Distortion Therapy

Walk With Me/Neil Young
I Alone/Live
Plush/Stone Temple Pilots

(Waiting For A) Girl Like You/Foreigner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrzzR-3PPqw

A perennial favourite. The keyboards.

Rhiannon/Fleetwood Mac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDkKyBU7GCs

Cool bassline.

West End Girls/Pet Shop Boys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIQCI1reA08

The awesome sounding '80s.

All Is Not Lost/Ok Go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur-y7oOto14

Perhaps the only instance when I recommend a video. (Hat tip the guys at The 6th Floor).

Happy Birthday, Mr. Wright!:)

On my birthday, I've decided to dedicate a post to one of my biggest musician idols. That I happen to share my birthday with him is a happy coincidence.

In memory of Richard Wright (July 28th, 1943 - September 15th, 2008), who now jams with the Gods in that great gig in the sky.

Song: The Great Gig In The Sky 

Richard Wright (Wikipedia Link)

Bluesy Tuesday

Texas Flood/Stevie Ray Vaughan  (Originally written by Larry Davis. SRV struts his stuff in this one.)

Pink Cadillac/Bruce Springsteen  (This is the outtake version. I couldn't find the other one, but the minimal arrangement sounds really cool.)

Candy/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  (Smooth as silk.)

Gravedigger/Dave Matthews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skEwfH_loX8

The one thing that hasn't changed since the beginning of time - how we die.. or kill.

Cortez The Killer/Neil Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-b76yiqO1E&feature=related

A seven-and-a-half minute guitar trip.

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N./Noah And The Whale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8XuMDi-wIk

They take the deepest and most serious themes and still write the jolliest of songs.

Three Days/Jane's Addiction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmvG2GZ3S7o

Farrell (vocals), Navarro (guitar) and Avery (bass) build this progressive wonderland on top of drummer Perkins' rhythms.

I Will/Radiohead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc8ijQLDRWU

The vocals creep me out everytime, they're so good.

The Kids Are Alright/The Who

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF99m4wGgqw

I seem to be in a '60s mood today, haha. A sweet, feel-good song off their debut album.

Drive My Car/Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7dkn1ZnIPk

Another one of my favourite songs to use the cowbell.

Sit Down I Think I Love You/Buffalo Springfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY_Nn06AOGY

The chiming guitar in the intro is superb.

Oye Como Va/Santana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NsJ84YV1oA

No other instrument or instrument add-on sounds as funky as the cowbell.

Five-O/James

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOBriyEH-dc

The multi-part vocal harmonies in the chorus.

Vanilla Sky (Earthtime Tapestry)/Spacecraft

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snjfVjmwdNc

Surreal instrumental.

Jolene/Dolly Parton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGEubdH8m0s

Way before all the cover versions followed.

Bluesy Tuesday

(This marks the 200th post on my blog..:).. I sincerely hope you guys like it so far. Thanks for all the great feedback and, as always, happy listening!)

Mean Old World/T-Bone Walker  ("If the bass ain't walking, it ain't blues." - Me)

Nice Problem To Have/The Jeff Healey Band  (Insane guitar licks.)

 Jesus Just Left Chicago/ZZ Top  (So groovy they actually dance while performing it live.)

Distortion Therapy

Point To Prove/Theory Of A Dead Man
Back In Black/AC/DC
Eternal Life/Jeff Buckley

Change/KT Tunstall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0KKSBaREdo

One of my favourite acoustic performances.
(Note: The song ends around 3:45)

Here I Go/Syd Barrett

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgXLHN25geY

The inimitable Syd Barrett.

Thought: My favourite 'falsetto' performances



 Watch Over You/Alter Bridge  (Myles Kennedy's pipes are seriously among the best in the business today.)

Free Falling (Tom Petty cover)/John Mayer  (He probably found Petty's original pitching too hard to pull off, haha. Sounds pretty good, though.)


You Can Still Be Free/Savage Garden  (They were so good, yet so short-lived.)

High And Dry/Radiohead  (Thom Yorke at his poppish best.)

Wicked Games/Chris Isaak  (The all-acoustic arrangement really helps bring out all that's good in his voice.)

She Will Be Loved/Maroon 5  (The chorus still remains one of my all time favourites.)

Apologize/Timbaland feat. One Republic  (He just sings two words in the falsetto, but it makes all the difference.)

In A Little While/U2  (Almost sounds like he's yodelling.)

The Guitar Solo

Love Hurts/Nazareth  (After the bridge. The sustained harmonics are a great touch.)

Guitar Man/Bread  (The entire song is guitar nirvana.)

When I'm Gone/3 Doors Down  (After the bridge. Love the crunchy tone.)

Seeds We Sow/Lindsey Buckingham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiAWeCIPYd4

New song by the former Fleetwood Mac vocalist/guitarist. A finger-picking masterpiece. 

Rock The Casbah/The Clash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn1Ca8izXto

Funky chorus.

Katmandu/Cat Stevens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IHI7NheZtA

He makes so much out of so little.

Thought: The saddest playlist ever

Shadow Of The Day/Linkin Park  (For your 3-major-1-minor days)

Too Much/Sufjan Stevens  (Not supposed to be a depressing song. Dunno why I feel sad when I hear it.)

Transatlanticism/Death Cab For Cutie  (The most moving song I've ever heard about the pain of separation)

Reign Of Love/Coldplay  (They don't call it melancholy rock for nothing)

Epiphany/Staind  (Old churches, candelabras, the works)

The Nothing Song/Sigur Ros  (Vanilla Sky)

Streets Of Philadelphia/Bruce Springsteen  (Plays in the end credits of the movie "Philadelphia". Enough said?)

I Giorni/Ludovico Einaudi  (The truest songs don't really need lyrics.)