What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my daughter (cd)



Borrowed this one from my daughter. Her taste is not as good as mine, but occasionally she comes through. Had not really listened to much Pink before. I had heard her, but never really listened to her if you know what I mean. Once I put aside my underwear dancer bias, there are some great songs on here. Pulled from three different albums, plus two new tunes thrown in to make the fanatics purchase it. Love eight songs out of the sixteen on this album. With that many standouts, the favorite is tough, but gotta go with Family Portrait. Very powerful message with an emotional delivery, chill type. The two new songs on here are Raise Your Glass and F**kin' Perfect going to #1 and #2 on the charts. I prefer the second one. Can't say there is anything on here I did not like but Dear Mr. President comes closest. The album reached #5.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Dear Mr. President

Best Track - Family Portrait

Mama please stop cryin'
I can't stand the sound
Your pain is painful and it's
Tearing me down

I hear glasses breakin'
As I sit up in my bed
I told dad you didn't mean
Those nasty things you said
You fight about money
'Bout me and my brother
And this I come home to
This is my shelter

It ain't easy, growin' up in world war 3
Never known what love could be
You'll see,
I don't want love to destroy me
Like it has done my family

Can we work it out (Can we)
Can we be a family (Can we)
I promise I'll be better (I promise)
Mommy I'll do anything (I'll do anything)
Can we work it out?
Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better
Daddy please don't leave

Daddy please stop yelling (stop)
I can't stand the sound (can't stand the sound)
Make mama stop cryin'
'Cause I need you around (yeah yeah yeah)
My mama she loves you (I know it)
No matter what she says it's true
I know that she hurts you
But remember I love you too!

I ran away today, ran from the noise
Ran away (ran away)
Don't wanna go back to that place
But don't have no choice, no way (no choice, no way)

It ain't easy, growin' up in world war 3
Never knowin' what love could be
But I've seen, I don't want love to destroy me
Like it did my family

Can we work it out (Can we work it out ohhhhhh!)
Can we be a family
I promise I'll be better (I promise)
Mommy I'll do anything (Anything to keep you here!!!!)
Can we work it out
Can we be a family
I promise I'll be better (I promise, I promise)
Daddy please don't leave

In our family portrait (In our family portrait)
We look pretty happy (We look pretty happy)
Let's play pretend, let's act like it (let's act let's act let's act like it comes)
Comes naturally
I don't wanna have to split the holidays (no no)
I don't want two addresses (no no no no nooo)
I don't want a stepbrother anyways
And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name!!!!
Ohhhhhhhh no no no no no noooooooohhhhh no no no no no

(Little kidz chorus)
In our family portrait
We look pretty happy
We look pretty normal
Lets go back to that
In our family portrait
We look pretty happy
Lets play pretend, act like it
Goes naturally

In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
Lets go back to that (Mommy I'll do anything)
In our family portait (Can we work it out)
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
Lets play pretend (I promise I'll be better)
Act like it goes naturally,(Daddy please don't leave)
Oh lets go back Oh lets go back that
Remember the days, remember the days

In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
Lets go back to that (Mommy I'll do anything)
In our family portait (Can we work it out)
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
Please go back to that (Daddy please don't leave)
That!!! ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Don't leave... don't leave... Daddy don't leave...
Don't leave... Daddy don't leave...
Daddy don't leave.. Daddy don't leave... Daddy dont leave...
Don't leave... don't leave...
Turn around please... He's so mad

Remember that the night you left
You took my shining star
Daddy don't leave...
Daddy don't leave...
Daddy don't leave...
Don't leave us here alone

Mama'll be nicer
I'll be so much better
I'll tell my brother
Oh I won't spill the milk at dinner
I'll be so much better
I'll do everything right
I'll be your little girl forever
I'll go to sleep at night

Ooh no Ooh no
Ooh no Ooh

1) Get The Party Started **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW1dbiD_zDk
2) There You Go **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66LnhtnSoKc
3) Don't Let Me Get Me ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asaCQOZpqUQ
4) Just Like A Pill ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDKGWaCglRM
5) Family Portrait ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSjIz8oQuko
6) Trouble **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFu3YzRnyDU
7) Stupid Girls ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR4yQFZK9YM
8) Who Knew **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25YGws-PWIk
9) U + UR Hand **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFJl46v776c
10) Dear Mr. President **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eDJ3cuXKV4
11) So What ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJfFZqTlWrQ
12) Sober **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5T5uhd4m7c
13) Please Don't Leave Me ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eocCPDxKq1o
14) Glitter In The Air ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stsDXki__U
15) Raise Your Glass **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVNlG5cZyQ
16) F**kin' Perfect ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocDlOD1Hw9k

3's - 8
2's - 8
1's - 0

Grade - 2.5

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Family Portrait is by far Pink's best song to date MH

we must be on the same wavelength again, we're both listening to pop/dance at the moment, you with Pink, me with the new "foster the people" album...i'll post what i think of it tomorrow, but it sounds pretty good so far,and it makes a pleasant change from all the Neil Young albums over the last couple of weeks!...im just about all "neiled out"

[Tiggi]

Perfect title for a Madonna compilation.

