Comments on: Mike's Mix CD V.6 or what I'm listening to

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Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:14:42 +0000

[...] stop playing it over and over and over. I already need it on my iPod and possibly move it up to Mix CD status. It’s that [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:32:17 +0000

My wife loves Mary J. Blige, and I totally love her voice, but a lot of it is a bit mellow for me…and a smidge too R&B for my tastes…but there is no doubt she’s an amazing singer.

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:26:28 +0000

You might also like OneRepublic’s “Dreaming Out Loud” CD. Their “Too Late to Apologise” is great, but there are a number of other very good tracks too.

I agree on the newly-released Foo Fighters song. It has their great, classic “Foo” sound without trying too hard – which those guys sometimes do.

Also – and this is -WAY- out of character for me – I’m gonna recommend Mary J. Blige’s “Growing Pains.” It’s much more R&B than hip-hop and there was several really nice tracks. “Come to Me (Peace)” has a real Aretha Franklin-ish feel with the vocals – Blige shines when she belts out. Also well worth checking out is “Fade Away” & “Stay Down.” There are a couple of throw-away crappy hip-hop tunes but overall, this is an impressive album.

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By: Frank C

Frank C — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:35:07 +0000

Silversun Pickups is pretty good. I've downloaded some of their music via my Rhapsody subscription. This morning on my way to work I hit the "L"'s on my player and listened to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Lyle Lovett. Frank C's last blog post..Blog Review: Yimto

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:22:26 +0000

Oooh, glad you like them too Nicky, they are an awesome little band. Such a great sound.

By: nicky

nicky — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:16:00 +0000

I like your picks Mike! Except the Plain White Tees aren't really my thing but I love the Silversun Pickups! nicky's last blog post..The only thing I want to buy?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:47:43 +0000

To clarify Cap’n…anything from the NEW Star Wars films…no one needs to know stuff from those pieces of junk

By: Cap'n Schwartz

Cap'n Schwartz — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:43:05 +0000

“Never put me on your team if the game is music trivia, that much is certain.” … (***cough or any team relative to trivia, i.e. Star Wars, cough***)

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:39:26 +0000

This should be interesting. I’ve hardly heard any of this stuff so I don’t know if the Mike and Jason similarities continue or come to a screeching halt. The stuff I do know from this list I like. I’ll give the rest of it a listen when I can and see what I think.