Hi Guys ! Missed me ? I guess not ... If not, you would pour out my mailbox with comments ...The thing is I've been meditating about music and its roots ... Specially Rock'n'Roll ... I've been revisting some new sounds that appeared on this year of 2008 ... Some stuff was close to perfection and other stuff, well, not so much ... For instance, one of the best issues of 2008 was the excellent AC/DC's "Black Ice", defined in 3 words: dirty, catching and simple rock'n'roll ...
A reunion of great riffs by Malcolm and Angus Young , heavyweight drums and scratching vocals by Brian Johnson ... What else do you need ? Maybe the closest sound recording to the unbelievable "Back in black"...
But the two positve surprises of the past year were two new bands that flert with common simple rock music mentioned before ...
The first one is more influenced by a southern flavour ... You can feel in the vocalist's outrageous singing, real close to a Lynyrd Skynyrd's heartfelt, deepthroat shout by Ronnie
Van Zandt ... The "Only by night" record put out by Kings of Leon is probably one of the most reliable, simple and straight rock'n'roll album you can find nowadays, recommended in any mood swing you may have ....
The second release is more up-to-date and bit more elaborated and more selected for youngsters but, still, a very good compilation of songs ... "Folie à deux", Fall Out Boy's new album, is a good mixture of rock, theatre and emotional reckings compressed in 13 songs about teenagerhood and its adventures ... Not as good their rivals Panic at the Disco!, but still a very surprising result and a good record to play when you're driving ...
As I said it before and will always say, music should be simple in every step of the way, if not it's bullshit ... For example, 2008 showed some stupid attempts of coming back, such as the one man's band (because of Axl's incapacity of keeping the great sound that had in his hands, even singing overweight in the Rock'n'Rio, five years ago) Guns'n'Roses ... "Chinese Democracy" is a disappointment from the cover to what's inside of it, in this case, its music ... Axl is an unbelievable singer but his capacity to screw things up is compatible with his trademark shoutings and melodies ... Sorry, there's a moment in time that you should stop or keep your ego to the minimum ... Well for Axl, it's now ... He's not the only one with some guilt in his head, Queen should do some therapy and rethink the hiring of Paul Rodgers, excelent in southern rock singing such in Bad Company and Free, but excruciating in a operatic heartfelt rock such as Queen ... Freddy don't twist yourself in the grave ... George Michael and now Paul Rodgers ... What were they thinking ?!
Well, there you got it my review of the year ...
Let's enjoy this newfound year and rock/party on ...
Cheers, maties ...
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