May 20, 2012 by Nic
Pet Semetary, because writing it with a “C” would not be punk enough :p
The ramones made many great punk anthems but because everybody copied their style it now sounds very generic. Pet Semetary isn’t one of those generic sounding songs. It still stands out as the great classic it is.
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May 19, 2012 by Nic
Many people I know say to me it’s hard to guess the songs without the lyrics or without a specific instrimunt.
That’s the deal with my riffaday project that I want my audience to start listen to the music instead of just getting the vibe. Only then can you truly get the song in my opinion.
The doobie brothers knew that too. Although they played the song in many different versions over the years, the original still sounds best.
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May 18, 2012 by Nic
Jimmy eat world were ahead of their time.
Playing poppunk before it got big, playing emo before it got big, … Nice sounding band that unfortunatly never rode on the waves of the big succes. Off course if you’ve been around since 1993 and still going you can’t say they have missed the train but they never flew above the radar much which is a shame.
I hope you enjoyed the solo I did. I wanted to do that solo because the moron who directed the video just blurred it out to enhance the sequence where there’s a few people who jump in the water. And that’s just bullshit. You never blur a solo out… ever!
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May 17, 2012 by Nic
2 years ago Ronnie James Dio died and it was a sad day for metal.
Although he went a bit over the top in his performance and use of his voice for the current generation of kids, everybody knows what he accomplished for rock and metal. If you can say that you’ve been in Black Sabbath and Rainbow you’ve earned more than your metal horns.
In fact he and maybe Gene Simmons are responsible for the heavy use of the metal horns at concerts.
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May 16, 2012 by Nic
Playback city!
Man I hate it when singers try to playback that they are playing along with their songs. The bass was recorded by Wilton Felder and as far as I can see the jackson (I don’t know which one it is) who’s holding the bass isn’t playing along the track in this performance. He’s probably too busy with not falling down from those break-neck moves.
Here stopt my rant against singers who get the credits for the great tracks that they get offered. Wilton Felder wrote one of the greatest and most recognizable bass lines ever with this “I want you back” It was so great that even Diana Ross and Gladys Knight passed on it not seeing the potential hit in it I presume. Although maybe Diana saw it because she had something to do with the big break for the jacksons.
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May 15, 2012 by Nic
My boss said: “no dice son, you gotta work late”.
That says it all. If you don’t get the summertime blues while you’re been told to work late with the sun in your eyes…
I love that period of music. Just everything about it. The suits, the mix between the old and the new, the technology from that moment,…
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May 14, 2012 by Nic
Say “I” when you also thought the singer for the alabama shakes was a man when you heard it on the radio for the first time.
Apparently she’s not Jack White’s brother but his sister. They sound a bit White Stripes like but still have enough of their own to stand out. I hope they have more than “hold on” in their bag of tricks. We’ll see…
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May 13, 2012 by Nic
Things to make an do was the breakthrough album for moloko.
Sing it back is probably best known but this “the time is now” has always been my personal favorite. Probably because the bass is so prominent in this song.
Very smooth sounding bassline which caries the song in a simple but effective way.
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May 12, 2012 by Nic
What art school students do when they aren’t painting?
Apparently making music. Django Django, in no way referencing to Belgian Jazz Gypsy Django Reinhardt, are a british band that’s set to make it. They are all over the alternative charts and have been on Jools Holland. I still have to see if they will make something beyond their hit single “default” that can meet the high expectations but I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt.
In the meanwhile we can listen to this nice happy sounding monsterhit.
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May 11, 2012 by Nic
Kool & the gang know how to get the funk.
Since the Pulp fiction trailer this strange riff has always been in the back of my mind. It’s stuck there I guess. Strange rythm that makes the funk come out even more.
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