I’ve been a fan of music for as long as I can remember, from the young days of playing 33 1/3 records on my Mickey Mouse record player to the 11,000 plus mp3’s on my hard drive these days, the styles and genres are varied, but you can guarantee if it sounds good I have either heard it or I have it…

These days I am currently cranking up Stone Sour – Come What(ever) May, let me tell you this CD has to be one of the best, if not the best hard rocking compilations of songs I have ever heard.  Let it be no secret I have always enjoyed listening to Corey Taylor.  To me, there aren’t many artists who can come close to the passion you can feel when he is in action.  The combination of singing/ screaming hasn’t been something I really cared for, but for some reason it touches a nerve with me and sometimes it will bring me to the edge of tears on some songs.

In a totally different genre I have been enjoying some Massive Attack, one of my favorite songs is protection.  I especially enjoy the lyrics and if you listen to the remixed versions I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.  This group has been around a while, sometimes they have Tricky sing on some of their songs, he is another great artist I like.

Right now, those 2 are at the top of my list, like I said before, my tastes vary, but I am definitely an old school metal head, some old D.R.I., Suicidal Tendencies, or Anthrax are always welcome.

In a way I feel I have become spoiled with the internet and how easily I can find new music, it’s a little scary though how much information is out there just to be found.

All I can say is keep on jamming.

See the animal in his cage that you built,
Are you sure what side you’re on?
Better not look him too closely in the eye,
Are you sure what side of the glass you are on?
See the safety of the life you have built
Everything where it belongs
Feel the hollowness inside of your heart
And it’s all, right where it belongs

What if everything around you,
Isn’t quite as it seems?
What if all the world you think you know,
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection,
Is that all you want to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks,
Would you find yourself, find yourself afraid to see?

What if all the worlds inside of your head,
Just creations of your own?
Your devils and your Gods, all the living and the dead
And you’re really all alone?
You could live in this illusion
You can choose to believe
You keep looking but you can’t find the woods
While you’re hiding in the trees

What if everything around you,
Isn’t quite as it seems?
What if all the world you used to know,
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection,
Is that all you want to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks,
Would you find yourself, find yourself afraid to see?

I have never really been a big fan of the beatles, but I can’t deny there are some songs they have done that get caught in my head sometimes.  Sometimes when I least expect it a song will start playing and it catches my ear and I can’t help but stop what I am doing and just listen…

Picture yourself on a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
and she’s gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
that grow so incredibly high

Newspaper taxies appear on the shores
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds
and you’re gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah

Picture yourself in a train in a station
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah 

Now, back to reality.  The melody of this song is very nice and the lyrics are fanciful.  Of course there are other beatles songs worth mentioning, but this one was on the radio and sparked some interest in me. 

Oh yeah, back again. Hope you’ve enjoyed our little excursions.  Tipping, toeing through the mind of a muthafucka that need’s a little fuckin stomping on.  Yeah, but don’t take it wrong, see we ain’t trying to tell you how to think, we’re just trying to get you to think.  And we ain’t trying to control nobody, we want the people (individually speaking) to be in control, to know who they are and what they want to be.  Yeah, and question authority, what the fuck but not for sake of argument, but because you took the time to analyze it and you found a better fuckin way, not just a fuckin excuse to complain.  And beware of people who try to use you as statistic to back their claims of power, that use you simply as a vehicle to get themselves where they want to, with no reference to your best interest except for their disclaimer that their best interest is your best interest.
And remember… cool is only 3 letters away from fool!

Courtesy of Suicidal Tendencies

My all-time favorite song by APC…enjoy

Lost again, broken and weary
Unable to find my way
Tail in hand, dizzy and clearly
Unable to just let this go

I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown
Catch me, heal me,
Lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live…

I fell again, like a baby
Unable to stand on my own
Tail in hand, dizzy and clearly
Unable to just let this go

I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown
Catch me, heal me
Lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live…
I choose to live…
I choose to live…

Catch me, heal me
Lift me back up to the sun
Help me survive the bottom

Calm these hands before they
Snare another pill and
Drive another nail down
Another needy hole
Please release me…

I am surrendering to the gravity and the unknown
Catch me heal me
Lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live…
I choose to live…

Not sure if anyone remembers, but I use mediamonkey to listen to my music, I found a cool feature that generates a report, anyway, here is the breakdown–

MediaMonkey Music Library Statistics
Totals
Type Library Played
Artists 2469 1206
Albums 2869 1542
Genres 218 –
Years 51 –
Playlists 38 –
Tracks 10273 6311
Length (h:mm:ss) 855:34:28 512:57:12
File size 56.2 GB 36 GB

