Mega superstars Garth Brooks and AC/DC released CDs recently, sadly both aren't very good. First up is AC/DC's "Rock or Bust". It starts off well enough with the nice slice of rock, the title song "Rock Or Bust":
Then the next song is the okay "Play Ball", which played on selected recent MLB playoff telecasts. But after that the CD has a lot of sameness. I'm not going to write the titles of the rest of the songs on that CD. Why, because all those songs become indistinguishable pretty quickly. I love AC/DC as much as the next fan of rock music. But let's be honest AC/DC is their own biggest tribute band. They've been very derivative of their own music the last several albums. But at least most of that music was good, the last 9 tracks on "Rock or Bust" are derivative of bad AC/DC music.
Garth Brooks "Man Against Machine" is a slightly better CD, but still ultimately disappointing. Garth Brooks is a musician who's mainly concerned about making as much money as he can all with a veneer of humility. Why do I say that? Can you find his music on Youtube? Yes, but there are very few selections. Can you find his music on Spotify or Rdio? No. Where can you find his music at? Well you can find it at amazon.com, you just can't listen to it there. In fact, you can't even listen to the 30 second snippets of songs from his new CD.
Where online can you find his music? Well you can go to Garth's own ghosttunes.com, where you can buy the digital copy of "Man Against Machine" for $12.99 and store it in your "locker". Watch the two minute video on ghosttunes.com if you want to see a hilarious and pointless glorification of Brooks. I love how they try to say the locker is this breakthrough, isn't this just a different word for the cloud? I don't want to pay for music I won't be able to hold in my hands, unless it comes at a significant discount.
By the way at least as of now, you can buy the actual physical copy of "Man Against Machine" for only $9.99 at amazon.com. themusicaddict is a big fan of amazon, but has no interest in any more than a token examination of ghosttunes.com.
By the way at least as of now, you can buy the actual physical copy of "Man Against Machine" for only $9.99 at amazon.com. themusicaddict is a big fan of amazon, but has no interest in any more than a token examination of ghosttunes.com.
His whole story about not recording the last several years as he raises his kids, does anyone really believe that? Whether it's true or not, he obviously didn't use all those years to find great songs. He did find a few good songs and a bunch of forgettable songs instead.
His 14 song CD "Man Against Machine" is an uneven mix of good to some terrible, or even worse forgettable, songs.
1) Man Against Machine" This is a decent song, although not really breaking any new ground.
2) "She's Tired of Boys" This feels like a Garth Brooks wish fulfillment song.
3) "Cold Like That": A decent song.
4) "All-American Kid": Meant to appeal to the heart land with it's incredibly and very corny lyrics.
5) "Mom": See below, who knows how long this video will be available? Another corny song.
6) "Wrong About You" A song so forgettable that I can't remember anything about it, although I listened to it several times.
7) "Rodeo and Juliet" The worst "Romeo and Juliet pun since "Gnomeo and Juliet".
8) "Midnight Train": A song so forgettable that I can't remember anything about it, although I listened to it several times.
9) "Cowboys Forever" This song continues the corny theme.
10) "People Loving People" I like the music to this song, but again the lyrics are meant to appeal to red states.
11) "Send 'Em On Down The Road": A song so forgettable that I can't remember anything about it, although I listened to it several times.
12) "Fish" Just a dumb, awful song. More Garth Brooks wish fulfillment.
13) "You Wreck Me": A decent song.
14) "Tacoma" So boring and bad that it's hard to forget.
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