In My Car CD Player Now…
[Well, I decided to expand the "scope" or the categories of this page. I listen to music (mostly gayo) a lot, so this is also my "world," I guess.]
These have been in there for a while now, but these are what I listen to in my car if I am not listening to an NPR station.
“Room for Squares” by John MayerI think I saw a music video for No Such Thing on MTV and it caught my ear. So, the next time I was at a CD store, I got one. I don’t have any single CD of Dave Mathews Band (I know, I know), so I didn’t know Mayer had a similar style, but I think Mayer is a bit more “catchy”.I generally liked his music writing talent, but his lyrics seem to show forced-ness or his lack of depth of experience. So, I tend to listen for his music and try to “ignore” the words for most of the songs.
I noticed that the second single was Your Body is a Wonderland, but I thought My Stupid Mouth (except for some lame lyrical phrases) or Neon would have been better. Maybe they wanted to change the tempo a bit, but I thought Wonderland was a very weak follow-up to No Such Thing.
“Absolute” by RollercoasterI think this is a combo that may someday become something of a Pizzicato Five although their musical genres are different. Since NatSeonSaRamDeul don’t seem to be releasing any more of their music, they has become my favorite band/group these days (Go Cho, Won Sun!!!).Personally, this 3rd album had relatively weaker impact than the other two when I first listened to it. But almost none of the tracks on it are duds, in my opinion. The whole CD is something that I can sing my lungs out while cruising on a freeway, which I often do.
It’s hard to pick favorites on this, but I have to start with Last Scene and RaDiOReul KeuGe KyeoGo.
“Return to Zero” by Woo, MijinnTHIS is truly a gem. Similar to one of my other obscure favorite, Lee, Ah Mi, she is relatively unknown. BUT the whole album is filled with a superb rock tracks.From the way she looks, she seems to be in her early 20s, and she plays guitar, wrote most of the music and the words, and she has a powerful voice. A marketing sticker on the packaging said “Sheryl Crow of Korea” and I was a bit skeptical, but she does seem to have a bit of resemblance. However, I think she might become Lee, Eun Mee for the current generation. :p
It’s a bit straining to my throat to sing along, but the tracks make me! 
I am a bit disappointed that I didn’t see any of her songs on the list the last time I was at a NoRaeBang.
I liked the first track, AJik IReun SaeByeok, her rendition of Janis Joplin’s Move Over and Return to Zero which had classical fun rock’n roll rhythms.
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