Bret Michaels has his own fashion line coming out–for pets. CNN has a full story on the announcement.
Random Song: The River
September 28th, 2011Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: The River
I discovered Springsteen relatively late. Sure, his work was always part of the background of my world–which, when you consider that I’ve spent a fair part of my life in New Jersey, shouldn’t be a surprise.
Bon Jovi Lisbon Stream Review
September 21st, 2011I almost missed this; I hadn’t been paying attention to the official site very much, and I cancelled my original plans for tonight because I was tired when I left work. (If I hadn’t done that, I’d have been miles from my computer.)
‘Bon Jovi’ album review wrap-up
September 19th, 2011So last week I finally finished up my whole album review of Bon Jovi.
Get Ready (album track)
September 14th, 2011This one’s a little better than the last track that I reviewed. At least this time, you can tell that Richie’s guitar is actually an electric guitar and not a synthesizer.
Come Back (album track)
September 12th, 2011One of the interesting things about doing album reviews and random song posts is the way that they force me to revisit songs and albums. Especially this experiment in reviewing an album that I’ve actually had for years. I’d forgotten–or maybe never really noticed–that the overall quality of the songs goes down later in the album. All of the strong songs are right at the beginning.
Burning for Love (album track)
September 7th, 2011Thankfully, this song, sounds a little bit less dated than the last one. It’s still more a pop song than a true hard rock song. In the later songs by the band, they’re usually better at balancing out their pop influences, but this is, after all, their first album, and that balance isn’t quite there yet.
Breakout (album track)
August 31st, 2011Okay, I think I need to take back the comment that I made about this album not sounding too dated when I started this review. (Obviously, I hadn’t really listened in this album in a long time. ) Because we’re right back to the 80′s cheese here.
Love Lies (album track)
August 29th, 2011This makes two ballads in a row, now. The problem with that is that these two kind of start to blend together, especially if you listen to them one right after each other. Switching this song with a more straight rock track from elsewhere on the album would have worked better to help differentiate the two songs.