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Sometimes I think people invest too much of themselves in the music they consume. What is music in the recording era if not a commodity, albeit a vital and extremely rewarding one? If you diss a musician’s favorite classical piece, like Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, they’ll probably shrug and wave you off for being an idiot. But knock a person’s favorite band and it’s like you’ve knocked off a limb. I don’t think it?...
...moment of inspiration, “you just put your hands on the piano and you get the right notes almost by magic,” Stills said...
...when combined with Kweller’s emo boy lyrics. Much of On My Way makes for pleasant listening, but many of the tracks sound too identical to artists who preceded the 22 year-old Kweller. “Hospital Bed”’s honky tonk piano sounds like Sgt. Pepper era Beatles and then shifts into a Ben Folds Five-esque piano pounding chorus, while “Down” and “I Need You Back” closely resemble Ryan Adams’ (another Ethan Johns-produced artist) alt-country...
...could. After going through 2001’s Origin of Symmetry breathlessly, I braced myself for disappointment from their new album, Absolution. But to my great shock, I’m not disappointed at all. Each track is pure Muse, the beautiful voice of Matt Bellamy flows over pounding piano chords and arpeggios, drums and fantastic bass rifts. “Sing for Absolution” is one of the best tracks. Its melancholic melody is woven with piano and bass to a stunning effect...
...more great pieces later, the album ends with “Ruled by Secrecy,” one of the most desolate, heart-wrenching songs I’ve heard this year. The simple piano playing modulating broken chords in the background with the soft, hesitant voice is incomparable. When drums come in and the piano becomes more active, the sadness reaches a climax, then fades to a soft end. There is nothing I would add or take away from the 14-track album and that is the highest praise I can give...