Saturday, December 16, 2017

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Lucky Man/Emerson, Lake & Palmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g1P_J40JA

Written by Lake when he was 12, the song features a great Moog synthesizer solo by Emerson in the outro.

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Nobody Else/Atomic Rooster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNlqDuDrA44

Stunning track co-written and sung by Vincent Crane (piano) and John Du Cann (guitar).

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Victim Of Changes/Judas Priest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKSU1W0ZUmQ

A heavy metal masterpiece, released at a time when the world just wasn't ready for it.

Mistress/Red House Painters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhD3aG8J3pE

Stretch your auditory senses beyond the distortion, and you'll hear one of the most glorious guitar hooks ever written. As demonstrated by the ever-cool Captain Kirk Douglas in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIIgMCLVuZI

Monday, August 28, 2017

Indecision/Shura

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahL1x6HX4h0

Great vocals, 90s beat, soft guitar licks all over the place. This track hits home on so many levels.

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Hearts Wires/Deftones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJbvSmRuV_w

"Only Deftones have mastered the art of making beautiful heavy music. Others can do one or the other, but not the two together." Couldn't have put it better, Mr/s YouTube Commenter.

Friday, July 7, 2017

Magnolia/Poco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2eUdJs1bd8

One of the most melodic bands of the '70s covering one of the most melodic songs of the '70s.

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Saturday, May 27, 2017

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Friday, April 14, 2017

The Test/Chemical Brothers feat. Richard Ashcroft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3LPe3-LNR4

A school-time favorite that got me through (funnily enough) many exam nights. The vocalist is none other than the man who gave us Bittersweet Symphony.

Maggot Brain/Funkadelic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKn33-q4Ao

Nothing to say here, except that I wish I'd heard this sooner. A guitar trip like no other.

Sunday, April 2, 2017

On The Beach/Neil Young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKgj1FNToWY

Major seventh chords done right. Also, the exquisite laid-back guitar solo two and a half minutes into the song.
 

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Nothing More/Fotheringay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3x01BYDmDY

Denny's heart-wrenching vocals sail across a beautifully brooding instrumental seascape.

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Josie/Steely Dan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg9RyiPKhx8

Their studio albums have always had the best sounding drum tracks. Rainey's bass, of course, is masterful.

Monday, February 20, 2017

Prototype/Outkast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBRwlKq0qHI

Absolutely love how they experiment with off-key pitching and actually make it sound good. The steady rhythm guitar throughout the song is blissful.

Thursday, February 2, 2017

The Arsonist/Puscifer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C55UjLNUbw

Keenan's masterful arrangement takes the listener to a place that is simultaneously dark and groovy. Carina Round and Juliette Commagere provide the haunting background vocals.