Its not often you get the combined mix of good music in a video game that is not Guitar hero, Singstar or one of those other games that involves you standing in front of your friends looking a bit looney.
Deadmans Gun is a track from the soundtrack video game Red Dead Redemption released for Xbox 360 and PS3. And its a bloody good song. Im always hooked to a product whether its a film, event or game if it has a good soundtrack it’s always a winning formula.
Its also a great way for new bands to be heard, they are the one that sing that emotional song in the sad scene of that episode of Dawsons Creek which you think ‘wow who sings this?’ Ok it may not be from a sad scene could also be the song being sung while Arnie lays the smack down on the bad guys, depends on your taste.
This song is a credit song through and through, reminicing the end of a journey and dare I say Redemption.
This youtube video is the live version because as we all know live versions ideally are more engaging than the album version.
Enjoy and have a awesome ride off into the sunset (if you have a horse and cowboy hat that is).
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Lifehouse live review - Shepards bush - 5th October 2010
Its been a long long wait but after 3 albums Lifehouse has finally returned to the UK for a few sets.
When I was younger I loved Lifehouse and in fact their first album ‘No name face,’ was the first CD I brought from the internet, and to date remains one of my favourite albums. I have been long hoping Lifehouse would return to the UK to tour. It was a long wait but let’s explore whether it was worth it.
Lifehouse can be easily classed as feel good music, with more emphasis on deep lyrics to unique sounds. It’s that band you heard in the background of that Smallville or OC episode you really liked. They have a formula that has remained unchanged since ever since their first album and it has worked well for them.
Going into the concert I was anticipating a greatest hits set as it has been so long since they have been to UK. That was not so much the case. The band stuck to new album material and their most popular singles. The memorable tracks being ‘all in,’ ‘first time,’ ‘broken,’ ‘Spin,’ and ‘hanging by a moment,’
Jason Wade part way through the set decided to ditch the band for a while and pull out the acoustic guitar to do a few numbers. What followed was some interaction with the crowd asking for requests of songs. This was a nice touch however, Jason Wade song about a minute of each song request which was annoying when it came to some of my favourite tracks like ‘blind,’ where it would have been nice to hear the whole thing.
The bassist also had a stab at ‘wrecking ball,’ which turned out well for him and it was nice to see some band interaction. Ill also point out here the new guitarist in the band certainly looked the odd one out with his ac/dc t-shirt while the rest of the band were dressed like they were on the set of Dawsons creek a rather amusing clash.
The encore ended with the predictable fan favourite ‘everything,’ though the band stuck to the more mainstream version on the new deluxe album which was fine but I always preferred the version from the first album.
Overall, it was a great concert for the fans, and the fans loved it, and although I have moved on a lot since I first heard ‘hanging by a moment,’ on a copied cassette on a bus in Greece, it was worth the long wait to see a band I have a lot of history with. If your yet to discover the band I would recommend the first album ‘no name face,’ but if you like your mainstream music then the most recent album ‘smoke and mirrors,’
When I was younger I loved Lifehouse and in fact their first album ‘No name face,’ was the first CD I brought from the internet, and to date remains one of my favourite albums. I have been long hoping Lifehouse would return to the UK to tour. It was a long wait but let’s explore whether it was worth it.
Lifehouse can be easily classed as feel good music, with more emphasis on deep lyrics to unique sounds. It’s that band you heard in the background of that Smallville or OC episode you really liked. They have a formula that has remained unchanged since ever since their first album and it has worked well for them.
Going into the concert I was anticipating a greatest hits set as it has been so long since they have been to UK. That was not so much the case. The band stuck to new album material and their most popular singles. The memorable tracks being ‘all in,’ ‘first time,’ ‘broken,’ ‘Spin,’ and ‘hanging by a moment,’
Jason Wade part way through the set decided to ditch the band for a while and pull out the acoustic guitar to do a few numbers. What followed was some interaction with the crowd asking for requests of songs. This was a nice touch however, Jason Wade song about a minute of each song request which was annoying when it came to some of my favourite tracks like ‘blind,’ where it would have been nice to hear the whole thing.
The bassist also had a stab at ‘wrecking ball,’ which turned out well for him and it was nice to see some band interaction. Ill also point out here the new guitarist in the band certainly looked the odd one out with his ac/dc t-shirt while the rest of the band were dressed like they were on the set of Dawsons creek a rather amusing clash.
The encore ended with the predictable fan favourite ‘everything,’ though the band stuck to the more mainstream version on the new deluxe album which was fine but I always preferred the version from the first album.
Overall, it was a great concert for the fans, and the fans loved it, and although I have moved on a lot since I first heard ‘hanging by a moment,’ on a copied cassette on a bus in Greece, it was worth the long wait to see a band I have a lot of history with. If your yet to discover the band I would recommend the first album ‘no name face,’ but if you like your mainstream music then the most recent album ‘smoke and mirrors,’
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