2008 Woodie Awards
iTunes playlist top eight
By: Chris Dunne
Issue date: 4/30/08 Section: Entertainment
Welcome to what is called "The Playlist of the Week", a new feature where my iTunes library is placed in shuffle mode and the first eight songs played are presented with a quick review and analysis. Let's not waste anymore time and get started.
Green Day's live, "Bullet in a Bible", version of "Are we the Waiting" was the first song queued up today. The song itself is part of the much larger rock opera found on the "American Idiot" album, yet it can definitely stand on its own as a piece of rock and roll music.
The tempo on the track is much slower than many other Green Day songs, and introduces itself to listeners with a heart pounding drum beat. What comes next is a rather bland guitar riff that repeats itself over and over again. However, don't knock this song off as bland yet. What makes the track dynamic is Billie Joe Armstrong's epic (and well sung) lyrics and the thousands of fans that scream the chorus back to him.
iTunes seems to have a taste for pop punk/grunge today as Puddle of Mudd takes the stage with a song about bad times and break ups. It's a song called "She Fucking Hates Me" off of their 2001 album titled "Come Clean".
The song starts off sounding like a bad version of The Red Hot Chili Peppers with a simple, melodic, bass and guitar combo. The grunge element of the song presents itself in the next measure when singer, Wes Scantlin, uses his raw vocals to tell us all about a girl he once knew; a story we are all very familiar with. Drums round out the sound as the beat picks up, but overall this song lacks anything for those of us not going through a break up.
Thanks iTunes! After that trip to 2001, the library sent me even further back to the sixties with "Hello, Goodbye" by the wonderful Beatles. As one of their more poppy bits in the middle of their career, "Hello, Goodbye" contains signature Beatle elements such as lead vocals from Paul McCartney, harmonized backup vocals from John, Ringo and George, whimsy lyrics and a catchy tune that can still be found in today's pop consciousness as Target stores use the tune for their commercials. Anyone wanting to hear the original version of the song should check out the "1" album or if they are lucky the original vinyl where it was featured as the "a" track on "I am the Walrus".
Green Day's live, "Bullet in a Bible", version of "Are we the Waiting" was the first song queued up today. The song itself is part of the much larger rock opera found on the "American Idiot" album, yet it can definitely stand on its own as a piece of rock and roll music.
The tempo on the track is much slower than many other Green Day songs, and introduces itself to listeners with a heart pounding drum beat. What comes next is a rather bland guitar riff that repeats itself over and over again. However, don't knock this song off as bland yet. What makes the track dynamic is Billie Joe Armstrong's epic (and well sung) lyrics and the thousands of fans that scream the chorus back to him.
iTunes seems to have a taste for pop punk/grunge today as Puddle of Mudd takes the stage with a song about bad times and break ups. It's a song called "She Fucking Hates Me" off of their 2001 album titled "Come Clean".
The song starts off sounding like a bad version of The Red Hot Chili Peppers with a simple, melodic, bass and guitar combo. The grunge element of the song presents itself in the next measure when singer, Wes Scantlin, uses his raw vocals to tell us all about a girl he once knew; a story we are all very familiar with. Drums round out the sound as the beat picks up, but overall this song lacks anything for those of us not going through a break up.
Thanks iTunes! After that trip to 2001, the library sent me even further back to the sixties with "Hello, Goodbye" by the wonderful Beatles. As one of their more poppy bits in the middle of their career, "Hello, Goodbye" contains signature Beatle elements such as lead vocals from Paul McCartney, harmonized backup vocals from John, Ringo and George, whimsy lyrics and a catchy tune that can still be found in today's pop consciousness as Target stores use the tune for their commercials. Anyone wanting to hear the original version of the song should check out the "1" album or if they are lucky the original vinyl where it was featured as the "a" track on "I am the Walrus".
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