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Now there are plenty of songs and "artists" out there these days which contribute to my raving lunacy. You'll find most of them polluting the airways excreted from your local "top 40" radio stations. Today's example of exalted mediocrity is "Just the Way You Are" by current teeny heart throb Bruno Mars (is that in fact his real name? who cares I ain't googling him). Anyway, I'll tell you why this song is shite.. not only because it sounds shite and because his pubescent whiny girl-boy voice pains me to listen to - but also because of how fundamentally flawed this song is.
Danni's new EP "So Real" is getting a good workout in my iPod. This is her 2nd EP written mostly while she was in USA. At only 20 years of age she's already got 4 years Australian and International touring experience under her belt. A self confessed guitar geek, she plays all the guitar tracks on the CD - oh and hand claps too! Two tracks which really stand out for me as great songs are the first and last tracks, "Out of My Reach" and "Haywire". These songs are probably a slight departure from the style and sometimes country feel of Danni's music.
Mark Lizotte is the greatest singer-songwriter-guitarist of our time! Yes that's a big statement, but I defy anybody to propose someone who is better? Someone who is more the complete musician - who can sing, play and write with equal brilliance. As a front man and vocalist his soaring voice could stand on its own. As a guitarist, effortless and innovative matching it with any "legendary" blues player I've ever seen and listened to. Apart from having hit songs, his writing is melodic, diverse and always interesting. Who else can put these three elements together?
"Please don't hurt me!! ... yes just take what ever you want!!!!" Never have I been more afraid listening to someone sing or baffled as to what is considered "good singing" or music. Where have all the good chick singers gone?? In this instance I'm talking about "The Gossip" (theres no way I’m embedding that video). Seriously who the fark is buying this shit?? In this two chord masterpiece and for that matter all the music I've unfortunately been ambushed to listen to (on the radio) from these chumps, I feel like I'm being smashed about the head with a trashcan lid. This ghastly "vocal" excretes from my speakers like napalm infused projectile vomit.
