Author: mystro2b

Fa-Fa-Fa- by Datarock.

“This is the time on Sprockets when we dance.”

Death Letter by Sugaray.

A tribute to Son House with the guitarist Chuck Kavooras doing some distorted voodoo on his axe.

Baby Please Don’t Go by Muddy Waters.

Muddy Waters. Live. Period. More for your Blues education.

Dance this Mess Around by The B-52’s

Another Day by Wings.

It’s the combination of simple lyrics, simple chord progression and simple storytelling that make this song a fav. Not simplistic elements but reflective ones. Ok. Maybe I am getting old. ADULT CONTEMPORARY!

About a Girl by Nirvana.

The word “grunge” is American slang for “someone or something that is repugnant” and also for “dirt”.^[12][13] The word was first recorded as being applied to Seattle musicians in July 1987 when Bruce Pavitt described Green River‘s Dry as a Bone EP in a Sub Pop record company catalogue as “gritty vocals, roaring Marshall amps, ultra-loose GRUNGE that destroyed the morals of a generation”.^[14] Although the word “grunge” has been used to describe bands since the 1960s, this was the first association of grunge with the grinding, sludgy sound of Seattle.^[15][16] It is expensive and time consuming to get a recording to sound clean, so for those northwestern bands just starting out it was cheaper for them to leave the sound dirty and just turn up their volume.^[15] This dirty sound, due to low budgets, unfamiliarity with recording, and a lack of professionalism may be the origin of the term “grunge”.^[17]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge

10 A.M. Automatic by The Black Keys. 3/20/20

LOUD DRUMS AND GUITARS. AMEN

And When I Die by Blood, Sweat and Tears.

Power vocals combined with power ballad=power track. David Clayton-Thomas has such an amazing voice. It’s a big warm blanket of delicious tone.

Steppin’ Out by Joe Jackson.

Joe’s breakout hit was an MTV video fav. I love his unmistakeable vocal timbre and how this song creates such an atmosphere of joy and expectation. Please watch the video below from 2019 where he builds the song layer by layer with his band on stage at the London Palladium starting with the original Korg Rhythm 55 drum machine made in 1979, adding the synthesized bass and a live glockenspiel. You will be transported back in time to 1982.

Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes.

The opening guitar lick and two furious snare blasts of the Violent Femmes’ “Blister in the Sun” are as classic a riff as “Smoke on the Water,” “Smells Like Teen Spirit” or “You Really Got Me”–riffs that serve as salvos, as calling cards for their respective genres.

Village Voice

Today is my wife’s birthday and this song is the ringtone on my phone when she calls me. It has a history in our early dating life. It was on a cassette of favorite songs I would play for her in my ’69 VW Buss back in 1986 when we met. What was she listening to at the time? Bryan Adams, Chicago, Air Supply, Huey Lewis, Hall & Oats, etc. I felt it was my duty to educate, nay, enlighten her to a whole new wonderful world of alternative music. Thankfully, for me, she agreed to go out with me again, in spite of my questionable choices in music. Happy birthday Hon! And to be clear, I don’t think you are a Violent Femme…😀