Across the Universe Soundtrack has modern remakes of famous Beatles Song from the Movie Across the Universe. I was not at all disappointed in these remakes at all and I feel that it was a respectful and tasteful way to redo them. The vocals are amazing, and very powerful. Even if you werent a Beatles fan to begin with, or you have never seen the movie, you might even enjoy it!
Regina Spektor, Begin to Hope
This is such an obscure, but beautifully done album. You have probably heard the song "Fidelity" and if not you should listen to it. It is one of the cutest, most cautious love songs I have ever heard. There are songs about good times, and not so good times. "On the Radio" has one of the simplest descriptions of the human life cycles, but it captures it perfectly. This album brings back great memories for me.
Blood Sugar Sex Magik, The Red Hot Chili Peppers
This album is so RHCP!! From the crazy sounding rap like lyrics, to the talented and very appropriate sounding instrumentals, this album encapsulates everything that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are all about: Insanity! This album does have very famous songs such as "Suck My Kiss", "Under the Bridge" (Written by Kedis in a very difficult time in his life) and one of my personal favorites "Give it Away" which was written on the philosophy that you will be happier if you just give things away instead of keeping them.
Bright Side of Life, Rebelution
From the second I heard Reb, I loved them. The guitar skill is especially impressive, and if you ever feel like just chilling out to some reggae music, Rebelution is perfect. Some of their lyrics can be a little cheesy, but I have always really enjoyed them. Again, the guitar blows me away, especially for a reggae band.
Come Away With Me, Norah Jones
This is one of my favorite albums. I am a huge Norah fan, and I have many reasons. She has one of the most beautiful voices that works with soft music (like this album) but she also does very well with blues, which I LOVE! This album is so romantic and I love to listen to it when I am relaxing. Everything about it is simply beautiful.
Disco Heaven, Lady GaGa
If I wanted to bore you I would put up all of the GaGa albums, but I am not going to do that. Instead Ill just say that this is my favorite of all the GaGa albums. It is an earlier one, but it has so many catchy and ridiculous tunes. To list a few that you SHOULD check out are: "Fashion", "Fancy Pants", "Big Girl", "Christmas Tree" and "Kaboom".
Dookie, Greenday
This is when Greenday still was interesting for me to listen to (Sorry, NOT a newer Greenday fan). This album is all about just dinking around and smoking pot. (Thats what a "Green day" is). This has so many hits on it you should just listen to the whole thing.
Drunken Lullabies, Flogging Molly
In no way am I putting this album here because I saw them in concert last night. They have always had such wonderful music to put it simply!! The Irish in it is just amazing, and it reminds me of my high school days.
Dude Ranch , Blink 182
No matter how old I get this album never gets old. I have been listening to this since middle school, and it still makes me laugh, and I love the music. This really is Blink at their best: Simple, hilarious and fun.
No Doubt, Greatest Hits
Forever (and ever and ever) will No Doubt be up on the top of my list of favorite bands. They are in the pop genre but they are so good at bringing different sounds in. Gwen is such an individual in the best possible ways and I will always look up to her. I would put every one of their albums on here, but this one has the best songs that they have ever written. I LOVE THEM.
Norah Jones, The Fall
I know I have mentioned Norah before, but this album is AMAZING. The feel is so different from any of her other albums, and it was a little experimental, but it worked. This one is more upbeat than usual and she did a really good job of mixing a little teeny bit of other genres into it.
John Prine, Great Days Anthology
I grew up with this album playing in the background, not fully understanding the lyrics, but now that I am older I understand his humor, and the more adult things he sings about (mainly drugs). My father claims that he is better than Bob Dylan and I hate to say it but I agree, but I am not the biggest Dylan fan.. I was also lucky enough to catch him at Bonnaroo 2010. It was so amazing and the crowd was very enthusiastic.
Love. Angel. Music. Baby, Gwen Stefani
This is Gwen's first solo album and I was really impressed. It was so funky, crazy and poppy. She really did a great job (at first) by herself. I also really enjoyed the way that she brought fashion into it using her Harjuku Girls, which still exists now in the form of perfume, bags and clothing. I cant really pinpoint songs that I love on this album because I love them all!!
The Blue Album, Weezer
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I love Weezer and this album is hands down my favorite (Raditude a close second) but I will always love the garage rock band style. This album has "My Name is Jonas" (Yeah I know everyone loves that song.. But for a good reason!) and "The World has Turned" and of course "Say it Aint So". This is just something that I love listening to when I feel like a whiney teenager again, or just because its fun!!
To the Five Boroughs, The Beastie Boys
Im going to end with this one. I have been in love with the Beastie Boys since High School and this is hands down my favorite album. It has the song "Ch-Check it Out" which is amazing. They also did a wonderful tribute to New York City and they also have a political song in the mix as well. I love ALL of the songs, and the one thing that always brings me back to the Beastie Boys is their technique of mixing humor into their albums! This is such a beautifully mixed album as well. If you haven't checked it out yet I seriously suggest you get on it!!
There are more, but I am currently on vacation, and my laptop is at home with my complete iTunes library on it. Plus I dunno how much longer I could have gone without readers getting bored.
Blogging news:
-Well this summer is QUICKLY coming to an end. I flew into Gainesville on Saturday and me and Suz worked our way up to Charleston. I LOVE IT HERE! Suz not so much.. But we are having a great time! The first day we chose to go to the beach. This was a great time until we got BURNT! REALLY REALLY burnt. It was really bad for me yesterday and Suz is still in a considerable amount of pain.. We did meet some very cool people and went out later to go explore the night life of Charleston (It was on a Monday night so it was kind of dead. I think this was a positive thing). We went shopping as well, but the two of us were so burnt, trying on clothing would have been something that is painful so we ended up not buying anything, except a great sushi lunch. And later that night we went out with two guys and drank beer and wine on the rooftops of Charleston :). Today we visited a plantation. I thought it was very interesting and a great way to experience history. The house wasnt too big but it was so beautiful. I thought the most interesting part were the slave houses. Tomorrow were going to watch the sunrise and take an 11 hour drive to the D.C area. Should be a long day, but we will survive. Well only an hour until the hotel pool closes. I think Im going to take a dip. Thanks for reading!!
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