Averages
Type Library Played
Tracks per Artist 4.2 –
Tracks per Album 3.6 –
Tracks per Genre 47.1 –
Tracks per Year 122.6 –
Tracks per Rating 1 –
Bitrate (kbps) 162 –
Year 1961 –
Tracks played per day – 67.9
Rating
Length (h:mm:ss) 0:04:00 0:04:53
File size 5.6 MB 5.84 MB

Top 10 Artists
Tracks Artist Length File size
140 Megadeth 11:33:08 1008.39 MB
123 Oingo Boingo 8:58:48 662.73 MB
115 Ministry of Sound 21:59:50 1.49 GB
113 Black Label Society 8:10:27 670.14 MB
113 Metallica 11:16:00 866.07 MB
112 Whitesnake 8:20:22 464.1 MB
110 Dokken 8:18:41 734.62 MB
105 Arch Enemy 7:07:05 568.42 MB
99 Tool 10:36:56 1.05 GB
97 Type O Negative 10:04:11 736.18 MB

Top 10 Artists played
Tracks Artist Length File size
187 Cocteau Twins 12:12:42 1.23 GB
143 Type O Negative 13:56:25 931.61 MB
129 Nine Inch Nails 10:34:10 705.89 MB
127 Various Artists 8:01:18 715.83 MB
122 Oingo Boingo 8:48:25 783.63 MB
121 Johnny Cash 6:14:11 446.07 MB
117 Led Zeppelin 12:07:48 742.47 MB
109 Fatboy Slim 9:33:10 796.36 MB
100 Black Label Society 6:55:26 563.72 MB
94 Tool 10:15:09 1.74 GB

Top 10 Albums played
Tracks Album Length File size
62 Elvis Presley – Number One Hits 2:35:33 284.89 MB
48 Moby – Play 2:50:14 389.74 MB
45 Black Label Society – Kings Of Damnation Era 1998-20 2:45:05 226.71 MB
40 Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll 2:23:18 263.59 MB
37 Everlast – Whitey Ford Sings the Blues 1:52:13 204.29 MB
37 Mastodon – Blood Mountain 3:28:03 476.6 MB
37 Various Artists – From Dusk Till Dawn 1:46:24 244.23 MB
35 Tenacious D – Tenacious D 1:12:50 66.75 MB
34 Train – My Private Nation 2:13:53 122.64 MB
34 Type O Negative – October Rust 3:23:02 208.17 MB

Top 10 Genres
Tracks Genre Length File size
2503 192:45:04 11.68 GB
1039 Rock 74:32:49 5.51 GB
930 Other 124:10:13 6.38 GB
537 Metal 41:21:43 3.26 GB
384 Rock/Pop 28:13:53 1.73 GB
230 Dance 20:09:49 1.14 GB
227 Comedy 24:52:30 1.36 GB
210 Electronic 18:59:46 1.25 GB
173 Trance 22:10:37 1.47 GB
163 Classic Rock 12:00:40 775.59 MB

Top 10 Genres played
Tracks Genre Length File size
1549 119:19:54 7.68 GB
585 Other 71:29:10 3.85 GB
578 Rock 43:44:55 3.1 GB
290 Rock/Pop 19:35:14 1.17 GB
284 Metal 20:58:00 1.62 GB
153 Classic Rock 13:02:19 758.37 MB
152 Electronic 12:39:21 850.23 MB
130 Dance 9:54:02 607.54 MB
91 Drum n’ Bass 5:52:23 629.52 MB
88 Hard Rock 5:56:01 501.12 MB

Ratings
Tracks Rating Length File size
1 0:04:43 4.35 MB

Ratings played
Tracks Rating Length File size

Generated by MediaMonkey on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 11:45:51 AM

Yes, I love music…a lot of it…

One of my favorite songs by the band “Tool”…lyrics are beneath…video quality is not that great…enjoy!

Choices always were a problem for you.
What you need is someone strong to guide you.
Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow,
what you need is someone strong to guide you..
like me, like me, like me, like me

If you want to get your soul to heaven, trust in me .
Now don’t you judge or question.
You are broken now , but faith can heal you.
Just do everything I tell you to do.
Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow.
What you need is someone strong to guide you.
Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow.
Let me lay my holy hand upon you.

My Gods will
becomes me.
When he speaks out,
he speaks through me.
He has needs
like I do.
We both want
to rape you.

[x2]
Jesus Christ, why don’t you come save my life now
Open my eyes and blind me with your light

If you want to get your soul to heaven, trust in me .
Now don’t you judge or question.
You are broken now , but faith can heal you.
Just do everything I tell you to do.

[x2]
Jesus Christ, why don’t you come save my life now.
Open my eyes, blind me with your light now.

Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow,
Let me lay my holy hand upon you.

My Gods will
becomes me.
When he speaks,
he speaks through me.
He has needs
like I do.
We both want
to rape you