Friday, December 6, 2013

Summer Vacation

I believe that the best idea of saving summer vacation would be the result of getting rid of April and summer vacation to balance the two out. It might even extend the summer vacation but that could be the issue of what people don't want. so if you get rid of April and February vacations, you might be able to keep the summer vacation for the students.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Red Hot Chili Peppers : Mothers Milk Track Listing
1Good Time Boys4:51
2Higher Ground3:21
3Subway to Venus4:17
4Magic Johnson2:47
5Nobody Weird Like Me3:50
6Knock Me Down3:45
7Taste The Pain4:31
8Stone Cold Bush3:05
9Fire2:00
10Pretty Little Ditty1:30
11Punk Rock Classic1:47
12Sexy Mexican Maid3:23
13Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky5:08
This album is the 4th album recorded by The Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1989 and it set their careers off. The album begins with a cranked bass slap and a guitar screaming along to enter into the funk blasting, ear ringing, hard rock, punk that is RHCP in "Good Time Boys": A somewhat proper introduction for the group and the album. They then begin to play the hit Stevie Wonder song "Higher Ground". What was originally a normal funk rooted song became a hard rock funk anthem for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and a greatest hit 20 years later. Then came the fast paced funk comedy sounding "Subway to Venus" to show a fast paced punk rock side as well as a few horns played by Flea. "Magic Johnson" was written for the LA Lakers Hall Of Fame Point Guard. It's fast paced jam represents some of the stylings of the old Red Hot Chili Peppers including Guitarist Hillel Slovak who they had lost two years earlier from a heroin OD. Their drummer Jack Irons then left the band shortly after and that's when 18 year old guitarist John Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith were discovered and gladly introduced. "Nobody Weird Like Me" is a punk rock, heavy jam consisting of hard slapping bass by bassist John "Flea" Balzary and the typical 80's Chili Peppers bursts of shouting by lead singer Anthony Kiedis. It includes Violin, Horns, and also the bagpipes. It branched off as a very odd tune for the band."Knock Me Down" is a song in remembrance of late guitarist Hillel Slovak. It's serious message about life's losses by addiction and drugs gave the Chili Peppers somewhat of a sad and soft side showing that they can be serious with their music. "Taste the Pain" was a song based off of mainly Flea's trumpet playing and bass playing. This song slowed down the album a little bit and gave off in some cases as a filler for the album. Then comes "Stone Cold Bush", an intense blast of funk, ear ringing punk rock, and grunge-like guitar riffs along with a solo that couldn't be perfected more than once. They also did another cover. This time it was "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix. They added a little bit of hard rock and sped the song up a bit but the original song roots remained the same. "Pretty Little Ditty" is a slow jam consisting of no vocals, low volumes horns and drums once in a while. As the main instruments (Guitar and Bass) played side by side gracefully. "Punk Rock Classic" is a blast beat anthem showing nothing else but "Classic" punk rock, something that the band never really reached out to until this album. The provocative slow rock tune "Sexy Mexican Maid" was just another classic example of their typical sex induced vocalist that Anthony Kiedis was very well known for. To close off the album is one of their greatest hits of the 80's "Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky" this song is about Kiedis' heritage as an American Indian that understood the struggle of an Indian during colonization shown by the lyrics "I was born in a land
I don't think you understand, god damn what I am, I'm a native of this place, Please don't kick me in my face, My race has been disgraced." Along with "What this country came to be, it's a lie, no place for me." This album was considered as a rebirth for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and their next albums would be the reason as to why they are considered one of the best bands in rock and roll history. They showed just about every genre and have dozens of greatest hits they began in 1983 in LA and are now members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2012.