Been a busy week, me. Had nothing but paperwork to do. I remember when I started this career, and thought I would be designing buildings. Pshaw, as Blue Girl would say. (Blue Girl would also say “Bastard”, but we're not to that point of the post yet). Writing stuff, and talking on the phone. Then writing more stuff. Rinse and repeat.
But, I still managed to find time to post EVERY Frickin Day! Including last Sunday! That's something that hasn't happened in a while, and I'm gonna pat myself on the back, if no one else will.
Especially since S-Fest is coming up, and posting will be pretty intermittent then, mainly because I'll probably concentrate on the Fest Blog.
Lots of stuff happening this week, and no time to talk about it, so it slips under the Friday news cycle, and is gone. Lucky for somebody, I guess.
Anyways, here's the Bunch Of Ten Or So Songs, Sampled From My Music Collection. Today I'll do it direct offa my iPod, so it'll be like you're riding in my car.
12,655 songs, 34.8 days of music. Press Play:
1. Back In Black from the album “Back In Black” by AC/DC Awoooo!! Rockin the Friday!!!
2. Elvis Is Dead from the album “Time's Up” by Living Colour Reunited for Summerfest last year, and rocked. Definitely a hard rock start to the FRT.
3. I Can Tell Your Love Is Waning from the album “Crow Pot Pie” by Slobberbone Oooo, what a bringdown. Long slow disturbing song. There's a great triplet of verses that morphs the line 'As you're lying in the bathtub with shampoo in your hair' into 'As you're lying in the bathtub with blood all in your hair'. Also features the great line:
'Cause I could tell your love was waning from the looks and smell of it,4. Now That It's Over from the album “Songs From An American Movie Vol. 1: Learning How To Smile” by Everclear Another Summerfest Band. Back to the rockin theme for today's random. And kind of works with the preceding song also.
Like getting caught behind a cattle truck and all you smell is shit ...
5. Here Comes That Feeling from the album “Curse Of The Hidden Mirror” by Blue Öyster Cult More Rockin!! I'm makin the devil sign RIGHT NOW. ANOTHER band who's at Summerfest. Do I sense a theme?
6. Only The Stones Remain from the album “Gotta Let This Hen Out!” by Robyn Hitchcock Hitchcock and the Egyptians played S-Fest a few years back. They played the ROCK stage, oddly enough.
7. Boat Train from the album “Peace And Love” by The Pogues
8. The Soft Soil from the album “The Happy Club” by Bob Geldof This isn't very rockin at all. Dude. Play some Whitesnake.
9. Raymond Chandler Evening [Demo] from the album “Element Of Light” by Robyn Hitchcock More Robyn Hitchcock. Very mellow, actually.
10. Slit My Wrist (Live At Wnur) from the album “Slouching Towards Liverpool EP” by The Loud Family Great song, but still not rockin.
So maybe we get a few extras to end on a higher note, eh?
11. Back from Somewhere from the album “The Living End” by Hüsker Dü Now THAT“S some rockin. And Bob plays that Flying V, slung low like a Ramone.
12. Thru The Eyes Of Ruby from the album ”Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Twilight To Starlight“ by Smashing Pumpkins The Pumpkins have been known to Rock.
13. No Reply At All from the album ”Abacab“ by Genesis gad, I almost took a mulligan on this one. I don't want to get into repeat of the debate on the virtues of this album, and the negative impact of Phil's Damn Horns. Needless to say, this doesn't rock.
14. Fight Fire With Fire [Live] from the album ”Device-Voice-Drum (Disc 2)“ by Kansas Although they are dinosaurs, this rocks a little bit more. At least they didn't go for the frickin horns. Although they are S-Fest stalwarts, they aren't there this year.
15. Tenderloin from the album ”Let's Go!“ by Rancid Now that rocks. In a completely non-ironic, energetic punk way.
Good end to a pretty good Random. Or whatever we're calling it this week.
The horns, the horns! How those thrice damned horns haunt me!
ReplyDeleteHeard a great interview with Daryll Stuermer on the radio yesterday. Cool dude.
Nick,
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that TC has no love for my man Daryl. I've been a fan for a long time, and I agree that he's a great guy and one of Milwaukee's underrated local heroes. He will be performing at Summerfest on July 9th, and although I can do without his recent smooth jazz stylings, he usually brings a rocking show to the Fest.
Zorgy, my boy, you wound me.
ReplyDeleteI like DS, truly I do. That solo on 'Firth of Fifth' on the DVD is truly awesome, and makes Hackett look anemic.
I have always maintained that when Philthy left, the Two should have just enfolded Chester Thompson and Daryl Stuermer directly into the band like a family. The injection of new blood would have been sublime. Plus, CT is probably the only guy in the world who can out-drum that wanker Collins.
But I, too, am not fond of his smooth jazz stylings, and contrary to what you said, did not see the 'rockin' part of the show that he brought last year. Just seemed like smoothish jazz. we had to move on-there was rockin to be done.
The rock won't let me stop, and Jack Black would concur. Although on the 9th, the final day, I might be flagging a bit and a nice quiet boy like Daryl might just work out.
"Rocking" being relative in this case. His appearance last year was rocking for the now mellow Daryl. Of course, nothing like 25 years ago at the Kenwood Inn. He was a progressive jazz fusion powerhouse. Simply amazing live.
ReplyDeleteI'm still loving anyone who can throw down a solo like that on Firth of Fifth, not to mention the work he does on Home By The Sea.
ReplyDeleteGood work by anyone's standards.