The entire new album from The Darkness just rocks. This is the first track, and it just gets funnier the more often I see it.
I can't get past "shirtless in the rain" without either singing along or just rolling it back to see again. If I get past that . . . writing out the lyrics AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA is just awesome.
I'll see these guys on 10/27. Hurrah!
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Rancid, H2O, and The Interrupters at Terminal 5
Last night my wife and I went to see Rancid at Terminal 5 - her second show, my, uhm, I don't remember.
It was a typical Rancid setup - they headline, they have one band they're touring with (in this case, LA's The Interrupters), and one local band. The local band was H2O.
I was pretty happy when I saw that, because I had not seen them in a long, long time. I'm certain the first time I saw them was opening for the Rancid 1995 And Out Come The Wolves tour.
Turns out this is the band's 20th anniversary - and those shows they did opening for Rancid at The Roseland Ballroom were some of their first ever shows. In fact, if I went the third of three shows, which I think I did, I saw their third show ever. Pretty cool.
H2O was really good, and I enjoyed The Interrupters even though I'm not such a big ska fan (I like ska-infused punk, but not as much as straight-up punk.) I did enjoy their cover of Sound System by Operation Ivy (that's the old band of Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman of Rancid)!
There is a setlist up, but it's got a duplication (they didn't do Junkie Man twice, I can't spot the missing song offhand.) Speaking of Junkie Man, they did that with Lars doing the Jim Carroll (Basketball Diaries, The Jim Carroll band) poem during the bridge.
It was a tight set - much less stage chatter than in the past. And their drummer (who I still think of as "the new guy" despite having been in the band longer than the original drummer) was very animated, standing on his kit a few times during the show. Very cool.
It was an interesting show, since it was the first full non-festival set I saw since Let's Go in late 1994/early 1995 that didn't feature "The War is Over" and the first show in years that didn't feature one of my favorites, "Black Derby Jacket." But I'll live - I like every one of their songs and they always choose good ones to play live. Really oddly, they only did one track off their excellent new CD, and that as an encore! But they played my wife's favorite, Olympia WA, so that's the most important part.
Here is a taste of all three bands live:
Rancid, "Last One To Die"
H2O, "Guilt by Association"
The Interrupters, "Take Back the Power"
Great show, I'm glad we went.
It was a typical Rancid setup - they headline, they have one band they're touring with (in this case, LA's The Interrupters), and one local band. The local band was H2O.
I was pretty happy when I saw that, because I had not seen them in a long, long time. I'm certain the first time I saw them was opening for the Rancid 1995 And Out Come The Wolves tour.
Turns out this is the band's 20th anniversary - and those shows they did opening for Rancid at The Roseland Ballroom were some of their first ever shows. In fact, if I went the third of three shows, which I think I did, I saw their third show ever. Pretty cool.
H2O was really good, and I enjoyed The Interrupters even though I'm not such a big ska fan (I like ska-infused punk, but not as much as straight-up punk.) I did enjoy their cover of Sound System by Operation Ivy (that's the old band of Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman of Rancid)!
There is a setlist up, but it's got a duplication (they didn't do Junkie Man twice, I can't spot the missing song offhand.) Speaking of Junkie Man, they did that with Lars doing the Jim Carroll (Basketball Diaries, The Jim Carroll band) poem during the bridge.
It was a tight set - much less stage chatter than in the past. And their drummer (who I still think of as "the new guy" despite having been in the band longer than the original drummer) was very animated, standing on his kit a few times during the show. Very cool.
It was an interesting show, since it was the first full non-festival set I saw since Let's Go in late 1994/early 1995 that didn't feature "The War is Over" and the first show in years that didn't feature one of my favorites, "Black Derby Jacket." But I'll live - I like every one of their songs and they always choose good ones to play live. Really oddly, they only did one track off their excellent new CD, and that as an encore! But they played my wife's favorite, Olympia WA, so that's the most important part.
Here is a taste of all three bands live:
Rancid, "Last One To Die"
H2O, "Guilt by Association"
The Interrupters, "Take Back the Power"
Great show, I'm glad we went.
