The Spectrum

For better or for worse, the range of music I listen to varies greatly. I'll admit at times I do have pretty shitty choices of music, but whatever. I enjoy both the structure, but also the chaos that can be found within music. I like listening to bands like Stryper, the Christian metal band. I don't really care about their message, agenda or personal beliefs. If the music is pretty good, then why steer away. One of my favorite songs by the band is "Eclipse of the Son" from Murder By Pride.

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is another one of those random bands, but with no real structure. (Along with this you can align The Number Twelve Looks Like You and Heavy Heavy Low Low.) I don't mind being the only person who actually likes the music. I lost the appeal to show them to others many years ago as no one seemed to like them. It's ok, I still walk away as the beneficiary. "Helpless Corpus Enactment" is an exceptional song and I really love the vocals.

Speaking of The Number Twelve Looks Like You, they have a bunch of great songs from each album. "An Aptly Fictional Description" easily ranks as one of their finest achievements in great song writing. I would label it "controlled chaos." When the band was still together, they had a phrase (which I think is still awesome) that went "it's number twelve time."

Heavy Heavy Low Low is one of those bands that's just out there like #12. "Mall-Nutrition" is a great song by these kiddos, but nothing compares to "Inhalant Abuse is Illegal And Can Be Fatal." That song is easily a masterpiece that everyone scoffs at.

Veil of Maya uses a lot of breakdowns and what not. I'll admit it. I also like the guitar work in the songs and find it exceptionally well written. Their entire cd [id] is really good and I'm glad their starting to become a more well known band.

Born of Osiris is a product of the attempted mix of metal with electronic music. Most bands don't get it right (or even close) but I feel that these guys got it right, or at least pretty damn close to it. I really enjoyed A Higher Place. I don't really dig the sample guy, but whatever, it works and I'm not complaining.

This is my last one and it's no other than Disney's "Disneyland Fun" as part of Disney Sing-Along (I rewatched the video before posting it just to make sure it's the right one). The second song with the the Country Bears is just fucking ridiculous. The bear suits look like rapists and the song is so jolly that it's impossible to not smile each time.