Cherri Bomb at Camp Freddy

Cherri Bomb performed Live a cover of "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters. According to information with the video on YouTube, this was in December. I wasn't there but it looked and sounded like it was a fantastic concert.

This is a a very good live performance by this talented all-female band. That's an understatement because I think they're great.

I like Julia's singing and guitar playing a lot. And decided to come back and add what I meant. After listening to several videos of covers and original songs by Cherri Bomb, I really think Julia is is a great rock singer and guitarist. In this performance, it's clear to me that they are great singing together, and Miranda and Rena do a lot of the vocals. Nia, the drummer, is very good too. Will she be the next Dave Grohl? I don't know, just asking. But I hope Cherri Bomb stays together as a band for like... forever...

These four girls have perhaps the best taste in music of any new band I've heard in a long time, and they've done Live covers of songs by progressive rock bands, grunge bands and hard rock bands.

Foo Fighters were the best rock band of the '00s in my opinion, and Cherri Bomb was one of the best rock bands last year.

Consider this post like a very long lead in a news story which will grow during the next few days or weeks as I look more closely at the best songs of 2010. Yeah, there will be opinion too, and lots of it!

Kagrra,'s Shi Mi Me Yu Ki Sa A PV

I only recently heard the Japanese band Kagrra for the first time. I was very impressed with their music.

"Shi Mi Me Yu Ki Sa A" by Kagrra is a great song. Even before I looked up the English translation of the Japanese lyrics (a few minutes ago) I had already decided this song would be on my list of 100 Best Rock Songs. It's a very beautiful song, great vocals and I think the guitar work is outstanding.

I love the short guitar solo and the video is a nice one, and if someday I post my list of best videos, I think this video has a good chance, as do some of their other videos.

Let me add that the lyrics are perfect, soothing poetry for the heartbroken during loss of friendship, relationship, or person is gone away. Our feelings and human spirit need to be rocked, as well as the ears, mind, and rest or the body. This is a wonderful song to accomplish all of those goals. jpopasia has translation for the Kagrra lyrics of "Shi, Mi, Me, Yu, Ki, Sa, A" and I was glad to know more about this song.

Nirvana - On a Plain

One of many great songs by Nirvana, "On a Plain" is among my favorites too, because it really rocks and I enjoy hearing it anytime and anywhere. This song was an easy choice for me to put in my 100 Best Rock Songs List. I have always liked Kurt Cobain's singing. The vocals in this Nirvana song, including Kurt's strong lead singing and the smooth and sweet backing vocals are fantastic. I wonder how many times listeners click "Replay" because this song is so cool!

SAME GROUND- Kitchie Nadal

"Same Ground" by Kitchie Nadal is one of the best ballads in a long time.

Kitchie Nadal is singer, songwriter, guitarist from the Philippines and a very good singer at that!

As I wrote last time, she didn't beat or knock off Avril Lavigne, but what I meant is Kitchie didn't have to. I like Avril's singing but it doesn't compare to Kitchie's singing in this song, which is full of vocal beauty and emotion. Avril is the one who would have to knock off Kitchie!

"Same Ground" by Kitchie Nadal is one of my favorite ballads and it's hard to write objectively about this song. I like that it's slightly dissonant sounding, there's a lot of emotion in her singing voice, and the video is superb!

The first time I saw this video was when I visited the Philippines in 2005 and watched it on TV there many times, along with other videos. This was one of my favorite videos and always will be. So there! I'm not the best at being totally objective, but I did spend this most recent year and a half (a few hours a day, almost every day) thinking about other songs and watching countless other videos before I came back to this song.

I will add more on this at a later time, but it's sufficient to say right now that Kitchie's great singing was better than the singing of many other rock and pop ballads, and those included some of the songs by Elton John, Madonna, Michael Jackson and a number of rock bands. These artists still have a chance to reach my list of 100 Best Rock Songs, which will have crossover songs, pop/rock songs, and soft songs including ballads. Maybe I will have another list sometime that is (what I think are) the 100 Best Pop Songs, which of course would include those pop artists, and many more.

For now, though, it's my great pleasure to announce that Kitchie Nadal's song "Same Ground" will be in my soon to be published top 100 rock songs. Congratulations!

Great singer Kitchie Nadal

Before reacting, please read the next post because it's the most important.

Everyone talks about whether one singer is better than another one, and whether one song knocked off or beats another song.

Kitchie Nadal didn't knock off or beat Avril Lavigne, with whom she's been compared.

More next time.

Actually much more, and yes it's good and Kitchie's fans (and I'm one) really love her and her great singing. So, please check back and see what I have in addition to this post, which will be reversed in order once the other writing is published right here in The Overcast Inside.

