Note: It's 1:30am. I'm mad tired, and I did this in about 15 minutes. I should have done it some other time, but I'll be expecting comments on how this review is crap. Go crazy with your comments!
Good Mourning. The first CD I ever got by Alkaline Trio. I was, of course, amazed. Why wouldn’t I be? This CD compiles some fantastic songs done by the Trio. Released in 2003 on Vagrant Records, this was where Alkaline Trio really got better. Though will Matt’s raspy voice from drinking and smoking, it adds on to the songs, just adding affect.
Some songs on this CD are dull, and boring, yet inspiring to beginning musicians because they are so easy.
Emma is an amazingly easy song, maybe boring in some pats, but otherwise a fast, bouncy song. It’s just because the notes are so repetitive. Most of these songs do that, but not all.
Continental and
All On Black have some interesting bass lines, drum lines, guitar, whatever.
All On Black has a complicated bass line, which gives it body, and makes it more full.
Blue Carolina is a neat song, hitting more different notes, which makes it a song without lots of chords.
Blue in the Face is a beautiful acoustic song. I don’t know what makes it just so beautiful, but it is. Matt’s voice adds to the song, making it sound almost dramatic.
We’ve Had Enough is another fast song. With a cool, but repetitive bass line, it has some nice drumming in it thanks to Derek Grant.
Vocals are something I’ve never really been impressed by, especially by Alkaline Trio. Lots of the lyrics usually do not make sense to me, but they can be alright at times.
This Could Be Love talks a lot about suicide, which is a negative for me. Suicide is ***ing lame, and singing about them makes them look almost like wannabes, which is NOT what they are.
We’ve Had Enough is that king of song where you can paint a picture in your head. What I see in my head is just a simple graveyard with them walking through it, thinking. I can’t explain the lyric, that’s just what I see in my head. Boring, right? That’s what I thought they should have done for their video. But instead, they used a different setting, which doesn’t seem to make sense to me.
100 Stories is another song about “hurting” yourself, which is stupid.
Emma I guess is about an ex-girlfriend that instead of causing love, caused hate and tragedy.
Donner Party (All Night) is supposed to be about THE Donner Party. Y’know, the people who died in a freezing tragedy. But, they don’t really talk about the Donner Party. They just talk about themselves. Whatever.
Blue in the Face is a beautiful song, but not with a beautiful meaning. This is mainly about an ex-girlfriend, and how she hated Matt or whoever the “he” is in this song. Then they talk about dying…again. Not exactly suicide, but still killing/dying.
Lots of these songs have their gloomy side, their cheerful side, their sad side, and their happy side. Any song that has a happy/cheerful side actually isn’t really happy. They have lyrics that don’t show any happiness at all. If it is happy, they are cheerful for the wrong reason. For example, they are happy because they killed someone they hated. Or, they are happy because they get to die, or they killed themselves. These songs may send a wrong message, but they are extremely catchy, and one’s that I love. I don’t approve of suicide/death, but if that’s their opinion, so be it.
This is either my 2nd or 3rd favorite CD by the Trio. Like I said at the beginning, this was the first CD I got by them. I fell in love with it, and it’s what got me obsessed with them. This is a fantastic CD, not quite a 5 (Vocals/Lyrics), but is very close. Alkaline Trio was my first band I became infatuated with, and they still are amazing to me. Saying this concludes my review. Have fun listening!