Pros: I think the music listed below sucks, so I had great fun bashing it! Cons: I'm probably gonna get flamed by somebody who liked one or more of these albums.
Update: Gosh, this was an immature article. But I'll leave it up for archive purposes because it appears to get hit a lot.
Do you ever see that a person has given an album a one-star rating and wonder why? This editorial should...
Pros: A year of comebacks and anticipation -- what a great year for rock music! Cons: Many of these albums were severely ignored commercially
I thought for my 200th review I'd go ahead and do something special. I've been writing reviews hard and heavy for a little over a year now, and have been amazed at the warm reception - and good friends I've received from the Epinions community. Thanks...
Urban Legends. Music, (along with movies and parking stories) has been the focus of more than it's share of them and The Beatles, both as a group and particularly John Lennon and Paul McCartney individually, have probably been the focus of more...
Pros: I hear a new world Cons: I still hear the current one
It was fun in Britain during the 1600s. We had a laugh avoiding the Black Death and perhaps we did get a bit crispy when London burnt down, but you should have heard what we were grooving to at the time.
( this is a review of christina aguilera, pink lik lim and mya's Cover of lady marmalade) Do you like Labelle's Lady marmalade? Great single isn't it? Absolute classic 1975 chart topper, by Sarah dash, Nona Hendryx and the fabulous ms Patti ...
Pros: A very good time album Cons: Hard to Find - E mail me if you have trouble
Few times am I really surprised about a new group. Either they have one hit song and the rest of the album can't live up to the standard set by that single, or you have a group that no one has ever heard of and they produce something that is really...
Pros: Win Epinions Prizes Playing My Game.. YAY! Cons: My fictional story isn't true.
If you are here to not completely read the following Epinion, but have journeyed to this review to rate it on its length in hopes of increasing your Epinion.com reputation, then please do not waste my time, go to the bottom and click Highly...
Since it seems my idea for this category is not going be recognized, I see no reason not to write it under the general category of "rock and pop music." What follows is what I feel to be the 10 best albums of the 1990s, my reasons and...
Pros: prevents punk from becoming too popular for its own good. Cons: littel kids will think Britney Spears is great
I was baby sitting a friend's kid one night, and he was plaing around on AOL, listening to Nsync. He said that he liked rock and roll, and that Nsync was cool. I tried to show him some good rock band's web pages, so he could lsiten to some better music,...
Pros: There were, believe it or not, 10-15 really really Great albums released this year Cons: most of them weren't given the time of day by radio, MTV or the public
The year 2000 will go down as, for the most part, yet another forgettable year in popular music, with some very notable exceptions. Some bands broke down barriers, while others just continued to do what they do without worrying about radio or MTV...
Pros: Can inspire to make a statement to the audience Cons: Can leave an artist to become frustrated
When an artist has success, they start to appeal to public. While they may have their hardcore fans, they also attract a kind of people who might've only liked one or two songs from them and also listen to something that has no relation to that artist....
Pros: Pop Will Mutate Delightfully, Again and Again Cons: It all sounds like Disco Sucks Redux to me
If pop music is dead and N'Sync is so terrible, why do so many truly love N'Sync? And I'm not just talking about people reading an N'Sync review because it's the only music review in People. They really like the band. N'Sync has fans of all ages and...
The English news presenter Sue Lawley was crestfallen. She'd just been told The Police were actually singing "So Lonely" and she wouldn't be the meat in their huge heaving popstar sandwich after all. Bang goes all that tantric sex, cocaine and...
Pros: None Cons: TRL ruled charts and everything around it.
In 1999, the music was dominated by teen-pop acts and rap-metal bands. In 2000, not much has changed in the current era of MTV's TRL (Total Request Live). 2000 was a year where five of those TRL stars sold over a million copies in their first week of...
Pros: Madonna, Reznor/Waters, and a lot of laughs Cons: Bad Award shows and stupid things that'll still make you laugh
Part 3: The Good, Bad, and Embarrassing Moments of 2000.
