Have I spent enough time talking about music lately? According to the posts filed under the “music” category, no, I have not. I loves me some WordPress magic.
I’ve been playing a lot more Rock Band over the last two months than I’d been since Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock came out (Don’t worry, I prefer RB to GH overall, but that’s another post entirely) and I’ve recently tried out a few songs that came with that free pack of 20 songs that you could download with a code from RB2. Until now I’ve ignored all of those songs but the one by Shaimus (“Tie You Down” I think?), because I’d never even heard of any of the other bands and I heart Shaimus. But now I’ve played a few thanks to the Mystery Setlists, and I was surprised at how much I liked a couple of them. Other than this nice little surprise, I still hate the Mystery Setlists with a firey passion though.
The first song is “Forever” by In This Moment. Metal with a fairly strong female lead vocal? Sign me up! I listened to one of their albums (The Dream) afterward, and I was moderately impressed. Not Lacuna Coil impressed, but it’s certainly earned its place on my iPhone. It’s also worth mentioning that “Into the Light” is soooo sad.
The other song I really liked is “Ashes to Fire” by Ghost Hounds. And good luck finding anything at all relating to Ghost Hounds. I’m not a pirate for piracy’s sake, but I admit to illegally downloading albums before I buy them, just to make sure. Ghost Hounds, I could not find a torrent for, so I sucked it up and gave iTunes my $10. Best ten bucks I’ve spent this week.
Ghost Hounds are not a band you’d really expect me to like. But the secret is that overall, I enjoy funk/soul almost as much as punk or metal. Ghost Hounds are a little heavy on the guitars, but they’re still funkier than anything else in the RB music store. The best way I can describe them is a mash-up of Jimi Hendix, Colin James and Ray Charles. Perhaps with a smattering of Jonny Lang. Fantastic stuff, them Ghost Hounds.
I’m not sure why, but suddenly I’m overcome with an urge to go watch The Blues Brothers. Go figure.