Posted March 5, 2011 at 11:00 pm | No comments
It isn’t often that a song is known as much for the composer as it is for a band that had a number 1 hit with it, but “Mr. Tambourine Man” is just such a song. Originally written by master folkster Bob Dylan, David Crosby and his band the Byrds would record a cover of the song on their debut record, which would jump all the way to number 1 on the charts and making the group stars in the process. While these two versions are the most well-known, artists as diverse as Judy Collins and even William Shatner have covered the song over the decades, making it one of the most recognizable hits of the ‘60s.
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Posted March 5, 2011 at 2:00 pm | No comments
In true Billy Idol fashion, the singer was initially inspired to write his hit song “Rebel Yell,” which is featured on the album of the same name, after seeing members of the Rolling Stones drinking out of a bottle of Bourbon, which was aptly named Rebel Yell. Idol, who liked the Bourbon, took it upon himself to write a song in dedication to the whisky, forever immortalizing that night spent with the Stones. The song was co-written by Idol’s guitarist Steve Stevens, who came up with a classic into that remains to this day as one of the finest of the era.
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Posted March 4, 2011 at 2:00 pm | No comments
Inspired by the classical guitar piece “Bouree in E Minor” by J.S. Bach, “Blackbird” is one of the finest guitar moments in the Beatles long and storied history. After Paul McCartney and George Harrison first learned the Bach piece as a “show off” song, McCartney would later experiment with the song’s opening chords, leading him to write the guitar part for “Blackbird.” The song would appear on the White Album, which many consider of the band’s best records, and was originally performed by McCartney out of his window for waiting fans on the first night that his then girlfriend Linda Eastman stayed at his house.
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Posted March 3, 2011 at 10:09 am | No comments
Though its roots can be traced back to Folk music in America, the song “House of the Rising Sun” is most closely associated with the British Invasion group the Animals. The band first heard the song in a local club and shortly after chose to play it while on tour with rock legend Chuck Berry so that they would have something other than the standard fare in their set. Little did they know that this little choice would lead them down the path to rock stardom, that are now considered one of the most important British bands of their, or any, era.
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Posted March 2, 2011 at 11:03 am | No comments
Inspired by bandmate Joe Perry’s wife, in a manner that has never been properly interpreted as good or bad, Steven Tyler and Tom Hamilton came together to write one of Aerosmith’s, and the ‘70s, greatest rock songs, “Sweet Emotion.” Released on their 1974 album Toys in the Attic, the song would go on to be one of the band’s biggest singles. The song also saw a revival decades later when it was featured in Richard Linkater’s classic coming of age movie, set in the ‘70s, Dazed and Confused. Though the song only peaked at number 36 on the charts, it was the first single to break the Top 40 for Aerosmith, setting the stage for the band to climb to the top of the rock world, where they continue to sit even to this day.
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Posted March 1, 2011 at 10:00 am | No comments
As is the case with just about every popular metal and hard rock band, ACDC’s comments and actions have been misconstrued over the years, with several being interpreted as theme pledging allegiance to the devil. Following an interview with Guitar World magazine, where ACDC lead guitarist Angus Young commented that being on the road for months at a time was like a “highway to hell.” Of course this comment was immediately taken by critics and the media to mean that the band were Satanists, a rumor that the band furthered by placing Angus’ face, complete with devil horns, on the cover of the album.
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Posted February 28, 2011 at 12:00 pm | 2 comments
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Posted February 27, 2011 at 10:00 am | No comments
One of the best metal songs to hit the airwaves, “Master of Puppets,” is featured in Guitar Hero: Metallica and is a staple at Metallica concerts. Recorded in 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark, the track was released in 1986 as the group’s first single off their album of the same name, with the B-side “Welcome Home (Sanitarium).”
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Posted February 26, 2011 at 11:00 am | No comments
“Symphony of Destruction” lays out a vision of an evil Pied Piper leading unwilling followers to destruction, all with a straight metal riff and a lean forward style. Written by Megadeth vocalist, Dave Mustaine, the song has become a favorite of the group’s fans. The track starts off with a classical instrumental disarray of musicians tuning up to Mozart’s Requiem, before riffing into a heavy repetitive dirge that pushes the lyrics along and freeing them up to be explored or enjoyed as light or even pop metal.
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Posted February 25, 2011 at 1:00 pm | No comments
The mid-’90s saw a Ska revival, and one of the big reasons why was the work of Anaheim, CA band No Doubt. Led by enigmatic front-woman Gwen Stefani, the band would help bring attention to the revived Ska scene, allowing bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones to burst onto the national scene, receiving radio play and airtime on MTV and VH1, back when both stations still played music. One of the biggest hits for the band was the track,
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