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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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namely the line "Excuse me while I kiss this guy". Jimi Hendrix was an early Gay rights reformer.
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Could it be that Tony saw the plaster cast of Jimmy's, um, er...thang and hasn't recovered from his 'enis envy yet? |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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The long guitar intro of this Deep Purple live rendition of "Smoke On the Water" covers riffs from a bunch of hard rock classics before getting into one of the most influential riffs in rock history:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MSyFA84u48
These are the songs he evokes in the intro:
00:10 Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker" solo
00:23 Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"
00:58 Jimi Hendrix's "Fire"
01:40 Cream's "Crossroads"
02:14 The Beatles' "Day Tripper"
02:20 The Animals' "House of the Rising Sun"
02:25 The Kinks/Van Halen's "You Really Got Me"
03:06 "Smoke On The Water"!
Here's a somewhat heavier version of "Smoke..." recorded at a concert in Japan but there's still no Ritchie Blackmore ...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG1nv2zNBTM
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: all roads lead to where you are...
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Best Song |
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| What happened at VT ain't cool. That's the theme of the song, even though it isn't specifically about VT, & predates it. |
no it's not! the theme of the song focuses on a sociopathic adolescent girl inwardly struggling with the seemingly useless, insanely mundane routine of her daily life until one day it gets the best of her. her father, conditioned to the monotony of his daily routine fails to understand how or why his normally well behaved little girl could commit such an evil act. when i was a freshman in high school, the song was considered cool because, although we understood the insanity and criminal extent behind Brenda Spencer's macabre murders, we seemed to relate and nearly connect with her on an adolescent, sort of sub-cultural human level through the melodic underlining message of the song. after all, we all knew inside that she wasn't totally to blame. in many ways we perceived her as a victimized peer and product of a dysfunctional society that is propelled by bipolar mass media and a globally corrupt, mechanically fatalistic social system...
the song has nothing at all to do with the tragic event that occurred at VT.
Brenda Ann Spencer
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: all roads lead to where you are...
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nobody home - pink floyd 
i got a little black book with my poems in.
got a bag, got a toothbrush and a comb.
when I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone.
i got elastic bands keeping my shoes on.
got those swollen hands blues.
got thirteen channels of shit on the TV to choose from.
i got electric light,
and i got second sight.
got amazing powers of observation.
and that is how i know,
when i try to get through,
on the telephone to you,
there'll be nobody home.
i got the obligatory Hendrix perm,
and the inevitable pinhole burns,
all down the front of my favorite satin shirt.
i got nicotine stains on my fingers.
i got a silver spoon on a chain.
got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains.
i've got wild, staring eyes.
and i got a strong urge to fly,
but i got nowhere to fly to (-- fly to... fly to... fly to...).
Ooooo babe,
when i pick up the phone,
there's still nobody home.
i got a pair of Gohill boots,
and i got fading roots...
so cool... |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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As far as the question of what is rock and what is pop, I think it's more useful to consider the various basic types of rock than to distinguish them from a separate category of pop music.
I think that a song from any genre of music (rock, jazz, classical, folk, blues, country, etc.) that has "crossover appeal" and becomes generally popular in mainstream culture is can be termed Pop music.
Practically all the Beatles songs are pop music in that sense, but they greatly helped to popularize many different types of rock fused with other musical genres.
Some of their songs are basically hard rock (like "Paperback Writer", "Daytripper", "Revolution" ) many are soft rock (eg: "Here Comes the Sun", "Penny Lane", "Because"...) some are folk-rock (eg: "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away", "Norwegian Wood", "Blackbird"...), pyschedelic (acid) rock (eg: "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Tomorrow Never Knows"...), blues-rock (eg: "Why Don't We Do It In the Road?", "Lady Madonna", "I Want You"...), rock-opera (eg: "You Never Give Me Your Money", "Carry that Weight" ...) and even "surrealistic" rock ("A Day In the Life"), "rock-a-billy" ("Act Naturally"...), and raga-rock ("Across the Universe", "Within You and Without You", and melodic rock ballads ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Let It Be", "Hey Jude"...)
The scholarly guy who compiled A History of Rock Music (Pierro Scaruffi) seems to minimize their musical contribution, highlighting that they were primarily a vocal group comprised of mediocre instrumentalists who conservatively relied on old-fashioned melodies and lacked the revolutionary spirit of real rock-and-roll (presumably sex, drugs, and violent rebellion...)
He correctly credits George Martin with providing sophisticated production and arrangements that dramatically enhanced their sound, but I think he underestimates the combined musical talent of that uniquely creative band.
He even compares them - in creative terms - unfavorably to the Byrds, but I saw a David Crosby interview in which he (a former "Byrd") dismissed that as a crock, stating that the Beatles were so much greater than the Byrds that there was hardly any comparison ... |
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Ronald
Joined: 14 Feb 2007
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1. November Rain-G'n R
2. Freebird - Lynard Skynard
3. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis
4. Hotel California- Eagles |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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1. Greaser Baby George - The Frogs
2. My Pal Foot Foot - The Shaggs
3. Which One of You Gave My Daughter the Dope? - The Frogs
4. Spinal Meningitis - Ween
5. Who's Sucking on Grandpa's Balls Since Grandma Ain't Home Tonight? - The Frogs |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:39 am Post subject: |
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Waterfront - Simple Minds
Rain - The Cult
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Mexican radio - Wall of Voodoo
Lady With the Spinning Head - U2 |
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Shimokitazawa
Joined: 14 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:32 am Post subject: |
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Beat It - Michael Jackson
Or
Billie Jean - Miachael Jackson
Enough said. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| Once we figure out the greatest rock song of all time, are we going to throw a party? |
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