an artist. I believe he's going to be here for the long term and I hope we get more of the swing/Motown style he does live. Daughtry the lone rock performer does one of the worst songs on their new album which is a piss poor ballad. Nice way to showcase the genre asshat, you could have done Renegade and stole the show but nope I'll be a lame ass wimp rocker instead.
Will.I.Am did a cool performance with the black light dance group from America's Got Talent. It was cool for basically being an art piece because it was just lip Sync'd anyway. Album of the year went to a Brit which this was/is supposed to be American Music Awards. Kinda weird that Lady GaGa didn't get the award and really she should have taken it anyone with a brain that works properly knows that.
Here comes the final performance from LMFAO which I'm sure will be fun but I don't know how good they are in a live setting.
Yay! Taylor Swift for Artist Of The Year, very deserved and I'm so glad she's getting all these accolades. She's so honest and normal it makes me feel good watching her win. Ok LMFAO are winning! I'm totally entertained and I'd watch their performance again it was fun. The show's finale actually lived up to the hype. Overall I'm impressed with the show and ending with the Hoff was great. Good job this year.
The first award of the night went to Maroon 5 which was nice to see a real band of musicians win an award on the show. This line-up of perfomers tonight has good potential to make this one of the best shows they've aired in the shows long running history. I still remember the show I enjoyed the most and my favorite performance of John Mellencamp doing a duet with the legendary Mitch Ryder which for me blew the roof off the place. This show could rival it but that sort of performance will probably never happen again. Taylor Swift wins for favorite country female which I don't take issue with because of how genuine she is even though she beat my girl Miranda Lambert I know Taylor deserved it.
Justin Beiber with his poor live singing does a Christmas tune "Under A Mistletoe" which was barely passable and since my daughter enjoyed it with such a big smile it helped me get through the awfulness of it. I still don't get why this kid has become so popular but it proves with an excellent promo team out there spinning their web and piles of money anyone can be famous. Obviously talent has nothing to do with it. The Bland Perry does their only decent tune which is not as good as the industry tries to make it seem. We all know that Brad Paisley, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and many more are much better with better tunes than this one. But mediocrity seems to be what the masses are buying today.
Chris Brown does just another black singer thing, which is whine in a mic to some ridiculously boring over the top bullshit R&B song. I can't stand this music genre because every single song sounds like the last one. When he breaks into the dance portion of his performance and lip syncs it improves to enough to temporarily halt my power nap I was about to experience. The video screens and lighting effects were better than the song and the dancing though. The Rap/Hip-Hop award goes to easily the only talented person nominated being Minaj who has sold a ton of music this year and she's not disappointed musically all. Kelly Clarkson's performence was as expected BRILLIANT. This girls a legend in the making and in twenty years when she's at the same level of success as Madonna and Reba remember I called it years before and stood by it from day one. There are very few vocalists that have the gift that lies within her and she proved it one more time tonight on this show.
Wow Rhianna wins R&B/Soul award and I'm shocked that the best of the three nominated won. Enrique absolutely ripped it when he performed tonight. I've become a huge fan of his over the last few years and I look forward to hearing new music from him because he writes nearly perfect pop singles. Ludicris comes out to close one of the nights best performances overall and one that I enjoyed the most. Jennifer Lopez was decent but did exactly the same thing she's always done pretty much wearing the same outfit she's been performing in for the last five years.
The show took dump in the Country Band/Dup/Group category handing it to the untalented Petunia Pig and her two dweebs otherwise known as Lady Antebellum. Another group that sings faceless drivel that has nothing good about it. The deserving winner of the award who was nominated is Zack Brown Band that released an album worth listening to and spending money on. But again popular doesn't always mean talented in the music world. Sugarland not nominated is shameful as well. We can only hope that Sawyer Brown gets noticed for their excellent current release next year.