The year of 2000 has had some highlights this years which were good, bad, and downright embarrassing this year. From Madonna's return to David Letterman to Diana Ross's Supreme fiasco,...
Pros: New releases from good artists coming Cons: Too much sh*t on the radio and tv
For the past few year, the term "alternative" has been blurred. Some people call bands like Matchbox 20, Third Eye Blind, Eve 6, Nine Days, Vertical Horizon, and other of these "Modern Rock" bands "alternative". Not to me...
Pros: Winners that aren't from the mainstream Cons: Too much bad stuff on TV and Radio
Part 4: The Winners & Losers of 2000
The year of 2000 was a year of too much style and no substance. It was a year where acts that sell a lot of records will end up become forgettable in the five years. Though there were some artists...
NOTE: This is part one of a two-part editorial which attempts to create some sort of comunication between those who love “Pop” music (I’m talking Britney and Backstreet here, not Burt Barcharach) and those who consider themselves “serious” music fans...
I think that everyone can agree with me when I say that the state of todays’ popular music isn’t exactly great. Sure, it could be worse (we could be listening to The Osmonds again), but a run-down of the #1 Billboard Pop hits of the 90’s compared to,...
Pros: New releases from artist are going to be good. Cons: They're going to have to deal with the TRL crop.
As the year of 2000 is about to end, I'm definitely betting that some people are feeling that the year of 2000 has been a terrible year in music. As for the year 2001, I'm predicting that the music scene will still be dominated by teen-pop and...
Pros: A lot of good female rock acts in the 90s Cons: Not a lot of good stuff from female artists nowadays
Now in this world of teen-pop princesses and rap-metal mooks, I started to notice that the rock scene doesn't have a lot of female artists as it did back in the 90s. Sure there's Kittie but I don't think they're very good. Courtney Love was cool back...
NOTE: This is part two of a two-part editorial which attempts to create some sort of comunication between those who love “Pop” music (I’m talking Britney and Backstreet here, not Burt Barcharach) and those who consider themselves “serious” music fans...
Since a large portion of my brain still lives in the past, I probably spent more time listening to music that came out in past decades then I did listening to the current crop. But I did find a few things spectacular in 2000. This is my top ten: ...
Pros: The bands that are still here will make some good music soon. Cons: Too many bands are being overshadowed by cr*p.
Part 2: The Decline of 90s Substance
While rap-metal and teen-pop ruled the charts, radio, and television all over the marketplace, artists from the past decade like Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, and other 90s acts either had...
One of the things that has always annoyed me about epinions is the fact that you can’t make best-of-year (or even best-of-decade) lists as a music reviewer, while movie reviewers can. You see, end of year lists would be perfect for epinions: since more...
Pros: Most Pop-Tastic Lp of the past year from Britain Cons: Apathy on everyone's part
It isn't easy being a pop-radical, trust me. In fact, if it wasn't for the over-all feeling of superiority one gets (oh, and the music too) it almost wouldn't be worth doing. Times being what they are and Epinions being what it is, there comes a time...
Pros: A lot of good art was made Cons: There was some awful videos at the time
In this era of TRL, videos have become cr*p and no substance. Every time on MTV, there's a rap-metal video with some band trying to look cool; a rap video with some jack*ss wearing gold or platinum teeth carrying dollar bills; teen pop princesses trying...
Pros: A lot of good videos can be found if you want to get away from TRL. Cons: none
Right now, it's very hard to find a good video on MTV. Thankfully, there's MTV2 that shows a lot of great videos from the past and some good ones in today's world of TRL. Every week on MTV2, there would be an hour block of an artist's video collection....
Pros: The early 90s scene only lasted a few years Cons: A lot of bad music at the time
Right now in this world of terrible music, it's very known all the stars you see today will be gone in a few years. Some music fans wonder why this decade starts off terribly with such horrible music. Well, every music decade starts off terribly where...
Pros: Good scene while it lasted Cons: It was destroyed by imitators and labels
Now in this world of mindless, testosterone driven rap-metal; annoying teen-pop princesses; lame boy groups; and rap artists flaunting their riches like their all that, I found myself being bored by the current scene in music. Instead of going along...
