Requiredd Listening!!!

So i chose Pat Boone's "Tutti Fruitti" and not because i thought it sounded bad or anything but because its simply a cover of Little Richards. I think that if you never heard Little Richard's version this one Boone's would sound great to you. Yes well there isn't as much energy in Pat's version but i think that since most white people weren't exposed to Little Richard yet it sounded good to them. I don't know if their mind changed after they heard Little Richard's version, but i think that for being a cover it is an okay song.

So another song i chose to reflect on was The Rolling Stones, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” I chose this song because i have also heard a cover for this song and it was done by Britney Spears. Yeah i know funny funny and that i have heard it is even worse but i never actually sat down to listen to the original and yes of course the Rolling Stone's version is way better and less pop drained. I just thought it was funny that Britney Spears actually did a cover for the Rolling Stones.

The final song i chose to reflect on was Aretha Franklin's “Respect.” I chose this song because i mean come on who actually has never heard this song. I honestly don't ever think how old songs are or whats the history behind them and now that i actually think about these things it makes songs a little more interesting. Personally i like this song and it's one of those songs that everyone knows the words to, so its fun. I'm sure other people have never really thought much about this song either but it was apart of a big change in music and that is great.

Album Reviewww!!!

Gym Class Heroes
As Cruel as School Children
2006






Lyricist Travis McCoy does it again, with another collection of songs with catchy melodies and lyrics everyone can relate to. Him and his band have taken their success to another level with the hit singles "Cupids Choke Hold" and "Clothes Off." Their 'As Cruel as School Children' album was released in 2006 and is a gold seller.

As well as the great music there are also a few tracks on this CD that are much more poetic and love struck. The three part "Sloppy Love Jingle" plays through the process of Travi trying to get a girl at the bar. This "song" isn't much of a stereotypical song due to the fact that it is more of like a spoken word, poem but it tells a story throughout the album. Personally i don't think the album could end any better than the last few words that are spoken.

Gym Class Heroes also plays many tributes to other bands in their song "On my Own Time." They given recognition to bands such as Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, and I am the Avalanche.

Overall this album is pretty love savvy and talks about how they cant seem to keep a girl. Yet there is still a deeper meaning in all the songs and the music pretty much speaks for its self. I say it's an album worth buying and Gym Class Heroes will go farther as time goes by.