Weird Al cover The Ramones "Beat on the Brat"

I approve of this cover in every way possible.



I thought the U2 cover of Beat on the Brat was good, but this is better.

Rest in Peace Malcom Young

If you haven't heard, we lost Malcom Young of AC/DC today.

Here is my hands-down favorite AC/DC song, by way of tribute:


Warning: Lip Syncing.

AC/DC is a band where you just hear that power chord, that lead guitar magic of Angus Young. People say it's just simple, one-riff one-idea music.

They're wrong.

AC/DC songs are just as complex as they need to be. No more, no less. They don't waste any chords and they don't over-play their hand. If listen closely, you can hear all of the pieces coming togther oh so well. Listen to Let Their Be Rock live in 1978. It's not a simple song - it's just no more complicated than it needs to. Malcom's steady rhythm guitar is part of the underlying base on which it all lays.

I saw this little eulogy on Instagram from one of my favorite musicians:

Lost another legend today. He was the sole reason I wanted to be a rhythm guitar player. He was the man. No one could hold down the fort like this guy or hold a candle to him. Simply the best. I could only dream of being as good. (RIP)

A post shared by Lars Frederiksen (@larsfrederiksen) on Nov 18, 2017 at 9:28am PST

Rest in peace, Malcom. Thanks for all of the music.

Polysics - Lucky Star

Polysics just keeps cementing themselves in my head as "Japanese Speed DEVO meets Art of Noise."



None of that is a bad thing.

Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good (Live)

Joe Walsh recently played Life's Been Good on the Stephen Colbert show:



Not so different from when I first saw him live like 30 years ago. Still so good.

The Ramones - Little Bit O Soul

The first Ramones album I owned was Subterranean Jungle. I got it from a damaged cassette rack at a record store for $2 and played the living hell out of it.

The first track is a cover from Music Explosion, but to me, it screams Ramones.