Musical Tastes

In this blog's infancy, one theme seems to be coming up more often than not already: music.

Music's one of those things that everybody likes, but there are so many styles and options to choose from that noone has the same tastes. Similar maybe, but not the same. And it's one of those things that get people in a wad if you talk bad about their favorite singer or band. I get that way sometimes myself.

I think that's why I liked the movie "High Fidelity". The scenes w/ Jack Black and John Cusack carrying on about different songs and the best/worst lists they have is so identifiable with me. I love a good discussion about music. I love a good argument about it. And like the characters in the movie, I always feel like I'm right and that my musical interests are superior than yours. Sue me!

So with this topic in mind, I thought I'd start a series of posts about the albums or songs that have stuck out in my mind over the years. Some are going to be things that I still think are great, others are going to be in the "I can't believe I thought that was good" category. Some blew my mind when I first heard them, some made me want to rip off my ears. So, hopefully this will be fun to type and fun for anyone else to read.

I'll start with one I pulled out the other day. Pearl Jam, "Ten"....

When they started playing Pearl Jam on MTV, I didn't like them...at all. Hated them. It wasn't just that I was still clinging to the last days of "hair" metal, but I genuinely thought Pearl Jam sucked. And I didn't like grunge in sound or looks...

Then one day I heard my brother playing "Ten" in his room one day. I heard the usual "crap": Evenflow, Alive...but then I heard a slower song. The song built as it went. And the end of it got me in the guitar part, and the vocal...the song was "Black"....of all songs, that got me hooked. So, to this day, "Ten" is one of the few albums I call perfect, meaning I like every song on it. "Once", "Garden", "Oceans", "Deep", "Release Me", "Why Go"...wow...the singles were great, but the other stuff was incredible to my 15-16 year old ears! I can remember me and my buddy Sean singing "Porch" ALL the freaking time,haha...

So, in review...Pearl Jam's album "Ten" is in the "wow" category. It steered me into a new direction in my music listening preferences, and it's still the best thing they'll ever do. I would put it in my top 10 albums ever.

I'm sure I'll do a top 10 on here one day, but not right now. There are hot grits in the kitchen calling my name.

"tattooed everything..."
Adam