This is not Know your Enemy by "Rage against the Machine", no way. This is a simple song about "sticking it to the man". The music is fast paced and unchained (really?). The lyrics are just the title, "do you know your enemy/do you know the enemy/well you gotta know the enemy." This is an unoriginal song, with an unoriginal message; come on! How many high school rock bands could have written these songs as they took the bong hit while listening to "American Idiot"? They're plain, they're not good. The title is appealing, it gives off a commanding feeling, like "oh man this song must be full of reality." Sadly it isn't, it's just a song trying to sell the album, good for you Green Day, give us some more of the same.
"So gimme gimme revolution."? No, I don't think so, not with this boring song, at least.
Where's the Bombtrack??
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
21st Century Breakdown the song
"21st Century Breakdown" the song begins with a piano copied right off "The Who's Baba O'Riley and then it hits that point BAM! The distorted guitar along with the rock ensemble pop up! Billy begins to sing something about Nixon and blah blah blah, the song enters the domain of mainstream rock. Some of the lyrics are very bad placed and Armstrong's voice doesn't help it at all. I couldn't help to remember the anthem-songs of the 80's as I heard the riff to the song, almost as if the hair bands were tutoring the band.
It's a bad song for many reasons: The riff is too cliched, it sounds like something out of the 80's. The lyrics are boring with a few known names like "Nixon" "Homeland Security". It's a poor attempt to make it sound like you're actually want to express disgust for the government; instead it sounds like you're trying hard to shock.
I hate to say it, the first song of the album is not good, it's disappointing, so much was said about Green Day's latest album, I felt betrayed listening to some rehashed riff.
Oh yeah...fuck the Rolling Stone review, those idiots don't know shit.
It's a bad song for many reasons: The riff is too cliched, it sounds like something out of the 80's. The lyrics are boring with a few known names like "Nixon" "Homeland Security". It's a poor attempt to make it sound like you're actually want to express disgust for the government; instead it sounds like you're trying hard to shock.
I hate to say it, the first song of the album is not good, it's disappointing, so much was said about Green Day's latest album, I felt betrayed listening to some rehashed riff.
Oh yeah...fuck the Rolling Stone review, those idiots don't know shit.
The politics of Green Day
Let's get one thing off, I hate the concept of a "Rock-Opera", it's lame and ever since The Beatles pulled it off (Sgt. Pepper and the Lonely Heart Club Band) no one else has managed to do so. And even the Beatles' record wasn't a rock opera, it was just an album with songs that mixed with each other. "American Idiot" Green Day's revival, that's what a lot of people said. Out of the entire mess that the album was only one song was good, in my opinion, that was "Wake me up when September Ends". And that's it, the rest songs were trash, musically and lyrically. And now they're about to release "21st Century Breakdown" the followup to "Idiot", please give us a break, Green Day. The best thing for the boys to do is go back to their quasi-punkish roots and blast out a 2 minute song with no solo, and make a funny video and watch the money roll right on! I liked when Green Day didn't think it was up to them to rouse the masses to fight the power, their old stuff was better. This new stuff with "political" messages, of course, if you can even call that politically charged,is lame. Green Day is best suited to do what it was created to do: snappy pop-punk songs that don't top 3:30 minutes, and don't have a seven minute video.
So This new album deals with two persons (Christian and Gloria) as they try to live in a fucked up world. It is divided into three acts: "Heroes and Cons" "Charlatans and Saints" and " Horseshoes and Handgrenades" but if you tell me these three acts are exactly alike. The Heroes are the Saints, the Horseshoes are the Heroes and the Saints, and the Cons are the Charlatans, and the Handgrenades are the Cons and Charlatans, but hey it's their damn title. Most of the reviews have been positive, but were we expecting anything less than 3 stars or a B+ grade? Nope, I knew no one would grade it truthfully. I'll just have to wait to get the album and review it.
But as of now I think this album will be the same as "American Idiot" bad and bloated, really bloated.
So This new album deals with two persons (Christian and Gloria) as they try to live in a fucked up world. It is divided into three acts: "Heroes and Cons" "Charlatans and Saints" and " Horseshoes and Handgrenades" but if you tell me these three acts are exactly alike. The Heroes are the Saints, the Horseshoes are the Heroes and the Saints, and the Cons are the Charlatans, and the Handgrenades are the Cons and Charlatans, but hey it's their damn title. Most of the reviews have been positive, but were we expecting anything less than 3 stars or a B+ grade? Nope, I knew no one would grade it truthfully. I'll just have to wait to get the album and review it.
