Sad Songs at 5 AM!!!

I'm up at 5AM and can't sleep...  Holy crapola!!! I'm listening to Sara Bareilles' new tune Gravity, just listening to the song it's such a sad song...  But so good at the same time with it's simplicity.  I think as I've gotten older I tend to enjoy simpler sounding music.  Simple arrangements and a great singer I've found is all I need recently.  

Awesome song, so simple and a great video! I know I've lost some macho points but I don't care...  LOL

That's probably why I couldn't tell you what Lil' Wayne sings without looking at my brother for an answer... Which by the way his music sucks now, not that it was noteworthy before but the fact that he got nominated for so many darn grammy awards is ridiculous!  If he had a message or something then yes I can see you win awards for it.  Sucks to say that Run DMC, Public Enemy, and NWA came out at the wrong time...  Cuz those cats deserved awards for being the innovators of the hip hop genre.  Oh well...

Well for now I'm gonna contemplate if I'm gonna go on glass and stay up for the rest of the day and play some SOCOM respawn...  While I'm doing that I'll listen to some more Sara Bareilles.  By the way, if you get a chance to see her in concert she's an awesome performer!  Sara Bareilles Live at the Fillmore is a great DVD that showcases a simple show where the artist can actually sing!  

Check Out Sara's Site!!!  

On a lighter note...  Here's Sara taking a tour around an concert venue...

SHE'S FLOORIN' IT RIGHT NOW!!! LOL

Damn Songs in My Head!!!

Sure they had like 4 hits, but can you honestly say you'd buy their "Greatest Hits"????

Have you ever been standing somewhere and for some reason a song just pops into your head?  I don't mean like you hear a song and it sticks with you.  I mean literally just standing somewhere minding your own freakin' business and some random song pops into your head?  Good golly mine was while I was shaving today and for some reason Roxette's "The Look" pops into my head...  Criminey!  I said to myself of all the darn songs it had to be from a chessy 90's duo???  I seriously must be losing my damn mind!!!


The more I think about it...   I hated the 90's...

Between the Lines: Sara Bareilles Live at the Fillmore

Check out Sara's new DVD!  There's  a link at the bottom!!!

So...  I've taken my fandom of Sara Bareilles to the next level.  I downloaded the live concert that Sara did at the Fillmore.  I'm always afraid to check these things out because it occasionally breaks bad and the artist sucks beyond epic proportions...  I can now say that I wished I would've seen her in Las Vegas when she was at the House of Blues...  Bad call Alan,  bad call!!!  

She gave a very energetic performance from the first song to the encore.  I was impressed with her wit throughout the concert and through the little vignettes where she talks about her life and growing up in a small California town (It's Eureka, for those of you who don't know...)  Looking at the quality of the footage taken they wanted to make sure it was a good showcase of who Sara Bareilles is as a performer and through the "behind the scenes" action that they sprinkled in between the performances and sometimes cutting to an alternate shot of the song being performed on a dock acoustically.  

Bareilles' notable songs that caught my attention were the newer songs such as August Moon and a stirring rendition of Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (An obvious play to the fans of the Fillmore in San Francisco...  "Headin' for the 'Frisco bay"... Anyone?  Okee dokee... LOL!)

Overall I would say that this is a good buy for anyone who's a fan of Sara Bareilles, or anyone who wants to see a good show that doesn't rely on pyrotechnics and crazy dance numbers.  Although at the age of 29 I suppose she probably wouldn't want to engage in that type of craziness anymore...  Again overall awesome dvd even if you're not a Sara Bareilles fan, she's an example that an artist with a piano with the minimum of production can provide one heck of a performance.  

Check Sara's site here...  

Buy Sara's DVD, here...   

What a cutie, AND she can sing?

Me FREAKIN' Tallica!!!

Metallica's newest album ROCKS!!!

Just downloaded the new Metallica album Death Magnetic, and I will have to say that it's the return of the "old" Metallica.  The last 3 "albums" were a cute experiment but the return to the thrash metal days had me headbangin' in my car driving to the hospital for my mom's surgery and driving home.  Hearing the first hard riff made me go "that's it...".  I think Metallica is really the only metal band that I've stuck with over the years, especially since I'm more of a rap and r&b-type of cat...  Hey we all need some music that makes us angry and I can say there's nothing better than a hard hitting Metallica album to satiate that.  

Move, Shoot, Communicate and Adapt...  A Navy SEAL Platoon Practicing an Immediate Action Drill (otherwise known as an IAD)

Hmm...  and in other news, our SOCOM clan had our first squad scrimmages this past Sunday and I am proud to say that The Bravo Bandits were the victors in our encounter with Charlie squad!  Considering that we haven't played together very long (most of our squad is new to ROTA) we did one heck of a job!  I'm proud to be a Bandit!

I can also say that I am utterly addicted to SOCOM Confrontation...  I actually can't wait to hit the PS button on my controller to game with my clan.  I now know why they call it So-Crack... LOL!  Good lord I gotta get something else to bide my time like a job  maybe... ;o)  

Oh well, until that happens... I'll be working on ranking my way up to Chief Petty Officer before the new year!