Music review: The Offspring - Ixnay on the hombre

Here it is! My first music review! :D

Ok, for those who don't know, The Offspring has been in the music business since 1987 (or something like that), and they have some really popular albums like Smash or Americana, but this my friends, is a really freaking good album.

Let's start with Disclaimer, sort of an intro with a little punk rythm, i believe that Jello Biafra made the vocals here; anyway, it's a solid start for an album.

Then the album really begins, The Meaning Of Life is your standard punk rock song with some lyrics about being an individual and not sticking to the system....call it cliche or classic, the song delivers.

The third track is Mota, which describes the average day of your fellow stoner and how he got trolled; the song itself has a serious tone and one of the classic Offspring riffs.

Then comes Me and My Old Lady...not really special here, it's more like a standard rock tune with some whiney vocals from Dexter Holland, not really interesting but a solid rock song.

Cool To Hate, the track for every teenager (and some office workers). The song is very simple, yet powerful. Things like "Liking something's just a waste of time,Yeah I hate everything, I even hate you too, So f*** you" makes you think what were these guys thinking? or if a 12 year old wrote this song XD but surprisingly, it's a very good song that became sort of a classic for a few years.

This is where things get kinda serious, Leave It Behind, Gone Away and I Choose are songs mostly about personal feelings, like the loss of someone, or the emptiness in life. I dare to say that Gone Away is one of the best punk rock songs ever made, even if it sounds like a "ballad" or a "sad song"

Aaahhh! The Intermission! I dont know how or why this song is here, but i think it fits the album perfectly.


After the intermission, things get pretty fast, All I Want and Way Down The Line are your catchy-as-f*** punk rock songs: Fast and under 3 minutes, and both have some good guitar riffs.

Don't Pick It Up is like an attempt to make another punk ska song (like What Happened To You in Smash), that gets kinda boring after a few listens, but it's under 2 minutes, so i'm ok with that.

The album finishes with Amazed, another song with a dark atmosphere and Change The World, a punk rock song that starts slow, but after a little while gets full speed with the classic punk drum beat and the fast guitar riffs.

Overall, a really good, solid album with a lot of variety. Maybe it doesnt have the ultra popular singles that we're used tu, but hell, here's a lot of good music.

Another review!

This time I'll review the Gibson Les Paul Standard.

To begin with, this guitar is made for men, why? it weighs, A LOT. If you are someone who can not hold a guitar for more than 10 minutes, stay away from the les paul standard, it's just not for you.

It's made to play any genre, from blues to metal, from punk rock to pop rock, is made for all.

The downside is the cost so high that it has, but do not worry, there is also the Epihpone Les Paul Standard (the one I have) and supposedly is almost equal in quality.

 

E-Boogie!

just enjoy the boogie!

The best

Ok, who do you think is the best? My vote goes to Leo Messi

Fire starters, the best ones?

Well, I consider myself a fan of pokemon so it was expected to write something about the game.

Siempre he pensado que el mejor starter es el de fuego, tal vez el principio del juego se vuelve mas dificil porque casi siempre el fuego no es lo ideal para el primer gimnasio, pero a la larga se vuelve muy util.

 I always thought that the  fire starter is the best, perhaps the beginning of the game becomes more difficult because usually the fire is not ideal for the first gym, but eventually it becomes very useful.
 
For example, Pokemon Pearl / Diamond only has 2 fire pokemon in the game ... 2 POKEMON FIRE THROUGHOUT THE GAME. That already is a big plus if you decide to use the fire starter.

Apart from all the mechanics of the game, fire pokemon are the most badass, amirite?

Perhaps i could blog more reviews of things that maybe only I like, or awesome things that everyone likes. What do you think?

mmmmmmm...

Tal vez podria bloggear mas reviews de cosas que tal vez solo a mi me gustan, o de cosas awesome que a todos les gustan, que opinan?