1001 Albums #20

The Genius of Ray Charles? Someone decided Ray Charles was a genius and many of his album titles have agreed. I wonder if it was a tongue-in-cheek nickname. I knew I had heard of him before listening to the album, but after listening to the Side A I was not so sure. Unlike some of the females I have heard on the […]

1001 Albums #19

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a total surprise. I read that she was a scat singer and I hate scat singing. I did not know of her music at all. The only thing I knew about the Gershwin Brothers was that Donna Summer sang that she wanted “to have […]

1001 Albums #18

I listened to Lady Gaga around the time of her first album The Fame was reissued as The Fame Monster. After this time, I became bored with her. Her voice is bland so she does all the weird crap to mask it. Most things in the pop world is covered up gaga. This is how […]

1001 Albums #17

As I listen to Jack Elliott’s album Jack Takes the Floor, I wonder how did a Jewish boy get inspired to become a cowboy in Brooklyn New York and then become a folk singer who recorded his folk album in England. Elliot’s mentor was Woodie Guthrie, the folk singer of the 30s to the 50s […]

1001 Albums #16

I think I do not like the beginning of rock and roll. It was too simplistic for me. At first I thought I do not like old music, but I realised from listening to Billie Holiday and remembering that I love classical music that is not the case. I actually prefer Holiday’s 50s voice over […]

1001 Albums #15

If there is any of the albums I would liked to have skipped it would be Tito Puente and his album Dance Mania, Vol. 1. I hope volume two is like George Michael’s Listen Without Prejudice Vol 2. It was never made. I do not like Spanish music at all. I do not like the mambo […]

1001 Albums #14

Growing up in the 80s Prince was one of the magical three or four pop superstars. They ruled the airwaves and MTV. Prince was a musical genius and as androgynous as many other 80s singers. But there is one who is the precursor to Prince. Little Richard is as flamboyant as Prince, but not quite as […]

1001 Albums #13

OMG!! How long must I suffer? It is bad enough being ill by itself, but listening to this music does not make it any better. It really does sound like the inside of my mind when I go to another world. The thirteen album Kenya is a blend of Afro-Cuban beats and jazz from Machito […]

1001 ALBUMS #12

Oh nooooooooo! Another jazz album. I should have listened to them out of order. I cannot handle anymore jazz. Miles Davis is no exception in the jazz chaos. I especially think it is weird when you think of yourself as the Birth of the Cool. For the most part critics were the only ones who […]

1001 Albums #11

I have said it before and I will say it again. I do not like Spanish music. At least I have never heard one song that made me think I should buy the cd or download it from iTunes. Sabu’s Palo Congo is no exception. In fact, I hate it even more because it mixes jazz […]