It will be about as positive and sweet as it gets.

Rush - Fly By Night

"Fly By Night" will be in my list of 100 Best Rock Songs. Congratulations to the members of Rush!

I heard some songs on the radio tonight. I decided to drive at night to a few stores. Amazingly, some of the songs were ones that I was considering for the 100 Best Songs list. But now I know one or two were eliminated from further consideration or at least will have a tough time getting in.

I didn't hear "Fly By Night", a '70s hit by Rush, on the radio tonight. In my opinion, rock radio stations should play this classic rock song more often. Rush is a great rock band /power trio from Canada. Their blend of progressive rock and hard rock made them an especially well-liked rival to Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple especially in the mid to late '70s, when those bands were fading and Rush was at the peak of their powers.

Most bands have eight to 10 good solid years, some less and others more, but Rush has many, many more years than that and they seem to keep going. Hopefully some of their new fans will discover Rush's great music of the '70s and '80s, when they were one of the top bands.

Cherri Bomb - Spin

Cherri Bomb has a hit with their single "Spin". It's one of the best rock songs of 2010 and easily one of my favorites.

Cherri Bomb is an all-girl band with four female members between the ages of 12 and 14, according to the information with the video on YouTube. Please click on YouTube at the bottom of the video if you would like to read about the band.

Some aspects of this song remind me slightly of two other songs, one from the '80s by a well liked new-wave band and the other, a '90s song by a prog rock band of high regard. But it just shows me that the girls of Cherri Bomb have incredible taste in music.

HOLE "Letter to God" Live at Stubb's SPIN Party 3/19/10

This is a very good song! Courtney Love's performance really is terrific, and the emotion in her singing is why I like it so much.

I'm sure this song will continue to 'spin', play, or I'll hear some part of it, the melody, some lyrics, and see her expression in my mind for many weeks! To me, that means it's a successful comeback by Courtney and the band Hole. I didn't follow them back in the '90s but now I will.

『Lock On!!』 GacharicSpin

This song is a lot of fun!! I like the video because it makes me feel happy. Gacharic Spin is a fairly new band from Japan and this is a single by this band from 2010. I like that it has a good beat and really everything about this song is nice and interesting.

It's easy to tell that Gacharic Spin are talented and the band is much more than what meets the eye. For example, the bass playing is great and I like the singer's voice though it's impossible to not notice that she is a very pretty girl, too. I'm glad to see this new band getting off to a good start.

Here's one site where you can find out more about Gacharic Spin.

After encountering some difficulties that have made me nervous and unhappy about videos on YouTube, I've decided to reduce the scope of this blog to rather short opinion and comments.

Crossfade - Make Me A Believer (HQ)

This is a new song from the band Crossfade, released this year though their album "We All Bleed" will be released in 2011. I like this song a lot!

I have no connection to the video on YouTube, did not upload it, and do not necessarily agree with content or writing used to describe videos on that website. In other words, I take no responsibility for anything uploaded or posted there and also do not agree with many comments in that website.

I like the song "Make Me A Believer" by Crossfade

Crossfade is giving a free download of their song "Make Me A Believer" from their website Crossfadeband.com. Make sure to buy their album when it's out next year.

I've been waiting for the CD to show up in stores, but maybe it's best to check back at the Crossfade website to confirm the exact day it will be released.

In my opinion, this is a very good song, especially for fans of hard rock, and even more so for those who like hard progressive rock such as the band Rush. This is one of those epic songs that are rare these days, but it's good to see Crossfade bringing back music that many rock fans were missing.

I will point out my own personal bias and it's that Crossfade is one of my favorite bands in recent years, although I've been listening to their songs on the radio and YouTube and don't have any of their CDs yet. Crossfade had two songs on my list of 25 Best Songs of the '00s decade. Ed Sloan is a great singer and his outstanding vocals are a main reason why Crossfade was better than many of the other bands.

Note: There are other uploads of this song on that site but I chose this one after the first one it turned out had someone else's opinion on top of the video, and I disagree with their opinion.

I have no connection to the band or to individuals who upload music videos and I don't upload music videos. I take no responsibility for the videos and songs and do not necessarily agree with opinions which accompany videos, and in many cases strongly disagree with comments in the YouTube comments section.

My efforts here are to provide my short reviews and opinion, and in doing so, promote good and great music that is out there for purchase and to encourage people to buy CDs, purchase song downloads, go to concerts, and support the bands so they will keep putting out great music.

It turns out that double clicking on just any portion of this video won't open the video in YouTube, but if you click on the words YouTube at the bottom of any video, it will open the video on YouTube. Have a nice day!