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LATEST UPDATE 3/29 Stevie Wonder – Summer Soft
Welcome to Wonder Wednesday where you’ll see a new Stevie Wonder song for the next few months. Enjoy the wonder of Stevie. Wonderful write ups are courtesy of Funk Meister Freud.
5 LANE KEYS: MrBurpler
“Summer Soft” is an endearing and beautifully crafted piece garbed in exceptionally stimulating chord progressions and key changes that highlight Stevie’s signature melodic singing. Notably, the song’s spirited half step modulations seem to employ a healthy dose of the enharmonic keys and combined with those previously mentioned meticulous vocal chops of Mr. Wonder, the aura and personality of the song takes on an unusual warmth that feels fresh and different. By using more of the notes of the pentatonic scale to form the chords of this song, it isn’t boring noodles anymore…we just went from plain ol’ macaroni and cheese to a gourmet dish of Pasta Alfredo! You can’t help but love the chef…Stevie definitely knows how to cook!Lyrically, “Summer Soft” portrays an image of our world’s ever changing seasons which include the pleasant and disheartening qualities of each. Yet as we adapt to the characteristics of each season, time brings the next season to the forefront and forces us to say goodbye to what was becoming familiar. Inherently, we start the process all over again with the new change in season.Metaphorically speaking, “Summer Soft” is a musical representation of the natural flow of life with all of its ups and downs, ebbs and flows and constantly changing colors. Consequently, these very same concepts naturally apply to the human experience as well, whether it be situations, relationships, emotions and possibly (depending on one’s spiritual belief) our very existence. Stevie Wonder poetically reiterates these observations with his infectiously joyous perspective, lifting our spirits as only Stevie Wonder can!Decided a surprise chart in honor of something being released tomorrow. Who can guess what that might be
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_wink.gif” />Speaking from a purely prehistorical pachydermal perspective,…. it wouldn’t have anything to do with the bane of a king or monarch would it?
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_wink.gif” />LATEST UPDATE 3/31 Mastodon – Show Yourself
GUITAR: Yhughu
Today I’m celebrating the release of Mastodon’s brand new album Emperor of Sand. “Show Yourself” comes full-speed right out of the gate, with drummer-singer-lyricist Brann Dailor handling lead vocals on the track. It’s basically an upbeat pop song with a proggy guitar solo. Though it’s still about cancer, so I guess it’s about as upbeat as you can possibly be. “Show Yourself” will get stuck in your head so bad you’ll think someone nailed it into your skull. I’m saying it’s catchy shit.
Speaking from a purely prehistorical pachydermal perspective,…. it wouldn’t have anything to do with the bane of a king or monarch would it?
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_wink.gif” />You must be psychic
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />You must be psychic
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />I thought it was gonna be “Sultan’s Curse”…..so no….no clairvoyant talent here, bud.
Thanks for this one though! I’m really beginning to “get” these guys. Damn great musicians!
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_biggrin.gif” />LATEST UPDATE 4/1 Chicago EPICS WEEK #4 – It Better End Soon
GUITAR: bsbloom
5 LANE KEYS: DenVaktare
Chicago Chronicles Epic Week 4 is back with “It Better End Soon”. It’s a musically brilliant chronicle of the anti-Vietnam sentiment of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Anchored by a tight rhythm featuring some of Peter Cetera’s best bass playing of his entire Chicago tenure and Danny Seraphine’s tight drumming, the song chugs along with a slow build to an intense crescendo after giving Walt Parazaider a chance to show his chops on the flute and also gives Terry Kath an opportunity to soulfully preach.Thanks AJ for another epic Chicago & Mastodon song.
Great stuff !!
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” /> Thanks AJ for another epic Chicago & Mastodon song.
Great stuff !!
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” /> My pleasure
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />ADDED play through preview videos for Mastodon: Show Yourself, Asleep in the Deep, and Island courtesy of Chainsaw Octopus.
LATEST UPDATE 4/3 Mastodon Monday – Where Strides the Behemoth
GUITAR/BASS: spiralshadow123
‘Where Strides the Behemoth’ is one of the best Mastodon songs because it showcases their Neurosis worship, where they erect impenetrable walls of sound. But that careful construction is juxtaposed with the nasty fury of bassist Troy Sanders’ vocals. It’s a muscular song, but the brawn is tempered by the underlying brainy nature. The last 30 seconds prove why Mastodon are unfairly gifted.
LATEST UPDATE 4/5 Stevie Wonder – Love Having You Around
Welcome to Wonder Wednesday where you’ll see a new Stevie Wonder song for the next few months. Enjoy the wonder of Stevie. Wonderful write ups are courtesy of Funk Meister Freud.
5 LANE KEYS: MrBurpler
1972’s ‘Music of My Mind’ marks Stevie Wonder’s first attempt at making his own album without the boundaries and constraints of Berry Gordy’s assembly line formula that I (like others) tend to refer to as “The Motown Hit Factory”. Now possessing full artistic control of every aspect of his work, “Love Having You Around” is a full blown sanctified, funkdafied and boogielicious guided tour of Stevie’s flowering genius! This very ambitious love jam, powered by the moog synth and cutting edge vocoder/talkbox sound effect generously sprinkled throughout, (an effect which other artists like Peter Frampton, Joe Walsh, Roger Troutman, and Richie Sambora would later emulate in some of their own music) immerses the listener in an atmosphere of engrossing and innovative synthesized textures of sound. Paired with Stevie’s charismatic vocals and infectious groove, this cut can (and will) funk you up when you least expect it! Trust me, Stevie knows funky… like, what other cat could profess “Everyday I wanna get on my camel and ride” and get you to grin and relate? I mean, for real,.. how funky is that?!..Go with the ride, man! With Stevie Wonder at the helm, you won’t be sorry!LATEST UPDATE 4/7 Frank Zappa – Magic Fingers
GUITAR: nsw1-6
“Magic Fingers,” a rock song from the 200 Motels soundtrack describing the night at the hotel room following the two characters’ meeting in a night club. A fast-paced rock number, this is the only song from 200 Motels to have been performed live by Zappa after 1971.LATEST UPDATE 4/9 Chicago EPICS WEEK #5 – Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon
GUITAR: nsw1-6
5 LANE KEYS: DenVaktare
MAKE ME SMILE: HARMONIX
Chicago Chronicles Epic Week 5 is back with “Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon”. At 13 minutes and spawning two of Chicago’s earliest hits – “Make Me Smile” and “Colour My World” – “Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon” is a grand achievement showing chops well beyond the years and maturity of several other bands of that era.The song bursts out of the gate with James Pankow’s in-your-face horn chart, with Chicago’s tight rhythm section joining in shortly after eventually leading into Terry Kath’s soulful vocals. Where their debut and arguably the first few songs of Chicago II “introduced” them, “Make Me Smile” is one of the first signs of Chicago becoming more comfortable in their skin and exerting their personality. Gone is the tentativeness of a band that sounded like they were still pinching themselves because they couldn’t believe THIS was actually happening to THEM. It’s not so much a cocky swagger as it is a knowing self-assurance.Sadly, most casual listeners are only familiar with “Make Me Smile” and “Colour My World” portions of this brilliant 13-minute song cycle. As such, they’re missing out on the truly delightful instrumental interludes of “Anxiety’s Moment” and “West Virginia Fantasies,” and the equally strong “So Much to Give, So Much to Say.”While there were other grand musical movements to come on Chicago II and others down the road, for better or worse Chicago had set the bar extremely high with “Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon.” As good as some of their other more ambitious musical endeavors may have been, it could be argued that none of them matched the musical brilliance and scope of this track.
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