Good Music and Good Grades - My Good Friday

John Mayer has such good sportsmanship. He noticed that Kendrick Lamar's much-anticipated 3rd album was coming out on the same day his album was. He said:

That's my buddy.

So, I'm so excited because I'm pretty sure I aced the hell out of my Organic Chemistry exam.

I listened to both John and Kendrick's album. Guess which one I bought.

John Mayer, sigh. Why...?

Why did you leave all your best songs for the last moment?

My eyes literally rolled back at all of the great riffs and the new stories he gave us from the 4 last four songs. I'm so mad that he made me say all these bad things about him only to rock a whole ass new album with just a few duds that I might honestly like once he performs them live and I can watch them online. Seriously, this album. Give me a few more listens and I might just buy it.

KENDRICK LAMAR'S ALBUM is quite honestly another masterpiece. I remember what he said last time when "To Pimp a Butterfly" came out. To just live and breathe the piece of work and think about like it's a book. People were calling it "THE BEST CONCEPTUAL RAP ALBUM OF ALL TIME" but I won't yet. They are doing that again 2 years later. I'd just like to say that he should really be proud of bringing out another vision to add to his legacy of speaking about his struggle and his dreams for his future. Congratulations.

Obviously I haven't read any lyrics yet but I'm just expressing my thoughts from my first listen.

1. BTW: I really do need to see the lyrics. He is PrEaChInG.
2. It all connects. Can't you see? It connects. I love stories that do that. (geeking out)
3. Rihanna did a great job in her feature. U2 too. (hehe) I don't know who Zacari is but I'm willing to find out.
4. His storytelling is my dream. I wish I could tell stories and construct storylines like him.
5. His detail to sound is amazing. The different tones that he goes through, the different undulations, the different accents, they all mean different things that created depth to the songs and give more to hunt for as listeners. He did the same in "To Pimp a Butterfly".

I kinda wish that Humble was little higher on the tracklist. However, I do understand how it progressed with the story.

I listened to the album on high volume in my car on my commute home for school and I don't know what I did to deserve such a blessed day.

And BTS posted on Twitter.

And Daewon of Madtown did a live that I was there for.

And I got my new glasses.

;))))))

*images are my own screenshots. Comments on John Mayer's post were blurred out by me.

John Mayer - Some Thoughts about The Search for Everything

I wanna talk about how I felt about John Mayer. As much as I anticipated his new music and raved about it on my social media, I was disappointed. 

 

One question: What happened to the lyrics? 

Mariah and Johnny: Don't worry. They're not dating.

I wanted to share a little about what I've thinking about lately. Both are about Mariah Carey and Johnny Depp.

Both of these instances occurred on the New Year's' Eve.

First, my family want to watch "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". I really truly was stalling to watch this movie because I was afraid they were going to ruin one of my favorite series. But since I'm a sucker for watching a movie in a theater, I went. Like, it was passable and I wanted to write something about passable films in the movie industry one of these days. The climax of the film, always near the end the movie, truly shot up the film from a comfortable 6 to a high 9 for me because my buddy Johnny Depp appeared in the film in the disguise of the main antagonists. Saint Dane style, if you've ever read the Pendragon series by DJ MacHale. I audibly gasped in the theater because I was so shocked to see one of my favorite actors in a Harry Potter movie as a crucial character. My sister got a mouthful while we were in the car because she knew he was in the film and SOMEHOW FORGOT TO TELL ME. If I had known, I would have most likely driven them to the theater myself.

Then in the next couple days, I tried to searched to find a clip of his appearance and I found that some Potter fans were angry about his casting. They asked for a reconsideration of his role or threatened to boycott the film. I understand why people were mad about him participating in the movie. I also don't excuse his alleged abuse. Thankfully, the matter was taken care of by the court of law and a settlement was reached, in which his ex-wife donated the money to show that she wasn't after it. I also think that Johnny Depp is not the type to married. I'm sure he knows that about himself too. He lived 14 years in his union to French actress, Vanessa Paradis. They had two children and never got married. I have come to believe that there are just some people who are too free in their spirit and creativity to be tied down with the word "forever" to one person. I think that it made Depp feel confined and suffocated, like he was doing too much yet always doing too little. I understand I'm projecting my fandom of him to this argument so it seems like I'm ignoring seeing the severity of his actions, but this is what I think. It's been sad to see one of my favorite personalities sink to a level where grotesque behavior, shameful public stunts and all the horrible projects he's chosen over the years lead people to throw him like old century's news. 

