The most diverse part of a song between fans and musicians is the lyrics. Fans love to decode lyrics from artists, what does line x mean? What is line y about? But the songwriter usually puts them in just as a throwaway thing with nothing deeper than it fits in with the melody. Okay, yeah… Continue reading 59: The First Amendment, Sampling, and Roy Orbison
Category: Frank Zappa
33: Tie-Dyes, Basketball, and Freedom
When you think of the Grateful Dead you think of long jam sessions, LSD and the wall of sound. One of the last things you would relate to the band is basketball. But in 1992 they helped Lithuania get to the Barcelona Olympics and helped them get revenge on their previous occupiers. This week The… Continue reading 33: Tie-Dyes, Basketball, and Freedom
13: A Stupid With A Flare Gun, An Iconic Guitar Riff, And Smoke On The Water
Duh, duh, duh. Duh, duh da-duh. It’s one of the most famous guitar riffs ever created. Along with Polly Wolly doodle it’s the first song learnt by a new guitarist. A song that made a concert venue and a person famous after a peculiar incident. This week the Beat Marches On to 4th December 1971… Continue reading 13: A Stupid With A Flare Gun, An Iconic Guitar Riff, And Smoke On The Water