No politics today and because the baseball series ended so soon, there's not a lot of sports to talk about. So let's play some tunes.
Four choices today - nice basslines, good guitar and plenty of attitude. Rock and roll as I understand the term.
First one is to prove that I actually know a song that was recorded in this millennium. I am pairing it with the second song because: (a) both songs have essentially the same bassline and (b) both singers really could use some shampoo.
So it's Jet with:
And it's Iggy Pop from his great 1977 awakening, before the cruise ships denatured him. He's just a modern guy - of course he's had it in the ear before. Too much information, there, Ig. But that's okay because he's got a
Then we go forward one year, to 1978, to one of the key songs of my high school years, as rendered at Budokan. Got my KISS records out with Cheap Trick because it's time to
And one more from the very end of the 1970s, from the Only Band That Matters. Menace abounds as the Clash gets deep into the dub. You'll have to answer to:
The floor is open!
6 comments:
cheap trick.
because 20,000 screaming japanese girls cant be wrong.
remember? that was THE album in our day.
Oh my yes, I remember. Those boys helped keep me sane during the disco era.
oh, the memories.
back in the day, i was accused of mimicking carlos for my fedora and trench coat attire. i guess the ever present cigarette didnt help.
but i wore jumpboots. he didnt.
i ditched the fedora,except for social gatherings.
(so, i was a little weird. i admit it)
A fedora back then? Yeah, that would have gotten a few extra glances. Using Bun E. Carlos for a fashion muse in those days was a bold move, good sir.
Tough choice. I'm going to go with high school nostalgia an pick Cheap Trick. That cruise line ad that used Lust for Life was deeply bizarre. Is there anyone one earth that make you think 'fun in the sun' less than Iggy Pop?
Guns of Brixton.
These are all great songs, and I was inclined toward Lust for Life, but cannot get past the taint of the cruise line commercials. Too weird.
I heard a rumor that Iggy was selling the rights to Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell to the Oil of Olay people.
Rich
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