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Track:
Black Shuck
Artist:
The Darkness
Album:
Permission To Land
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The Darkness - Black Shuck
Flames licked ‘round the sacred spire
And the congregation’s last line of defence was engulfed in fire
As the flaming priest stepped into the firing line
On the business end of a beam of despair, God, he took his own life
That dog don’t give a fuck.
The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
GUITAR!
One of my favorite music videos. I’m hoping their reunion stays on track and they can keep their shit together long enough to play some dates in the states. They’re on my short-list of favorite bands that I’ve never seen live.
T-Bone and Brandon (by Steelopus)
Sometimes a photo just has a certain… something. Something that makes it work for you. This is one of those for me. I think it does a good job of capturing the smooth power of Velvet Elvis.
Karrah and Randall (by Steelopus)
One of my favorites from the Velvet Elvis show I shot a few nights ago.
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Superdrag - Drag Me Closer To You
I was a little worked up this morning and generalized about a lack of great rock music. The truth is that there are still bands making great rock music, but now they’re the exceptions - not the rule. I’m OK with that.
Track:
Jailbreak
Artist:
Thin Lizzy
Album:
Greatest Hits
160 plays
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
They don’t make rock like this anymore.
(Get off my lawn.)
Track:
I'm The One
Artist:
Van Halen
Album:
Van Halen
135 plays
Van Halen - I’m The One
It’s amazing that Van Halen peaked with their first album yet somehow managed to grow in popularity with each subsequent release. Each album had a few great songs, but only Van Halen was perfect from top to bottom. I can’t think of many other bands that could survive such a long, slow decline. Can you name any?
“Maybe it’s just in the collective imagination of the 27,000-plus braainwashed boomers who went down to the Crossroads on Saturday, but it sure seems that the music of 40 years ago is ever more vibrant than today’s lame pop tunes. It’s unlikely that fans in 2050 will look back on 2010 the way today’s fiftysomethings revere the sounds of 1970.”
Clapton sure can pick ‘em :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Blues (via Roger Ebert)
Ick. Punk was our great saviour from the rock of 1970.
At least now I have something besides computer games to disagree with Roger Ebert about.
(via stuffparty)
Ebert is spot on with his statement and your introduction of punk into the argument is completely besides his point. I don’t see Justin Bieber putting on a festival in 50 years to celebrate the shitty music he and his peers are currently releasing.
1965-1970 produced some of the greatest straight-up rock n’ roll that you’ll ever hear.
I don’t want to hear a single person praise “punk rock” without also hearing them mention that those kids wouldn’t have been inspired to pick up instruments in the first place if it weren’t for the rock n’ roll that preceeded their genre.
Track:
Capillarian Crest
Artist:
Mastodon
Album:
Blood Mountain
64 plays
Mastodon - Capillarian Crest
I feel like shit this morning. Last night was really terrible.
However, tonight I’ll be seeing Mastodon and it’s just what the doctor ordered. I’m going to let the rock pummel my depression right the fuck out of my brain.
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(from our 2002 album: Yellow #5)
FMGreen is steelopus (guitars), shotcopter (drums & lead vox), doppelgang3r (bass).
Would someone please reblog this for lindstifa?
In the beginning
Back in nineteen fifty five
Man didn’t know ‘bout a rock ‘n’ roll show
And all that jive
The white man had the schmaltz
The black man had the blues
No one knew what they was gonna do
But Tchaikovsky had the news, he said
Let there be sound, and there was sound
Let there be light, and there was light
Let there be drums, there was drums
Let there be guitar, there was guitar
Let there be rock
And it came to pass
That rock ‘n’ roll was born
All across the land every rockin’ band
Was blowin’ up a storm
And the guitar man got famous
The business man got rich
And in every bar there was a superstar
With a seven year itch
There was fifteen million fingers
Learnin’ how to play
And you could hear the fingers pickin’
And this is what they had to say
Let there be light, sound, drums, guitar
Let there be rock
One night in a club called the Shakin’ Hand
There was a 42 decibel rockin’ band
And the music was good
And the music was loud
And the singer turned and he said to the crowd
Let there be rock(AC/DC)
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This song is dedicated to yesterday.
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
They come runnin’ just as fast as they can
‘Cause every girl’s crazy ‘bout a sharp dressed man.
Billy Gibbons doesn’t get enough respect as a guitarist. He might not play the fastest or the loudest, but he’s done something that few guitarists have been able to do: craft an instantly recognizable tone and style.
GPOYW
Another Wallace smile, this time on stage with poofy hair, back in 2003.
I can’t tell you how much I miss the stage; it’s the place I feel most comfortable and at ease, where I let go of my inhibitions and allow my pure emotions to flow out. I’ll get back there soon. I have to.