Pros: Few good performances from Rage, Chili Peppers, and 'Nsync Cons: Terrible award show overall
Since 1992, I've watched the MTV Video Music Awards for those years. Some were good and some were ok. This year's award show out of all of the ones I have seen in the past years is the worst one I have ever seen. Terrible performances, comedy was...
About 3 years ago, the most popular MTV show was born--Total Request, or now known as Total Request Live: TRL. I happen to be one of those teenage girls who tries to rush home from school to watch it. Mainly because my favorite band is part of...
Pros: Things will bound to shake up Cons: The TRL thing will dominate in early 2001
As we say goodbye to the year 2000, some of us will wonder what's going to happen in 2001. Will TRL still rule? Will there be a revolution coming? Who's going to make a comeback? Who's going to to break up? What will be the biggest selling album...
Pros: Pop music won't die. Cons: We're made fun of.
If you've read my earlier reviews, you'd know that I'm an avid pop music fan. And rightfully so, because I'm a 14 year old girl...with a passion for the music created by the beautiful Backstreet Boys. But I really don't think that I'm your...
Pros: The U.K. scene Cons: The rest of the genre is full of mediocrity
In the late 1990s, the Alternative genre had died and turned into another genre called Modern Rock. Now in the year 2000, the whole genre has become boring, predictable, and full of cliches. Really it's a genre that is filled with a bunch of bands that...
Did video kill the radio star? Yes, but it was inevitable. The very premise of music videos go hand in hand in creating a fashion image never before seen in popular music.
In the beginning, music television seemed to inspire creativity for...
Pros: It's nothing more than a fad Cons: A really terrible era in music and pop culture
In this current era where style has taken over substance, I decided to examine how this whole TRL era started. In the past few years, there's been a lot of acts that had brought a lot of music that has style but little or no content at all. Of course,...
Pros: A lot of artists made a bunch of brilliant videos Cons: none
Back in the early 80s, videos were known as an artform and most of them weren't used to promote singles or albums. What many of those videomakers were trying to do was listen to music in a different by looking at it.
Pros: Selling out could be a survival move Cons: A lot of criticism from a bunch of people
Since the beginning of Rock N' Roll, there's always been the issue of "selling out". Sometimes, selling out is a good thing and it's also a bad thing. But it really depends on what the artist or band is doing.
Pros: There is good music out there!!! Cons: Where is it?????????????
I need to talk about the state of music today. In this era commonly known by several epinions reviewers as the TRL era, there is just a general unfortunate trend of shallow, unimpressive music geared toward and driven by the teeny-bopper, TRL/MTV...
Pros: Good entertainment Cons: Too much is a bad thing
I hated pop. My friend (who happens to be Ryan101) is a pop music junkie. Hanging around with him too much I got sucked into the world of teeny-bopping, heartbreak-singing 30 year old male fantasies. I protested until I could protest no longer. How...
Pros: There some good videos from non-mainstream artists Cons: Most videos are overbloated and very expensive
Since the beginning of the music video age, videos have been known as an artform and showed another to sell music. Now in the year 2000, some people including myself are wondering if videos had become too much of a product and not enough input on art....
Pros: "The following field is required." Is it now? Cons: Wass going on man?
Underworld - Everything Everything
An amazing live album, that got the critics wailing: "Live Dance music? But it's all on computers...". Still an amazing album from about the only band I know that bring laptops on to stage with them....
Pros: None Cons: Ego is too loud for the backing track
For many years now Boy bands have dominated charts, but recently we have seen the likes of Robbie Williams and Ronan Keating move out of the bands and make a name for themselves. Prolonging what is a standard 3 year career for a boy band is something...
Pros: Highly Entertaining Site Cons: Very Addictive
popEx : The Pop Exchange
This is a site I stumbled upon about a year ago. It is a mock stock exchange, the only difference being that the shares traded on this exchange are in pop stars!
What is wrong with pop music? It's catchy, it's danceable. It can either portray no emotion and just be a dance song, or be the most intense song you've ever heard.
