Saturday, October 29, 2011

The Guitar Solo

Inside Looking Out/Grand Funk Railroad  (The part from 2:57 to 5:50 blows my brains out everytime.)

Empty Rooms/Gary Moore  (After the second chorus. His guitar used to sing with him.)

Estranged/Guns N' Roses  (Slash's solos are so memorable in this one that the band actually thanks him in the album's liner notes.)

Please Don't Go/KC & The Sunshine Band

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

This is what they must have played at prom nights in the '80s.

Friday, October 28, 2011

One Day One Night/Superheavy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvSrTDNK6jk

Sir Mick Jagger almost sounds Alice Cooper-ish here. Marley regales us with some fine reggae before the snare kicks in and they launch into a full-blown rock progression. Definitely my favourite song off the debut album by this mother-of-all-unlikely-outfits. Although I wish I could hear more of Rahman.

Minds Without Fear/Imogen Heap & Vishal Dadlani

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXvrSo8njgA

Interesting new track composed as part of the TV show, "The Dewarists". I've been a fan of Vishal Dadlani since the Pentagram days. Definitely looking forward to more collaborations like this one in the future.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Aerodynamic/Daft Punk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L93-7vRfxNs&ob=av2e

I was actually repulsed by this instrumental track when I first heard it. The in-yer-face guitar tapping offended the rock traditionalist in me. Over time, however, It became one of the most endearing aspects of the song. It is the second track off the duo's magnum opus, "Discovery".