Music review

Now, 'members, I had a couple beers with my pizza for supper ... so, typing may not be perfect, and thoughts may be a little scrambled, 'cause I am a lightweight with alcohol.
Wanted to review some music herein, blues, which I've newly rediscovered thanks to a Folk Music Club gathering last night at the Pheasant Plucker in Hamilton, and grubby boys's music, such as Cage the Elephant and Hedley, who actually aren't grubby but they're boys.
I've always preferred male voices singing over female, unless the female happens to be very low contraltos such as tracy chapman or karen carpenter (who was also a kick-ass drummer apparently). And if I have to watch the videos, they better be grubby youngish men; what is that? Why do I like those grubby boys and their crazy music? See In One Ear by CtE:

Eminently danceable, often a fun story, silly lyrics, singable choruses, oh yeah, that's why I like 'em. I give Cage the Elephant's studio album and videos an A, for all the reasons just mentioned (I heard they're a little too crazy on stage, though); I especially enjoy their song and their video "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked." I give Hedley an A- because they aren't grubby enough, but I think they're hilarious, especially their Cha-Ching with it's biting satire of reality tv:




Everybody SING!
And now to the blues, which I have liked for about 20 years, but I have this weird tendency to NOT buy any CDs. If I buy one album a year, it's a big deal. Yet I have very eclectic tastes in music, a little classical, a little pop, a little hard rock, a little rap, a little electronica, a little 80s, but now will be mucho BLUES after reinvigorating my interest last night. I had never heard live blues guitar/singing until last night, and it was a revelation, so wonderful, so fun; that Bo Basiuk was into the music with passion and verve and his music just filled me up inside. I tried to find an example of his talent on the internets-thingie, but came up blank. Instead, here's some classic blues guitar and singin' from Robert Johnson, the original and the master, whom Eric Clapton seems to think is a guitar god, which will hopefully win you over to the blues:


A+ for guitarin' singin' blues; I've listened to blues piano, and definitely prefer the guitar version. That's my ramble for tonight about music ... now off to sing a little living-room karaoke; they need to make a theme version of BLUES for the Xbox 'raoke game -- I would BUY IT tomorrow!