My rock-n-roll friend Brandi and I don't fight about much. We love hanging out together, even just to run errands or talk shit about the world, and I miss her when we let each other go for too long. We look like opposites---our differences start with my blonde hair and her brunette---but we've got a lot in common inside.
Our musical tastes overlap with Death Cab, Pinback, Badly Drawn Boy and other emo-bands like that. Brandito introduced me to all of those groups, and I admit that I was skeptical when I first heard the name Death Cab for Cutie. (I mean, come on!) But with Brandi's persistance, I finally gave them a real chance to rock, and I've never been the same since. Now that I have an iPod, I'm crazy about new music, and I LOVE discovering bands on my own.
So over the years, Boo-head (the woman of many nicknames) has offered me a lot of insight into new tunes. There's really only one thing that occasionally makes me want to string her up by her own guitar strings: she has no tolerance for great singing if it's not packaged with amazing musicians. Pop stars Joss Stone and Justin Timberlake and all country icons like the Dixie Chicks have all put out some excellent music, perfect for singing in the shower or humming at work, but Brandi WILL NOT give them any love because they are a) too produced, b) not REAL musicians---they only sing, or c) pussy-whipped pop-tart shiite.
Brandi and I have had this fight hundreds of times. It's the only thing we really argue about. I can date loser asshole men and she doesn't have as much to say about it as when I ask her to put "Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson on at a party.
So what do we do about this problem? Why, we start a music review blog, of course! Brandi and I, and about eight other contributors, are going to be going head to head reviewing new music at Sound Hound Review. The music begins this week, where we will use 150 words to wrestle each other into admitting that our favorite songs rule and the obviously sucky songs, well, suck.
Come check it out and give props to the reviewer who sees your light. ((My contributor name is Earworm.))
Rock on!
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I used to have the same debate(s) with my friends throughout the 90's. My best friend in the world and I used to go at it over the whole "grunge" sound. I hated it and he loved it. We would argue all night, and sometimes I would leave his apartment in a huff at 3:00 AM. However, by the end of the "grunge" craze, I got into Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Sound Garden, etc.
Though I am somewhat of a music "snob", I do catch myself singing or humming soemthing by Britney, Madonna, Christina, Justin, etc.
If you ever care to, try to determine/debate who had the better lyrics, Biggie Smalls or Tupac. I don't like either of them, but I did spend the day reading some of their lyrics,( I wanted to see what them so "great"), and Tupac seems better. Actually, Biggie just sucked more.
Anyway, looking forward to your new blog. By the way, maybe you can post your comments here, from the other site i.e. the debate site?
S.T.
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