But as of now I think this album will be the same as "American Idiot" bad and bloated, really bloated.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
K-ON!
K-ON! is a very "cute" anime about an all-girl band. Yui is the guitar player, Mio plays the bass, Ritsu plays the drums, and Tsumugi plays the...keyboard. It's a basic girly anime, but I like it just because it's about music. We don't get a lot of those; other than "Beck" and everyone's favorite, "Detroit Metal City".
I saw the preview for K-ON! a while ago and decided to watch it. The first episode was good, just a few of the girls annoyed me, but it's all good. The first episode begins the story, we learn about Yui (the main character), it's her first year of high school and she has a boring life. She has never done much, or nothing fun, so she decides to change and join a group. She decides to join the "light music club" in hopes that it will be fun-but easy. She can't play an instrument, but its the light music club, right? Yes, the only thing she's been seen playing so far in her life is the castanets (she does have a boring life, after all). She, by chance, meets two girls (Mio, and Ritsu) that want to revive the light music club, since it's being disbanded; no members. Yui reads one of the fliers that Ritsu posted about the light music club and decides to join-thinking it's going to be easy. She meets the other 3 girls in the club. Mio, Ritsu and Tsumugi-she joined after hearing Ritsu's elaborate lie about her dream, and her wish to play at the Budokan. Yui realizes that the light music club is actually a rock band, and since she can only play the castanets, she thinks maybe this isn't for her. But little by little, and with the help of Tsumugi's exquisite food, Yui is convinced to stay. She will buy a guitar and learn to play.
The second episode is all about the band trying to get enough money to buy Yui a decent guitar. And unfortunately for the band, Yui falls in love with a Gibson Les Paul. With Yui's money it isn't enough, so they get jobs. With the job money it still isn't enough. Yui decides to get a cheaper guitar, but then Tsumugi manages to get the price lowered, how? By bribing the sales clerk. The sales clerk realizes that Tsumugi is the daughter of the store owner, so he quickly agrees.
Episode 3 is a boring episode, a bit of a let down, really. It's exam times and Yui forgets to study, instead she studies guitar chords. And of course Yui fails, and her chances of playing in the light music club is threatened (ummm...why did I see that coming). Yui get's help from the other girls and finally gets a good grade. She then shows them the chords she learned, but she forgot them all.
I've yet to watch the other two, but so far it's a good anime. Not the best, not the greatest characters, not the greatest story, but a solid entertaining anime with good voice acting.
I saw the preview for K-ON! a while ago and decided to watch it. The first episode was good, just a few of the girls annoyed me, but it's all good. The first episode begins the story, we learn about Yui (the main character), it's her first year of high school and she has a boring life. She has never done much, or nothing fun, so she decides to change and join a group. She decides to join the "light music club" in hopes that it will be fun-but easy. She can't play an instrument, but its the light music club, right? Yes, the only thing she's been seen playing so far in her life is the castanets (she does have a boring life, after all). She, by chance, meets two girls (Mio, and Ritsu) that want to revive the light music club, since it's being disbanded; no members. Yui reads one of the fliers that Ritsu posted about the light music club and decides to join-thinking it's going to be easy. She meets the other 3 girls in the club. Mio, Ritsu and Tsumugi-she joined after hearing Ritsu's elaborate lie about her dream, and her wish to play at the Budokan. Yui realizes that the light music club is actually a rock band, and since she can only play the castanets, she thinks maybe this isn't for her. But little by little, and with the help of Tsumugi's exquisite food, Yui is convinced to stay. She will buy a guitar and learn to play.
The second episode is all about the band trying to get enough money to buy Yui a decent guitar. And unfortunately for the band, Yui falls in love with a Gibson Les Paul. With Yui's money it isn't enough, so they get jobs. With the job money it still isn't enough. Yui decides to get a cheaper guitar, but then Tsumugi manages to get the price lowered, how? By bribing the sales clerk. The sales clerk realizes that Tsumugi is the daughter of the store owner, so he quickly agrees.