Nowadays, when we think pop music, we think Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys,...
Get picky. Get selective. How else are you going to know what CD to purchase?
Here's a few resources to seek out before your next visit to the CD store. Radio Stations One of the most common places where people get updated on their...
Pros: singing "Oops... I Did it Again" in the shower Cons: the humiliation of knowing what I just sang
Christina Aguilera. Britney Spears. The Backstreet Boys. Me.
We all make jokes about this stuff, yet we somehow know the lyrics. I was sitting in a class the other day- this is college, for the record- and I realized that we were having...
Since the 1990's are over I felt it was time to post my Top Ten Album of the 90's list. Most critics and fans of music will Agree that the Pearl Jams, U2's and Nirvanas of the music industry all made superior albums in the 90's. My list however is...
Pros: people that think for themselves and buy what they like. Cons: this sell out stuff I hear all the time from people,people that buy music because the person looks good
Several people I have talked to,have said "don't like someone because they are popular" or "I only like bands that a few people know about because the other kinds of music are liked by many people".I am referring to pop-rock music...
Pros: Great performances, memorable. Cons: They had a few technical difficulties.
This year's MTV Video Music Awards, aired on September 7 2000, is a show to be remembered. I'll give you the highlights, the spoofs, mess-ups, that happened during the VMAs. I believe this year's presentation of artists was all centered around...
Pros: Some bands like Tool releasing great albums in 2001. Cons: Still way too much bubblegum and teen pop.
Once upon a time, long ago, life was good. There was great music performed by great bands like Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Janes Addiction, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against The Machine, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains...
Pros: Passion, Love, Very Romantic Album Cons: Not smiling on the cover of the album
Jessica Simpson is a major pop queen right now in the real world. Keeping right up with teen sensation Britney Spears, she has a very good chance of getting the lead role for fans all over the world. Jessica's glorious album "Sweet Kisses" is...
Pros: non stop classics Cons: Mainly pre-released singles
After almost 10 years and six Album's Blur have released their expected Best Of Album. The London based band have seen a career full of critical acclaim and chart success, yet still seem to be in the shadows of many British based Bands. The Band that...
October - Friday the 13th - bad luck for most, but for me a day I will always remember. I had decided to give myself a bit of a belated B-day present by grabbing tickets to the Voodoo Lounge for a show by Doro Pesch, of whom I have been a fan for...
Pros: Nothing is good about Lou. Cons: Everything.
Most have contemplated over this question with scorn. Lou Pearlman has an extremely bad reputation in the eyes of Backstreet and Nsync fans worldwide. Lou's been somewhat credited for the creation of the Backstreet Boys, and completely credited for the...
I have just been having a conversation with a friend about the influential people in rock. So in a High Fidelity style I though I might make a list and see what people think. Love to hear your comments.
They are in no particular order.
Pros: BSB and Nsync are talented. Cons: We fight, but why?!
Why do we fight to the death over who's better: Backstreet or Nsync? There are the common similarities, and huge differences, but why do we fight? Don't we have plenty of other people to worry about making fun of us just for liking these 2 groups? ...
Pros: cute, fun pop Cons: same stuff, different decade
Last week I turned on HBO to the sight of thousands of screaming pre-pubescent girls at Madison Square Garden. Girls whose mom's and dad's footed obscene cash to buy scalped tickets at prices that could feed sixty of Sally Struther's children for a...
Pros: A new alternative to mainstream music Cons: The genre is unclear to define
Just a few days ago on MTV2, I recorded a broadcast of the new Radiohead album "Kid A". My first thought about this album before I heard it was that it was going to be like "OK Computer" times five. After hearing the album, I...
Pros: Excellent listening! Wonderful beats and melodies everyone knows.. Cons: Well, there is that little price issue... but hey there is always Napster!
There is no better feeling that driving down the the freeway on a cool brisk fall afternoon and all of the sudden..... American Woman comes blaring on the radio...."I said A..."
This is the by product of a band called the "The Guess...
