Greetings. I am Goggin DuGalle. I am here to tell you about music from far away places, assuming you live in the United States. There is a vast span of music that people do not know about because it is from another country across the ocean. Many people also stupidly refuse to listen to a song simply because the words are not in English. I suppose if one listens to songs for the lyrics and not for the music, that might make some sense. Unfortunately, the music is truly more important than the words. But Goggin is here to put things right! Right here at this very place you will be informed about the best foreign music from Canada to Iran and everywhere in-between both ways.
“But Goggin, what makes you qualified to claim such authority on foreign music?” Yes, I hear you asking this question. Now you will hear me replying with this answer: “I have been playing the piano since I was hardly eight years of age. I also have dabbled with composing and recording music of my own. I have traveled to many countries during my lifetime. Are you satisfied now?” Well, are you?
“So what sort of music do you like, Goggin? What genres will you be telling me about?” That is a good question too. I like any music that is good, regardless of genre. “But what is good music? Maybe what you think is good music, I think is bad, and what I think is bad music, you think is good.” No two people on Earth agree exactly on what is good music and what is bad music. As for myself, the main genre that I listen to would be electronica, but once again, I enjoy all kinds if I like the song.
Also music sort of sounds like colors to me.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Thursday, September 6, 2007
One Who?
One Republic...
These Colorado natives have been shaking up the Myspace world for some time and are now starting to advance into bigger and better things, such as a record deal with Interscope records, and mixing in with some of the best such as Timbaland, and Lil' Wayne.
They mix the electric buzz of the guitar with the ever so elegant piano while incorporating a hip hop vibe as well, giving them an almost light weight feeling to their music. Making a statement in the interview with KIIS FM that they want their music to have an emotional attachment as well as a good sing along feel. One Republics lyrics can be based on anyone in the world, taking the most everyday change and expressing it into a song with emotion behind it, making the music more on the level of the listener. Influenced by some great musicians, such as The Beatles, are giving this new band the edge they need to poke into the music industry and make a name for themselves.
I personally like this band and hope to see these guys do their thing and make it big in the upcoming years. I would hope that they can hold to their roots and keep the sound that they have, because it is different and that is what is gonna make or break them!
These Colorado natives have been shaking up the Myspace world for some time and are now starting to advance into bigger and better things, such as a record deal with Interscope records, and mixing in with some of the best such as Timbaland, and Lil' Wayne.
They mix the electric buzz of the guitar with the ever so elegant piano while incorporating a hip hop vibe as well, giving them an almost light weight feeling to their music. Making a statement in the interview with KIIS FM that they want their music to have an emotional attachment as well as a good sing along feel. One Republics lyrics can be based on anyone in the world, taking the most everyday change and expressing it into a song with emotion behind it, making the music more on the level of the listener. Influenced by some great musicians, such as The Beatles, are giving this new band the edge they need to poke into the music industry and make a name for themselves.
I personally like this band and hope to see these guys do their thing and make it big in the upcoming years. I would hope that they can hold to their roots and keep the sound that they have, because it is different and that is what is gonna make or break them!
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
New album review... uh, I mean Top Ten Albums
For my first blog, I will not be exactly what I intended to cover in this blog, but just bare with me and in the following weeks I will blog about what I said I would. Even though I plan on doing weekly CD reviews and/or concert reviews, this week will be an off week (As far as new album releases go, I would of had to choose between a new Ted Nugent album or a Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Live Album #25), and I will cover my top ten albums of all time, to give you a taste of my musical tastes. So a drum roll please,
and here are my top ten albums of all time (with selected reviews), in order of the year of their release:
After the release of the critically acclaimed Beggar's Banquet in 1968, many people wondered if the Rolling Stones could follow with another successful album. Boy, did they ever. Many music critics claim that Let It Bleed is one of the most defining Rock-n-Roll albums of all time. I couldn't agree more. Not a single track on the album misses a beat. The Album starts out with the Vietnam protest song "Gimme Shelter", and ends beautifully with the hit single "You Can't Always Get What You Want".
For those who only know Dylan for his multi-platinum best-selling albums Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited have probably never came across Desire. The album's first track is the controversial hit-song "Hurricane", about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. There are multiple story telling songs on the album, including "Hurricane", "Isis", and "Joey". The entire album was recorded with amazing musicians from Dylan's critically acclaimed Rolling Thunder Review tour.
Automatic for the People is R.E.M.'s eight and most original album they have ever written. The album as a whole was an attempt to shy away from pop-filled albums such as Green and Out of Time. This effort is obvious in songs such as "Drive", the classical piano ballad "Night Swimming", and the deeply moving "Everybody Hurts".
Radiohead was unsure of how good their follow-up album to The Bends was going to be. I believe that OK Computer is the defining albumg of Radiohead's career. The album includes two of their most well-known songs "Paranoid Android" and "Karma Police", but also the beautiful lullaby composition of "No Suprises".
For those of you in the know in the Folk-rock music scene probably know Jackie Greene for his first two acoustic-driven albums. American Myth is absolutely blows away anything he accomplished on his first album. Writing the parts for and playing almost every instrument on the album, Greene goes electric, and produces an amazing wall of sound on almost every track, to accompany his Dylan-esque lyrics that he is known for.
For those of you keeping track at home, I played the Big Ten Conference card and included 11 albums. It was extremely difficult for me to name exactly 10 albums, (which I didn't even do), that I thought were the best of all time, so below I'll give out a handful of honorable mentions:
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Mission Statement
Hello and welcome to our blog! This is the official first post of our blog. The goal of our blog is to provide a music prospective from three different college students views. Each of us will be covering a specific area, including:
- Music from Abroad
- New and Upcoming Artists
- Mainstream Rock Album and Concert Reviews
Due to the variety of our different areas of focus, we intend for any music fan to be able to relate to this blog, with a focus on college students who are music fans. Rock music fans will enjoy our blog. We will have weekly rock music reviews, and rock musicians will be covered in our new and upcoming artists section. If you are a fan of international music, we have just what you are looking for in the music from abroad section. Our blog will have a personal and enthusiastic personality to it. We are all music enthusiasts, and we hope you will enjoy our blog as we inform you on our musical thoughts, opinions, and ideas with raves, reviews, and insights on the music world. We will structure our blog by each of us posting multiple times a week. In our posts, we will include links to all of the artists we discuss, allowing the reader to investigate the artist themselves. Our blog will compare to few other music blogs, due to the multiple areas we will cover. Below are some other blogs that has given us some inspiration, and we think you will enjoy them too:
While this are all excellent music blogs, our blog will not be a repetition of anything you see on the blogs above. We intend for our blog to be authentic and original. By bringing providing an exciting insight on our thoughts on music, we hope that you will visit our blog often!
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