Hansen Music Reviews

 For week 11 I picked Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics. The first time I remember hearing this song I think I was 6 or 7. So it brings back some memories. This song for me sounds like a cross-section of all 80's music. It just screams 80's, especally with the synthizier at the start. I also think it has a good beat to it, kind of like something you would hear at a dance. Now Im not sure if this is true or not, so dont quote me, but one of the comments on the video said that they recorded this in a picture frame factory, because they were living in one of the offices. And that they had to wait for the factory to shut down at night so they could record without a lot of background noise, and that they couldn't afford a snare drum machine, so the snare drum sound you hear is a picture frame they are smacking against the ground. But again, I have now idea if that is true or not, if it was that would be pretty cool.  Over all, I really like this song, I have been hearing it pretty ...

 For this weeks post I picked "The message" by Grandmaster flash. So I had never even heard of this song until we listened to it in class. So I like rap music, but not all of it. There's only a few good ones out there if you know what I mean. But this song, I think has been added to the list. I was actually listening to the lyrics this time, and they are pretty spot on. I have spent my fair share of time in the projects and ghetto's of america. And the things that he says are as spot on as it can get. I don't know who wrote the rap, but clearly they know what they are talking about if you know what I mean. I also like the beat, its just a good song, and really easy to listen to. Another thing I like is that you can actually understand what he is rapping about, and the fact that, its not dirty at all. I also think that the syntheziser sound that they have going pretty much through the whole song sounds pretty cool. I don't know how they did it, but somehow, the...

 Alright so for this week I picked Y.M.C.A. by the Village people. Now I know we have all heard this song a million times, but it is just so good. Whoever put this together somehow made it pretty much perfect. And until this class I really didn't think of this song as a disco song if you know what I mean. I just thought of it as, the ymca song, you know? But it definetly is a disco song. I like how clean it sounds. It has a good beat to it. Defiently a good dance song. And its not rough or raw at all, for me this is one of the most polished songs out there, at least from this era. I was reading some of the comments on the video and someone said that they like how they picked like 5 guys that all sung bass for the video, and I didn't notice that until they said it. But They are right. If you think about it, thats kind of weird. But it sounds incredible. Ok my final thoughts are that this is one of the best songs of all time. Thats why I picked it. And that this really seems like...

Well for week 8 I picked the song "Theres a bad moon on the rise" by Credence clearwater revival. So I know this really doesnt have that much to do with the song but when I was like 10 I got a halloween card where part of this song played when you opened it. And the card said something like don't eat to much candy or you'll be in the bathroom on the right. And thats what I thought this song said, instead of " a bad moon on the rise", i thought it said, " there's a bathroom on the right." haha. But this song actually has a pretty cool sound too it. It sounds like a typical 60's song. Has a nice beat, easy to listen to, and just makes you feel good if you know what I mean. For me this song sounds somewhat upbeat and happy, but it doesn't talk about anything happy at all. Unless being prepared to die from bad storm is happy. I know this seems kinda weird but for some reason im surprised  that this song isn't in more movies and tv shows...

Alright so for this week I picked the song El Watusi by a guy named Ray Barretto. I had never heard song until we listened to it in this class. Its kind funky if you know what I mean. I might be wrong but I am pretty sure the that main beat is on the upbeat, which is why it has that funky sound to it. I don't speak spanish really well, so I have no idea what he is talking about. But for me I like the sound of songs better then the lyrics. Like if a song was talking about something sad but sounded happy, I would pay more attention to the sound. Or if a song sounded sad but was talking about something happy, I probably wouldn't listen to it cause I just focus on the sound if you know what I mean. So with this song, It sounds fun, and its easy to listen to, so I think its a win for this week and Ray Barretto.  And for me It really doesn't have that big of a latin vibe. It doesn't really sound like anything I've ever heard before, which I think makes it cool

Alright everybody, for this week I choose Tequila by the Champs. So when I saw this on the list of songs we can pick from I had no idea what it actually was, but this is the song from Pee-wee Herman's big adventure. The part where he is dancing in the bar trying to save his life. Anyway, this is one of those songs that just gets stuck in your head for ever after you listen to it.  I think its kind a funny that it says the same word 3 times for the lyrics. I also noticed how the album cover made it look like this was tough old western/mexican song, but when you hit play its just this goofy dance song haha. I like how they made the sound of the song, sound like a tequila if you know what I mean, whoever wrote it knew what they were doing cause it is spot on. And the fact that the 1 word lyrics sound like the skull talking is pretty cool too. But to wrap things up for the week, Great song, great lyrics, and I was blown away that this was the pee wee herman song