Thursday, September 3, 2015
The Darkness: I Believe in a Thing Called Love
I don't know if these guys will save rock and roll or not, but they're trying:
Sometimes, to show how awesome something is, you need to a) be better at it, and b) take the piss out of it. The Darkness is that for 80's hair metal.
Sometimes, to show how awesome something is, you need to a) be better at it, and b) take the piss out of it. The Darkness is that for 80's hair metal.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Tom Robinson Band: 2-4-6-8 Motorway
One band I missed when I was young was the Tom Robinson Band. I first heard 2-4-6-8 Motorway on a compilation CD set that traced punk into the new wave. I regret not hearing it earlier - it's that punk-y, garage-y sound I like so much.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
All-Star Auditions: the Horndogs
A friend of mine forwarded this to me when we were talking about Joe Walsh.
In order:
Slash, Rick Nielsen, Dusty Hill, Matthew Sweet, Joey Ramone, Lisa Loeb, Dave Mustaine, Roy Clark, Johnny Lang, Michael Stanley, and Joe Walsh as "Ed."
I love that no one can keep a straight face when Joey Ramone is auditioning.
And the comments on Joe Walsh.
"His guitar playing's kinda sloppy"
"Yeah, yeah. And he looks kinda slow."
Hey, ten bucks is ten bucks.
In order:
Slash, Rick Nielsen, Dusty Hill, Matthew Sweet, Joey Ramone, Lisa Loeb, Dave Mustaine, Roy Clark, Johnny Lang, Michael Stanley, and Joe Walsh as "Ed."
I love that no one can keep a straight face when Joey Ramone is auditioning.
And the comments on Joe Walsh.
"His guitar playing's kinda sloppy"
"Yeah, yeah. And he looks kinda slow."
Hey, ten bucks is ten bucks.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Naive - Tanks-Punks / НАиВ - Танки-панки (live)
Just sharing this great live version of Tanks-Punks.
НАиВ - Танки-панки
Makes me wish I learned anything in that semester of Russian that I took. Maybe after Japanese and then Spanish, I'll go back to learning Russian.
НАиВ - Танки-панки
Makes me wish I learned anything in that semester of Russian that I took. Maybe after Japanese and then Spanish, I'll go back to learning Russian.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
I Like the Cover Better: Ain't That A Shame
As always, the rule for these posts is that I love the original, but I like a cover version even more.
Out of all the Fats Domino songs, I think the strongest and best of them is Ain't That A Shame. It's got that Fats Domino swing, a nice beat-drop, beat-drop rhythm, and great lyrics ("My tears fell like rain" - been there.)
But the Cheap Trick "Live at Budokan" version of it? I like that version better.
It's everything I like about the Fats Domino song and it is a perfect showcase of everything about Cheap Trick. Great bass line, fantastic guitar, inspired and passionate vocals, and oh those Bun E. Carlos drums.
It's the first encore song at Budokan, and the intro is just classic Cheap Trick. This could be the intro to half a dozen other Cheap Trick songs, but instead it suddenly and seamlessly veers into Ain't That A Shame. The latter half of the song shows the virtuosity of the band, and their willingness to put on a show for the fans. My favorite version. On the full set, it goes right next into Clock Strikes Ten . . . too bad that video doesn't.
Those screaming Japanese girls give me goosebumps.
Out of all the Fats Domino songs, I think the strongest and best of them is Ain't That A Shame. It's got that Fats Domino swing, a nice beat-drop, beat-drop rhythm, and great lyrics ("My tears fell like rain" - been there.)
But the Cheap Trick "Live at Budokan" version of it? I like that version better.
It's everything I like about the Fats Domino song and it is a perfect showcase of everything about Cheap Trick. Great bass line, fantastic guitar, inspired and passionate vocals, and oh those Bun E. Carlos drums.
It's the first encore song at Budokan, and the intro is just classic Cheap Trick. This could be the intro to half a dozen other Cheap Trick songs, but instead it suddenly and seamlessly veers into Ain't That A Shame. The latter half of the song shows the virtuosity of the band, and their willingness to put on a show for the fans. My favorite version. On the full set, it goes right next into Clock Strikes Ten . . . too bad that video doesn't.
Those screaming Japanese girls give me goosebumps.
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