Music Bender

When I say Oasis, you say…

If you said “Wonderwall”, you’re missing out on so many great facets of this awesome band. There’s a reason they’ve got a bajillion albums and millions of fans, and it isn’t a single. Here are some of my favorites that aren’t Wonderwall.

Don’t Go Away

Champagne Supernova
This is a personal favorite of mine. The acoustic version is pretty amazing as well.

D’You Know What I Mean?
Badass video.

And, yes. We’ve made it through an article about Oasis without seeing or hearing Wonderwall.

Though I may be loathe to admit it, I’ve been a fan of Evanescence for a long time. I bought their first album just days after it hit the shelves, but my interest since then has waned. I think it had something to do with a girlfriend of mine from middle school liking them a lot, then she went to a different high school and that music kind of reminded me of that life which was something I was moving away from at the time. But that’s just a theory.

Regardless, Amy Lee still has one of the most beautiful voices in the rock world. She is definitely the best woman voice anywhere close to the top of the rock charts.

Here are some of their older videos, with one or two new ones mixed in.

Going Under

Seriously the most bad-ass video ever.

My Immortal

Call Me When You’re Sober

Everybody’s Fool

Hinder really does pack a lot of cheap emotion into their songs. *sigh* I just say that. I can tell why so many people like them so much. I personally don’t really, really like them, but damn can they make a dude tear up if it happens to be the last song that he danced with the girl of his dreams to.

Lips Of An Angel

There was a contest for a video for “Better Than Me”, Hinder’s second single. Here’s the winning entry.

Better Than Me

I found this band on FFR, and couldn’t get enough of their music. The rock-metal tones with that bit of electronica coupled with the sweet beats just had me hooked. I also like the name and their videos a lot.

Straight To Video

Shut Me Up

They also kind of frighten me. Which is an interesting effect for music…

What the heck?!? Why haven’t I heard of this guy before?

Heartbeats

Crosses

Seriously. Awesome!

The Smashing Pumpkins have been around longer than I have. They recently reunited in 2005, after 6 years of disbandment, and have begun releasing tour dates for 2007. Pretty sweet stuff.

I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the future of the band that brought us:

Tonight, Tonight

1979

Today

Maroon 5 first crooned its way onto the pop music scene in 2002 with their debut album “Songs About Jane”. Unlike anything else popular at that time, Maroon 5 captured my attention then and I still enjoy almost all of their singles and songs. It’s time for something new, though, and their latest album “Makes Me Wonder” struggles to find a life of its own; to breathe a bit of fresh air into the same style of music. I think Maroon 5’s succeeded in this sense, and apparently a lot of other people do too, because it’s Number 1 on the Billboard Singles Chart this week, coming up from Number 64 last week. Quite a jump, but definitely anticipated for the band that went triple platinum with its debut alone…

Makes Me Wonder

This Love

Sunday Morning

There are some bands that can withstand even the most rigorous tests of time. Some bands are truly that awesome. Some bands have brilliant singers, musicians, and songwriters. Some bands write music that stirs the soul and inspires creativity. Some bands sing about issues that the common people can relate to on a very personal basis.

The Bee Gees were not one of these bands. For the longest time, I believed that The Bee Gees lead singer was a woman, until I saw actual footage of the three guys singing.

Yet their sound lives on as one of the 70’s most distinctive and vibrant musical groups of that era. Oh, just hearing them sing makes my balls soar up to my lungs.

Stayin’ Alive

Too Much Heaven