Author: mystro2b

rp250 shred solo 3 by Pendergrass

My attempt to shred on my home made tube amp. But it really started with guitar hero

Rockin’ the Suburbs by Ben Folds

So this guy…

Becomes this guy:

Timebomb by Old 97s

Today, it is still the band’s de facto closing number, so entrenched in its position on the set list that when the Old 97’s were touring Too Far to Care’s 15 year anniversary by playing the album front to back, they felt compelled to play the song twice a night to preserve its place at the end of the final set.

https://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/post/120796828931/ive-got-a-timebomb-in-my-mind-mom

What I Like About You by The Romantics

I never owned this album but a former high school girlfriend’s cousin introduced me to this song on a mix tape he gave me. And he was from the Midwest! Thanks Rusty for introducing this West Coast doofus to the boys in red leather (wait…don’t read that last part out loud).

Take Five by Dave Brubeck Quartet

The album was intended as an experiment using musical styles Brubeck discovered abroad while on a United States Department of State sponsored tour of Eurasia, such as when he observed in Turkey a group of street musicians performing a traditional Turkish folk song that was played in 9/8 time, a rare meter for Western music. Columbia president Goddard Lieberson took a chance to underwrite and release Time Out. It received negative reviews by critics upon its release, but despite this, it became one of the best-known and biggest-selling jazz albums, charting highly on the popular albums chart when 50,000 units sold for a jazz album was impressive. It consequently produced a Top 40 hit single in “Take Five”, composed by Paul Desmond, and the one track not written by Dave Brubeck. 

Talk About The Passion by R.E.M.

I think this was one of the first albums I purchased when I was away at college. I really felt like I was in the know…I guess what we would nowadays call a ‘hipster’ minus the skinny jeans and fixy bike.

There’s A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) by The B-52’s

I don’t teach Astronomy, but if I did, this song would be required listening…

Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry.

The line “that little country boy could play” was originally “that little colored boy can play.” Berry knew he had to change it if he wanted the song played on the radio, and he didn’t want to alienate his white fans, who could better relate to the tale of a “country” boy.

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/chuck-berry/johnny-b-goode

I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen

The 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year (IGY) was an international effort to coordinate the collection of geophysical data from around the world. It marked the beginning of a new era of scientific discovery at a time when many innovative technologies were appearing.

https://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/magazine/igy/welcome.html

Every Breath You Take by Karen Souza

Even more chill take on the original by Sting…Sultry with a capital S.