ScatterPoints #1: Mid/Late Octoberish

Here is a breif recap of this past weekish in the world of MidPoints music...

SCATTER POINTS #1: Mid/Late Octoberish

10/20: Black Eyed Peas & U2

This past Tuesday I was finally able to fulfill a long standing music wish. The first CD I ever remember going to purchase was U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind back in 2000 and ever since then they have been one of my favorite bands. It was a long 9-year wait to see them live, but it absolutely lived up to my expectations. They played an epic two and a half hour set, on the biggest stage ever built, and ran through just about all of their hits. It was easily one of the best shows I've ever been to.

U2 Setlist:

1. Breathe

2. Get On Your Boots

3. Magnificent

4. Mysterious Ways

5. Beautiful Day

6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

7. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

8. No Line On The Horizon, Elevation

9. In A Little While, Unknown Caller

10. Until The End Of The World

11. The Unforgettable Fire

12. City Of Blinding Lights

13. Vertigo

14. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight

15. Sunday Bloody Sunday

16. MLK

17. Walk On

Encore 1:

18. One

19. Where The Streets Have No Name

Encore 2:

20. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)

21. With Or Without You

22. Moment of Surrender

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ONE-SENTENCE REVIEWS:

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

Rating: 68/100

Five-years after Green Day's American Idiot opus, the American punksters return with an album is only for those with a long standing loyalty to the band, and even then don't expect to hear anything you haven't heard before.

High-Point Track: "East Jesus Nowhere"

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Rating: 83/100

While it is both louder and noisier than the band's debut, Veckatimest is one of the more interesting records of the year, blending pop sensibilities and harmonies not unlike Pet Sounds era Beach Boys, with the twist of modern distortion and sonic exploration.

High Point Track: "Cheerleader"

T.I. - King

Rating: 75/100

Clearly inferior to last years Paper Trail, this is an album that hints at greatness to come and although it is often lacking strong lyrical content, it offers it's fair share of truly original and memorable tracks.

High Point Track: "You Know Who"

The Flaming Lips - Embryonic

Rating 81/100

This album is f***ing strange, but stick with it and after each listen the pieces will start to come together and add up to a true album experience in the most classic sense of the format.

High Point Track: "The Ego's Last Stand"

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

Rating 79/100

Despite a being fun, memorable and genuinely classic pop album, Off The Wall proves just how far MJ was able to take both his music and the entire pop genre in the span of four years with this album's incomparable predecessor Thriller.

High Point Track: "Burn This Disco Out"

Thanks for stopping by ScatterPoints, check back next week!

My Life Is 100% Full of Everything That Isn't Blogging

...and it hurts my soul. Heres the deal: I'm super busy. I love writing about music and sharing all the cool new stuff I find with you folks. Unfortunately, I lack the free time to write anything of actual length. I'm just writing this to let you know that MidPoints is alive!!! That doesn't change the fact that I don't have much free time, but as a peace offering I give you a series of one sentance reviews of recent music I've come across. It's mostly new stuff, but I think I might start reviewing old tunes I get my paws on. I'll try to post at least one little recap per week from now on, but no promises.

RECENT ALBUM REVIEW:

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Rating: 76/100

A fun, refreshing take on modern hip-hop that fails to reach it's full potential despite a number of truly phenomenal stand-out tracks.

High Point Track: "Alive (Nightmare) ft. Ratatat"

Simian Mobile Disco - Temporary Pleasures

Rating: 72/100

Less imaginative and epic than its predecessor, Temporary Pleasures is a very solid, very fun, rather top-heavy album that relies a little too much on it's guest list despite featuring one of my favorite songs of the year.

High Point Track: "Audacity of Huge"

Pearl Jam - Backspacer

Rating: 81/100

If you've ever liked Pearl Jam, odds are you will still like Pearl Jam's latest batch of surprisingly mature and up beat alt rock jams.

High Point Track: "The Fixer"

Muse - The Resistance

Rating: 78/100

Ambitious, flawed, polished and epic in proportions, The Resistance continues Muse's upward climb on the ladder of rock with some of their best (and most boring) songs to date.

High Point Track: "Undisclosed Desires"

U2 - No Line On The Horizon

Rating: 83/100

Edge's guitars keep sounding better and Bono's lyrics keep getting cheesier, but none the less, over 30 years into their career, the biggest rock band in the world proves they can still rock though they sound their best when they don't venture to far from the formula (shiny guitars + soaring vocals) that got them to the top.

High Point Track: "Magnificent"

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