Wow Onerepublic sucked major ass, well their singer did anyhow. He couldn't hit the chorus notes even remotely and I'm sorry but this shows how good their producer is that makes him sound like he can sing. Too bad the rest of band look bad because of his poor live singing on the major stage. The guy can't even keep his breath as he sings. He's winded and tense and off key what a joke and this is what your friends and family are spending money on instead of real talent. Katy Perry did a great job on "The One That Got Away" and she got a special award for being the first female artist to have five number one singles from one album. Considering how great and talented she is I can see her doing this at a regular pace. The best new artist going to Hot Chelle Rae was the best choice and proves that The Bland Perry aren't really as popular as these shows try to lead everyone to believe because that award was fan voted.
Mary J. wasted five minutes of all our lives with a terrible song and whiny shriek-fest. I don't care if she can sing this was bloody awful and if I wanted to hear this kind of crap I can put nearly any black artists album on and hear this verbal diarrhea. Beyonce! Really, Really, REALLY? Rhianna was robbed as Beyonce's album is the worst album of 2011 and the proof is in the lack of sales and the release of five singles in two and half months with none of them catching fire at all. Everyone is a bomb just like that piece of shit album they are all contained on. She's overrated and continuously releases awful music but gets promoted over the more talented artists for some unknown reason. This last fifteen minutes of the show have been a complete down turn with too many black awards and their lack of anything rock is ridiculous. There are a few more genre's of music than stool pop (R&B, Soul, Rap, Hip-hop). I'd like to see some more genre's included how about Sunshine Pop, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Rock N' Roll and others?
Maroon 5 and X-Tina rocked the house with their disco tune "Moves Like Jagger" which included Taylor and Selena dancing and singing from the crowd, they are so cute. I don't think Adam and X-Tina like one another at all. Gym Class Hero's Feat. Adam Levine again solid performance by a group that knows how to blend the genre's well to be appealing to everyone. The hasn't been quite as good as I hoped but it is surely one of their best productions. I have to say the lighting design team are amazing. Some of their staging and effects are low key but still very effective. Really impressed with that side of the show.
UGH! Drake sucks ass even though he's Canadian I can't stand his horrible flow. It's always the same every single song or feature he does. Why can't black people say the word "ask"? They say "aks" I mean they do go to school right? They have the ability to speak properly but use lazy English and create some stupid form of language that sounds pretty idiotic. Favorite Pop/Rock had no rock but Bruno Mars won so I'm completely good with that. He's very talented and I look forward to hearing him grow as an artist. I believe he's going to be here for the long term and I hope we get more of the swing/Motown style he does live. Daughtry the lone rock performer does one of the worst songs on their new album which is a piss poor ballad. Nice way to showcase the genre asshat, you could have done Renegade and stole the show but nope I'll be a lame ass wimp rocker instead.
Will.I.Am did a cool performance with the black light dance group from America's Got Talent. It was cool for basically being an art piece because it was just lip Sync'd anyway. Album of the year went to a Brit which this was/is supposed to be American Music Awards. Kinda weird that Lady GaGa didn't get the award and really she should have taken it anyone with a brain that works properly knows that.
Here comes the final performance from LMFAO which I'm sure will be fun but I don't know how good they are in a live setting.
Yay! Taylor Swift for Artist Of The Year, very deserved and I'm so glad she's getting all these accolades. She's so honest and normal it makes me feel good watching her win. Ok LMFAO are winning! I'm totally entertained and I'd watch their performance again it was fun. The show's finale actually lived up to the hype. Overall I'm impressed with the show and ending with the Hoff was great. Good job this year.
Saturday 19 November 2011
Top 20 Nickelback Songs Of All-Time
Posted on 00:09 by Unknown
Being such a great singles group this shouldn't be too hard but honestly it wasn't as easy as a fan would think.
20. Midnight Queen
19. Flat On The Floor
18. Never Gonna Be Alone
17. Gotta Be Somebody
16. Too Bad
15. Far Away
14. Don't Ever Let It End
13. Someday
12. Feelin' Way Too Damn Good
11. Bottoms Up
10. Never Again
09. Photograph
08. Figured You Out
07. Someone That You're With
06. This Afternoon
05. Something In Your Mouth
04. How You Reminded Me
03. Burn It To The Ground
02. Animals
01. Rockstar
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