Episode 3 is a boring episode, a bit of a let down, really. It's exam times and Yui forgets to study, instead she studies guitar chords. And of course Yui fails, and her chances of playing in the light music club is threatened (ummm...why did I see that coming). Yui get's help from the other girls and finally gets a good grade. She then shows them the chords she learned, but she forgot them all.
I've yet to watch the other two, but so far it's a good anime. Not the best, not the greatest characters, not the greatest story, but a solid entertaining anime with good voice acting.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Summer Films...
I'm very psyched about certain films that are coming up. "X-Men Origins:Wolverine" comes out May 1, and I'm thinking about watching it, I really am thinking about it. I, of course, didn't watch the pirated copy, just because I like Hugh Jackman. I read Roger Ebert's review-it wasn't good. I know that Ebert is the man to go to, if you wish to read an honest, impartial review. He gave it 2 stars out of 4, which is bad. I can understand that Ebert wants more from the movie, there is enough action I assume. I also want more from an action movie; I want a good story and some memorable quotes. But I'm willing to give it a try and watch it. The new "Star Trek" film is coming out in May 8. I've never sat down and watched a single episode of Star Trek, nevertheless the film looks fun! It does, from what I've seen, in the trailers, it looks like a very fast-paced movie-a lot of action. I wasn't surprised that the trailer had the "must-have" sex scene (it's so typical, or standard in today's films). I'll probably end up watching it just to have a good time.
"Angels and Demons" comes out on May 15. I liked "Da Vinci Code" it was a fun movie. I'm a fan of those sort of movies, like "National Treasure" the "Indiana Jones" films, you know plots based on fractures of historical facts (FRACTURES!). So I might watch the new adaptation of Dan Brown's novels, or books, or whatever. I'm not interested in learning anything from the film, we all know that the movie-facts are myths made juicy by Hollywood magic.
The latest addition to the "Terminator" franchise, "Terminator:Salvation" comes out on May 21. I like that Christian Bale is the lead character, he's a good actor. I'm curious to know which scene was the one that Bale lost his cool for; HA HA! I expect a better film than "Terminator 3:Rise of the Machines" which was fun, but smudgy. I'm not worried about Schwarzenegger being absent, he has more important things to do like screwing (how dare I say that!) up California. The trailers for "Salvation" look real good. The big robot is what I want to see, though.
"Transformers:Rise of the Fallen" comes out June 24. I'm very exited, this is a must watch. Not because of Megan Fox, she's a damn robot herself. I want to see some robots fight, and see the new additions to the robot cast, too. I loved the first one, but I was disappointed by the comical sense that plagued the first film. It was unnecessary, PERIOD! I hope the second act is more tight, and more focused on pulling a great story and not a good joke.
"Public Enemies" comes out July 1. It's a Michael Mann film, and I am praying it is as good as one of my faves, "Heat". "Public Enemies" stars Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and more. I'm not so familiar with the story, although I know it's about 20's gangsters or 30's, I think. I've seen the trailer, it looks great. If there isn't a lot of action, I won't mind, because if the plot and the characters are deep I'll be very happy.
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" out July 15. This is the movie of 2009, no doubt (for me). The wait is too much for me, and I am still mad that they pulled it out of last year. The story is getting good, and it's close to ending. A lot of things happen in this film, or the book, and I hope the film is as good as the book. I want to see the relationship between Hermione and Ron, and Snape kill Dumbledore.
"G.I Joe:The Rise of Cobra" comes out August 7. I loved the toys, but never watched the cartoon. But I'm very much interested in watching the film. I think it looks fantastic.
That's all that I can remember now. Oh yeah there's the "Twilight" film coming out, "New Moon". It comes out sometime in November. I'm not interested in that film. The first one was bad.
"Angels and Demons" comes out on May 15. I liked "Da Vinci Code" it was a fun movie. I'm a fan of those sort of movies, like "National Treasure" the "Indiana Jones" films, you know plots based on fractures of historical facts (FRACTURES!). So I might watch the new adaptation of Dan Brown's novels, or books, or whatever. I'm not interested in learning anything from the film, we all know that the movie-facts are myths made juicy by Hollywood magic.
