It has been quite a while since I last used my blog but with this entry I want to go on about something with which I have been wanting to go on about for quite some time and this of course the music of 1991. What a year for music this year was. As far as I am concerned 1991 is the greatest year of all time in regard to the music that year produced.
First of all seeing that I am a big time U2 fan I have to mention their amazing 1991 album 'Achtung Baby'. Featuring the sings 'the Fly', 'Mysterious Ways', the incredible 'One', 'Even Better Than The Real Thing' and 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Ride Your Wild Horses'. One debate is as to which of their back catalogue of albums is their best, most would respond with either 'Achtung Baby' or 1987's 'The Joshua Tree'. 'Achtung Baby' brought with it huge change for U2 and with it U2 launched into the amazing Zoo TV world tour.
1991 also saw the release of Metallica's self title album which is also known as the 'Black' album. Every song on this is a classic. 'Enter Sandman', 'The Unforgiven' and 'Nothing else matters' are still classics. 'Sad But True' has been covered and sampled by the likes of Snopp Dogg and Kid Rock. Brilliant album from start to finish.
Another of my favourites from 1991 is Pearl Jam's début album 'Ten'. Mostly known for the singles 'Alive' and 'Jeremy' I also love the songs 'Even Flow', 'Black' and 'Why Go'. I also think this this is by far Pearl Jam's Best album.
It was a big year for 'Grunge' maybe even the year that saw the beginning of this new genre of music as Nirvana released their classic 'Nevermind'. With 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', 'In Bloom' and 'Come As You are' really setting it up perfectly. Have you seen the Youtube video where a child awakes to the song 'Breed'? Classic video.
The year of 1991 also saw the release of R.E.M's 'Out of Time' which features 'Loosing My Religion' and 'Shiny Happy People' which also saw Kate Pierson from the B-52's join in on vocals. Michael Jackson's 'Dangerous' also came out this year, an album which features the singles 'Black or White', 'Heal The World', 'Jam' and 'In The Closet' just to name a few.
Also in 1991 the Red Hot Chilli Peppers hit it big with 'Blood, Sex, Sugar, Musik' with the likes of 'Under The Bridge' and 'Give It Away'. Guns'N'Roses put out 'Use Your Illusions 1 and 2' and Primal Scream put out 'Screamadelica'. Blur didn't hit the big time until they released their 'Parklife' album in 1994 but they did release their début album 'Leisure' which features 'She's so High', 'Bang' and the very excellent 'There's No Other Way' the video to Which Damon Albarn has a very dodgy looking hair cut.
Have I missed out on mentioning anything else that is worth mentioning? But what a year it was, definitely my favourite year in music. Is there another year which could possibly challenge or surpass 1991 as the greatest year in music?
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
I love to write but I don't take what I write too seriously. I enjoy it and will keep going with it while being happy to share it with anyone and everyone who would like to have a read of anything I may get to come up with, without thinking of any sort of gain for myself from it. However even though it is just a hobby, a pass time for me it would still be nice to see something in print.
Something I have been thinking about for quite some time now it to take some of the stories I have written, gather them together and print them up in maybe a book or magazine like format, maybe get 100-200 copies printed up and sell them between family and friends with the though of donating any and all profits from such a project to charity. If I was to do this the charity of choice for me would be the Make A Wish Foundation.
My main problems are however, first of all I am not a naturally confident person. I keep trying to tell myself not to worry as my efforts would be going to a good cause. Secondly if I do go ahead with this, how should I go about it? Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on rewriting two groups of stories. One of which is a series of continuing short stories based on the ideas of Vampires. The other story is the story I wrote for last Novembers NaNoWriMo. Both still need a fair bit of writing and rewriting.
Thing is now, should I just say 'feck it' and go ahead with this project? Then if I do, should I only do up one of the two stories or go ahead with both? If I only do up one then which one should it be? If I go ahead and do both should I keep writing the way I am at the moment alternating between the two? Adding to one story then taking a break before going through the other one, or maybe stick to completing one story at a time. Maybe I should keep the writing as a hobby and do nothing at all with the finished stories.
Is it worth my while to do any of this? I don't know. If I do print anything up I may not even get the cost of doing so back, then again it may prove to be a successful project. So now the question is what should I do? I am quite confused.
Something I have been thinking about for quite some time now it to take some of the stories I have written, gather them together and print them up in maybe a book or magazine like format, maybe get 100-200 copies printed up and sell them between family and friends with the though of donating any and all profits from such a project to charity. If I was to do this the charity of choice for me would be the Make A Wish Foundation.
My main problems are however, first of all I am not a naturally confident person. I keep trying to tell myself not to worry as my efforts would be going to a good cause. Secondly if I do go ahead with this, how should I go about it? Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on rewriting two groups of stories. One of which is a series of continuing short stories based on the ideas of Vampires. The other story is the story I wrote for last Novembers NaNoWriMo. Both still need a fair bit of writing and rewriting.
Thing is now, should I just say 'feck it' and go ahead with this project? Then if I do, should I only do up one of the two stories or go ahead with both? If I only do up one then which one should it be? If I go ahead and do both should I keep writing the way I am at the moment alternating between the two? Adding to one story then taking a break before going through the other one, or maybe stick to completing one story at a time. Maybe I should keep the writing as a hobby and do nothing at all with the finished stories.
Is it worth my while to do any of this? I don't know. If I do print anything up I may not even get the cost of doing so back, then again it may prove to be a successful project. So now the question is what should I do? I am quite confused.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
A STRANGE OCCURANCE
As some of you may know, all through my life I have had experiences which you could say were a bit super natural or paranormal, moments which con not be easily explained. Well it has been quite a while since my last 'strange' encounter. Been a while that is until this morning.
Having been up quite early I decided to head back to bed and I fell asleep fairly quickly. About an hour or so later I awoke to and straight away felt a strange presence. Having not yet opened my eyes, I had this feeling that I was not alone. Before I could do anything I felt what seemed to be two hands wrap themselves around my neck. All of a sudden I became paralysed. I could not moved what so ever.
A second or two passed and I began to struggle to breathe. Ten or fifteen seconds passed and I still could not breathe. Still being paralysed I knew I had to do something quick or I would not survive this moment. I fought to open my eyes and as soon as I did I was once again able to breathe, through my nose at first. I could feel power return to my limbs and I got out of bed as quickly as I could and found that I was indeed alone, and I could no longer feel a presence.
I generally don't mind the strange moments that I experience, though as this shows, not all of these strange experiences are pleasant. Seriously hope I do not have another moment like this one.
Having been up quite early I decided to head back to bed and I fell asleep fairly quickly. About an hour or so later I awoke to and straight away felt a strange presence. Having not yet opened my eyes, I had this feeling that I was not alone. Before I could do anything I felt what seemed to be two hands wrap themselves around my neck. All of a sudden I became paralysed. I could not moved what so ever.
A second or two passed and I began to struggle to breathe. Ten or fifteen seconds passed and I still could not breathe. Still being paralysed I knew I had to do something quick or I would not survive this moment. I fought to open my eyes and as soon as I did I was once again able to breathe, through my nose at first. I could feel power return to my limbs and I got out of bed as quickly as I could and found that I was indeed alone, and I could no longer feel a presence.
I generally don't mind the strange moments that I experience, though as this shows, not all of these strange experiences are pleasant. Seriously hope I do not have another moment like this one.
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