Sound City: Real to Reel | OST Album review

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Sound City: Real to Reel | OST Album review

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Release date: 12 March 2013
Genre: Rock
Length: 55.31 mins
Producer: Butch Vitch
Composers, writers & performers: Robert Levon Been, Tim Commerford, Chris Goss, Jessy Greene, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Peter Hayes, Josh Homme, Rami Jaffee, Alain Johannes, Jim Keltner, Paul McCartney, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel, Stevie Nicks, Rick Nielsen, Krist Novoselic, Scott Reeder, Trent Reznor, Pat Smear, Rick Springfield, Corey Taylor, Lee Ving, Brad Wilk

Track list: Heaven and All | Time Slowing Down | You Can't Fix This | The Man That Never Was | Your Wife Is Calling | From Can to Can't | Centipede | A Trick With No Sleeve | Cut Me Some Slack | If I Were Me | Mantra


Verdict: I definitely enjoyed the film Sound City more than its soundtrack alone but it's hard not to like the idea of these brilliant true musicians who just came together and spontaneously jam out a few original songs without prior writing. The only problem's that some songs kinda sound a bit alike, as though they're all written by Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters. But if you know the artists well enough, if you've seen the film, if you hate conventional mainstream sound, if you respect real musicians and real music, then you'd likely appreciate Real to Reel. It's a genuine rock album produced with the old skool, "non-cheating" way. It's not perfect but as conveyed in the documentary, that's the point - it shouldn't be.

Favourite track: "Cut Me Some Slack" - The Guardian's Dave Simpson says on his review that this song must be the rawest thing Paul McCartney's recorded in over 40 years. I dunno about that but it's definitely the rawest hard-rocking track I've ever heard since high school, maybe. Catchy, in your face riff with simply written lyrics (or rather not written at all). It's so Nirvana, with the touch of Sir Beatle-genius' younger self. Kurt Cobain would've been proud.

2nd favourite track: "You Can't Fix This" - The most truthful, haunting, sing-along-able and relatable song in the album.

Rating: 4 / 5

What Gwiyomi Dance Really Means

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What Gwiyomi Dance Really Means

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I fucking hate Gwiyomi, or Kiyomi, or however the fuck you spell it, with a passion. To see so many of these pretentious mofos flooding up my news feed everyday is just annoying. It's understandable if they're children but all of them, from what I saw, are fucking adults. A bit too old to still be acting this way won't you say? And I'm quite sure I'm not the only one who feels this way about it:

I wonder how many Malaysians who did a Gwiyomi video or shared/liked one on Facebook actually understood lyrics. I, for one, don't understand the fuck it means but by analysing the hand gestures (or so-called "dance moves") and the seductive facial expressions by the YouTubers, I came up with my own interpretation:

But ultimately, what the Gwiyomi lyrics and dance mean wouldn't have mattered 'cause it's a great viral opportunity for these girls and sissy boys to gain that extra attention that they're always hungry for. Also, from what I gathered, each Gwiyomi video has its own personalised "dance moves" with their own message. But does anyone give a shit about the meaning of a personalised Gwiyomi video? No, 'cause if she or he was fugly, nobody would've even noticed the video. So it does seem that the only difference between a Gwiyomi and porn is that the actresses are not stripping.