The Opinion Review

I have been checkin out The Postal Service for awhile lately. It was recommended by a friend..With so much music out there to check out I usually go with a recommend from people because there tend to be so much crap.

This is a side project of the singer of a band I can’t remember right now. But whatever right? Anyways I enjoy checkin this record out in my car. Almost every song is worthwhile. The music certainly has a style that is different from the typical radio play nonsense. I love those pinball machine beats. Different.

The lyrics are pretty good. The vocals a bit wimpy but it tends to fit in the messages of the songs. Which to me are a bit depressing with positive undertones. Nice way to put things togehter. The music is also a bit dreamy which is my cup of tea as REM is one of my favorites.

I know TONS of music.. I could write about albums all day long and neve run out of things to say.I always tend to go back to my roots but it’s nice to know that there are still new cat’s putting out decent records. When you can find them.

So…When I have the strangest dream… Don’t wake me I’m sleeping in…

The summer of love involved the Beatles. You know, flowers, love, peace. Sgt Pepper was the big album for the summer of love in 1967. The Jefferson Airplane and the Doors were the other 2 big albums of that summer. The soundtrack to the Viet Nam war.

Rolling Stone Magazine has called Sgt Pepper the biggest most influential album of all time.. Hmmm? I dunno. It is a great record as I am a big Beatles fan but it’s certainly not my favorite. The White Album holds that title for me.

Sgt Pepper does have some great moments . The Benefit of Mr Kite and Lovely Rita are pretty groovy. I remember listening to this record back when I was about 6 or 7 years old…Bouncing on my bed in front of a compact record player… Just soaking it all in… It is very infectious music.

Did Sgt Perpper change the face of music? Was it the pivotal changing point from rock and roll crap to something people could actually listen to? Even musical Scholars? Sure, whatever works.

George Martin and the boys were very proud of the record. John Lennon dissed it later however saying it wasn’t really all that great… Or something like that… I read it in a Beatles book. It hurt Paul’s feelings.. Heck there’s enough Beatles books out there to start a new religion… Anybody think of that?

And watching… For pigs on the wing.

Pink Floyd animals is a record I been listening to since I was a teenager… I’ll get tired of it but usually pull it out again at least once a year to study it some more. And even though it wasn’t the most popular pink floyd record it is one of my all time favorites.

Starting with pigs on the wing it calls you in for more to hear with a simple guitar pattern and Roger Waters longing vocals.. It’s very eerie really.. Then comes Dogs which was the rest of the first side of the album when it was on vinal. (Remember record albums)

Dogs, a song about political dogma ( I assume) has David Gilmore singing until the end where Roger Waters takes over the vocals to the end…The guitar solo’s are incredible with sustain. It has a keyboard break which takes you to space with trademark pink floyd sound effects. (dogs barking)… I love the drums during this part…Innovative and simple.

Side 2 starts with “Pigs 3 different ones” which is a bizarre song complete with pig noises and  Roger Waters typical sarcastic political rants .  Love that echoing keyboard.

Sheep is the next song starting with a simple keyboard solo to the backdrop of sheep sound effects. This leads into a haunting vocals about alienation and  escape… (I think) “Get out of yer road if you wanna grow old” This ends in a powerful guitar pattern that fades into the sheep sound effects…

I bet your “dragged down by the stone” by now huh?

And any fool knows a dog needs a home… A shelter…From pigs on the wing….