Author: mystro2b

So Lonely by The Police

SING LOUD WITH HEADPHONES ON! But practice it first…

Sting wrote the lyrics while he was in his previous band, Last Exit, then “grafted them shamelessly onto the chords from Bob Marley’s ‘No Woman No Cry,'” he explained in Lyrics By Sting. “This kind of musical juxtaposition – the lilting rhythm of the verses separated by monolithic slabs of straight rock and roll – pleased the hell out of me. That we could achieve it effortlessly just added to the irony of a song about misery being sung so joyously.”

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-police/so-lonely

No Particular Place to Go by Chuck Berry

This is where you should begin when you pick up an electric guitar: learn all the Chuck Berry signature licks, minus the jumps and struts, and you will know the vocabulary that informs so many great electric guitar players.

“Classic rock” begins with Chuck Berry…His core repertoire was some three dozen songs, but his influence was incalculable, from the Beatles and Rolling Stones to virtually every garage band or arena act that called itself rock ‘n roll.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/chuck-berrys-music-helped-define-the-modern-teenager/

Girls on Film by Duran Duran

My only regret is I never had a Mullet when this song came out…

Silly Love Songs by Wings

Bass line. That’s it.

King of The World by Steely Dan

When you come to know a band from their “Greatest Hits” album, you sometimes lose an entire album or two of great material you should have known. This is one such album with tracks like “Bodhisattva” and “My Old School” but this ending track is so good, I never knew about it for nearly 45 years. 45 f***in’ years I missed out on this track until my buddy Kenny shared it with me on his SACD rig after a delicious meal. From the crazy lyrics to the incredible guitar and keyboard riffs, it’s an underdog classic.

Shadows in the Rain by The Police

Songfacts: What’s the best Police song that was not a hit?
Copeland: “Bring On The Night,” “Shadows In The Rain,” “There’s A Hole In My Life.”

https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/stewart-copeland-the-police

Read all of the above interview since I will be posting more Police…

Funky Junkyard by The Baldwin Brothers

I’ve always been fascinated with re-mixing tracks. From goofing around with simple cuts to combine songs on a cassette recorder, to using one of the first digital tape recorders in college, and now doing multi-track mixes on my computer in Garageband to create virtual concert ensembles for my band and orchestra students. The Baldwin Brothers get it right.

Ready to Go by Repulica

In 2017, BuzzFeed listed the song at number 37 in their list of “The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the ’90s”.^[4] Tracey Pepper from Entertainment Weekly noted that the song “erupts with a blast of fuzzed-out power chords, driving dance rhythms, and a rallying sing-along chorus.”^[5] Music & Media wrote that “techno meets rock guitar with strident vocals from singer Saffron, all adding up to a fresh, gritty pop sound which Europe simply can’t afford to miss.”^[6] Dave Fawbert from ShortList called it “a bloody good tune”.^[7] Ben Knowles from Smash Hits said in his review of Republica, that the song is a “good taster from their cocktail of shouty pop, mad bouncy dance and fun guitars.”^[8]

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ready_to_Go_(Republica_song)#/Critical_reception

What they said…

Graduate by Third Eye Blind

“Graduate” is about after we got signed, and it’s the process of getting signed. I’m still standing in front of some suit at a record company asking permission. I felt like some kind of lap-dancer, some student again, like I was still in high school. Can I get my grade on my paper? What it’s really saying is “I’m not really asking if i can graduate. I’m not asking for your permission. I’m beyond your permission. I’m beyond your control.^[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_(song)

Angela (Theme from Taxi) by Bob James

This wistful, calming, lovely melody is what you need on a Monday as a calm before the storm on the eve of one of our most important National elections…