Pros: A hot rock wrapped in velvet says it all Cons: The album will not be released until November 2000
Every few months I visit the mp3.com website to check out new bands and different tunes.
As most people do I went through the top list of most downloaded songs first, because the chance of finding something good is bigger, not much but still, it is...
Pros: Entertaining guitar riffs with a fantastic voice Cons: Each song can begin to sound similar
Powderfinger will be releasing a new Album in the United Kingdom early to mid next year followed by a tour, announced Bernhard Fanning lead singer of Powderfinger during a concert on Friday 17/11/00. Playing in front of the mainly Australian crowd in...
*It's been confirmed. On September 19, 2000's Total Request Live, John Norris of MTV News confirmed that the name of the new Backstreet album is "Black & Blue." He also said that the first single off the album will be "Shape Of My...
In the past couple of years, there have been two major artists that had released albums with the title "Forever". Though an album with that title has sold well on artists with posthumous albums, it's become a curse on an artist who are in...
Pros: people that like whoever they want. Cons: people that like someone for their looks or because someone else likes them
Sell out is a term used for people that are on mtv or on tv a lot I guess.I still don't understand the term because there is no such thing as selling out in my mind.
So what if someone appears on mtv?So what if they appear on a tv show,movie...
Pros: Good bands,good music,good people Cons: Not enough media coverage
Although i do agree that the media doesn't give rock the attention it deserves ,I do not agree that rock is dead.HArd rock and heavy metal are just about all i listen to and i have plenty of new albums from lots of different bands.You just have to know...
I have always reguarded music as one of my top priorities in life, no matter how silly that may sound. Yes, i am a true music lover. And that means i possess a sweet tooth when it comes to all sorts of music.
Pros: this album is great. a perfect mix of ballads and new songs that will get you pumped. Cons: what could you possibly dislike anything about this album.
I bought this album because it got great reviews on the charts and the songs they made into videos were absolutely awesome. I love every detail about this album, its a perfect mix of ballads and songs, there's nothing to hate about this album. Broken...
Pros: Everything about the cd is excellent Cons: none
I recently bought "Breach" by the Wallflowers. I must say this is the best cd I've ever owned. Right now when teen pop seems to be dominating the charts it's hard to find real Rock bands.
If you bought the Wallflowers' previous cd,...
Pros: Little messages from Britt Cons: Just not the music you expect
For all you Britney Spears fans who haven't bought here newest CD you need to be forwarned. This CD is not her best work. I love every song on her last album. This just doesn't quite measure up. One of my favorite things on this CD is the little...
I was really thrilled to hear that Geddy Lee has brought out a solo album as i have been a fan of Rush for many many years. His first title track is wonderful, it still has the original RUSH sound to it.
Pros: catchy tunes, Great Lyrics Cons: Back jacket photo, the crown DOES NOT work
Back in the fall of 1986 I was introduced to Elvis Costello, by my friend Chad. The first song he played for me was Allison. Little did I know then how long my relationship would be with Mr. Costello.
Over the past 20 years Elvis has done more than...
Pros: Great sounds, and lyrics, HOT lead singer. Cons: Alot of heartache
The stylin acoustics and the feel of being on Bourbon Street during one of BB Kings famous concerts is what comes to mind when you listen to Track 13 of MatchboxTwenty's new albumn Madseason. Their mix of piano and sultry singing rates a 9 in my book....
Pros: these are songs that will set a mood Cons: they are all the same general type of music
Here are my top three songs of 2000:
1. Tonight and the Rest Of My Life - Nina Gordon
Nina was the lead singer for the group Veruca Salt. This single from her first solo album is the sweet type of song that is...
In my opinion you might as well just turn on the radio instead of wasting the 10 or 13 bucks on N*Sync. For one thing, the songs are played over and over again almost as much as if you were to have the CD on repeat. Also, there are so many CDs on there...
Over the past few years, rock and pop have fought to gain people's trust and to gain their money. Which one is winning now? I think that it is pop. Pop seems to have the affection of teenage girls everywhere now because of boybands like N'sync and the...
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