Queen Madge's compilation, released in 1990, contains the best from the first seven years of her career.

If you have a place in your heart for '80s Pop/Dance, this will be a delight. Great songs from start to finish.

Madge could be dismissed as triumph of style over substance, but her taking control of things so early, her ability to surround herself with the pick of collaborators, some very smart decions, and a lot of hard work convince me otherwise...

The Celebration collection from 2009 is probably a more definitive compilation, but the majority of the material on that is on The Immaculate Collection.


AllMusic 5/5 stars.

[SteveO]

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - BOSNIA

This live album was a surprise to me ! GFR are one of those bands that I got hooked on in my late teens and I like to revisit them once in awhile for nostalgia's sake. Good crowd participation on this one , especially on Closer to Home.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

LILY ALLEN "its not me,its you" 2009,cd. #1 UK, #2 AU, #5 US.

this is the second album by London's Allen.
i only bought it because it was on special but thought it would be worth it for the four tracks that were singles but it has turned out to be a good album, there is pop tinged with country material on this one and a couple of crooner type tracks, all with slightly humourous, offbeat lyrics similar to the mega hit "not fair". and all the tracks put a slant on the trials and tribulations of what its like to be a late teenage girl...apparently???
there are some real nice melodies and tunes on this one,and the girl has a pleasant enough voice to be able to listen to the cd in full, and she's not too shabby in the looks department either.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: i could say
best track: not fair

tracks:

1. everyone's at it**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RuQy8sKKak audio
2. the fear*** #1 UK, #12 AU, #80 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjBuDK6UjLM live
3. not fair*** #5 UK, #1 AU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUYaosyR4bE video
4. 22** #14 UK, #24 AU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjNFC-FinU video
5. i could say*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmO4Sz7hL3g audio
6. back to the start**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sdJ3IVzVPg audio
7. never happen again**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZP4hKZjDg audio
8. f#!k you*** #18 AU, #68 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WUD-nhsmkw live
9. who'd have known** #39 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbDMUijBP2U video
10.chinese**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmo_T_tdrUQ audio
11.him***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGzF848RnXI audio
12.he wasnt there**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz5F20ypQ9w audio

bonus interview with Jools Holland:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHkt_novyk0

3s=4
2s=7
1s=1

rating: 2.2

[SteveO]

CELINE DION - Taking Chances World Tour - Live in Boston (2008)

Well folks the secret is out ! Music Head asked me who my favorite Canadian artist was and I pondered over the question for quite awhile ! Actually one of the toughest and soul searching questions I've ever had posed to me. I could of responded with my standard reply - I don't lilke best or favorites lists and I like lots of Canadian artists..... but not this time !

Finally in the end I used the criteria of what Canuck(slang for Canadian)artist moves me or gives me chills time and time again ? The answer surprisingly folks is ....Celine Marie Claudette Dion...bar none !

This live set is packed with Celine's powerhouse vocals from her breathtaking version of All By Myself to River Deep Mountain High and the finale My Heart Will Go On. She is Canada's all time top selling artist, second female artist in U.S. sales, the only female singer to sell more than one million copies of a single twice in the UK, the top selling French artist of all time and the tenth best selling artist in history !

Dion's voice has been described as technical virtuosity yet with raw emotion. She has a five octave range.

Check her out sometime if you haven't already. I'm going to listen to her more than 20 albums more intently from now on !

SteveO

[SteveO]

Lily Allen is my daughter's favorite ! She turned me on to her...I like her style very much.

( Leave it to those yungins to steer us geezers in the right direction )

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Celine has a fantastic voice SteveO, but over the years she has been played to death on local radio stations, thus i cant bare to listen to her at the moment, that will change over time though...radio did the same thing with "born in the usa" album and "brothers in arms", took me years to revisit them....my solution to that is to listen to a different station at work everyday to avoid repeativity in playlists and so far it is working!!!

[Music Head]

Good choice on switching that dial
not many choices where I'm at, thus I rarely listen to radio

[SteveO]

I never listen to radio music only talk radio so I'm saved. We only have mainstream music radio in this neck of the woods so there's no sense in listening. I find that when I listened to radio music I ended up changing the station continually so I stopped listening.

I am contemplating satellite radio ? I hear it's incredible.