1. http://www.polygon.com/2016/12/1/13793982/fantastic-beasts-grindelwald-casting
2. https://www.inverse.com/article/24157-fantastic-beasts-twitter-roundup-johnny-depp-grindelwald
3. http://ew.com/article/2016/11/19/fantastic-beasts-defend-johnny-depp/

Now, for Mariah Carey. Like I said, my family and I were watching this live as I was writing my year end list of favorite K-Music songs. Witnessing it, I could practically see the headlines in the newstands. "Mariah wrecks her career", "Mariah Carey can't sing", "How dare Mariah lip-sync?". I've never stanned Mariah Carey, but I respect her hustle. And now that I know a little more about how artists perform, to expect her to sing in the cold December air is almost inhumane. She only did two songs. I mean, BTS did three (Fire, BS&T, and Save Me) and MBC cut out Save Me. They were also lip-syncing and dancing their choreography on a smaller stage that they were used to. Even though antis were also giving BTS hell because they hate them, I think lip-syncing is more understandable to fans when the artist is doing difficult choreo. Carey stated her dilemma throughout her performance and after when releasing a statement. What Carey did wrong was point the finger at Dick Clark Productions for the way they set up the sound for her performance instead of taking the responsibility for disappointing her fans with an unfavorable performance. I hope that in her docu-series, she shows the real behind-the-scenes of her career, while stirring up drama. What American musicians and artists are doing a lot more of now and should have been is showing the general public how hard writing songs and planning a performance really is.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7647869/mariah-carey-dick-clark-new-years-eve-nye-production-team-lip-synch-performance

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JOHN MAYER IS COMING BACK. IN 2017. #ARGH

MY WISH CAME TRUE. 

JOHN MAYER IS COMING BACK. 

WITH A FULL ALBUM. 

I AM SO EXCITED.

The first single is "Love on the Weekend".

I LISTENED TO IT. IT'S REALLY GOOD. JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS. THANK YOU, JM.

The 7th full-length studio album is tentatively named "The Search for Everything".

Guess when it will come out. 

An Open Letter to VEVO

Dear VEVO,

I love music. I especially love new music. I also love creating playlists, a great feature, to keep track off all of new discoveries. I have discovered many a new artist on VEVO and also went back in time to visit older artists' music videos. But since your last update incorporating new endless scrolling and fave artist collecting, which is cool and all. However I haven't used the app again since this change, because it's uncomfortable to use. Is there a way you can keep this clean crisp presentation, while using the old format of listing the genres, new music videos, and fresher artists? I just feel like I've been out of the loop recently keeping up with music videos and new faces. Please consider this when you make your next update.

Thank you.

My Favorite Voices in Male Bands

These men cause butterflies to flutter in my stomach whenever I listen to them and their passionate voices seeps out from my headphones into my soul. Here, I listed the men from the order I found their music from my youth and recently. I also recommend some songs from their band that showcases their vocal talents.

Hope you enjoy my recommendations, even though some are pretty obvious.

Enjoy.

Western Voices - American, Canadian, English, Irish

Chester and Mike Shinoda, Lead Singer and Rapper of Linkin Park

• "Numb" from Meteora and "Bleed It Out" from Minutes to Midnight 

Patrick, Lead Singer of Fall Out Boy and Patrick during his solo album

• "Thnks fr th Mmrs" from Infinity On High and "Greed" from Soul Punk

Brendan, Lead Singer of Panic! At the Disco

• "That Green Gentleman" from Pretty. Odd. and "The Emperor's Clothes" from Death Of A Bachelor

Tyler, Lead Singer of All American Rejects

• "Walk Over Me" from Kids on the Street and "Give You Hell" from When The World Comes Down

Chad, Lead Singer of Nickelback

• "If Today Was Your Last Day" from Dark Horse and "This Means War" from Here and Now

Danny, Lead Singer of The Script

• "Bullet From A Gun" from Science & Faith

Matty, Lead Singer of The 1975

• "Settle Down" from The 1975

Korean Voices

Jungkook and Jimin, Main Vocal line of BTS

• "Butterfly" (Piano Version) and "House of Cards" from The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2

Kihyun, Main Vocalist of MONSTAX

• "Amen" from Rush

Lee Geon, Main Vocalist of MADTOWN

• "Lay Me Down" - Sam Smith Cover

Sungjoo, Main Vocalist of UNIQ

• "Luv Again" from EOEO and "Best Friend" 

Daehyun, Main Vocalist of BAP

• "1004 (Angel)" from First Sensibility 

People I want to have a comeback in American Music

There are many American artists I want to come back. I wonder if they want to comeback, too. If some of them don't want to, that's OK. I'm just stating my own wishes and what I hope they would when they come back with. 

1. I want to hear a new full John Mayer album. I would love to hear him doing some jazzy Cabaret music with a nice beat in a suit, slicked back hair, moving his mouth the way he does. That would be awesome.

Look at this man!

2. Paramore, darlings, where have you been? I mean, I know you have been promoting but it's been three years. From Paramore, I am looking for a story-line like Fall Out Boy's Save Rock and Roll album (a thing of beauty). Something like "The Only Exception" and "Brick by Brick" (plus many more) with more wordplay in their lyrics.

3. All American Rejects. Dropping a single for a movie is good and all, but seriously I need more. Fulfill my dreams!!! It's a good song, though.

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