Hi everyone. Thanks for taking the time to join me on this never ending musical journey.
"And I marched and I fought and I bled and I died,
And I never did get any older,
But I knew at the time that a year in the line,
Was a long enough life for a soldier..." - 1916, Motörhead , released 1991.
I rather enjoyed the challenge of last week's five songs with no mess and no fuss so I'm going to have another crack at it. All killer and no filler...
Track 1 - Cinderella. A rollicking mix of blues, slide guitar and hair metal. If Muddy Waters and Motley Crue had a baby this'd be close to the result. "Tipper led the war against the record industry, said she saw the Devil on the MTV..." Good, honest rock and roll for you here folks.
Cinderella - Shelter Me (live) - https://youtu.be/jqk2u86ZWeA
Track 2 - Led Zeppelin. Not my favourite band but I do like their quieter stuff. My advice is to give the FM radio classics a wide berth for a while.
Led Zeppelin - Bron-y-aur Stomp (live) - https://youtu.be/_PFmGicOEeY
Track 3 - First Aid Kit. A band that all of the "Idol" singers trying to wail all over the place should listen to. This is how you make an impact; great voices, soaring harmonies and songs from the heart. There's a version of this where First Aid Kit move Emmylou Harris to tears.
First Aid Kit - Emmylou (live) - https://youtu.be/reU2NG_faM4
Track 4 - The Pogues. Punk rock meets traditional Irish music. Toothless, drunken, rowdy tunes.
The Pogues - Sally Maclennane (live) - https://youtu.be/GzHGTIPl310
Track 5 - Weird Al Yankovic. Al's parodies might cause some to underestimate the quality of musicianship. That'd be a big mistake. If I'm feeling blue a few tracks from Weird Al always makes me smile. This track isn't a parody...it's a pastiche!
Weird Al Yankovic - CNR (live) - https://youtu.be/XDg2sa1BDko
That's it. Rock on folks!
Rob
And I never did get any older,
But I knew at the time that a year in the line,
Was a long enough life for a soldier..." - 1916, Motörhead , released 1991.
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