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On Repeat (1/16/21)

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*taps microphone* Is this thing still on? Hi guys, I haven't updated this blog in over a year and that's completely my fault. Life got a bit crazy, but I'm back with more reviews and newer content, starting with the songs that have been on repeat for me the past week. These will be posted every Friday and of course, will feature songs from different genres. Happy listening! Rapp Snitch Knishes - MF DOOM https://youtu.be/3EfMMNTD1x4 Remember all caps when you spell his name! To be honest, who hasn't been binge-listening to MF DOOM since finding out about his untimely passing on October 31st, 2020 (announced on December 31st, 2020). With infectious beats mixed with intricate rhymes, hip hop's greatest supervillain was a force to be reckoned with and had a major impact on the genre as a whole. Rapp Snitch Knishes is featured on his 2004 album MM...FOOD. It tells the story of rappers who (directly or indirectly) tell on themselves which can lead to the people they assoc...
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Hole - Live Through This (1994) - Revisited

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    "If you live through this with me/I swear that I would die for you" echoes Hole's lead singer Courtney Love on the album's fourth track "Asking For It." One may look at the album's title and think " Live through what, exactly?"  Well, a plethora of things. It's living through assault, addiction, heartbreak, self-sabotaging habits, and countless other disgusting feelings. It's living through being treated like doll parts to wanting to down "kill me pills." Hole takes you on a journey through their lives with singer-songwriter Courtney Love's gritty, raw vocals as your tour guide......and it's one hell of a ride.     The album opens with "Violet." Written about Love's ex-boyfriend, Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, "Violet" is a story told from the point of view of an angry woman who has abandoned a romance. A song that also explores themes of sexual exploitation and self-abasement...
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967) - Revisited

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   Often considered to be the greatest debut album of all time by music lovers, The Jimi Hendrix Experience's " Are You Experienced?" produced a sound that was harder and heavier than anything else released in 1967. The fusion of psychedelic rock with blues and soul created a sound that was truly original. Led by the extremely talented singer and guitarist Jimi Hendrix along with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, the Experience became one of the most powerful trios in rock history and created one of the greatest albums of all time.     The album begins with the classic anthem of the late '60s, "Purple Haze." Adapted from a poem he wrote titled "Purple Haze, Jesus Saves," the song has become to be known as one of his most famous compositions. It's instantly recognizable with its hard-hitting riff and drug alluding lyrics, setting the tone for the duration of the album. Lyrically more of an expression of romantic and perso...
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Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (2006) - Revisited

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  " We only said "goodbye" with words / I died a hundred times"  wails the songstress on the album's title track. A raw and heartbreaking story, Back to Black depicts a woman struggling with her personal demons. Though it was promoted to be an album strictly about heartbreak, it turned out to be more self-reflective. Temptation, loneliness, addiction, depression & self-sabotage are all topics that were covered throughout the 10 track album. These topics, however, were not the usual criteria for the standard pop album. There weren't (and still aren't) songs topping the billboard charts that contain lyrics like " I'm gonna lose my baby / So I always keep a bottle near." Amy Winehouse didn't sugarcoat things, and Back to Black is a strong testimony to this.     Amy Winehouse's storytelling chops are introduced to us with the first track Rehab. The song is a retelling of a situation that actually happened in her life. Those cl...
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The Velvet Underground (1969) - Review

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      Much different from their "classical meets garage rock" 1967 debut album titled " The Velvet Underground & Nico " and their proto-punk sophomore 1968 album " White Light/White Heat ", The Velvet Underground's 1969 self-titled album proved to be a turning point in their overall sound and career. Most of the tracks included on this album have more of a softer sound and Lou Reed's personal touch to the lyrical content provided an inside look into his life and thought process at the time.       The opening track, "Candy Says", is a soft, biographical song about Warhol Superstar, transsexual icon, and Velvet Underground muse Candy Darling. It features member Doug Yule on lead vocals and documents Darling's desire to escape her birth gender. The song also, according to Lou Reed, is about "something more profound and universal, a universal feeling I think all of us have at some point. We look in the mirror and we do...
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