Friday and the Random 10: Blah

Well here we go again... It's been kind of a weird week, with me having to bum rides back and forth to work (yeah, my truck is still sick) and me feeling, well just kinda weird. I'm still trying to get that full time gig at The Mouse and the future just looks kinda hazy. But anywayz, it's Friday and i'm off so I can crank another one of these out.

1) Velvet Revolver/America Man - I guess I should actually listen to some of the music I download sometimes

2) YES/Don't Kill The Whale - this is the Tormato album (which should have been called simply Tor in my humble opinion) which was the first to actually NOT have a Roger Dean cover. Mistake. Here's an actual retro video where you can see RW playing away on keyboards:

3) Jon Anderson/Hurry Home (Song for the Pleiades) - from a JonJon 80's solo album that I actually like In The City of Angels. There's some decent songs here but this is where he started becoming disappointed with the Cali music scene, which led to a reunion of YES members and the forming of ABWH the following year.

4) Rick Wakeman/The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - all RW needed was an idea for a solo album and this time it was the 7 wonders of the ancient world...no really...

5) U2/When Love Came to Town - still dont get the hype

6) Lady GaGa/Marry the Night - my little attempt to be semi-contemporary...the music is neat by the lyrics are just the same over and over...is this all music is nowadays?

7) Prince/I Would Die 4 U - from Purple Rain..nuff said

8) Jon Anderson/Sound and Color - from his Toltec solo album...nice sounding but I expected something different along the lines of Angkor Wat...not even close..

9) AC/DC/Highway to Hell - classic classic classic (times infinity)

10) Journey/Sand Castles - now this is from a rare little soundtrack album they did for some Japanese movie or something with an orchestra...think along the lines of Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile and this is what the whole album sounds like...and I love the hell out of it!

Wow, there was a whole lot of YES related stuff today. Sometimes even I want a little more variety. And the Spinal Tap Commemorative Song for this week is... YES/Then. Wow, so randomness had to get in one more final shot. Oh well, there's always next week...