The latest addition to the "Terminator" franchise, "Terminator:Salvation" comes out on May 21. I like that Christian Bale is the lead character, he's a good actor. I'm curious to know which scene was the one that Bale lost his cool for; HA HA! I expect a better film than "Terminator 3:Rise of the Machines" which was fun, but smudgy. I'm not worried about Schwarzenegger being absent, he has more important things to do like screwing (how dare I say that!) up California. The trailers for "Salvation" look real good. The big robot is what I want to see, though.
"Transformers:Rise of the Fallen" comes out June 24. I'm very exited, this is a must watch. Not because of Megan Fox, she's a damn robot herself. I want to see some robots fight, and see the new additions to the robot cast, too. I loved the first one, but I was disappointed by the comical sense that plagued the first film. It was unnecessary, PERIOD! I hope the second act is more tight, and more focused on pulling a great story and not a good joke.
"Public Enemies" comes out July 1. It's a Michael Mann film, and I am praying it is as good as one of my faves, "Heat". "Public Enemies" stars Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and more. I'm not so familiar with the story, although I know it's about 20's gangsters or 30's, I think. I've seen the trailer, it looks great. If there isn't a lot of action, I won't mind, because if the plot and the characters are deep I'll be very happy.
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" out July 15. This is the movie of 2009, no doubt (for me). The wait is too much for me, and I am still mad that they pulled it out of last year. The story is getting good, and it's close to ending. A lot of things happen in this film, or the book, and I hope the film is as good as the book. I want to see the relationship between Hermione and Ron, and Snape kill Dumbledore.
"G.I Joe:The Rise of Cobra" comes out August 7. I loved the toys, but never watched the cartoon. But I'm very much interested in watching the film. I think it looks fantastic.
That's all that I can remember now. Oh yeah there's the "Twilight" film coming out, "New Moon". It comes out sometime in November. I'm not interested in that film. The first one was bad.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Current interesting anime.
So I looked at the Spring schedule for anime, and I liked a few titles. Full Metal Alchemist is back, but I didn't really want to see it. Queen's Blade is an interesting anime, it's full of boob and the likes. But what I'm really paying attention to is
Eden of the East or 東のエデン (Higashi no Eden). It has stunning graphics, and it looks like a real good plot. I've seen the first episode, and I am amazed. It was funny, and mysterious. I really hope the anime ends good, it's only 11 episodes. Bleach is pulling into it's 11th season, and continuing the battle against Aizen's army. It's catching up to the anime, and fast. Turn Back the Pendulum episodes are over, that was fast! Naruto, I don't really watch the anime, I just read the manga. Naruto already beat all of the Pain's and is now face to face with the real Pain. Bleach manga is also on a good run. Ichigo vs Ulquiorra was a long fight. It was great, a good battle, with a lot of surprises. Ichigo transformed, or his inner hollow took over-completely. He beat Ulquiorra-who released into a bat-like thing. He turned to dust after hitting on Orihime. I'm hoping that Bleach anime and Higashi no Eden keep this good. Peace out!
Eden of the East or 東のエデン (Higashi no Eden). It has stunning graphics, and it looks like a real good plot. I've seen the first episode, and I am amazed. It was funny, and mysterious. I really hope the anime ends good, it's only 11 episodes. Bleach is pulling into it's 11th season, and continuing the battle against Aizen's army. It's catching up to the anime, and fast. Turn Back the Pendulum episodes are over, that was fast! Naruto, I don't really watch the anime, I just read the manga. Naruto already beat all of the Pain's and is now face to face with the real Pain. Bleach manga is also on a good run. Ichigo vs Ulquiorra was a long fight. It was great, a good battle, with a lot of surprises. Ichigo transformed, or his inner hollow took over-completely. He beat Ulquiorra-who released into a bat-like thing. He turned to dust after hitting on Orihime. I'm hoping that Bleach anime and Higashi no Eden keep this good. Peace out!
1st post in a good time...
I can't find time to write about anything, and I don't know why?? I will try my best to catch up on everything, who cares who is reading. So far a lot of new things have begun-and ended. Anime and Manga: Naruto is just amazing at this time. Bleach is getting very interesting. Gundam 00 Season 2 ended, and it was a bit of a let-down to be honest. Television shows: Psych, Burn Notice, and Law&Order are all on hiatus. House is very weird right now, seriously. Last episode was...vexing. Enough of that, mos of what I'm watching and reading are getting real good, and I don't miss any episodes. I'll see if I can post more that before.
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